Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Spark Conference Centre (50 Albert Street)
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration | Spark Foyer | ||
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Opening Plenary | Conference Centre | ||
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Welcome & Karakia | ||
| 9:10am – 9:30am | Drowning in Data, Starving for Judgement Jared Gorai |
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| 9:30am – 10:30am | Influence – When Logic Doesn’t Land Stu Van Rij |
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| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea | ||
| ROOMS | Room 1 | Conference Right | Room 2 | Conference Left | Room 3 | Spark Foyer |
| 11:00am – 11:40am | Workshop: Elicitation: The BA Superpower Bharat Sharma |
Workshop: BA Takes the Mic – We Own the Context, the Story, and the Ask Tara Sutherland |
Informal Chat: Ask Me Anything Jared Gorai |
| 11:45am – 12:30pm | Panel: From AI Hype to Measurable Value: Are NZ Organisations Solving the Right Problems? Have We Simply Replaced ‘Digital Transformation Theatre’ with ‘AI Theatre’? Moderated by Tara Sutherland, with panellists Stu Van Rij, Jamie Bell & Matt Duce |
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| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| ROOMS | Room 1 | Conference Right | Room 2 | Conference Left | Room 3 | Spark Foyer |
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | The Narrative Blueprint: Storytelling for BAs Jamie Bell & Matt Duce |
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| 2:30pm – 3:10pm | Details coming soon | Workshop: Agents of Change in Disguise: The BA Advantage Theo D’Souza |
Informal Chat: Ask Me Anything Jared Gorai |
| 3:10pm – 3:45pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | Closing Plenary | Conference Centre | ||
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Panel: Digital Capability Gap: Why Some NZ Businesses Are Accelerating and Others Are Falling Behind Moderated by Dan Lindsay, with panellists Adam Witherick, Jigs Jamnadas and more coming soon |
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| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | 2026 IIBA Australia & New Zealand Business Analysis Awards Finalist Announcement | ||
| 4:45pm – 5:00pm | Closing Remarks Shane Hastie & Tara Sutherland |
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| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Networking Activity | ||
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Post-Event Refreshments | ||