Events

Who decides Aotearoa’s AI future?

AI is here. The real choice is whether we shape how it is powered, delivered and governed in Aotearoa — or let someone else, somewhere else, make those decisions for us.

If we host AI infrastructure here, who controls the data, the models and the income? Who benefits from the capability we build? And what do we risk if we do nothing?

These are not only technology questions. They are questions of sovereignty, resilience, energy, economic opportunity and the future we want for our communities.

Join us in Christchurch for the final event in our nationwide Sustainable AI Series.

Together with leaders from infrastructure, research, standards and Māori AI governance, we will explore what sustainable and sovereign AI could mean for Canterbury and all of Aotearoa.

Event Details

• Date: Thursday 5 November 2026

• Time: 5:00PM - 7:30PM

• Location: EPIC Centre Christchurch 100 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

• Cost: Free for members & non-members
  

The School of Science in Society invites you to Café Scientifiqué—a place where anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology in a relaxed, friendly environment.

This events theme is Super El Niño. Join two leading climate scientists bringing perspectives from atmospheric science and oceanography as they explore what a Super El Niño is, and what it could mean for Aotearoa New Zealand.

Date: 5 November 2026

Time:  5.45 – 7 pm
Location: The Guest Room at Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

Speakers:

• Professor James Renwick is a Professor of Physical Geography at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, with a background in atmospheric physics, mathematics, and statistics.
• Professor Craig Stevens is a Principal Scientist in Marine Physics at Earth Sciences NZ and Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland.

Join us for Aotearoa's first Indigenous Tech Summit

. Two packed days of keynotes and kōrero from indigenous innovators across the globe and Aotearoa.

For centuries, the vast expanse of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa was not a barrier separating our people. It was the original superhighway, connecting Indigenous navigators, traders and innovators across the Pacific.

The Indigenous Tech Summit 2026 reclaims this narrative.

Led by ancestral wisdom and cutting-edge digital capability, the summit brings together Māori and global Indigenous tech communities to navigate the future of artificial intelligence, data sovereignty, enterprise and workforce development.

We invite you to join us as we navigate these new realms.

Join us for Aotearoa's first Indigenous Tech Summit

. Two packed days of keynotes and kōrero from indigenous innovators across the globe and Aotearoa.

For centuries, the vast expanse of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa was not a barrier separating our people. It was the original superhighway, connecting Indigenous navigators, traders and innovators across the Pacific.

The Indigenous Tech Summit 2026 reclaims this narrative.

Led by ancestral wisdom and cutting-edge digital capability, the summit brings together Māori and global Indigenous tech communities to navigate the future of artificial intelligence, data sovereignty, enterprise and workforce development.

We invite you to join us as we navigate these new realms.

AIMOS is the annual conference of the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS). The purpose of AIMOS is to make the research process more trustworthy and efficient, and to promote the study of how research is done and how it can be improved. Our annual conference is an important collaborative space that advances this purpose.

The AIMOS 2026 Conference will bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to talk about how research is done and how we can do it better. AIMOS 2026 will be held on 30 November to 2 December at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, New Zealand.

We welcome academics and students as well as attendees from government, industry, and beyond. Please join us for three days of meta-research, skills workshops, hackathons, and discussion groups!