Tag: Auckland

Figure.NZ: Seeing Aotearoa Clearly Through Data – Auckland – 19 November 2018

What

Lillian Grace, Chief Executive Officer of Figure.NZ, will explain their vision for all New Zealanders to better understand and use data and some of their motivation and journey to get to where they are today.

Lillian will also talk about some of the technical challenges faced and how they have solved them through a combination of tools and bespoke development.

Open Data in NZ Meetups are for sharing the passion and success around the release of open data with like-minded people. These Meetups will consist of sharing innovative ideas and information, success stories and an open forum to discuss hot topics happening within your region and the wider global community.

When and Where

Monday, November 19, 2018
6pm – 7:30pm

State Services Commission
(Auckland Policy Office)
45 Queen St
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Figure.NZ: Seeing Aotearoa Clearly Through Data
Auckland Open Data Meetup

The Ethics of The Future of Work and AI – Auckland / Wellington – 14-15 November 2018

What

Who is going to teach the robots manners?

Humans are inherently bias and as AI is developed how do we prevent the biases, already existing within society, being reinforced in technology?

Algorithms were supposed to free us from our unconscious mistakes but now there is a new set of problems to solve.

How do we address the potential for discrimination in an incredibly complex environment that is already quietly embedded in our personal lives and in some of the most powerful institutions on Earth?

Join The Institute of Management New Zealand and our incredible panel as we discuss the Ethics of AI and the Future of Work, the conscious and unconscious bias’s that exist in our organisations and why we need diversity of thought to make the most of our tomorrows.

Our panelists are:
– Rachel Kelly – most recently the founder of Ethical AI, a company intersecting artificial intelligence and moral psychology to tackle AI corruption and global data protection.

– Tim Warren – co-founder of Ambit – an enterprise Conversational AI platform as well as an investor in over 20 early stage companies.

– Shireen Chua – Director of Third Culture Solutions, facilitating organisational development to turn diverse teams into highly performing ones.

4:30pm – 5:30pm Networking
5:30pm – 7:30pm Panel

When and Where

Auckland

Wednesday 14 November 2018
4:30pm – 7:30pm

BNZ Partners Business Centre,
Level 7, 80 Queen St,
CBD, Auckland

Wellington

Thursday 15 November 2018
4:30pm – 7:30pm

Wellington Partners Centre,
1 Victoria St,
Wellington

How Much

Early Bird   $25
General       $30

More

The Ethics of The Future of Work and AI website and registration

NZ Skeptics Conference – Auckland 16 – 18 November 2018

What

This year’s NZ Skeptics Conference is on the weekend of the 16th – 18th of November in Auckland.

The conference is conveniently located at Butterfly Creek near Auckland International Airport, where the entire conference takes place. Events kick off on the Friday evening with a conference welcome and skeptically themed pub quiz.

There’s a full day of speakers on Saturday at the followed by dinner where you can chat with our speakers. Sunday has more speakers and a panel, and the weekend wraps up with the NZ Skeptics’ AGM.

When and Where

6pm – late, Friday 16th November – Registration and Skeptics in the Pub Quiz
8:30am – late, Saturday 17th November – Main Programme
9:30am – 3pm – Sunday 18th November – Main Programme

Butterfly Creek
10 Tom Pearce drive
Auckland Airport

How Much

Earlybird pricing ends 21 October

Full weekend            $160 earlybird, $180 standard
Unwaged weekend   $120 earlybird, $140 standard
Single Day                  $90 earlybird, $110 standard

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NZ Skeptics Conference Website

Operating Azure at Scale – Auckland – 24 October 2018

What

It’s really easy to get started quickly and go fast with Azure. But what happens when the business starts asking for compliance, security and cost control? In the past this has meant slowing down and implementing large and complex governance frameworks. But now you can have control and go fast with a suite of Azure Governance services and features that were announced at Ignite 2018: Azure Blueprints, Resource Graph, Management Groups and Azure Policy (ARM Policies).

In this talk, Daniel Larsen (Technical Evangelist at Microsoft) will demonstrate the new Azure Governance features in the Azure Portal and CLI (Command line interface), and how to quickly implement pragmatic and sensible policies and controls that keep the business happy without slowing developers down. These great new features have drawn from field experience with some of Azure’s largest customers, so that everyone can benefit from the right amount of control and go fast.

As usual, arrive at 11:30am and get some lunch. The session starts at 11:45am and goes for an hour.

When and Where

Wednesday 24 October 2018
11:30am – 1pm

Microsoft Auckland
Level 5, 22 Viaduct Harbour Ave
Auckland Central

How Much

Free

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Operating Azure at Scale Meetup Event
Auckland Azure Lunchtime Meetup Group

 

The Auckland Brick Show – Auckland – 3-4 November 2018

What

The annual Auckland Brick show will feature awesome LEGO® models, displays and amazing MOC’s ( My Own creations) brought to you by members of the Auckland LEGO® User Group, as well as guests from around New Zealand.

A massive LEGO® Playbrick area where the kids (and adults..) can put their creativity to the test.

An awesome range of LEGO® and LEGO® branded products will be on sale by TOYCO.

When and Where

Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th Novemeber 2018
9am – 5:30am

Eventfinda Stadium (formerly NSEC),
Silverfield & Argus Place Entrances,
17 Silverfield Lane,
Wairau Valley, Auckland

How Much

Online pre-sales: $7.18
Limited Doorsale tickets: $10.00
Children 3 and Under: FREE

Just choose your day and session start time. Sessions start at one hour intervals on the hour from 9am – you can stay as long as you like. Please note the 4pm session runs until 5.30pm.

