Agenda

9.00am – 9.10am

Welcome by MC: Mark Jones, Author, Journalist and Entrepreneur

9.10am – 9.45am

CHIEFS Panel: CXO Leaders Panel

  • Super-AI – what leaders must do today to balance innovation with long-term safety, privacy and societal trust
  • From Pilot to P&L – embedding AI as a core enterprise driver to help execute strategies and unloc k measurable ROI
  • The Buck Stops Where? – accountability, governance, and ownership when AI gets it wrong
  • Sovereign AI – how national data control, regulatory compliance, and locally governed AI infrastructure is a strategic enabler for trust, resilience, and market differentiation

9.45am – 10am

Sponsor Keynote

10.00am – 10.15am

Fireside Chat with…

10.15am – 10.30am

Industry Keynote

10.30am – 11.15am

Morning Tea 

11.15am – 11.30am

Fireside chat: Agentic AI in Action – Elevating the Customer Journey with Trusted Data

11.30am – 12.15pm

THE STAND OUTS: Best Use Cases Panel

  • Competitive Edge – how leading enterprises are leveraging AI to outperform rivals, drive differentiation, and capture market advantage
  • Borderless Innovation – standout global AI use cases that New Zealand enterprises can adopt and accelerate
  • The Next Frontier – harnessing agentic AI, Large Language Models, small language models, and synthetic data at scale
  • Beyond the Horizon – Automated Super Intelligence, quantum, immersive enterprise collaboration and other frontier technologies set to redefine the next 5 years

12.15pm – 12.30pm

Fireside Chat: Preparing for the Quantum Era

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm - 1.45pm

Fireside chat with…

1.45pm - 2.15pm

THE AGE OF AGENTS: Autonomous Enterprises & the Future of Work Panel

  • Beyond Chatbots – real-world cases where AI agents cut costs and create new revenue streams
  • Careers Rewired – the rise of new roles from Chief Agentic Officer to AI Ethicist, and the skills and recruitment processes that CIOs can’t afford to ignore
  • The Human Contract – redefining what organisations owe their people as AI reshapes work and trust
  • Future-Proof Leadership – why investing in AI fluency and talent pipelines secures tomorrow’s edge

2.15pm – 2.30pm

Fireside Chat: Cyber in the Age of AI – Defending and Counterattacking at Machine Speed

2.30pm – 3.00pm

THE ACCELERATORS: The Data Readiness Panel

  • Data Priority One – how to manage retention, cost, risk and accessibility and what to prioritise when everything can’t be stored, governed or used
  • Human-in-the-Loop Governance – how leading organisations are enforcing data and AI policies in real time
  • Scaling the Enterprise – how to industrialise AI across functions without fragmenting data and platforms
  • Sovereign Data Control – balancing data residency, regulatory requirements and model strategy, and what it means for ownership, risk and long-term architecture

Panellists:

3.00pm – 3.30pm

INDUSTRY VOICE: Audience Questions Answered

Pose your burning AI questions on the registration form and have them answered live from industry experts in this dynamic Q&A session.

Panellists:

3.30pm – 4.00pm

Prizes Giveaway, Canapes, Music & Networking!

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