Date:
06 Mar 2026,
11.00AM – 12.00PM
duration:
1 hr
Location:
Online
CPD hours:
1 hrs
Cost:
  • Engineering New Zealand Member
    $80.00 incl. GST
  • $100.00 incl. GST
Register Add to Calendar 2026-03-6 11:00:00 2026-03-6 12:00:00 Pacific/Auckland Getting practical with Generative AI

You’ll quickly get an appreciation of how GenAI’s transformative impacts are far beyond “writing better emails and reports.” Through live and pre-recorded demonstrations, you’ll see how GenAI can be applied to relevant use cases.

You’ll also better understand what AI tools would be suitable choices for your work and organisation.

The session is followed by an interactive Q&A session lasting up to 15 minutes.

Intended audience

  • Relevant to engineers and designers with varying levels of understanding of AI.
  • Those who want to catch-up with GenAI and its new capabilities.
  • Those who want to get started with using AI Agents to automate and improve workflow in engineering, design and construction fields.

Learning outcomes

Participants will:

  • Gain an understanding of the range of capabilities of modern GenAI.
  • Observe how to apply private and secure GenAI technology to real-world scenarios.
  • Learn how to get started using AI Agents to improve workflow.

Course format

This is a 60-minute webinar structured as follows:

  • Introduction: GenAI development and recent history (10 minutes)
  • Presentation: The spectrum of GenAI, including the latest developments and important capabilities (30 minutes)
  • Demonstration: How to get create AI Agents for technical tasks (20 minutes)
  • Follow-on interactive Q&A: Discussion and questions with participants (<15 minutes)

It is delivered as a live presentation making it a good introduction to the full day “Exploring the Power of Generative AI” course.

Presenter information

Matt Ensor is acknowledged as a leader in Generative AI in New Zealand and is a highly sought after and respected member of the Generative AI community. Matt is the founder of Kia Ora AI, with the mission to accelerate the practical uptake of Generative AI in New Zealand organisations.  Matt is a member of the ENZ AI Advisory Committee, and the chair of the AI Forum LLM Working Group for New Zealand.  Formerly 28 years at Beca, including leading the FranklyAI® startup which integrated ChatGPT into Microsoft Teams for more than 3,000 organisations globally.  

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This is a powerful 60-minute introduction to GenAI capabilities that includes exposure to the latest developments, beyond the hype.

You’ll quickly get an appreciation of how GenAI’s transformative impacts are far beyond “writing better emails and reports.” Through live and pre-recorded demonstrations, you’ll see how GenAI can be applied to relevant use cases.

You’ll also better understand what AI tools would be suitable choices for your work and organisation.

The session is followed by an interactive Q&A session lasting up to 15 minutes.

Intended audience

  • Relevant to engineers and designers with varying levels of understanding of AI.
  • Those who want to catch-up with GenAI and its new capabilities.
  • Those who want to get started with using AI Agents to automate and improve workflow in engineering, design and construction fields.

Learning outcomes

Participants will:

  • Gain an understanding of the range of capabilities of modern GenAI.
  • Observe how to apply private and secure GenAI technology to real-world scenarios.
  • Learn how to get started using AI Agents to improve workflow.

Course format

This is a 60-minute webinar structured as follows:

  • Introduction: GenAI development and recent history (10 minutes)
  • Presentation: The spectrum of GenAI, including the latest developments and important capabilities (30 minutes)
  • Demonstration: How to get create AI Agents for technical tasks (20 minutes)
  • Follow-on interactive Q&A: Discussion and questions with participants (<15 minutes)

It is delivered as a live presentation making it a good introduction to the full day “Exploring the Power of Generative AI” course.

Presenter information

Matt Ensor is acknowledged as a leader in Generative AI in New Zealand and is a highly sought after and respected member of the Generative AI community. Matt is the founder of Kia Ora AI, with the mission to accelerate the practical uptake of Generative AI in New Zealand organisations.  Matt is a member of the ENZ AI Advisory Committee, and the chair of the AI Forum LLM Working Group for New Zealand.  Formerly 28 years at Beca, including leading the FranklyAI® startup which integrated ChatGPT into Microsoft Teams for more than 3,000 organisations globally.  

Presenters

Matthew Ensor