MAGNET Summit 2026

Aptella - Automation and positioning solutions

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Wellington, New Zealand

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MAGNET Field Summit – Day 1

Time	Activity
12:30 pm – 12:55 pm	Registration, Coffee & Tea on Arrival
12:55 pm – 1:00 pm	Welcome Opening remarks and event introduction.
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Occupy Your Potential: A Guide to Fast Field Setups In this practical workshop Karl with go through the different set up routine options for both GNSS and Robotic setups. This session with cover checklists and good field practice habits to ensure successful setups. Karl O’Toole
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	MJF Magic: The Ultimate Data Transfer Masterclass This workshop focuses on how to avoid “data silos” and manual USB transfers. It will cover fast, efficient and traceable ways to import & export data to and from MAGNET Field. Peter daley
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm	The Big Picture: Mastering the MAGNET Map Screen Find out how to navigate quickly and efficiently around the Map screen. In this session Corey will show you how to customize your map screen layout and highlight map features so you’re faster in the field. Corey Carn
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Off the Beaten Path: Advanced Offsets and Slope Staking In this workshop Karl will show you how to speed up your road stakeout, how the visualisation tools help you in the field, and even design a road in real time to get yourself out of a tricky field situation. Karl O’Toole
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm	Afternoon Tea
3:20 pm – 4:20 pm	MAGNET Field 2026 Feature Review This session by Jim Copley from Topcon will give you a head start on taking full advantage of the MAGNET Field 2026 release due out in October. Jim will review and demonstrate the significant features and enhancements in the pending release. Jim Copley
4:20 pm – 4:50 pm	Work Smarter, Not Harder: High-Speed Field Hacks Being led by one of our most experienced MAGNET Field gurus, David will jam in as many MAGNET Field tips & tricks to help you level up your field productivity. From the “should knows” to the “lesser knowns” this session will be a crowd favourite. David Banks
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm	Q&A Panel This last session is an opportunity for delegates to ask any question on any MAGNET Field topic they like, directed at our expert panel. A great way to finish off the day. Jim Copley Simon Richardson Karl O’Toole
5:10 pm – 5:20 pm	Feedback & Wrap Up A quick feedback and wrap up session before heading to the Verandah Bar, open to all delegates! Adam Burke

Time

Activity

12:30 pm – 12:55 pm

Registration, Coffee & Tea on Arrival

12:55 pm – 1:00 pm

Welcome

Opening remarks and event introduction.

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Occupy Your Potential: A Guide to Fast Field Setups

In this practical workshop Karl with go through the different set up routine options for both GNSS and Robotic setups. This session with cover checklists and good field practice habits to ensure successful setups.
Karl O’Toole

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

MJF Magic: The Ultimate Data Transfer Masterclass

This workshop focuses on how to avoid “data silos” and manual USB transfers. It will cover fast, efficient and traceable ways to import & export data to and from MAGNET Field.
Peter daley

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

The Big Picture: Mastering the MAGNET Map Screen

Find out how to navigate quickly and efficiently around the Map screen. In this session Corey will show you how to customize your map screen layout and highlight map features so you’re faster in the field.
Corey Carn

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Off the Beaten Path: Advanced Offsets and Slope Staking

In this workshop Karl will show you how to speed up your road stakeout, how the visualisation tools help you in the field, and even design a road in real time to get yourself out of a tricky field situation.
Karl O’Toole

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:20 pm – 4:20 pm

MAGNET Field 2026 Feature Review

This session by Jim Copley from Topcon will give you a head start on taking full advantage of the MAGNET Field 2026 release due out in October. Jim will review and demonstrate the significant features and enhancements in the pending release.
Jim Copley

4:20 pm – 4:50 pm

Work Smarter, Not Harder: High-Speed Field Hacks

Being led by one of our most experienced MAGNET Field gurus, David will jam in as many MAGNET Field tips & tricks to help you level up your field productivity. From the “should knows” to the “lesser knowns” this session will be a crowd favourite.
David Banks

