https://www.blakeharkness.com/ 2026-09-23 weekly 1.0 https://www.blakeharkness.com/Blake-hero.webp Blake Harkness - AI Engineer, Speaker and Founder Blake Harkness, AI engineer and founder of Harkness AI and Young Kiwis in AI, based in Christchurch, New Zealand. https://www.blakeharkness.com/Blake2.webp Blake Harkness - Professional Photo Blake Harkness on the New Zealand AI and robotics delegation to China. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-m2-summit.webp Blake Harkness speaking at the M2 AI Summit Blake Harkness delivering "Using AI to Make Your Team Great" to 340 delegates at the M2 AI Summit, Christchurch, June 2026. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking 2026-09-23 weekly 0.8 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-job-forum.webp Blake Harkness speaking at the NZ IT & AI Job Forum, University of Auckland, August 2026. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-bbanz.webp Blake Harkness's session at the Bed & Breakfast Association NZ Conference 2026, Christchurch. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-survey-spatial.webp Blake Harkness presenting AI Beyond the Field at Survey and Spatial New Zealand, Auckland, April 2026. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-graduating-uc.webp Blake Harkness at Graduating into a World of AI, University of Canterbury, March 2026. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-beyond-chatbots.webp Blake Harkness presenting at Beyond Chatbots, Powerhouse Coworking, Christchurch, January 2026. https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking/m2-ai-summit-2026 2026-09-23 monthly 0.6 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-m2-summit.webp Blake Harkness presenting on stage at the M2 AI Summit in Christchurch, with a slide reading Two Things I Want You to Take Away https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-m2-connect-tools.webp Blake Harkness pointing to the slide Step 3: Connect Your Tools with One-Click Login during his live Claude demo at the M2 AI Summit https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-m2-two-things-again.webp Blake Harkness closing his M2 AI Summit talk with the slide The Two Things, Again: AI is an amplifier, not a cost-cutter, and your staff are your superpower https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-m2-next-step.webp Blake Harkness on stage at the M2 AI Summit in Christchurch, beside the slide Your Next Step Is Small: find your use cases, refine and expand, assess your team https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking/bbanz-conference-2026 2026-09-23 monthly 0.6 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-bbanz.webp Delegates raising their hands during Blake Harkness's session at the Bed & Breakfast Association NZ Conference 2026 in Christchurch, with the "would I book" website test slide on screen https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking/survey-spatial-nz-2026 2026-09-23 monthly 0.6 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-survey-spatial.webp Blake Harkness at the lectern at Survey and Spatial New Zealand in Auckland, with an AI script results slide on the big screen https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking/nz-it-ai-job-forum-2026 2026-09-23 monthly 0.6 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-job-forum.webp Blake Harkness on stage at the NZ IT & AI Job Forum at the University of Auckland, between two screens showing the slide Why Communication Comes First https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking/graduating-into-a-world-of-ai-uc-2026 2026-09-23 monthly 0.6 https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-graduating-uc.webp Blake Harkness at the lectern at Graduating into a World of AI at the University of Canterbury, beside his title slide From Mechatronics Student to AI Engineer https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-graduating-uc-journey.webp A full room at the University of Canterbury watching Blake Harkness present his My Journey slide at Graduating into a World of AI https://www.blakeharkness.com/speaking-graduating-uc-businesses.webp Blake Harkness at the lectern at the University of Canterbury in front of a slide of the businesses he works with, including Patersons, MainPower and Buller Electricity