# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Is AI quietly destroying the knowledge networks we rely on? Explore Esports and "digital athletes," and discover NZ's edge.About this EventTalk DescriptionAI isn't replacing humans; it’s dissolving the middle layers of work. Routine work vanishes and what remains demands a new kind of performer, which Dr Kenny Ching calls ‘digital athletes’. This talk is about elite Esports teams and their secret: that your fiercest rivals are often your most efficient knowledge partners. Join Kenny as he explains how cooperation, not competition, is now the edge – but that edge depends on knowledge networks that are quietly fracturing. He will discuss how AI floods the spaces where experts once gathered – professional forums, research communities, industry conversations – and something shifts. When you can't tell insight from imitation, why contribute at all? The people who built our knowledge infrastructure are slowly stepping back, and most of us haven't noticed yet. And as for New Zealand? Learn how our country’s edge was never scale – it was network quality. That is now the thing worth fighting for.BioDr Kenny Ching is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy at the Business School. He holds a PhD from MIT and spent years as a research economist and fund manager before returning to academia. He studies firm performance and behaviour under pressure, from elite Esports competitions to national administrative datasets, and is examining how AI is quietly reshaping the infrastructure of expertise itself. His research appears in leading international journals.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/digital-athletes-powering-the-ai-work-arena/100001994303179495
- **Event Categories**: contests, business, performances, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour
  - Location: Dice & Fork
  - Languages: English

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Auckland
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Dice & Fork
- **lat**: -36.8484925
- **long**: 174.754839
- **full address**: Dice & Fork, 210 Victoria Street West, Auckland, New Zealand

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena being held?
  - **A:** Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena takes place on Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Dice & Fork, 210 Victoria Street West, Auckland, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena?
  - **A:** Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena is organized by Raising the Bar.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Auckland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Digital athletes: powering the AI work arena sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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