Adoption, Ambition and Agentic: Inside Aotearoa's AI Summit

Human In The Loop · Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 38m

Recorded live at the Aotearoa AI Summit 2026 in Wellington, this episode brings together six voices spanning the boardroom to the hackathon floor, and ultimately considering when does the human in the loop matter most?

In this episode, we hear from:

Madeline Newman — Executive Director, AI Forum NZ

Lou Compagnone — Director, Artificial Intelligence, Datacom

Akilan S — Head of Marketing, Zoho CRM and Zia Agents,

Martijn Verburg — Head of Engineering, Microsoft New Zealand

Wise Group Hackathon Team — Winners, 2026 Aotearoa AI Hackathon

Graeme Muller — Chief Executive, Tech NZ (NZTech)

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