Upcoming AI Events in New Zealand

Your go-to resource for AI conferences, workshops, meetups, and hackathons across New Zealand. We track events hosted by universities, government, tech companies, and community organisations throughout the country.

2025

September

Auckland

• 4 Sep

  • Agentforce Summit Auckland

  • Rethinking Roles – AI, Ethics and the Future of Communications Teams

• 6 Sep - Let's talk AI

• 10 Sep - Ba5 - AI Security Assurance

• 11 Sep - AI Lunchtime Showcase Sessions

• 12 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?

• 13 Sep - AI Builders Coffee & Walk

• 14 Sep - AI for Beginners: Being Intelligent about Artificial Intelligence

• 16 Sep - Mastering AI Series - Introduction to ChatGPT For Organisations

• 17 Sep - AI Awards Ceremony

• 18 Sep

  • Innovating with AI & Data in Insurance

  • Aotearoa AI Summit

• 19 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?

• 23 Sep - Experience Heidi: A.I Medical Scribe for All Clinicians - Auckland South

• 25 Sep - Machine Learning & Supercomputing in Science

• 26 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?

• 8 Oct - Snowflake World Tour - Step into the future of AI and aps

• 9 Oct - AI Lunchtime Showcase Sessions

• 14 Oct - AI Empowered Students Innovate-ED Summit

• 18 Oct - The Future Is Here; Will Privacy Keep Up?

• 21 Oct - Transform Data into AI-Powered Outcomes

• 25 Oct - Microsoft Future Now Auckland event

• 29 Oct - Lunch and Learn - Chat GPT & AI in Marketing

• 6 & 7 Dec

  • Auckland Digital Marketing Success Summit

• 4 Oct - Let's talk AI

• 1 Nov - Let's talk AI

• 6 Nov - AI Lunchtime Showcase Sessions

• 4 Dec - AI Lunchtime Showcase Sessions

• 6 Dec - Let's talk AI

🏛️ Wellington

• 4 Sep - How Did You AI Today?

• 8 Sep - Building AI Teams: The Future of IT Leadership

• 9 Sep - Governing the Agentic AI Future: AI & Data Governance, IBM TechXchange Workshop

• 12 Sep

  • Supercharge your Business Productivity with AI

• 18 Sep - Wellington AI Meetup: Agents and Beyond

• 14 Oct - AI Supercharge: Build Your First AI Agents

• 16 Sep - Experience Heidi: A.I Medical Scribe for All Clinicians

• 18 Sep - Aotearoa AI Summit 2025

• 20 Sep - Art and AI: Brit Bunkley in Conversation with Megan Dunn

• 19 Aug - AI in the Boardroom: The role of humans in an AI world

• 26 Aug - Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI with John Chow

• 14 Oct - Capability@Lunch: ChatGPT Playbook for Behaviour Change

• 10 - 13 Nov

  • 30th ICDE World Conference

• 5 Dec - Supercharge your Business Productivity with AI

🌱 Christchurch

• 4 Sep

  • AI in Health Research Network (AIHRN) South Island Launch

  • The Risks and Opportunities of AI

• 11 Sep

  • M2 AI Summit Christchurch

  • UXCHCH: Accessible design through AI?

  • Unlock the Future of Data Privacy

• 12 Sep - M2 Women Conference

• 16 Sep - AI and the Right to Privacy

• 18 Sept- Business Canterbury | Westpac Smarts: Making AI Work for Business

• 24 Sep - Build Better Content with AI-Powered Stories (in-person)

• 27 Sep - AI-Powered Professionals Programme

• 6 Oct - Meet the Agents: Protocols, Purpose & Progress in AI

• 15 Oct - AI in Education series

• 25 Oct - ITP Christchurch – Towards an AI-Enabled Future New Zealand

• 19 Nov - Empowered Students Innovate-ED Summit

🐑 Regional NZ

Te Aroha

• 15 Sep - AI For Kiwi Leaders

Tauranga

• 9 Oct - Leading with AI in Aotearoa Schools

• 23 Oct - AI Empowered Students Innovate-ED Summit

New Plymouth

• 6 Nov - AI Empowered Students Innovate-ED Summit

Havelock North

• 14 Oct - Practical AI Applications for Tourism Operators

Napier

• 27 Sep - Digital Technology - Cyber Bully and AI

Palmerston North

• 4 Sep - AI and Ethics in Governance

Timaru

• 2 Oct - Energise - AI in Education

Dunedin

• 30 Oct - Artificial Intelligence in Dunedin: Research, Industry, and Public Policy

