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Hosted by UC Business School, gain strategic insights on AI and tech governance to future-proof your board.
Rapid technological change and global volatility are reshaping the board agenda. Strategic technology oversight is no longer an operational matter. It is a core governance responsibility.
As highlighted in the Institute of Directors’ top five issues for directors in 2026, boards face interconnected pressures: accelerating AI adoption, rising cyber risk, economic uncertainty, shifting stakeholder expectations, and the need to strengthen long-term resilience. Technology sits at the centre of each of these challenges.
Boards face a fundamental choice: treat technology as a reactive necessity that can be handled “one the fly” or embrace it as a strategic lever that will:
Directors and business leaders who understand this distinction will lead organisations that actively own their technological future and grow through volatility rather than merely survive it. This session will provide practical governance insights to support confident, forward-looking board leadership in uncertain times.
Directors' Deep Dive events are smaller interactive discussion-style sessions where you will be encouraged to ask questions and actively contribute your perspectives.
Lunch will be provided.
Fully Booked
If this event is fully booked on the website, please contact Canterbury.Branch@iod.org.nz to be placed on the waiting list.
Dominik Hoerauf is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury Business School. He holds a PhD in Management and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. His work bridges engineering and management, with a focus on innovation and technology governance.
Dominik teaches innovation and technology management. His current research explores how artificial intelligence influences human cognition, creativity and decision-making. Before joining the University of Canterbury, he worked as a Research Associate at the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
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Kim Gerard
Canterbury Branch Executive
+64 21 243 6252
canterbury.branch@iod.org.nz
The Canterbury Branch acknowledges the generous support of
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Members — $25.00
Non-members — $50.00
