M2 magazine presents
HOW THE BEST ARE USING AI TO SUCCEED
THURSDAY 23 MAY 2024
8:00am – 5:00pm, SHED 10 Auckland
For 20 years M2 Magazine has celebrated success, giving our readers exclusive access to successful people.
The M2 AI Summit brings their exclusive insights to the stage, a unique opportunity for you to learn how the best in business are using AI to succeed, face to face.
Last year we had over 450 attendees (over 50% Founders, Owners, Directors, Investors, CXO) great for quality like-minded networking with 91% saying they will attend the next one – this time we’re expecting 600 so it promises to be an extraordinary gathering of business leaders, experts and innovators connecting & sharing their thinking, actions & results on their success with AI.
What makes our event unique is you get a balanced perspective to make better choices for your business & customers – exploring the risks, opportunities & timelines, from a strategic business point of view.
A not to be missed day of immersion with 12+ keynotes, case studies, panel discussions, networking & hospitality all included.
What to expect
Advice on What Works From Those Doing it:
Upstairs a lineup of renowned experts and thought leaders giving you valuable insight on how the best are using AI to succeed.
Meeting Areas:
Upstairs quiet space for meetings or just catch up on some work or a zoom call.
Exhibit Area:
Downstairs we have a both Tech & Lifestyle Exhibits for you to engage with from AI & Automation to Cars, Travel, Whisky & Wine.
Hospitality:
Downstairs all Guests will receive: Espresso Coffee, Morning Tea, Lunch, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Fruit and Scotch, Cocktails & Wine with Nibbles at the Networking function & A 1 year subscription to M2 Magazine – all inclusive.
Agenda
8:00am – NETWORKING OVER COFFEE
9:00am – Welcome – Andre Rowell, Editor M2 Magazine
9:10am – What’s Changed In The Last 12 Months?
9:35am – How to Increase Productivity with AI & Machine Learning
10:00am – AI & Cybersecurity – What You Need to Know
10:25am – Innovation, Regulation and the Exponential Rise of Gen AI
10:50am – NETWORKING OVER MORNING TEA
11:30am – The Talent Needed Fill The AI Skill Gap
11:55am – 3 Years of AI Madness and What It Means for Business
12:20pm – How AI is Impacting the Health & Safety Future
12:55pm – New & Emerging Industries Created by AI
1:20pm – NETWORKING OVER LUNCH
2:30pm – AI & Automation Tools Your Organisation Should Be Using Now For Growth
2:55pm – Using AI for Sustainability Targets
3:20pm – Humans & AI, The Future of an Augmented Workforce
3:45pm – Learnings Workshop
4:10pm – NETWORKING OVER DRINKS & NIBBLES
5:00pm – CLOSE
Speakers INCLUDE
Jovan Pavlicevic
Founder of SquareOne which started as an app to help children learn about savings which is fast becoming a new generation of lean, low fee bank models with global ambition by leveraging AI for insights, operations and customer interactions. SquareOne is an example of high growth opportunity in legacy industry for disruptive players.
Nikhil Ramrakhiani
Dr Alia Bojilova
Andrew Dentice
Technology Lawyer and Partner at Hudson Gavin Martin. He’s an expert in areas where technology intersects with regulation (including AI) and in helping clients to commercialise or implement tech solutions.
Paul Roseman
Paul has more than 30 years’ experience working in the healthcare arena, with more than 20 spent working in Independent Practitioner Associations (IPAs) and Primary Health Organisations (PHOs). During his time with ProCare, Paul has designed and implemented a wide variety of primary care clinical programmes including; digital assistants, the patient pathway for high tech imaging in general practice, chronic disease management, hospital avoidance (planned care), electronic clinical decision support, referred services demand management and performance indicator programmes. Paul is Chair of Clinical Assessments Limited (CAL) a longstanding partnership between ProCare and East Health. Paul is a registered pharmacist and graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Otago.
Bill Haylock
Director PX4 Software, Ardent Group and Torch Energy. His career, initiated in the late 1970s, saw a pivotal moment in 1986 when he founded Queensland’s pioneering exploration and mining tenement management business. By 1988, Bill was instrumental in the development of tenement management software.
PX4 is a third-generation software, being utilised all over the globe by major mining companies.
