Agenda

9.00 - 9.05am
Welcome
MC Extraordinaire: Adam Spencer, Media Provocateur, Math Geek
9.05 - 9.20am
Opening Fireside Chat: Re-Imagining the Future of Tech and a 4 Day Work Week with...
Adam Spencer and Andrew Barnes, Innovator, Entrepreneur, 4 Day Week Architect, Author, TEDx Speaker, Founder of Perpetual Guardian, former Chair of Regional Facilities Auckland, PaySauce and Realestate.com.au
9.20 - 9.35am
Keynote Address: Get Set, Go! The Strategies & Skills to Kickstart a Successful AI & ML Action Plan
Tiffany Bloomquist, Country Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
9:35 - 10.15am
THE CHIEFS: CXO Leaders Panel
  • Chief Information Officer, Chief Data Scientist or Chief Executive Officer: who will own the AI agenda?
  • Measure AI's Success: a board's perspective
  • The Year of Hybrid: the cyber security vulnerabilities CXOs must protect in a work-from-anywhere world
  • Future Ready: what are the jobs that do not exist yet?
  • What's Next: How global events will accelerate AI adoption; and which emerging technologies will transform the world's economy by 2025?
Panellists:
  • Simon Kennedy, Chief Digital Officer, Foodstuffs NI
  • Andrew Haddad, Chief Information Officer, Vodafone New Zealand
  • Sonya Crosby, Chief Data Officer, Westpac New Zealand
  • Mark Shoebridge, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Specialist, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
10:15 - 10.30am
Keynote Address: Force Multiplier – Spark’s Pursuit of 10x Data Innovation
Matt Bain, Marketing Director, Spark
10.30 - 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00 - 11.15am
Keynote Address: Re-inventing Loyalty in the Digital Decade – the Business Imperative
Brian Ferris, Chief Digital and Analytics Officer, Loyalty New Zealand
11.15 - 12.00pm
THE STAND-OUTS: Best Use Cases Panel
  • Phenomenal case-studies and success stories to draw inspiration from
  • How AI, ML and other emerging tech is opening new competitive opportunities and revenue streams
  • What tech should CXOs invest in to progress their AI journey?
  • How to measure success: the metrics that matter in the digital age
  • 2030: the next wave of AI and how CXOs can navigate the new dawn of digital transformation
Panellists:
  • Angela Henderson, GM Digital, Kiwi Property Group
  • Matt Haigh, Head of Data Experience, Westpac NZ
  • Kari Jones, General Manager of Analytics and Insights, Woolworths NZ
  • Jennifer Sepull, former Global CIO, Group CIO, CDO at Air New Zealand, Honda Motor Company, Kimberly Clark, USAA and consultant to London Stock Exchange
12.00 - 12.15pm
Keynote Address: Acccelerating AI in the Digital Age – the Googleplex Experiment
Matt Zwolenski, Chief Technologist, Google Cloud Australia & NZ
12.15 - 12.30pm
Keynote Address: Machines Behaving Badly & the Morality of AI
Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW and Group Research Lead, Data61
12.30 - 1.45pm
Lunch
1.45 - 2.00pm
Fireside Chat with ...
Adam Spencer and Tracey Cotter-Martin, Associate Director, Futures, Insights + Experience, Datacom
2.00 - 3.00pm
THE CHANGE MAKERS: The Future of Work Panel
  • The standout companies that are embracing the future of work, today!
  • How will future hybrid workforces shift CIO priorities?
  • How AI and emerging tech will maintain mental wellness in the workforce, while driving optimal productivity
  • From the front lines: the skills required to support the emergence of AI in the workforce
  • The next wave: what the future workforce will look like by 2025
Panellists:
  • Rebecca Chenery, Head of Digital Enablement & Customer, Department of Internal Affairs
  • Jo Hilson, Chief Technology Officer, Tourism Holdings Limited
  • Frances Valintine, Chief Executive Officer, The Mind Lab & Tech Futures Lab
  • Megan Tapsell, Head of Pacific Technology at ANZ Bank and Chair of AI Forum
3.00 - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30pm - 4.15pm
THE BRAINS TRUST: The Ethical Panel
  • The ethical implications of AI and why we need to get the 'means to an end' right, now!
  • Why uncovering bias and 'techno chauvinism' is critical to enabling success
  • Answering the big questions on autonomy, intent, privacy, safety, security, surveillance, trust and regulation!
  • The buck stops with. ... the key stakeholders who need to sit at the 'ethics in AI' table
  • Ethics Agenda 2.0: how to future-proof a unique code of conduct that ties back to your organisation's value
Panellists:
  • Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW and Group Research Lead, Data61
  • Craig Columbus, Chief Information Officer, TR Group
  • Dion Sheppard, Forensic Research and Development Program Executive, The Institute of Environmental Science and Research
  • Dr Craig Jones, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Stats NZ
Moderator: Adam Spencer
4.15pm - 4.30pm
Fireside Chat with ...
Bora Arslan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, ASB Bank
4.30pm
Prizes Giveaway, Canapes, Music & Networking!