Invercargill

• 17 Sep - AI for Business: ChatGPT: Setup & Optimisation

• 23 Sep - AI for Business: Microsoft Copilot, three different events: Basic, Skills and Advanced

• 2 Oct

  • AI In Education: Innovation and Impact

• 13 Nov - AI for Business: Intro to AI Agents & AI Automation – Learn & Build

🏠 Online

• 1 Sep

  • ANZ GEN AI Academy!

  • AI Explorers — Discover Your Customised AI Learning Pathway

• 2 Sep

  • What can AI do for your business?

  • Local LLMs: From Hype to Hardware - An Open Roundtable

  • Foundry Projects – Elevating AI with Project-Centric Design

• 3 Sep

  • How Global Changes and AI Combine to Affect Our Clients

  • Engineering and AI Panel Q&A:2

  • AI for B2B Marketers: Supercharge Your Marketing with Practical AI Skills

• 8 Sep

  • Getting Practical With Generative AI

  • AI for Newbies: Your Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

• 9 Sep

  • Tech & the Future of Design - Getting Practical with Generative AI | Webinar 2 of 3

  • AI in the Classroom

  • AI & Mental Health: From Personal Journeys to Collective Action

• 11 Sep - How To Set Your Engineering Team Up For Success With AI

• 12 Sep - AI Fundamentals for HR

• 15 Sep

  • AI Ambassador Practical Workshop

  • The Kong Agentic AI Hackathon at API Summit 2025

• 16 Sep

  • The AI for Business Playbook

  • HerAIStory Monthly Member Meetup – Online

• 17 Sep

  • Assessment Design in Higher Education: Changing Practices For a World with Artificial Intelligence

  • Local LLMs: From Hype to Hardware - An Open Roundtable

• 18 Sep - Talk & Share | Green is the New Smart: AI, Ecology & Design Trends in Landscape Architecture

• 19 Sep - Lunch and Learn – Google AI in Workspace

• 23 Sep

  • What's New in A.I?

  • Lunch and Learn – Craft your AI Policy

• 30 Sep - Expert Speaker Series Online: HerAIStory Members – Featuring Jo Miller

• 1 Oct - How to Build AI Skills For Your Career

• 2 Oct

  • Artificial Intelligence Impacts and Preparation for Māori - Bias & Governance

  • Ignite | Adapting in the Age of AI

• 16 Oct - HerAIStory Monthly Member Meetup

• 22 Oct

  • Build your AI Agent workforce with Autohive

  • Expert Speaker Series Online: HerAIStory Members – Featuring Susana Tomaz

• 17 Nov - HerAIStory Monthly Member Meetup

• 26 Nov - Expert Speaker Series Online: HerAIStory Members – Featuring TBC

• 29 Nov - Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AI Forum) Annual Meeting

• 16 Dec - HerAIStory Monthly Member Meetup – Online

October

Auckland

• 3rd Exploring AI Tort & Ability

• 4th

  • Agentforce Summit Auckland

  • Rethinking Roles – AI, Ethics and the Future of Communications Teams

• 6 Sep - Let's talk AI

• 10 Sep - Ba5 - AI Security Assurance

• 11 Sep - AI Lunchtime Showcase Sessions

• 12 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?

• 13 Sep - AI Builders Coffee & Walk

• 14 Sep - AI for Beginners: Being Intelligent about Artificial Intelligence

• 16 Sep - Mastering AI Series - Introduction to ChatGPT For Organisations

• 17 Sep - AI Awards Ceremony

• 18 Sep

  • Innovating with AI & Data in Insurance

  • Aotearoa AI Summit

• 19 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?

• 23 Sep - Experience Heidi: A.I Medical Scribe for All Clinicians - Auckland South

• 25 Sep - Machine Learning & Supercomputing in Science

• 26 Sep - What is Artificial Intelligence?