2025 Auckland Program

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Tuesday 21 October 2025, Mövenpick Hotel Auckland

8:30am – 9:00am Registration | Foyer
9:00am – 10:30am Opening Plenary | Rangitoto
9:00am – 9:30am Welcome and karakia
9:30am – 10:30am The BA as is a Leader
Filip Hendrickx
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10:30am – 10:50am Morning Tea    
ROOMS Rangitoto Great Barrier Motutapu
10:50am – 11:40am Starting our initiatives the right way using engaging visual models
Jenny Saunders
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Securing the Digital Frontier: Ensuring operations remain operational – Business Analysis in the Age of increasing digitalisation
Tara Sutherland
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11:40am – 12:30pm Imagining possibilities and making choices; strategy logic for BAs
Alexandra Nott
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12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch    
ROOMS Rangitoto Great Barrier Motutapu
1:30pm – 2:30pm Historic Failures and Future Instruments
Jon Buttriss
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2:30pm – 3:20pm Workshop: Navigating Stormy Seas: Tackling Tricky Stakeholders with the AI Compass
Yvonne Walus, Ankit Biswas, & Katrina Morris
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Workshop: Business Analysis as a gateway to leadership: your path to the C-suite
Caio Diehl
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Workshop: AI and the Future BA: From Requirements to Reasoning
Barry Ryan
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3:20pm – 3:40pm Afternoon Tea    
3:40pm – 5:00pm Closing Plenary | Rangitoto
3:40pm – 4:30pm Discussion Panel: The Business Analyst of Tomorrow
Jon Buttriss, Filip Hendrickx, Katrina Morris
4:30pm – 4:45pm Business Analyst Awards
4:45pm – 5:00pm Closing remarks
5:00pm – 7:00pm Post-Event Networking Session | The Deck, Mövenpick Hotel