NZ Tech week 2020 is here - what are you going to see? Virtual or on-site?

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It’s that time of year again to support & learn from interesting speakers on latest technical innovation from hands-on masterclasses, start-up stories, to panel discussions. We’ll see everything from new types of technical tooling to how to raise capital & what’s the future of AI in New Zealand.

So what are your picks? There’s over 200 events on offer….The nice thing this year is there is a lot more virtual offerings so you’re able to go online from wherever you are and access great talks from all over Aotearoa creating a bit more a national feel.

I few things stand out over the next few weeks….

Want to meet a digital human? Let me introduce you to Tess…Please check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/introducing-tess-a-digital-human-assistant-965/

Clinical psychologist Nigel Latta talks about how humans make decisions and his cohorts on how AI can predict customer buying patterns. Check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/engaging-ai-to-predict-customer-behaviour-and-improve-service-with-nigel-latta-1030/

How is New Zealand going to build our AI capability? This should be an interesting panel discussion check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/building-aotearoas-artificial-intelligence-capability-890/

Hear from tech guru Frances Valentine & co on how is NZ going to become a ‘smart country’ with 5G? Check out…https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/5g-and-new-zealand-what-will-it-take-to-become-the-first-smart-country-964/

Digital geography? How is it utilising AI? Last year this was a very well attended event in Christchurch seeing the ever passionate Kurt Janssen of Orbica and other speakers talk about the advancement of this fascinating domain check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/explore-location-815/

Software Product Management? Check out a talk from product management gurus Tas (Deloitte) & Ashley (Jade) here: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/product-management-fundamentals-2-better-user-stories-better-product-outcomes-682/

If you’re interested in the fascinating area of Web AR (Augmented Reality) & how it’s changing the customer experience check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/webar-augmented-reality-beyond-the-app-844/

Will machines replace humans? Check out: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/technological-change-and-the-future-of-work-776/

The full tech week programme to browse through is here to make your choices: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/

If you have some other great picks please comment & let us know :-)

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