You can purchase tickets online right up until the start of a session, even if you are already at the venue.

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Auckland Brick Show Website
Auckland Brick Show Eventfinda Page

Google Developer Groups – Auckland DevFest 2018 – Auckland – 9 November 2018

What

DevFest Auckland is a community run event where developers come together to exchange ideas and amazing things can happen!

DevFest events cover multiple Google product areas such as Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform, Google Assistant, Flutter, machine learning with TensorFlow, and Mobile Web.

DevFest Auckland is organised by GDG Auckland. This is Auckland’s Google Developer Group. We meet each month and discuss a variety of content including: Android, IO and other Google related technology.

When and Where

Friday 9 November 2018
9am – 5:30pm

Auckland Conference Centre
12 Nicholls Lane,
Parnell, Auckland

How Much

Standard Ticket $50

More

GDG Devfest 2018 website

Geek Girls Film Screening With Director Gina Hara – Auckland – 25 October 2018

What

Premiere screening of Geek Girls a documentary film by Gina Hara.

The hidden half of nerd culture.

Geek Girls is the first feature-length documentary exploring the hidden half of fan culture: nerdy women. Although geeky communities have recently risen to prominence as major cultural contributors, very little attention has been directed towards the women who live and work with nerd culture on a daily basis.


Filmmaker Gina Hara addresses this oversight by delving into a world of professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats; she follows her subjects through the exhilaration of newfound community and the ennui of ostracization while also exploring her own struggles with her geek identity.

Gina Hara was born in Budapest, Hungary. She is an acclaimed filmmaker and artist with a background in art & technology, interested in the experimental aspects and transmedial forms of visual culture.

For the first time in Auckland, Gina Hara will attend a screening of her documentary Geek Girls for a Q&A after the session.

When and Where

Thursday 25 October 2018
6pm – 8:30pm

Hoyts Cinema: Sylvia Park,
286 Mt Wellington Highway
Mt Wellington
Auckland

How Much

$25 + $1.75 booking fee

More

Geek Girls Film Website
Eventfinda page for screening
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Industry 4.0 – The 4th Industrial Revolution. What is it all about? – Auckland – 11 October 2018

What

Industry 4.0 – The 4th Industrial Revolution. What is it all about?

The first industrial revolution stemmed from mechanisation through the use of water and steam power. The second revolution occurred when electricity was harnessed to power mass production and assembly lines. In recent decades, the third revolution occurred with computerisation and automation in production facilities. Now the fourth revolution is occurring with the advent of smart factories and the use of cyber-physical systems.

Come and hear about the combination of all the Industry 4.0 technologies: cyber-physical systems – physical assets connected to digital twins – the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), data analytics, additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence are employed to convert manufacturing to “the factory of the future”.

When and Where

11 October 2018
5.30PM – 8.30PM

Beca
21 Pitt St, Auckland

How Much

Free. Register here.

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Industry 4.0 is an event organised by Engineering NZ.

DevFest Auckland 2018 – Auckland – 9 November 2018

What

GDG Auckland‘s GDG DevFest Auckland 2018 is a community run event where developers come together to exchange ideas and amazing things can happen!

DevFest events cover multiple Google product areas such as Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform, Google Assistant, Flutter, machine learning with TensorFlow, and Mobile Web.

At least 11 speakers who Googlers, Google Developer Experts and more. Schedule indicates there’s 15 sessopms acrpss 2 tracks.

Keynote by Andrew Kelly, Engineering Lead – Google Technologies, Bilue, an agency based in Sydney. Andrew is a Google Developer Expert for Android and has been working with Android for the past 6 years. He has worked on Android apps for ABC Triple j and Stan while at Bilue, and apps for Commonwealth Bank, eBay, BIG W and the Sydney Opera House during his time as a freelance Android developer.

Buying a ticket means you choose to respect our Code of Conduct. Please check it out at https://akldevfest.gdg.nz/cod.

Organised by Auckland’s Google Developer Group, GDG Auckland.

When and Where

9 November 2018
9:00am-5:00pm. Schedule.

Auckland Conference Centre,
12 Nicholls Lane, Parnell, Auckland,

How Much

$50.  Buy a ticket.
Buying a ticket means you choose to respect our Code of Conduct. Please check it out at https://akldevfest.gdg.nz/cod.

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DevFest Auckland 2018, is organised by Auckland’s Google Developer Group, GDG Auckland. (Twitter @GDGAuckland)

DevOps Auckland: Infrastructure at an Emerging Company – Auckland – 8 October 2018

What

Our presenter is Thomas Yang – Software Developer at AskNicely, and a bit of a server wrangler at work and for play.

He will share with us “Infrastructure at an Emerging Company”: A talk about how we have our Infrastructure set up at AskNicely, and the lessons and experiences from the perspective of someone new to DevOps.

DevOps Auckland

We’re all about DevOps (whatever that may mean to you), and come from a variety of backgrounds: software development, operations, management, research, hardware, ???. Anyone is welcome to join, if you’re just starting out work, still studying, or an industry veteran. DevOps concepts aren’t restrictive, so feel free to surprise us by connecting it to something new.

We’ll have regular meetings in Auckland, either with a presentation, or a discussion topic.

When and Where

Monday, 8 October 2018
5:30pm – 7:30pm

Catalyst IT
Level 4, 2 Commerce St
CDB
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Infrastructure at an Emerging Company Registration Webpage
DevOps Auckland Meetup Group