6 Degrees.AI – the Future of Tech, Innovation & Work

An elite group of New Zealand’s most successful AI visionaries and innovation ‘rock stars’ will unite to share critical insights on how emerging technologies are being applied to future-ready organisations as core accelerants to their digital business initiatives.

The drawcard MC of this standout conference is Adam Spencer, a master interviewer of global business greats, PMs and Nobel Prize laureates among others, and whose TED talk generated more than 2 million views. He will oversee a highly engaging program that will feature the following thought leaders:

• Andrew Barnes, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, 4 Day Week Architect, Author, TED speaker
• Andrew Haddad, Chief Information Officer, Vodafone New Zealand 
• Bora Arslan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, ASB Bank
• Sonya Crosby, Chief Data Officer, Westpac NZ
• Brian Ferris, Chief Digital and Analytics Officer, Loyalty New Zealand
• Simon Kennedy, Chief Digital Officer, Foodstuffs NI
• Angela Henderson, GM Digital, Kiwi Property Group
• Kari Jones, Head of Analytics and Insights, Woolworths NZ 
• Megan Tapsell, Head of Pacific Technology at ANZ, Chair of AI Forum
• Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW and Group Research Lead, Data61
• Jan Sheppard, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, ESR - Science for Communities
• Rebecca Chenery, Head of Digital Enablement and Customer, Department of Internal Affairs,
• Craig Columbus, CIO, TR Group 
• Jo Hilson, Chief Technology Officer, Tourism Holdings Limited
• Frances Valintine, Founder & CEO, The Mind Lab & Tech Futures Lab
• Jennifer Sepull, former Global CIO, Group CIO, CDO at Air New Zealand, Honda Motor Company, Kimberly Clark, USAA and London Stock Exchange