Canterbury Tech Events calendar

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Beginners AI Skills Workshop – 30-Minute Sprint

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

🚀 Boost Your AI Skills—Fast! Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This power-packed 30-minute sprint is designed to make AI accessible, hands-on, and immediately useful. Join us for a quick 30-minute workshop designed to boost your AI skills—fast. New AI tutorial or exercise every 10 minutes - learn by doing! Live discussion + Q&A with facilitator Caelan Huntress...

Christchurch Business Analysis & Beyond Meetup – April 2025 (Psych Safety)

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

We are back for our April 2025 meetup - the plan for this session is: 5:30-6:00 Networking 6:00 - 7:00 Presentation - 'Psychological Safety in projects'. We will hear from the amazing Gareth Mitchell, GM Consulting, about the importance of psychological safety in project environments to ensure that we are getting the most out of teams...

Beginners AI Skills Workshop – 30-Minute Sprint

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

🚀 Boost Your AI Skills—Fast! Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This power-packed 30-minute sprint is designed to make AI accessible, hands-on, and immediately useful. Join us for a quick 30-minute workshop designed to boost your AI skills—fast. New AI tutorial or exercise every 10 minutes - learn by doing! Live discussion + Q&A with facilitator Caelan Huntress...

Women In Tech (WIT): Outsourcing Executive Functions: Neurodiversity & AI with Information Leadership

Organised by: Women In Tech Christchurch

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Outsourcing Executive Functions: How Neurodiverse Workers Can Leverage Generative AI At our next meetup we’ll hear from Information Leadership’s Ash Lindquist on how generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot can serve as a powerful aid for neurodiverse individuals in the workplace, particularly when it comes to executive functioning challenges. Many neurodiverse workers—including those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia,...

Christchurch Digital Marketing Meetup – Email Deliverability with SMTP2Go

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Hi all This month we will be talking email deliverability. Lukas (from SMTP2Go) has kindly offered to do a brief presentation on some practical things that people can do to improve inbox delivery. Trust, Engagement, Relationship, Consistency/Patience, Reputation, Authentication, Saying Goodbye, Seeking Help, Practical Inclusions and Exclusions. Lukas's Bio is below. Thanks very much Caelan...

Beginners AI Skills Workshop – 30-Minute Sprint

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

🚀 Boost Your AI Skills—Fast! Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This power-packed 30-minute sprint is designed to make AI accessible, hands-on, and immediately useful. Join us for a quick 30-minute workshop designed to boost your AI skills—fast. New AI tutorial or exercise every 10 minutes - learn by doing! Live discussion + Q&A with facilitator Caelan Huntress...

Business Analysis & Beyond Meetup (Difficult Projects)

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

We are back for our March 2025 meetup - the plan for this session is: 5:30-6:00 Networking 6:00 - 7:00 Presentation - 'The Art of Navigating Difficult Project'. We will hear from the amazing Liz Foxwell-Canning, Department For Difficult Projects, about what makes a project truly "difficult". Refreshments - thanks to the generosity of BeyondBA Thanks...

Technical Debt in FinTech: Charting the Optimal Journey

Organised by: Christchurch FinTech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

We're excited to announce our first Christchurch FinTech event of 2025!! Jason Butler, Development Manager for OMNIMax, will be speaking on how they have overcome one of the biggest issues for IT companies and how you can learn from their journey. Jason will be discussing the process of migrating their entire product off legacy Web...

Free

Christchurch Business Analysis & Beyond Meetup – Feb 2025

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

What we’re about This 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. Details We are back for 2025 with our February meetup - the plan for this session is:...

Christchurch Game Developers Association Meetup

Organised by: Christchurch Game Developers Association

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Welcome to the first Christchurch Game Developers Meetup of 2025! Location: EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 Don't forget to check us out at: Website: (https://chch.gamedev.co.nz) Twitter: (https://twitter.com/CHCHGameDev) Facebook: (https://fb.me/CHCHGameDev) Discord: (https://discord.gg/68YqqFZ) If you like our meetups, consider supporting us on Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/CHCHGameDev) *** 6:15 PM - KICK OFF Welcome to the Christchurch Game...

Canterbury Game Dev and Creative Tech Day

Organised by: Christchurch Game Developers Association

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Come join the first day-long event celebrating game dev and creative tech in Canterbury! What’s the aim? To connect, promote, and build up the game development and creative technology industry and related communities of practice within the Canterbury region. Who is it for? Professionals, hobbyists, students, tech groups, educators, and enthusiasts in all things game and creative...

Lunch and Learn with Oury Clark UK – Expanding into the UK

Organised by: Oury Clark

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Oury Clark brings you the essential tips for successfully expanding your business into the UK market. Don't miss out on the key insights that can make add the difference. We're excited to invite you to our Lunch & Learn! Join us for some specialist advice in UK set up & expansion, alongside lunch & drinks.

Free

Women in Tech X Inde

Organised by: Women In Tech Christchurch

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Inde is an employee-owned, values driven, Christchurch start-up who, unless you work for an IT team within an enterprise company, you have probably never heard of. Yet our customers are as big as they get, and our competitors refer to us as a tier one player. So how do we do it? Why do the customers...

Michael Bolton talks about ChatGPT and Large Language Models

Organised by: Ruby Play Network

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Christchurch Test Professional Network (TPN), in association with Ruby Play Network, EPIC and Sourced are excited to host the internationally celebrated software test guru Michael Bolton. The presentation will be about the topic on everyone's lips...AI. Come along from 5:30pm and the presentation will start at 6pm. Entry is free but you need to reserve a seat by going to the  TPN meet...

