Dive into the Future: Practical gen AI talk and panel

Join us for an interactive and engaging meetup where we will explore the challenges and opportunities of AI in the real world.

We will be joined by two Wellington based business directors John-Daniel Trask from Raygun and Abhishek Dixit from VedArc.

John-Daniel Trask is the co-founder & CEO of Raygun, (https://raygun.com/) a software diagnostics business with thousands of customers around the world. John-Daniel has been involved in the creation of multiple tech businesses and exits. He loves living at the intersection of business and technology and sees both as mechanisms to improve society. He and his businesses are multiple award winners, as Massey University's Alumni of the Year, New Zealand Hi-Tech Innovative Software Product and Wellingtonian of the Year for New Thinking. John-Daniel is based in Wellington, New Zealand, with his young family and when not coding or building businesses he can be found drinking whiskey and playing Starcraft 2.

Abhishek Dixit is Founder & Principal Partner at VedArc, (https://www.vedarc.cloud/) With a background in architecture and a track record of partnering with global CIOs and CTOs, Abhishek excels in leading digital transformations and executing change. He advocates for a hybrid strategy that prioritises balancing costs with outcomes, emphasising simplification and speed as key principles. Before VedArc, Abhishek was the Head of Architecture at Transpower, New Zealand, and delivered their AI adoption approach at the enterprise level.

This event will be run in a modified journal club format, inspired by the academic practitioners who keep up to date by coming together regularly to discuss scientific articles in depth.

Our event will start with a panel discussion of the article, where our expert panellists will summarise the main points of the article and highlight some of the key takeaways.

Then, we will open the floor for questions and comments from the audience. You are encouraged to read the article beforehand and come prepared with your own thoughts and questions. However, if you don't have time to read it, don't worry, you can still join the conversation and learn from the experts.

The event will end with some informal networking and light snacks.

We have selected an article that talks about some of the practical considerations around AI adoption and effectiveness.
You can find the article here: "Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality"

https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-013_d9b45b68-9e74-42d6-a1c6-c72fb70c7282.pdf.

We look forward to seeing you there!