4:50 pm – 5:10 pm

Q&A Panel

This last session is an opportunity for delegates to ask any question on any MAGNET Field topic they like, directed at our expert panel. A great way to finish off the day.
Jim Copley
Simon Richardson
Karl O’Toole

5:10 pm – 5:20 pm

Feedback & Wrap Up

A quick feedback and wrap up session before heading to the Verandah Bar, open to all delegates!
Adam Burke

6:00pm Networking at Verandah Bar

MAGNET Office Summit – Day 2

Time	Activity
7:45 am – 8:20 am	Registration, Exhibition and Coffee
8:20 am – 8:30 am	Welcome
8:30 am – 9:10 am	MAGNET Office 2026 Feature Review This session by Manami Barker from Topcon will give you a head start on taking full advantage of the Magnet Office 2026 release due out in October. Manami will review and demonstrate the significant features and enhancements in the pending release. Manami Barker
9:10 am – 10:40 am ( Three 30 min room rotations )	The 3D Dimension: Bringing Your Surfaces to Life In this presentation Simon will highlight must-use surface editing tools, how to utilize the 3D visualisation tools, and efficient ways to edit, trim and tie in your meshes. A further outcome will be how to use these workflows to achieve quality volume deliverables. Simon Richardson Field of Dreams vs. Field of Reality: Data Verification This workshop will focus on how to “fact-check” and square off your everyday detail surveys in MAGNET Tools Pat Gilbert The Tie That Binds: Mastering the MAGNET Cloud Jim from Topcon will lead us in this workshop showing us how to level up our field to office productivity through MAGNET Enterprise using cloud connectivity, and the productivity tools in Enterprise to help office data managers be more efficient. Jim Copley
10:40 am – 11:10 am	Morning Tea
11:10 am – 12:30 pm(Two 20 min rotations)	Customer Project One of our MAGNET Office power users will walk us through a recent project they completed covering field and office procedures and workflows as well as end client deliverables with key-learnings along the way. David Banks Student Project PDF to Pro: Unleashing the Data Trapped in Your Plans In this workshop Peter will go through helpful routines to use when working with PDF’s. From importing vector PDF’s, scaling, extracting CAD data from plans, and converting “flat data” into 3D data. This will be a punchy session focused on getting more CAD value from PDF’s Peter Daley Building Without Borders: Mastering IFC Workflows Jim from Topcon will lead us in this workshop on Topcon’s advancements with IFC models. Various features will be shown to extract design from the model for design review or stakeout Jim Copley
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm	ME/MT/MO User Group Forum This is a user led session providing feedback directly to the Topcon development team around MAGNET Office feature requests and future MAGNET Office software development. David Banks
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm (Two 25 min room rotations)	The Final Frame: Mastering the Art of Plotting In this workshop Matt McHarg, our seasoned MAGNET Office support gun, will show us the quick wins you need to be more efficient when plotting. From automating title blocks, to managing complex plan sets, and getting the plot ratios right, this session will save you time in the office. Matt McHarg, Lines of Legend: Mastering MAGNET’s Drafting Tools Presented by Simon this practical session will cover everything from line work and symbols, to layer management and text annotations all in the context of plotting. You’ll leave this workshop with practical time saving workflows helping you send off final customer deliverables faster. Simon Richardson
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm	Afternoon Tea
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm	Work Smarter, Not Harder: High-Speed Office Hacks Backing up from day one, David will again jam in as many of the must know and lesser known MAGNET Office tips & tricks to speed up your CAD workflows and deliverables. This session will also be a crowd favourite! David Banks
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm	The Great Geospatial Reset: Topcon’s Bold New Era The 2036 Vision: Mapping the Next Decade of Geospatial Closing this year’s 2026 MAGNET Summit, Topcon’s Ron Oberlander will deliver our keynote address on where he sees the next decade of Geospatial and Surveying—and how that future will define Topcon’s tech vision. Ron Oberlander
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm	Q&A Panel This last session is an opportunity for delegates to ask any question on any MAGNET Office topic they like, directed at our expert panel. A great way to finish off the day. Jim Copley Simon Richardson David Banks
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm	Feedback & Wrap Up David Banks

