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...

Join us for a hands-on Codex community build meetup in Christchurch during Build Week. We will start with practical Codex demos and workshops, then build together on an open source project for the New Zealand ecosystem. ​Expect short presentations, guided setup, communal building, and time to meet other local developers and founders. Bring a laptop....

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Join Women in Tech Christchurch for an honest and practical panel conversation exploring career journeys in testing, quality, and technology.  

  AI Hackathon 2026 Hosted by EPIC Innovation Centre & Canterbury Tech   Two days, one challenge, and a path to the national stage. EPIC Innovation Centre is proud to host the 2026 AI Hackathon Festival right here in Christchurch. Register now — spots are limited to the first 40 participants. Event details Dates: 6...

Explore how AI is transforming Marketing & Comms in August's Second Monday Meetup. Simon Rush and Nic Hendrie from Trimble will be sharing how enterprise marketing teams are accelerating campaign strategy with AI, while Caelan Huntress will be showing how to build a Brand Voice Kit that teaches AI to write in your unique voice. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included. Meet up...