Name: Laying the foundations for effective use and governance of AI in the public sector
Start: 2026-10-16T11:30:00+13:00
End: 2026-10-16T13:00:00+13:00
Location: Rydges Hotel – Grand Space

October 2026
Welcome and Introduction

October 15 @ 9:00 am – 9:30 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Understanding climate change, the scientific basis for the forecasts and the consequential impacts

October 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Readings: The IPCC AR6, 2021-2023 1. Synthesis Report, Summary for Policy Makers: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf 2. Working Group Two, Summary for Policy Makers https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf 3. Working Group Two, Technical Summary https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_TechnicalSummary.pdf 4. Working Group Two, Fact Sheets https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/about/factsheets
Break – coffee/tea

October 15 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Designing policy to responses appropriate to the future challenges of climate change

October 15 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Readings: The IPCC AR6, 2021-2023 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_TechnicalSummary.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/about/factsheets
Lunch

October 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways: planning under deep uncertainty

October 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Break

October 15 @ 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Work of the Climate Commission and the challenges ahead

October 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Welcome

October 16 @ 9:15 am – 9:30 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
How AI will change in the public sector considering how it can be used to achieve the SDGs

October 16 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Considering the practical questions
Break

October 16 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am NZDT

Rydges Hotel 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Laying the foundations for effective use and governance of AI in the public sector

October 16 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm NZDT

Rydges Hotel – Grand Space 75 Featherson Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

October 2026