Asa Cox
Asa Cox is the founder & CEO of Arcanum, a company that specialises in helping finance teams increase their productivity with AI. Arcanum is one of only 20 companies in the world to have been signed up for the Strategic Collaboration agreement (SCA) for Gen-AI with AWS. Asa has nearly a decade of experience working with applied AI and has led Arcanum to work with well known startups and enterprises in NZ and internationally.
Bede Cammock-Elliott
Bede Cammock-Elliott Bede is Founder of both seeo.ai and seedigital Limited. Founded in 2003, seedigital is a World Leading interactive remote video monitoring company that protects $5.5Billion worth of assets for many iconic brands & organisations throughout New Zealand. Bede is a published author in the UK & Brazil. He is a qualified assessor for the European Business Quality Model (Known as EFQM) & Chairman of the LSV Patrons Trust. He is a leading thinker on solving security related business problems, and the ethical application of AI to increase H&S outcomes for all stakeholders.
ADAM DURBIN
Chief Technology Officer of Mantel Group, Adam sits across Sitting across the group’s wide range of specialisations and technical capabilities. His career in IT started over 20 years ago in IT software support moving to system engineering and virtualisation and then into cloud. He was the co-founder of CMD Solutions before it joined Mantel Group, forming one of the top and fastest growing IT professional services organisations in Australia
Leighton Roberts
Leighton Roberts is the co-founder and co-CEO of Sharesies. At Sharesies, their vision is to give someone with $5 and $5m the same money opportunities. Sharesies is a wealth app with over 600,000 investors who’ve collectively invested billions of dollars. Sharesies also partners with private, and NZX and ASX listed companies so they can know and communicate to their retail investors, support with capital raises and provide staff share schemes – they have over 500 companies using their services.
Anna Mowbray
Revolutionising industries and fuelling innovation, Anna Mowbray is a powerhouse entrepreneur and one of Aotearoa’s most influential business figures. As one of the leaders who grew ZURU to billions in trade, she led culture, systems and operations as the company grew across the world. Today, she leads her new business ZEIL, a cutting-edge, data-driven job marketplace founded in 2022.
NATALIE ROUSE
Principal for Mantel Group NZ, Natalie has global experience delivering analytics, data science, optimisation and simulation projects, building highly skilled analytics and AI delivery teams, and driving responsible technology innovation at an enterprise level. She has overseen Mantel Group’s growth in New Zealand with capabilities across the technology development lifecycle. Natalie is an Executive Council Member of AI Forum NZ and co-hosts the AI Australia podcast.
TIM WARREN
As a Co-Founder of Ambit, Tim led a team of industry experts in designing and delivering natural, intelligent conversational experiences for some of the world’s leading organisations. With over 25 years of experience in strategy, executive management, and technology, Tim has a track record of automating customer service at scale with generative AI. He is a strong advocate for the immense potential of AI in transforming customer support and driving business growth.
David Mcdonald
As Founder of Altered State Machine, and a major shareholder in Futureverse, David has a had a varied tech and venture career with the last decade across generative visual and music AI, blockchain, and gaming partnerships with ReadyPlayerOne, Reebok, Warners Music, Muhammed Ali, and Fifa.
WHO Should attend?
1. Businesses looking to outcompete their market leveraging technology.
2. Businesses wanting to deepen client connections to grow their partnership.
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. 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. Only booked attendees can do these meetings.
WhY AttendeES ARE COMING
“Last years event was a real eye-opener for my team to begin to understand the scope and scale of change which AI is enabling in both our personal and business lives. We’re looking forward to attending again in 2024 to build on that knowledge and benchmark the progress we’ve already made against current best practice and find out what is on the horizon.” (March 2024)
-Kevin Obern, Managing Director NZ, Officemax
“I’m attending the M2 AI Summit to explore cutting-edge AI technologies and their implications for the future. This event aligns with my passion for innovation and my commitment to advancing human potential through technology. It’s a valuable opportunity to connect with other visionaries and discuss the role of AI in shaping our world. Engaging in these conversations helps guide my efforts in developing sustainable and beneficial AI solutions across my ventures.” (March 2024)
-Mark Smart, National Sales Manager, Unicom Security
“Given the significant disruption by AI in the education space within a short six months of ChatGPT being accessible in market, it was imperative that our organisation understood the directions of travel in this space. The 2023 summit covered a broad spectrum demonstrating the application of generative and other forms of AI, and fostered interesting discussions on how we might utilise AI as a tool to enhance customer experiences and improve productivity. Highly recommended!!” (March 2024)
-Yvonne Lim, Director, Tui Tuia, University of Auckland
“We will be attending to understand the role AI has in business along with the security aspects and concerns that it brings. Understand its use in problem solving or value creation and knowing where to focus. AI has garnered much conversation over the last few years so seeing how other companies are utilising the tech, and learning from mistakes or challenges will be interesting.”
