Christchurch AI
TechWeek events
Looking for TechWeek Christchurch events? This page brings together the full Christchurch AI programme — from online sessions on OpenClaw, agent management, governance, and coaching through to the EPIC AI Conference day and the closing AI Roadmap Workshop. It sits inside the wider Techweek NZ festival programme, so you can explore the national schedule as well as the Christchurch AI lineup.
It is designed as a practical guide to TechWeek events in Christchurch, following the week in chronological order so people can scan the programme, compare formats, and jump straight to the RSVP link that fits them. If you want to go deeper on the people and projects behind these sessions, you can also explore AI Coaching Academy, OpenClaws NZ AI assistant installation, and Caelan Huntress.
TechWeek events in Christchurch, mapped out
The week starts online with OpenClaw office hours and a session on managing AI agents, moves into governance and leadership, then expands into a full in-person conference day at EPIC with workshops, founder networking, talks, and a closing panel.
Friday and Saturday shift back into smaller-format practical sessions: one designed for reflection and coaching, the other for turning AI interest into a concrete roadmap for adoption. If you are searching for Christchurch tech events during TechWeek26, this page is the fastest way to see the full AI-focused run sheet. For the in-depth conference breakdown, jump to the EPIC AI Conference programme, and for the broader local community behind these sessions, visit the Christchurch AI homepage.
OpenClaw Open Office Hours
A one-hour open session for people who want to see what OpenClaw can do, compare notes with other users, and ask practical questions about keeping an autonomous AI assistant useful, secure, and online.
Caelan opens up the weekly AI Coaching Academy office hours for TechWeek so Claw-curious builders, consultants, and operators can learn best practices, see real projects and prompts, and trade ideas with other OpenClaw users.
Managing AI Agents: The Next High-Value Skill Set
AI agents are changing the way work gets done, and the new advantage is not just using the tools — it is knowing how to scope, manage, monitor, and improve autonomous systems well.
This intermediate-level session is for proficient AI operators, team leaders, and decision-makers who want to understand agentic workflows, useful agent projects, context engineering, performance evaluation, and the practical toolsets emerging around AI automation.
AI Governance & The Future of Work in New Zealand
AI is already in the room. This session is for directors, executives, and decision-makers who need clearer frameworks for leading AI adoption without letting governance lag behind the pace of deployment.
Caelan explores the tensions shaping the next decade in Aotearoa — innovation and oversight, speed and safety, productivity and purpose — then gives leaders practical ways to identify governance gaps, define boundaries, and structure decision-making around AI.
One in-person TechWeek Christchurch event, four connected sessions
These four Thursday sessions work best as one continuous Christchurch TechWeek experience at EPIC: practical workshops in the morning, founder networking over lunch, implementation-focused presentations in the afternoon, and a closing panel on leadership and trust.
If you are prioritising one flagship day among TechWeek events in Christchurch, this is it.
EPIC AI Conference — AM Workshops
A fast, hands-on morning of practical AI workshops covering communication, meeting intelligence, workflow design, nonprofit impact, and creative AI.
The opening conference block is built for people who want to experiment, not just listen. It brings together local and international practitioners for compact, high-value sessions that help attendees discover where AI fits into real work and how to use it more effectively.
Ministry of Awesome: Coffee & Jam #371
Christchurch’s longest-running founder meetup drops right into the middle of TechWeek day — a relaxed lunchtime session for entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, and startup people to connect, learn, and cross-pollinate ideas.
With light refreshments and a founder-focused lineup, Coffee & Jam bridges the morning conference workshops and the afternoon speaker block, widening the day from AI tooling into the broader innovation community around EPIC.
EPIC AI Conference — PM Presentations
The afternoon programme moves from experimentation into implementation, risk, infrastructure, and strategy — grounded talks from people working where AI hits the real world.
Attendees hear perspectives on operational excellence, AI safety, privacy-preserving systems, and the larger future AI may unlock, with a Christchurch AI framing that keeps the ideas practical, local, and relevant.
EPIC AI Conference — Evening Panel
The day closes with a wider conversation about leadership, responsibility, trust, and change — the human questions that determine how AI actually lands inside teams and institutions.
After a full day of workshops and presentations, the panel creates space for founders, operators, and leaders to reflect on what trustworthy adoption requires when AI stops being a curiosity and becomes part of how organisations work.
AI Coaching Power Hour
A facilitated hour blending coaching frameworks, human reflection, and AI conversation to create clarity, confidence, and momentum.
Participants work through a structured live session: group check-in, solo time with an AI coach, debrief, breakout conversations, commitments, and Q&A. It is designed for people who want a practical experience of AI as a thinking partner rather than another passive demo.
AI Roadmap Workshop
A two-hour working session that helps professionals turn AI curiosity into a practical implementation plan by mapping workflows, spotting leverage points, and prioritising useful experiments.
Instead of another abstract overview, attendees leave with a short list of relevant use cases, a simple experimentation roadmap, prompt templates, and a clearer sense of where AI genuinely creates value in their role or organisation.