Free

The Wild Ride (Thus Far) of Running Digital Confectioners – James Tan

Organised by: Christchurch Game Developers Association

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Welcome to the August 2023 Game Developers Meetup! Meetup Location: 100 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011 - Epic Building The meetup will also be streamed online: https://youtube.com/live/ZWp7WvZQ9Mw?feature=share 6:15 PM - KICK OFF 6:30 PM - GUEST SPEAKER + Q&A then PIZZA Don't forget to check us out at: Website: https://chch.gamedev.co.nz Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHCHGameDev Facebook:...

Free

Canterbury Tech Techweek – Monster Meet Up

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - Monster Meet Up Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/canterbury-tech-techweek-hub-monster-meetup Keen to see how many cool tech community meet-ups we have here in Canterbury? And keen to get a sense of what they're all about? Find out about Canterbury's amazing meet-up ecosystem and enjoy an evening of entertainment and technology sector talks. Each meet-up group...

Canterbury Tech Techweek – Meetup Organisers Unconference

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - Meetup Organisers Unconference Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-techweek-hub-meetup-organisers-unconference Bringing the meet up system organisers and future organisers together to combine forces to dream its future and overcome obstacles. Are you an organiser or would like to get involved in organising our meet up ecosystem for technology and digital meet-up groups? Sign up...

Canterbury Tech Techweek – The Future of Technology Day

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - The Future of Technology Day Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-techweek-hub-the-future-of-tech Canterbury Tech hosts a day of inspiring speakers and events exploring the amazing work happening in Canterbury about preparing and developing the future of technology and our technology workforce at the Tech Week Hub at EPIC centre. When: Friday 19 May 2023 Where: EPIC...

Canterbury Tech Techweek – The Future of Business Day

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - The Future of Business Day Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-tech-techweek-hub-the-future-of-business Canterbury Tech hosts a day of inspiring speakers and events exploring the amazing work happening in Canterbury about preparing and developing the future of transport at the Tech Week Hub at EPIC centre. When: Thursday 18 May 2023  9.30 - 3.00pm  (...

Canterbury Tech Techweek – The Future of Food & Climate Resilience Day

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - The Future of Food & Climate Resilience Day Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-techweek-hub-the-future-of-food-and-climate-resilience Canterbury Tech hosts a day of inspiring speakers and events exploring the amazing work happening in Canterbury about preparing and developing the future of food and climate resilience at the Tech Week Hub at EPIC centre. When: Wednesday 17 May...

Canterbury Techweek – The Future of Health Day

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - The Future of Health Day Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-techweek-hub-the-future-of-health Canterbury Tech hosts a day of inspiring speakers and events exploring the amazing work happening in Canterbury about preparing and developing the future of health at the Tech Week Hub at EPIC centre. When: Tuesday 16 May 2023 Where: EPIC Innovation Centre, 100 Manchester Street,...

PowerUp Your Career in Tech: Showcase your ability to learn and code

Organised by: ChristchurchNZ

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Join us to discover how to effectively showcase your learning and coding abilities using systems like GitHub.  This session is designed for job seekers interested in technical roles, including those studying tech courses or teaching themselves. You’ll learn valuable tips and strategies to build small projects and effectively communicate your skills to potential employers.  Brought...

Canterbury Tech Techweek – The Future of Transport Day

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech Techweek Hub - The Future of Transport Day Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/cant-techweek-hub-the-future-of-transport Canterbury Tech hosts a day of inspiring speakers and events exploring the amazing work happening in Canterbury about preparing and developing the future of transport at the Tech Week Hub at EPIC centre. When: Monday 15 May 2023 Where: EPIC Innovation Centre, 100 Manchester...

TechWeek 2023 – Canterbury Tech Week Hub at the EPIC Centre

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Tech Week is NZ Tech's national programme of events put on by organisations all over the country. Canterbury Tech is the regional coordinator for the Otautahi Christchurch programme of events. We are trying something new this year putting on a week of events at our Canterbury Tech Hub at Epic Centre on Manchester Street. We...

Canterbury Tech April in-person Monthly Event

Organised by: Canterbury Tech

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury Tech April Monthly Event Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/canterbury-tech-april-2023-monthly-event Join us, our quick pitch with Tim Dorrian of Aro Digital and guest speaker Mike Roberts, Director of Millpond. He will be presenting, 'Effective Leadership in Project Management' At the end of the day, businesses are driven by people. Tools, processes, templates are valuable, but if you can’t recruit, engage, entertain, and...

PowerUp : Supporting women into tech careers

Organised by: ChristchurchNZ

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EVENT 2: PowerUp your Connections Networking Event Meet with tech employers who are currently recruiting at this facilitated networking event. Find out more about what they do and practice discussing your skills and the value you will bring to their business. Tuesday March 28 5.00-7.00pm Venue: EPIC, 100 Manchester Street You can register to attend...

Ai Forum: ChatGPT

Organised by: AI Forum NZ

Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre

Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

ChatGPT – is the future finally here? Hear from AI experts on all things ChatGPT, from policy and ethics to practical business applications and a look into the future. AI Forum New Zealand in partnership with CanterburyTech and Cognizant is proud to present a discussion on Large Language Models and their impact now and in the...

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