Events

Celebrating International Women in Robotics Day

October 3, 2026

Join the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association and New Zealand Robotics, Automation and Sensing to celebrate International Women in Robotics Day with an event bringing together speakers from across Aotearoa New Zealand.Through an engaging panel discussion, our spea...

New whitepaper

September 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence has changed significantly since the last edition of the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association’s strategic whitepaper was published in 2024. At the same time, Aotearoa New Zealand’s AI landscape has continued to develop, with new national...

Discussion paper launch!

September 12, 2026

Join us as we explore our new discussion paper, Applying OECD AI Principles and Recommendations in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications from a Research Perspective. Featuring authors Dr Alvaro Orsi, Professor Gillian Dobbie and Professor Albert Bifet, the session will examine ...

2026 ANZ Digital Twin Summit

May 4, 2026

Our Executive Director Jannat Maqbool will be Chairing the 2026 ANZ DigitalTwin Summit in Wellington later this week. For more information visit - https://lnkd.in/gimqFCY8The Summit brings together leaders from across infrastructure, urbanplanning, utilities, technology, res...

Digital technologies reshaping the agrifood landscape

February 12, 2026

An in-person opportunity to join a seminar on 23 February 2026 at Lincoln University (NZ) exploring how digital technologies are reshaping the agrifood landscape, with Forbes Elworthy and Paul Windemuller.For more information visit https://www.lincoln.ac.nz/news-and-eve...

Mid year workshop session recordings now available

July 15, 2025

We had a great turnout for our inaugural mid year workshop #AI Research Nexus and now recordings from the following sessions are now live at the event website - OECD AI Principles and New Zealand panel discussionResearch presentationsAI in Education panel discussionWhat...

November conference abstract submission now open

July 10, 2025

The fourth annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association conference will be hosted by Te Whiri Kawe | Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington on 17 and 18 November.This annual conference is intended ...

Abstracts now invited for our November conference

July 10, 2025

We invite Artificial Intelligence Research Association members to participate in the 4th Annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association Conference, taking place on 17 and 18 November at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, A...

Webinar - AI in Health

November 9, 2023

A recording of our October webinar with Kevin Ross, CEO - Precision Driven Health, Prof Sandhya Samarasinghe - Lincoln University (NZ) and Professor Gill Dobbie from The University of Auckland is available here....

Webinar - Large Language Models

August 31, 2023

A recording from our August webinar focused on large language models with Paul Geertsema - The University of Auckland, Johan Barthelemy - NVIDIA, and Albert Bifet - Artificial Intelligence Institute is now available...

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