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Upcoming Events

Meetup Free

September AI Meetup - Making AI Work: from Judgment to Implementation

Monday, 14 September 2026 • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

Explore the human and practical sides of AI adoption at September’s Second Monday Meetup. Pamela Simpson examines how organisations can preserve judgement and expertise, while Caelan Huntress shares how to onboard AI agents, transfer workflows, and build an internal AI Working Group. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.

Past Events

Webinar Free

AEO - Get Recommended by AI

Friday, 21 August 2026 • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM • Christchurch, Canterbury

In this free webinar, you'll learn the fundamentals of Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO)—the next evolution of digital visibility.
Instead of trying to rank higher in search engines, you'll discover how to structure your expertise so AI systems recommend you in responses to LLM prompts.
To get recommended by LLMs, you need to structure your website so AI can understand it, trust it, and include it in their answers.

Meetup Free

August AI Meetup - Marketing & Comms with AI

Monday, 10 August 2026 • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

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.

Webinar Free

AI and the Exponential Age of Abundance

Friday, 17 July 2026 • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM • Christchurch, Canterbury

What if we're underestimating what could go right?

As intelligence becomes cheaper, faster, and more accessible, we're entering an era unlike anything in human history. Just as electricity transformed industry, and the internet transformed communication, AI is transforming intelligence itself.

Workshop $200

AI Roadmap Workshop

Saturday, 23 May 2026 • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

The AI Roadmap Workshop is a hands-on strategy session designed to help professionals identify the highest-value opportunities for using AI in their work — and leave with a clear plan for implementation.

Conference $10-30

EPIC AI Conference

Thursday, 21 May 2026 • 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

The EPIC AI conference is a day of workshops, community conversation, presentations, and leadership dialogue at EPIC Innovation. This event is part of TechWeekNZ, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national festival of tech and innovation.

Conference Tickets are $10 each for Workshops, Speakers, and Panel ($30 for the whole day)

EPIC AI Conference an all-day TechWeek26 event in Christchurch

Thursday, 21 May 2026 • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

Come join us for our monthly AI Meetup at EPIC Innovation for a couple drinks, a couple talks, and some practical takeaways on how to use AI.

Webinar Free

Managing AI Agents: The Next High-Value Skill Set

Monday, 18 May 2026 • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM • Online, Online

This free intermediate-level presentation is for proficient AI operators, team leaders, and decision-makers who want to understand the next layer of AI capability.

Meetup Free

May AI Meetup - Governance and Literacy Implementation

Monday, 04 May 2026 • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

Explore AI Governance and AI Literacy Frameworks at May's First Monday Meetup. Todd Bowman explores AI governance implementation while Dr Elsamari Botha examines multi-dimensional AI literacy frameworks. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.

Workshop Free

Prompt Like a Pro: Practical AI Techniques

Friday, 17 April 2026 • 8:00 AM • Online, Online

Prompt Like A Pro is a high-energy, hands-on workshop where you’ll practice live with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity while learning the PILLARS framework for reliably great prompts. You’ll distill long PDFs in minutes, create a Custom GPT that mirrors your voice, compare models side-by-side, and use Advanced Voice Mode to rehearse tough conversations.

Meetup Free

April AI Meetup - Vibe Coding & Web App Development with AI

Monday, 06 April 2026 • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

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 code. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.

Meetup Free

Christchurch AI Meetup - Multimedia Video & Image Generation

Monday, 02 March 2026 • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • Christchurch, Canterbury

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 images during the event. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.