Chris is CEO, HumanListening for The Evolved Group.  Passionate about using technology to create meaningful connections with consumers, he has over 20 years’ experience in insights and analytics, helping brands identify opportunities, optimise experiences, and deliver growth.

A leader in CX, Insights and Data intelligence with over 20 years’ experience in the Research Industry. Emily started out her research career as a Cati interviewer at AC Nielsen in her late teens. She went on to build and lead award winning insights capabilities in top organisations including; Foodstuffs, Coca-Cola and Sky.  In 2023 Emily officially joined the AI revolution as Research Director for emerging global leader in AI for Insights, Yabble. In her role at Yabble Emily is at the forefront of transforming the research and insights industry, supporting the transition from a traditional set of research methods to, truly harnessing all the power that AI has to offer to take us all to the next level.

Dr. Helena Bahrami, AI and Machine Learning Lead at Wine-Searcher excels in quantum-inspired, brain-like computing models for Spiking Neural Networks. Bridging academia and industry, she propels forefront AI research and development, with a focus on Machine Learning, Vision, and Generative AI.

Vince is the Chief Methodologist at Stats NZ. Its part of his role to work with sibling agencies around the world with an eye to what can be incorporated into how Stats NZ does its work.

Jonathan Dodd has been a market researcher since the early 90s and still enjoys the variety of what the profession offers. He’s researched most sectors and client questions and so far still enjoys the ever-learning nature of our work and the fantastic people the industry attracts.Jonathan is a RANZ Fellow.

As a veteran graphic designer and insatiably curious person, Brad is uniquely placed within Research First to facilitate the journey from data to insights through visual storytelling. Brad adds perspective and creativity to our insights, making them appealing and easy to absorb.

Winifred Henderson, MA Dementia (Hons), is a brain health and dementia consultant and educator.

Winifred is passionate about raising awareness of brain health and dementia and reducing stigma, while supporting and empowering people with dementia, their carers, whanau and healthcare professionals. Winifred is a RANZ Fellow.

Kathryn Topp, an award-winning researcher with over 25 years of experience, founded Yabble, a Generative AI company transforming insight creation. Recognized globally as one of the top 250 global insights leaders by ESOMAR, Kathryn is a global speaker and thought leader in the field of generative AI for insights.

Kevin has helped governments from Denver, Seattle, Boston, Hawaii, California, NASA, along with nonprofits and businesses engage their stakeholders online around the most contentious issues using consider.it. With hundreds of thousands of opinions shared, Kevin has shown he can create civil, deliberative and organized online insights with innovative opinion analytics.

Johan is the Director of Product & Delivery at Infotools/Ipsos and has been part of software development initiatives for over 25 years. Starting with hands-on roles in the late 90’s Johan has taken this technical understanding to now building, leading and inspiring teams to delight customers with software innovation, capability, form and function.

Andrew has spent over 35 years working in and around the market research and insights sector holding positions on both the agency- and client-side, and for the last 10 years leading GRBN, the Global Research Business Network, the global trade federation for industry associations. Andrew is currently on a mission, through the Art and Science of Joy and EQJOY, to empower people to lead more joy-filled lives and for children to develop their emotional intelligence skills.

Perry has 25 years of experience as a brand strategy and market research expert. He has successively served as the Head of Proctor & Gamble Greater China Baby Care, personal cleaning products, Taiwan and Hong Kong operations, and P & G’s global strategic planning market research. He was also Head of Research Innovation of P & G Greater China.

Perry joined QuickDecision in 2018 and is responsible for customer development and research, and Research Innovation.