Conferences / CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) Summits
CDAIO New Zealand 2026
Oct 19–20, 2026 · Grand Millennium Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Conference
- CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) Summits Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026
- Venue
- Grand Millennium Auckland
- Place
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Recorded
- 14 sponsors · 48 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Formerly CDAO New Zealand (cdao-nz.coriniumintelligence.com); 2026 is the first edition under the CDAIO name. Dates from the home page ('19-20 October 2026, Auckland'). Sponsors: 'Our 2026 partners' wall (logo alt text), each company once at its highest band. Prices in NZD.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-User Registration | NZ$2,499 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Vendor Registration | NZ$3,599 | — | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 14
Title / headline 2
- Boomi · Diamond Partners
- Informatica · Diamond Partners
Gold 5
- dbt Labs · Gold Partners
- Firn Analytics · Gold Partners
- Fivetran · Gold Partners
- Kong · Gold Partners
- Precisely · Gold Partners
Silver 2
- Data Insight · Silver Partners
- Theta · Silver Partners
Community 1
- DAMA New Zealand · Industry Partner
Media 3
- ACN Newswire · Media Partners
- APAC CIO Outlook · Media Partners
- Business of Data · Media Partners
Other 1
- Acumen BI · Coffee Cart Partner
Speakers and talks 48
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Moses | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa | Keynote | Same Fundamentals, New Scale: Decision-Making in the Age of AI | — |
| Mike Parsons | Air New Zealand | Keynote | AI Isn’t Free: Understanding the New Cost Drivers of Intelligence | — |
| Vipin Kumar | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa | Keynote | Same Fundamentals, New Scale: Decision-Making in the Age of AI | — |
| Amanda White | Open Country Dairy | Panelist | The Economics of AI – Cost, Consumption and Control at Scale | — |
| Analytics Manager | (moderator) | Panelist | Why Data Culture Programmes Fail and What Actually Changes Behaviour | — |
| Andrew Parkinson | Auckland Council | Speaker | No Pilots Left Behind: Auckland Council’s Value Driven AI Roadmap | — |
| David Irecki | Boomi | Speaker | Beyond Data Readiness: The Infrastructure That Turns AI Into Governed Action | — |
| David Thomas | NZ Post | Speaker | What Comes Next? Sustaining a Strong Data Community and Defining the Next Strategy | — |
| Etza Lukmanto | SkyCity | Speaker | Trusted Data: Why Quality Still Breaks Everything and How to Fix It | — |
| Fiona Thomson | New Zealand Trade & Enterprise | Panelist | When AI Starts Giving the Wrong Answers — How Do You Stay in Control and Protect Your Outcomes? | — |
| Graeme Jackson | Vector | Panelist | Have We Over-Engineered Data? Rethinking What “Good” Looks Like | — |
| Gurbani Singh | Kiwibank | Speaker | — | — |
| Jeff Smith | New Zealand Couriers | Speaker | — | — |
| Jenny Kim | Partners Life | Speaker | — | — |
| Jenny Kim, | Partners Life | Panelist | Have We Over-Engineered Data? Rethinking What “Good” Looks Like | — |
| Jeremy Appleyard | Precisely | Speaker | AI Doesn't Know When It's Wrong: Here's How You Can | — |
| John Lewis | AA Insurance | Speaker | — | — |
| Jordan Cunningham | Sharesies | Panelist | When AI Starts Giving the Wrong Answers — How Do You Stay in Control and Protect Your Outcomes? | — |
| Joseph Sullivan | Informatica | Speaker | Beyond the Hype - How to Build the Foundation that Powers AI Success | — |
| Kari Jones | Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko | Speaker | Who Controls AI? Regulation Meets Sovereignty | — |
| Kate Kolich | Contact Energy Ltd | Speaker | Scaling AI: From Experimentation to Enterprise Impact | — |
| Kathryn Byrne | Woolworths Group | Panelist | Why Data Culture Programmes Fail and What Actually Changes Behaviour | — |
| Kenny Thein | Restaurant Brands Limited | Panelist | Is Our Data Ready for AI or Are We Building on Fragile Foundations? | — |
| Macushla Howell | NZ Post | Speaker | Platform Transformation to Enable Value: Data Engineering, Governance and Architecture Walk Into a Bar, What Happened Next? | — |
| Manvi Madan | SkyCity | Speaker | Building AI Infrastructure That Scales: From Shadow AI to Orchestrated Adoption | — |
| Matt Bain | Spark | Panelist | The Economics of AI – Cost, Consumption and Control at Scale | — |
| Michelle Thompson | Z Energy | Panelist | Why Data Culture Programmes Fail and What Actually Changes Behaviour | — |
| Mike Congdon | Southern Cross Healthcare | Speaker | — | — |
| Mike Rankin | TSB New Zealand | Speaker | Beyond Policies: Building Scalable AI Governance That Drives Trust and Innovation | — |
| Mira Bradshaw | Acton International Marketing | Panelist | Is Our Data Ready for AI or Are We Building on Fragile Foundations? | — |
| Nastassia Subritzky | Mitre 10 | Panelist | Is Our Data Ready for AI or Are We Building on Fragile Foundations? | — |
| National Data | (moderator) | Panelist | Why Data Culture Programmes Fail and What Actually Changes Behaviour | — |
| Paul Sadler | Firn Analytics | Speaker | From Proliferation to Control: Managing ‘Agent Sprawl’ in the Enterprise AI Era | — |
| Peter Gavin | New Zealand Trade & Enterprise | Speaker | Trusted Data: Why Quality Still Breaks Everything and How to Fix It | — |
| Peter McCallum | The Warehouse Group | Speaker | From Centralised to Federated: Designing Data & AI Operating Models That Work | — |
| Rachel Harrison | ASB Bank | Panelist | When AI Starts Giving the Wrong Answers — How Do You Stay in Control and Protect Your Outcomes? | — |
| Sam Graham | My Food Bag | Panelist | Is Our Data Ready for AI or Are We Building on Fragile Foundations? | — |
| Sam Hambling | Les Mills International | Panelist | When AI Starts Giving the Wrong Answers — How Do You Stay in Control and Protect Your Outcomes? | — |
| Sarah Cawsey | Auckland Council | Speaker | No Pilots Left Behind: Auckland Council’s Value Driven AI Roadmap | — |
| Sean Narayan | Bidfood New Zealand | Speaker | Signal Versus Noise: What it Takes to Drive Real Enterprise Transformation | — |
| Sonia Carter-Amani | SkyCity | Speaker | Trusted Data: Why Quality Still Breaks Everything and How to Fix It | — |
| Sonny Taite | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) | Speaker | — | — |
| Sonya Crosby | QBE Insurance | Speaker | What Comes Next? Sustaining a Strong Data Community and Defining the Next Strategy | — |
| Te Whatu Ora | Data & Analytics | Panelist | Have We Over-Engineered Data? Rethinking What “Good” Looks Like | — |
| Tom Lintern | NZ Post | Speaker | Platform Transformation to Enable Value: Data Engineering, Governance and Architecture Walk Into a Bar, What Happened Next? | — |
| Vector Limited | Director Innovation and AI | Panelist | Have We Over-Engineered Data? Rethinking What “Good” Looks Like | — |
| Warren Vella | Kong | Speaker | From API to AI: It Was Never Just About APIs | — |
| Xanthe Sulzberger | Fonterra | Chair | Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson | — |
Sources
- https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009025508/https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/speakers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009033745/https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/agenda
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009015402/https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/register
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009014514/https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009022504/https://cdaio-nz.coriniumintelligence.com/venue