SaaSpocalypse Now Auckland

SaaS is changing fast. Risk is up, change is accelerating, and the old playbooks are under pressure. But for SaaS companies in Aotearoa New Zealand, the opportunities are bigger than ever.

SaaSpocalypse Now Auckland brings together 150 SaaS people for a focused half-day of practical learning, peer connection, and honest conversation about what it takes to win in the next era of SaaS.

This is not a sit-and-nod event. Expect practical frameworks, real examples, and useful conversations with people facing similar challenges — whether they’re in your function, at your stage, or just a step ahead. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of what’s changing, where your company and function sit today, and what to do next.

What to expect:

• Connect and learn with your community

  • Spend the morning with SaaS founders, leaders, and senior operators from across Auckland and beyond. Make better-than-usual connections with people who understand the market, the pressure, and the opportunity.

• Understand your strategic options

  • Explore new market strategies for wild times including new moats, sharper choices and the hunt for durable advantages.

• Reimagine your operating model

  • Challenge your thinking with examples of how leaders are shifting their teams, structures, and ways of working for the next era of SaaS.

• Level your functional teams

  • See where you’re leading vs lagging across sales, marketing, GTM, product, engineering, people, and ops — and what your function should be pushing into next.

You’ll walk away with:

• A shared understanding of what’s changing (and what’s not) in SaaS right now

• A practical sense-check of ‘good vs great vs late’ for your function

• Real examples from peers on how AI is being used today and what’s coming

• Better-than-usual connections with people at your stage, in your role, or just beyond

• A clearer plan of action to take back to your team
  
  

Who should come?
This half-day event is designed for SaaS founders, leaders, and senior operators who want practical insight and useful connection. It is especially relevant for people working across:

• Marketing, sales and GTM

• Product and engineering

• People, ops and leadership

Speakers:

Charlie Marsh

Senior Customers & Sales Leader

Serge van Dam

Investor/director, Re-Leased, Cogo and Tapi

Tasneem Gould

Director of Product, Caterpillar Trimble

Simon Young

CTO, Serko

David Clearwater

Executive Director, KiwiSaaS

Jenae Turner

Head of People, Ideally

Agenda

EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Time: 9.00am – 1.30pm
Location: Pipiri Lane, 124 Halsey Street, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland.
Format: In-person half-day event
Cost: $75

Ngā mihi

The KiwiSaaS Team

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