-Emma Burte, Head of Product and Data, Kiwi Property Group (March 2024)
“I attended the M2 AI Summit in 2023 with the Les Mills CEO and Head of Tech. We all found it be a great showcase of how a wide range of businesses are embracing AI to drive meaningful change. On the back of last year’s insightful experience, the CEO is taking a number of his SLT members to the 2024 Summit.” (March 2024)
-Dione Forbes-Ryrie, Director, Les Mills
Companies AttendING THIS TIME
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
Webfox
WineSearcher.com
YOU Travel
Our Sponsors & Exhibitors
Mantel Group
Mantel Group is a technology consultancy and software engineering house with deep specialisation in digital transformation, cloud, data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity.
Visit mantelgroup.com.au
TEAM Cloud
A New Zealand hyperscale sovereign cloud service, owned and operated by TEAM IM, powered by Oracle Cloud.
Visit teamcloud.nz
Arcanum
Specialising in AI solutions for 8 years, Arcanum AI boosts SMB productivity by seamlessly integrating AI assistants into daily operations, driving growth and efficiency.
Visit arcanum.ai
YOU Travel & Cruise
YOU Travel & Cruise experts will find the perfect Oceania Cruise for YOU, so you can enjoy the finest cuisine at sea!
Visit youtravel.co.nz
Auckland City BMW
East Auckland BMW
Come and discover the ultimate driving machine with the largest selection of BMW vehicles in Auckland.
Visit aucklandcitybmw.com
Vist eastaucklandbmw.com
The Dalmore
The Dalmore is a luxurious single malt from the Highland region. No other Scotch captures the essence and the tradition of its people like The Dalmore.
Visit thedalmore.com
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland is the New Zealand distributor for the world’s most luxurious automotive marque.
Visit rolls-roycemotorcars.com
Auckland MINI Garage
East Auckland MINI Garage
The home of MINI in Auckland! The latest MINI vehicles will surprise you. Big Love!
visit aucklandminigarage.co.nz
Visit eastaucklandminigarage.co.nz
Promptech
Promptech is an AI teamspace and prompt engineering platform designed to boost productivity by utilizing LLMs and facilitating collaboration among teams.
Visit promptech.ai
Mint Design
An award winning marketing agency helping ambitious businesses grow with the latest marketing technology and artificial intelligence all backed by brilliant human minds.
Visit mintdesign.co.nz
Quanton / Dataline
DISCOVER THE POWER OF AI – The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into business is not just an upgrade — it’s a revolution. Join Quanton and Dataline as we revolutionise businesses with our cutting-edge AI solutions.
Visit quanton.co.nz
INFO by Design
A leading privacy and AI governance consultancy who help businesses optimise compliance to deliver maximum benefits for them and their customers.
Visit infobydesign.co.nz
SmartSpace
Welcome to SmartSpace, your enterprise-ready generative AI infrastructure. Designed for immediate deployment and scalability, it’s entirely self-hosted within your secure environment.
Visit smartspace.ai
Silky Insights
Being.
Clearpoint.
ClearPoint helps organisations succeed in a continually changing digital landscape. ClearPoint is a trusted technology partner combining digital design, software and platform engineering, data and artificial intelligence to help you adapt to change.
Visit clearpoint.digital
Align Digital
Never use GA4 again! Make Marketing Analytics easier with AI-driven Conversational Analytics instead.
Visit aligndigital.co.nz
Matrix AI Consulting
Matrix AI Consulting helps businesses of all sizes throughout New Zealand utilise artificial intelligence to gain a competitive edge.
Visit matrixconsulting.ai
M2 magazine presents
HOW THE BEST ARE USING AI TO SUCCEED
THURSDAY 23 MAY 2024
8:00am – 5:00pm, SHED 10 Auckland
(89 Quay Street)
