M2 magazine presents
HOW THE BEST ARE SUCCEEDING
28 April 2027
29 April 2027
Auckland
The M2 Magazine Business AI Summit is trusted by Business Decision Makers across a number of industries to network & gain insights on technological advancements to improve Business Productivity, Customer Retention, Growth & Profitability from Peers & Experts.
A day of speakers, case studies, interactive exhibits & networking to grow and succeed.
The majority of our 750 attendees (per day) are Business Decision Makers from a range of industries: Services, Construction, Advisory, Consulting, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Finance, Technology, Real Estate, Education, Automotive, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Government, Insurance & Legal.
Host your colleagues & clients for a day that 61% of our attendees return to every year.
Due to popular demand, in 2027 we have doubled our capacity and will be running 2 events.
Both events will be the same 1 day each, with the same speakers & topics. So you have the opportunity to pick 1 day to attend or 2 days to attend & meet even more new people.
Wednesday 28 April 2027 (9:00am-5:00pm)
Thursday 29 April 2027 (9:00am-5:00pm)
What to expect
Exhibit Hall:
Unique mix of Tech, Business & Lifestyle Exhibits for you to engage with from AI & Automation to Luxury Cars, Travel, Whisky & Wine.
Hospitality:
All inclusive tickets of: Espresso Coffee, Morning Tea, Lunch, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Fruit, Networking Cocktails, Scotch & Wine with Nibbles.
Meeting Areas:
Space for meetings, catch up on work or a video call.
Our Outcomes For You
Meet like-minded business people to grow your connections & your business by seeing what they are doing differently to succeed.
Get answers faster from expert speakers & fellow attendees about the latest developments, case studies, where to start & what works.
Understand how to use AI & Technology to build better products, increase efficiency
Grow your customer connection
Activate the passion of your team
Agenda
28 APRIL 2027
29 APRIL 2027
AUCKLAND
8:00AM – NETWORKING OVER COFFEE
9:30am – Welcome – Andre Rowell, Editor M2 Magazine
9:40am – “The AI Advantage: What Every Business Leader Needs to Know in 2027”
10:05am – “What the Best Are Doing: Productivity Lessons From New Zealand’s Highest-Performing Businesses”
10:30am – “The Competitive Gap: Why Some Businesses Are Pulling Ahead and What They’re Doing Differently”
11:00am – NETWORKING OVER MORNING TEA
11:45am – “AI You Can Use Today: Simple Tools and Fast Productivity Wins”
12:10pm – “Scaling With AI Agents: Doing More With Less”
12:35pm – “Smarter Operations: AI Across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Service”
1:00pm – NETWORKING OVER LUNCH
2:10pm – “The ROI of AI: How to Measure What Matters and Justify the Investment”
2:35pm – “The AI-Ready Team: How to Upskill Your People Fast”
3:00pm – “What Happens Next? Opportunities, Risks and Moves to Make Now”
3:25pm – Summary of the day’s key takeaways
3:30pm – NETWORKING OVER DRINKS & NIBBLES
5:00pm – CLOSE
Past Speaker Presentations
WHO Should attend?
1.
Businesses looking to outcompete their market leveraging technology.
2.
Business Leaders wanting to best leverage their time with our M2 Connector where they can “speed date” for 10 minutes with up to 6 solution providers to help them leverage technology to grow their business.
3.
Businesses wanting to strengthen their senior team, enabling personal & therefore business growth by spending valuable face to face time in an expansive environment.
4.
Leaders wanting to invest a day with their rising stars in the business to share ideas, goals & visions for them personally & the future of the business.
5.
Leaders wanting to create new opportunities by networking with other business leaders about productivity, growth & business development.
6.
Businesses wanting to deepen client connections to grow their partnership.
