Saba’s mission in life is to do her best in creating a better future for humanity and all that lives around us. She has quite a diverse experience in the tech industry from hands-on coding to leading multi-million dollar transformation projects.
Saba developed an in-depth passion for artificial intelligence back in 2017 and has dedicated her life outside of work to this topic ever since. She recently submitted her master thesis which focused on understanding the why behind the warnings about the danger of AI continues to work on this topic in more depth.

Tash Bettridge (Te whānau-a-apanui, ngapuhi, pakeha) is an award-winning woman in security, having co-founded the New Zealand Network for Women in Security, she was recognised in the global SIA Women in Security Forum Power 100 in 2022, Women in Security Awards Aotearoa Indigenous Advocate, amongst numerous industry accolades for her work advocating for diversity in cybersecurity, as well as initiatives that empower Māori and Pacific People.

Lena is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems and the founder of the Early Career Academics forum at AUT. After completing her degree in international business and economics in Austria, France and Germany, she completed her PhD in Austria and New Zealand. Her research focuses on conversational agents and the impact on the human workforce, Artificial Intelligence, digital disconnection and robotic process automation. Her work has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Travel Research, Internet Research and International Journal of Knowledge Management. She regularly speaks at international conferences and her research was featured in renowned outlets like Forbes, Psychology today and the Daily Mail.

Alisa is a Chilean-American (and almost Kiwi) who is passionate about the environment, diversity & inclusion, and tech for good. She is active in Auckland’s Salesforce community where she runs the Women in Tech group, works as a Salesforce consultant at GravityLab, teaches the Admin course at Tech Futures Lab, and collects 600+ Trailhead badges as well as ten Salesforce certifications. Alisa loves hearing from inspiring people, learning new languages, exploring vegan restaurants, hiking NZ Great Walks, attending hackathons, minimising waste, and finding ways to do things thoughtfully and a bit unconventionally.

With over 15 years professional experience, Paola has spent most of her career working for large technology companies. She started her career as a business analyst in Europe and then moved to Australia where she worked in CA, Oracle and subsequently joined Google in 2011. For the first 8 years Paola was tasked to help build the Google Cloud Business across Asia Pacific and Japan. Most recently she has shifted careers and is now part of the Site Reliability Engineering team helping make some of the most loved products available for our users.