About this event In collaboration with Aerospace New Zealand, join Hardware Meetup NZ on 27th November 2025 for a relaxed evening at EPIC Innovation in Christchurch, where we will showcase several companies leading the way in Aerospace. Aerospace New Zealand is an industry body that promotes the interests of our nation. They encompass broad aspects...
Details Join us for some talks on AI Impacts on the world of work. Afterwards we'll have some Q&A then head to a nearby pub for drinks and further discussion. Talk: Struggling to find a job? AI Harms in Applicant Tracking Systems with Emma Humphrey If you can’t get past the algorithm, you can’t get the job....
February AI Meetup - AI Data Testing and Coaching with AI Hosted by Caelan H. Christchurch Artificial Intelligence Details Explore testing data and coaching conversations at February's First Monday Meetup. Hamish Watson will be exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and testing data, while Caelan Huntress will be sharing practical techniques for using AI as a personal coach. Drinks,...
Details Joins us for our first "Book Club" style event. If you're been in AI Safety, there is a new book on the scene, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. See a high level summary of chapters here. This book moves beyond traditional "AI safety" to examine the urgent case for a...
Christchurch Business Analysis & Beyond meetup - February Christchurch Business Analysis and Beyond meetup Details We are back for our first event of 2026 meetup - the plan for this session is: Networking Presentation - 'AI Self Defence' by Emma Humphrey From deepfakes to job market shifts, artificial intelligence is reshaping our world, and it’s essential...
Women in Tech - Christchurch Details WIT X Dawn Aerospace - Inside NASA's SOFIA Telescope & Dawn's Aurora Spaceplane Karina Leppik and Julia Sothman both worked on NASA’s SOFIA Telescope, a unique airborne observatory that was deployed to Christchurch seven times between 2013 and 2022. Over its lifetime, SOFIA studied star formations, planetary systems, the centre...
March AI Meetup - Multimedia Video & Image Generation Hosted by Caelan H. Christchurch Artificial Intelligence Details Prompt engineers are movie producers now, and in March's First Monday Meetup, we will make a movie together. Caelan Huntress will demo image generation using concepts crowdsourced from the audience, and Arthur Machado will craft video assets from those...
Details Explore how SOPs can be turned into Web Apps with Vibe Coding on Claude in April's First Monday Meetup. Greg Dickson will be showing how non-developers can transform Standard Operating Procedures into fully functional web applications, while Caelan Huntress will be sharing how to build software by describing what you want instead of writing...
Details Among the things that AI has generated includes fractious arguments as to whether AI-assisted creative works are protected under a country's copyright law. This talk will review the brief history of the purpose of copyright law, and the repercussions surrounding its purview for creative works in New Zealand, contrasted with developing legal cases from...
Details Stop just watching the headlines. Start contributing to the solutions. Our community is moving beyond traditional lectures to prioritise & scope action. This guided 75 minute workshop is designed to 'stress test' high-impact solutions and progress AI Safety in New Zealand, with the following focus: The New Zealand Election, Nov 2026. Whether you are a seasoned...
DAMA New Zealand – Data & AI Governance Meet-up | April 2026 Hosted by Anup DAMA New Zealand 1 review Details We’re excited to kick off DAMA New Zealand’s 2026 in-person event series with our community meet-up in Christchurch. This session brings together data, analytics, AI, and governance professionals to connect, learn, and exchange real-world insights...
Details In this session we unpack how bots think and how they're changing the way we think. Each talk will be around 10-15 minutes followed by Q&A Afterwards we'll have an open discussion along with drinks/food at a nearby bar. Talk 1: Nurturing Critical Thinking in the Age of AI As AI tools become ubiquitous in the...
Christchurch BA & Beyond meetup - April Hosted by Vaughan L. Christchurch Business Analysis and Beyond meetup Details We are back for our April 2026 meetup. This month is the deferred session that was originally planned for March (but had to be rescheduled!) - the plan for this session is: Networking Presentation - 'Working with Architects' by...
⚠️ TICKETS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH MEETUP ⚠️ RSVPing on this Meetup page does not reserve you a seat. (But it does let your friends know you will be there!) Tickets must be purchased on Humanitix. Links are below. $10 per event · $30 for the whole day 🔗 Reserve your tickets here: AM Workshops (8:00–11:45am) → https://events.humanitix.com/epic-ai-conference-am Coffee & Jam (12:00–1:15pm) → https://events.humanitix.com/ministry-of-awesome-coffee-and-jam-371 PM Presentations (1:30–5:00pm)...
Agent Management & Engineering Habits The bottleneck has moved. Agents can now take action on your behalf, and the people who know how to manage them well will pull ahead. Caelan Huntress will share why agent management is the next high-value skill set, and Blake Burgess will demonstrate how a senior engineer builds habits, hooks,...
Introduction to Databricks Plan is: - What is a data lakehouse - Decoupled compute & storage - Pros & cons of Databricks - How to run Python, setup a scheduled job, Unity Catalog, Asset Bundles
Welcome to the June 2026 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! Speaker - Mark Rickerby Mark Rickerby is a creative and technical leader, narrative systems wrangler and design educator based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. 6:10 PM - KICK OFF Welcome to the Christchurch Game Developers Meetup, with news from around New Zealand! 6:15 PM - Retrofantasy UI:...
A one-hour interactive workshop on making strategy together. Join the leadership team of a simulated organisation as it faces a difficult challenge. How can leaders make strategy better together? Together we'll explore how the team can create clarity, surface assumptions, and make decisions they can act on with confidence. You will: Experience strategy rather than...
This Meetup is for the amazing BA’s (and related professionals) of Christchurch to get together. A chance to share stories from the trenches, and look at how others are innovating in the Business Analysis craft.
A one-hour interactive workshop on making strategy together. Join the leadership team of a simulated organisation as it faces a difficult challenge. How can leaders make strategy better together? Together we'll explore how the team can create clarity, surface assumptions, and make decisions they can act on with confidence. You will: • Experience strategy rather...
Best of Build 2026 Build has come and gone, and Microsoft have announced a swath of new and improved features. What's worth looking at? What needs a bit more time? What do the changes mean for you? Come and hear from our local Azure experts on what the Build announcements mean for you.
Join the DAMA New Zealand community in Christchurch for an evening of learning, discussion, and networking - as we continue building a strong data community across New Zealand. This session will focus on building trusted, ethical, and well-governed data foundations to support responsible AI. What to expect: 🔹 Practical discussions on data governance & responsible...
🎉 Event: Innovators Meetup – Roast & Toast Looking for fresh perspectives on an idea, startup, side project, or challenge you're facing? Join us for an evening of networking, collaboration, and constructive feedback with Christchurch's innovators, entrepreneurs, creatives, and problem-solvers. 🤝 Networking: Meet fellow entrepreneurs, founders, innovators, and community members over food and drinks. 🔥🥂 Roast & Toast: Our...
AI Safety Australia & New Zealand presents Aotearoa’s inaugural AI Safety Conference, dedicated to discussing and building the frameworks - technical, ethical, regulatory, and otherwise - needed to ensure transformative AI is beneficial for New Zealand and the wider world. 👥 Target Audience This conference is designed for professionals and specialists with a vested interest...
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AI in Healthcare & Agri-Food Industries Generic AI advice only takes you so far. The real adoption work happens inside specific industries, where the stakes, the data, the regulations, and the people are unlike any other vertical. This month, we go deep into two of them. Rowena Woolgar will share what responsible AI delivery looks...