WhAT AttendeES SAY
“This event is extremely valuable to us.” (October 2024)
-Vaughan Borcovsky, Operations Manager, Barfoot & Thompson
“AI might not take your job, but the individual and companies who adopt it effectively, just might.” (May 2024)
–Brynn Uriara, Client Lead at Spark
“Was a super inspiring day and left very energised! Keen to bring more IAG leaders next time.” (June 2024)
-Nick Roberts, Executive Manager Direct Brands, IAG
“Loved the enthusiasm and examples of how AI can easily streamline businesses.” (May 2024)
– Mark Smart, National Sales Manager, Unicom Security
“The speakers delivered invaluable insights into AI’s transformative impact across industries.” (May 2024)
– Frist Travel Group
“We all found it be a great showcase of how a wide range of businesses are embracing AI to drive meaningful change.” (March 2024)
-Dione Forbes-Ryrie, Director, Les Mills
Companies That Attend
2degrees
3 Plus
AA Insurance
ACG Schools
Auckland City BMW
Auckland Mini Garage
Adaptiv
Afirmo
Align
Anderson Lloyd
ANU Health Partners
AoFrio
Aquaswim
Arcanum
Arcserve
Aspire Property
AUT
Avid Legal
Barfoot & Thompson
Bedpost
Being AI
Berry Street
Best Start
Bluechip IT
BNZ
Booster Innovation
Box
Bremworth
Canon
CDC
Centrix
Chemistry
Clearpoint
Code Blue
Cook Costello
Crane Association
Datamine
Diagram
Digital Island
Dynamo6
East Auckland BMW
East Auckland Mini Garage
Elucidate Consulting
Energy Collective
Foster Moore
G.J. Gardner Homes
Global Endeavours
Grand Millennium Hotel
Habit Health
HEB
Heliosps
Hudson Gavin Martin
Icebreaker
Info By Design
Intranet Consulting
ITM
iTraffic
Kina Construct
Kitchen Studio
Kiwi Property
KPMG
Learning Circle
Les Mills
Link Business
Liquorland
Lucknow Initiatives
Luma Analytics
Lumo
Macro Active
Mantel Group
Mark Collins Hospitality
Maserati
Matrix Consulting
Melanie Disse Consulting
Mint Design
Miriam Chancellor
Momentum
Montana Group
MTF Finance
Oceania Cruises
OCS
Officemax
OSS
Paymark
People Project
Pie Funds
Pita Pit
ProCare
Promptech
Puttiapps
Quanton
Recur
RD
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland
Rush
SBA Accounting
Securiti
Share NZ
Silky Insights
Skin Institute
Smartpay
Smartspace
SME Growth
Spark
Splash Digital
Sprout
Stainless Design
Steel & Tube
STH Group
Streamliner
Symbioniq
Target State
Team Cloud
Tickled Pink
Trade Me
Trust Management
Ullrich Group
University of Auckland
Unicom Security
Valid Consulting
Vision Systems
Voluntas Group
Voyager
Foxbyte
WineSearcher.com
YOU Travel
Our co-Sponsors & Exhibitors
Cyma
Great technology foundations change what’s possible. We’re here to support you to achieve your business ambitions, today and what ever comes next.
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Dynamo6
Strategic Digital Transformation. Delivering secure cloud-native infrastructure, custom software, and operational resilience to help ambitious organisations innovate & scale.
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FUJIFILM CodeBlue
FUJIFILM CodeBlue modernises work with AI on Microsoft, Copilot training and automation across documents, workflows and security.
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IRIS by Argon & Co
IRIS by Argon & Co is focused on data and advanced AI for operations. We combine advisory services, advanced analytics, and AI applications, powered by our innovation lab, to drive meaningful change. Our people bring together deep operational knowledge, data expertise, and business insight to design and implement practical, high-impact solutions.
Visit argonandco.com/en/iris
Robert Half
Robert Half New Zealand helps organisations navigate AI, technology and finance talent challenges through specialist expertise and workforce planning. Get in touch today.
Visit roberthalf.com/nz
Xtracta X
Xtracta provides AI-powered data extraction software and OCR solutions to help your organisation with all kinds of document automation.
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