Breakout session - The AI Blueprint for VET New Zealand: Why the Sector's Crisis Is an Operating Model Problem Breakout Session

In this session, Dave Howden, CEO & Co-founder at SupaHuman AI, presents the findings of An AI Blueprint for VET in New Zealand – a clear-eyed argument for why the sector's pressures won't be solved by compliance frameworks or workforce strategies alone. It's an operating model problem. And for the first time, there is a lever big enough to fix it. Drawing on insights from providers across Aotearoa, Dave unpacks where the real burden sits – assessment design, moderation, compliance documentation, programme development – and shows how PTEs are already using AI to do this work in hours rather than weeks, without compromising quality or NZQA requirements.