Time

Activity

7:45 am – 8:20 am

Registration, Exhibition and Coffee

8:20 am – 8:30 am

Welcome

8:30 am – 9:10 am

MAGNET Office 2026 Feature Review

This session by Manami Barker from Topcon will give you a head start on taking full advantage of the Magnet Office 2026 release due out in October. Manami will review and demonstrate the significant features and enhancements in the pending release.
Manami Barker

9:10 am – 10:40 am ( Three 30 min room rotations )

The 3D Dimension: Bringing Your Surfaces to Life
In this presentation Simon will highlight must-use surface editing tools, how to utilize the 3D visualisation tools, and efficient ways to edit, trim and tie in your meshes. A further outcome will be how to use these workflows to achieve quality volume deliverables.
Simon Richardson

Field of Dreams vs. Field of Reality: Data Verification
This workshop will focus on how to “fact-check” and square off your everyday detail surveys in MAGNET Tools
Pat Gilbert

The Tie That Binds: Mastering the MAGNET Cloud
Jim from Topcon will lead us in this workshop showing us how to level up our field to office productivity through MAGNET Enterprise using cloud connectivity, and the productivity tools in Enterprise to help office data managers be more efficient.
Jim Copley

10:40 am – 11:10 am

Morning Tea

11:10 am – 12:30 pm(Two 20 min rotations)

Customer Project
One of our MAGNET Office power users will walk us through a recent project they completed covering field and office procedures and workflows as well as end client deliverables with key-learnings along the way.
David Banks

Student Project

PDF to Pro: Unleashing the Data Trapped in Your Plans
In this workshop Peter will go through helpful routines to use when working with PDF’s. From importing vector PDF’s, scaling, extracting CAD data from plans, and converting “flat data” into 3D data. This will be a punchy session focused on getting more CAD value from PDF’s
Peter Daley

Building Without Borders: Mastering IFC Workflows
Jim from Topcon will lead us in this workshop on Topcon’s advancements with IFC models. Various features will be shown to extract design from the model for design review or stakeout
Jim Copley

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

ME/MT/MO User Group Forum

This is a user led session providing feedback directly to the Topcon development team around MAGNET Office feature requests and future MAGNET Office software development.
David Banks

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm (Two 25 min room rotations)

The Final Frame: Mastering the Art of Plotting
In this workshop Matt McHarg, our seasoned MAGNET Office support gun, will show us the quick wins you need to be more efficient when plotting. From automating title blocks, to managing complex plan sets, and getting the plot ratios right, this session will save you time in the office.
Matt McHarg,

Lines of Legend: Mastering MAGNET’s Drafting Tools
Presented by Simon this practical session will cover everything from line work and symbols, to layer management and text annotations all in the context of plotting. You’ll leave this workshop with practical time saving workflows helping you send off final customer deliverables faster.
Simon Richardson

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:10 pm – 3:40 pm

Work Smarter, Not Harder: High-Speed Office Hacks

Backing up from day one, David will again jam in as many of the must know and lesser known MAGNET Office tips & tricks to speed up your CAD workflows and deliverables. This session will also be a crowd favourite!
David Banks

3:40 pm – 4:00 pm

The Great Geospatial Reset: Topcon’s Bold New Era The 2036 Vision: Mapping the Next Decade of Geospatial

Closing this year’s 2026 MAGNET Summit, Topcon’s Ron Oberlander will deliver our keynote address on where he sees the next decade of Geospatial and Surveying—and how that future will define Topcon’s tech vision.
Ron Oberlander

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm

Q&A Panel

This last session is an opportunity for delegates to ask any question on any MAGNET Office topic they like, directed at our expert panel. A great way to finish off the day.
Jim Copley
Simon Richardson
David Banks

4:20 pm – 4:30 pm

Feedback & Wrap Up
David Banks