Canterbury Tech April 2025 - TechTuesdays - IRL*In Real Life
Event description
Building Intelligent Systems with Gen AI with Tim
Ackroyd (Lead Developer) from
Custom D
This semi-technical and entertaining talk explores the intricacies of building intelligent software systems using generative AI. Throughout the talk, enjoy engaging and creative examples that reflect Tim's eclectic movie tastes, along with his humorous take on crafting excuses for incomplete time entries.
More details to come!
About Tim:
Tim has been with Custom D for over 10 years as a senior developer. He’s known for pushing the boundaries of our development and helping to introduce new and emerging technologies including Web3 and AI. Tim has overseen the development and delivery of numerous large-scale projects including Fintech products, SaaS platforms, and complex web applications. Known for his excellent dry wit, Tim isn’t one to sugarcoat things—he tells it like it is, spotting hidden opportunities in the requirements and never shying away from tackling the trickiest problems.
When: Tuesday 1st April 2024
Where: Christchurch City Council, Worcester St Entrance, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013
Event Outline:
- 5.00pm - Member Registration - networking, drinks and nibbles
- 5.30pm - Non-Member Registration
- 6.00pm - Canterbury Tech updates
- 6.10pm - Quick Pitch
- 6.15pm - Guest speaker
- 7.00pm - More networking
- 7.30pm - Close of event
Priority Access for Members
The needs of our members should be at the heart of everything we do, so to support the sense of community, from 1 April 2025 at our Tech Tuesday events we will be prioritising entrance for members first.
This means that members are welcome to our Tech Tuesday events from 5pm, while non-members are welcome from 5.30pm onwards. This way our Canterbury Tech members can network with one another and meet our selected speakers at each event before non-members, to ensure meaningful connections are made within the membership community.
Things to note: Each attendee will receive 2 drinks tickets
for the event. Alcoholic beverages may not leave the function space.
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