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SUMMARY:AI Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Agent Management & Engineering Habits \nThe 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\, and opportunities around agents at work and beyond. Drinks\, demos\, and practical takeaways included.
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/ai-meetup/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Christchurch Data Science Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Databricks \nPlan is:\n– What is a data lakehouse\n– Decoupled compute & storage\n– Pros & cons of Databricks\n– How to run Python\, setup a scheduled job\, Unity Catalog\, Asset Bundles
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/christchurch-data-science-meet-up/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:CHCH Game Developers Association Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the June 2026 Christchurch Game Developers’ Meetup! \n  \nSpeaker – Mark Rickerby\nMark Rickerby is a creative and technical leader\, narrative systems wrangler and design educator based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. \n6:10 PM – KICK OFF\nWelcome to the Christchurch Game Developers Meetup\, with news from around New Zealand! \n6:15 PM – Retrofantasy UI: Remixing the Past in the Future\nRetrofantasy UI is an aesthetic and genre influence on game art styles and narrative themes\, drawing inspiration from the history of visual computing and graphic design. Join Mark on a tour through the weird and wild world of remixing legacy UI patterns and visions of computing in other worlds. \n7:20 PM – PIZZA\nEnjoy some refreshments (AKA pizza) and catch up with/meet other game dev enthusiasts. \nEvent Photography Notice: The CGDA occasionally takes photos and/or videos at our events for promotional purposes. If you would prefer not to have your image recorded for marketing purposes\, please make your wishes known to the photographer\, and/or reach out to a committee member\, and we will accommodate your request. Thank you!
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/chch-game-developers-association-meetup/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Live Strategy Lab with Dan Randow
DESCRIPTION:A one-hour interactive workshop on making strategy together. \nJoin the leadership team of a simulated organisation as it faces a difficult challenge. \nHow can leaders make strategy better together?  \nTogether we’ll explore how the team can create clarity\, surface assumptions\, and make decisions they can act on with confidence. \nYou will: \n\nExperience strategy rather than just talking about it\nRecognise some traps that derail strategy conversations\nPractice creating clarity and consensus in complexity\nLeave with stronger strategy skills
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/live-strategy-lab-with-dan-randow/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Christchurch Business Analysis and Beyond Meetup
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/christchurch-business-analysis-and-beyond-meetup/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260624T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260624T183000
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SUMMARY:Live Strategy Lab with Dan Randow
DESCRIPTION:A one-hour interactive workshop on making strategy together.  \nJoin the leadership team of a simulated organisation as it faces a difficult challenge.  \nHow can leaders make strategy better together?  \nTogether we’ll explore how the team can create clarity\, surface assumptions\, and make decisions they can act on with confidence.  \nYou will:  \n• Experience strategy rather than just talking about it \n• Recognise some traps that derail strategy conversations  \n• Practice creating clarity and consensus in complexity  \n• Leave with stronger strategy skills
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/live-strategy-lab-with-dan-randow-2/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Christchurch Azure Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Best of Build 2026 \nBuild 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.
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/christchurch-azure-meetup/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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