Monday, 19 October 2026
Te Wharewaka o Pōneke Wharewaka Function Centre
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration | Mākaro Room | ||
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Opening Plenary | Mākaro Room | ||
| 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 | Confidence Shift Stu Van Rij |
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| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea | ||
| ROOMS | Room 1 | Mākaro Room | Room 2 | Te Puni Room | Room 3 | Matiu Room |
| 11:00am – 11:40am | Details coming soon Yvonne Walus |
Workshop: The Evolving BA Landscape Vaughan Luckman |
Workshop: Outcomes, Impact, and Value: BA Career Growth in the Age of AI Greg Ng |
| 11:45am – 12:30pm | Panel: Agents of Change in Disguise: The BA Advantage Moderated by Jay Du, with panellists Hazra Ali, Steph Richardson & Theo D’Souza |
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| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| ROOMS | Room 1 | Mākaro Room | Room 2 | Te Puni Room | Room 3 | Matiu Room |
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Information Isn’t Sexy – But It Will Trip You Up Steph Richardson |
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| 2:30pm – 3:10pm | Workshop: Once Upon A Time In The Office: storytelling for BAs Jamie Bell & Matt Duce |
Workshop: Secure and Resilient Business Analysis in Today’s Governance-Driven Delivery Hazra Ali |
Workshop: Context Is Our Superpower: How BAs Adapt, Align, and Accelerate in the Age of AI Raj Jonnalagedda |
| 3:10pm – 3:45pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | Closing Plenary | Mākaro Room | ||
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Panel: Same Job, New Toolkit: The BA Skillset in the Age of Copilot Moderated by Dr Alvaro Orsi, with panellists Shane Hastie, Raj Jonnalagedda & Vaughan Luckman |
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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 | Move to Wharewaka Cafe for Networking Session | ||
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Post-Event Networking Session | ||