This volume represents a collaboration between CITRENZ and IITP, to produce an edited set of the proceedings for the academic papers from the IITP 2013 Conference. The conference, held in Tauranga on 23-25 October, saw academic and industry practitioners from the professional institute coming together to share insights and experiences. This special edition is a joint publication of the Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology (produced by CITRENZ) and the New Zealand Journal of Computing , (produced by the former New Zealand Computer Society and now Institute of Information Technology Professionals). Each of the papers in this special edition has undergone a process of double blind review, by at least two reviewers, and subsequent revision prior to publication.