| Monday 30 April – “Celebration” |
| 10:00am – 12:00pm |
Registration
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| 12:00pm |
Lunch and Welcome in Exhibition area
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| 1:00 - 1.40 pm |
Keynote 1 - Jane Hunter OBE, Hunters Wines (NZ) Ltd, Marlborough
“Building NZ INC – Exporting from a globally sustainable base”
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| 1.40 - 2.00 pm |
Export Year Address - The Hon. Phil Goff
"Towards an Export Economy" |
| 2:00 - 3.00 pm |
Keynote 2 - Andy Lark (LogLogic and No 8 Ventures)
“Getting it right, Exporting – fun, frenetic but financially rewarding”
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| 3:00pm |
Afternoon Tea
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| 3.30 - 4.30 p.m. |
Keynote 3 - Steve Tew(Deputy CEO, NZ Rugby Football Union)
“Benchmarking for excellence, exporting the All Black’s Way”
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| 7:00pm |
Buses will leave the conference centre at 6.00 p.m. for the Jade Stadium in time for 6.30 p.m drinks:
Gala Dinner - Jade Stadium
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Tuesday 01 May - “Key issues for exporters – what we can learn from each other?”
Theme - "Accelerating Growth" |
| 9.00am |
Introduction - (Export NZ)
Plenary – Mike Burrell (CEO - Aquaculture New Zealand) - "Building a billion-dollar sustainable export sector"
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| 10.00 - 10.30am |
Morning Tea
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| 10.30 – 12 noon |
Workshop Sequence:
1) Primary Sector - Peter Vitasovich, Greenshell NZ Ltd.
2) Manufacturing/Hi Tech - Ken Stevens, Glidepath
3) Services Sector - Glen Senior, The Small Business Company - "Breaking the Microsoft barrier"
4) Accelerators -
FRST, Joseph Stuart - "The Global Technology Partnership"
ESCALATOR, Tim Robertson - "Working on your firm's investment readiness"
NZTE - "Accessing Marketing Grants"
CONNECT, Ian McDonald - "Connect technology-based firms with international opportunities"
BEACHHEADS - "Getting access to top quality connections around the world"
5) Global Marketing - Andy Lark - "Building Global Networks"
6) Building Asian Markets - Mitchell Pham, Augen NZ - "Entering the Vietnamese Market "
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| 12.00 - 1.30pm |
Business Lunch
Hosted by Ken Stevens - Glidepath and Export Year Business Champion
Keynotes:
The Hon Trevor Mallard - "The importance of growing an export economy"
Tim Gibson, CEO, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise - "Where we are now - successful inroads into Asian markets"
Honoured Guest
Sir Angus Tait |
| 1.30 – 3.00pm |
Workshop Sequence:
1) Primary Sector - John Atkins, Lean Meats Ltd.
2) Manufacturing/Hi Tech - Trevor Laughton, Taits Electronics
3) Services Sector - Keith Phillips, QLBS (Quantel) - "Taking on the World"
4) Global Marketing - Blue May, General Manager, NZ Business Division of Sumitomo Australia Ltd. - " Global Marketing - inventive strategies for getting product to market"
5) Building Asian Markets - Jenny Shipley - "Entering the Chinese market"
6) "Proving It" - Susan Houston, EDANZ - a two hour programme for EDA's, Christchurch region
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| 3.00 - 3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea
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| 3.30 – 5.00pm |
Workshop Sequence:
1) Primary Sector - Mark Lockington, Westland Dairy- "Telling it how it is"
2) Services Sector - Derek Rankin, Bancorp - "Managing Foreign Exchange Rate Risk"
3) Intellectual Property - Jonty Ellis, Partner EVT Law - "Asset or Impediment? Your brand in Foreign Markets"
4) Building Asian markets - Prashanta Mukherjee - "Seven ways to do business in and with India"
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| 5.00 – 5.30pm |
“Working with regions for economic transformation” - Join Bevan Graham (EDANZ), Bruce Gadd (NZTE) and Paul Swallow (MED) for an informal feedback session around the new regional economic development policy.
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| 7.00pm |
Dinner and EDANZ College Awards (Wednesday participants only)
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| Wednesday 02 May 2007 |
| 8.00 – 9.00am |
BUSINESS BREAKFAST
Introducing the “Proving It” website - Susan Houston (Supported by QLBS.com)
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| 9.00 – 9.10am |
Bevan Graham, CEO, EDANZ - Introduction and Comment
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| 9.10 - 10.10am |
PLENARIES
Barry Moltz (USA) - "You need to be Crazy – the truth about Starting and growing your own business”
|
| 10.10-10.45am |
Chris Kirk, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University - "Building New (Hi-Growth)Ventures in New Zealand: Are Incubators doing the Business?"
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| 10.45 – 11.00am |
Morning Tea
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| 11.00 – 12 noon |
Need Finance?
Understanding the financial need; Developing the financial package; finding the money – Paul Hendry (NZ Export Credit Office) |
"Dunedin's engineering cluster and Robot Valley, Sweden: Contrasting small and large scale support in developing competitiveness"
Peter Harris, Dunedin City Council & Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Cluster Navigators Ltd.
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| 12.00 - 1.00pm |
"Building a Company - what NOT to say in a business plan - from a US Investors perspective" - Barry Moltz - a US investor's view on breaking into US markets
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"Exporting ICT" - an interactive workshop with Mitchell Pham |
| 1.00 – 2.00pm |
Lunch - Guest Speaker - John Key, Leader of the Opposition |
Education Session
2.00 - 4.00pm
"The Role of Talent and Skills in Economic Development - What Government, Educators and EDAs can do"
Session Objectives:
- Emphasise the role of talent and skills in advanced economic development
- Give practical advice on what to do and how to do it through case studies
Outline:
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| Time |
Topic |
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| 10 mins |
Introduction
General introduction of the topic - The Role of Talent and Skills in Economic Development - What Government, Educators and EDAs can do.
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Alan Koziarski, Sector Director, Education, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise |
| 30 mins |
The Government Perspective |
Presentation from Barbara Tebbs, Director Stakeholder Engagement and Investment Guidance, Tertiary Education Commission.
"Regional Facilitation Process"
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| 30 mins |
The Educators' Perspective |
Presentation from Phil Agnew, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Project Development Manager, TradeFIT Training Centre and Head of School, Electrical & Engineering Trades
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| 30 mins |
The EDA Perspective |
Presentation from Tom Hamilton, Chief Executive Hawkes Bay Inc.
East Coast Sheep and Beef Employment Project
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| 20 mins |
Discussion
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Facilitated by Greg Scott |
Scope
- The session focuses on the regional economy rather than individual business level
- Future oriented, and not covering in-house company training and skill development
Tone
Practical - insightful learning from what worked and what didn't
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Exporters that register for conference training sessions will be eligible for
a free mentor or Export advisor
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