Join Nicole Robertson, founder of Unapologetically Robertson, for a powerful HerAIStory™ session. A reformed serial apologiser with 25+ years of corporate experience, Nicole blends contemporary neuroscience, lived experience, and somatic wisdom to help ambitious women redefine success and thrive unapologetically.

Georgia Singleton is an Intermediate AI Engineer at Trade Me, New Zealand’s leading digital marketplace.

Georgia is a curious and resilient professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, actively seeking out opportunities to expand her knowledge through hands-on technical experience. She brings strategic expertise from her Commerce background and an analytical approach developed through her technical roles in Cloud and AI engineering.

Gemma Abbott is a Manager in Technology, Strategy and Transformation at Deloitte, where her professional focus is on delivering complex digital health, health system transformation, and AI-enabled products and services. Her journey began with a strong foundation in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, which provided a unique, patient-centric lens as she transitioned into professional services. This perspective has since enabled her to deliver critical digital health engagements across diverse, high-stakes environments, including Health New Zealand (HNZ), the UK’s NHS, and a range of private sector clients.

Join our HerAIStory event to hear Nichola Selway, Ph.D. contribute her unique insights, providing a vital bridge between rigorous scientific research and cutting-edge commercial AI. As a Chief Science Officer with a deeply technical background, Nichola will inform our discussion on how to translate complex R&D expertise into strategic innovation, helping professionals enable the successful development of technologies like AI-enhanced FogCasting.

Join our HerAIStory Event to hear from Nadine Young, a Functional Consultant, founder of NRX Auaha, and an AI Ethics & Indigenous Researcher.

Nadine’s segment is designed to teach practical, strategic lessons that enable professionals to successfully transition deep industry experience into the complex world of ethical AI leadership. She will empower you with insights into her career journey, showing simple, real-world examples of how she linked her background in business systems (like Microsoft Dynamics 365) with the vital work of Indigenous and Māori research in AI.

By demonstrating how her research is shaping the way cultural factors and ethics are integrated into new AI technologies from the outset, Nadine is helping The AI Assembly™ community enable more responsible innovation and empower every member to pursue purposeful careers alongside their professional growth.

Helen’s wellness segment is designed to teach practical, human-centered techniques that enable busy professionals to find mental clarity, even in a packed event agenda. She will empower you with simple, on-the-spot tools to take a pause, instantly reset your focus, and recenter yourself amidst stress and uncertainty.

Emily Makere Broadmore is a highly accomplished writer, strategic thinker, and social entrepreneur, whose work champions the value of human intelligence (HI) in the age of automation. Her core philosophy is that AI should be a tool to enhance your creative intelligence, not replace human thinking. She uses her unique background—from political advising to founding the award-winning Folly Literary Journal—to approach technology with a strong moral and cultural compass.

We couldn’t be more excited to hear from our next HerAIStory™ speaker, Emma MacDonald, Director at Stats New Zealand. Emma is a genuine force of nature—a creative and strategic thinker who excels at bringing people and ideas together to solve even the most complex and “gnarly” challenges. She is a true leader who proves that the most impactful technology is built with a deep understanding of people.

We couldn’t be more excited to hear from our next HerAIStory™ speaker, Emma MacDonald, Director at Stats New Zealand. Emma is a genuine force of nature—a creative and strategic thinker who excels at bringing people and ideas together to solve even the most complex and “gnarly” challenges. She is a true leader who proves that the most impactful technology is built with a deep understanding of people.

Amelia Bentley is an inspiring, up-and-coming face in the world of AI. As a Data and AI Scientist at HazardCo, she’s at the forefront of implementing technology with a purpose. With a unique academic background in both data science and psychology, Amelia is learning how to blend the technical side of her work with a human-centered approach to help drive change. She is navigating her career in this emerging field by helping Kiwi businesses build positive AI cultures and ensure technology truly works for people.

Blake Harkness to our team as our Industry Contributor – AI Engineer at The AI Assembly™. For those of you who don’t know him, Blake is also an AI engineer at MainPower New Zealand, runs his own consultancy, and is a finalist in the Rising AI Star category for the Aotearoa AI Awards 2025 by the AI Forum NZ.

Maria is a Master’s student in Computing at Unitec, and her background as a Case Manager and a tutor gives her a unique perspective on data and community. She is going to help us shape and evolve with our community and provide her insights and help to curate important resources around data which, as we all know, is the foundation of AI. She is going to help us build a curated and connected place to gain the skills and learnings to empower and enable you to confidently navigate your AI journey throughout NZ and the world.Natalie’s nearly a decade at Google spans dynamic roles in Singapore and Auckland, from driving customer growth strategies with Google Ads to now spearheading Google Cloud initiatives for pivotal clients like the New Zealand Government and Financial Institutions.