Programme
Speaker Presentations
Speaker presentations have now been added, please click the underlined links below.
Monday 23 July
| 10.30 - 19.30 | Registration Open | 11.00 - 16.00 Field Trips |
| 13.00 - 13.40 |
Sustainable Soil and Nutrient Management Michael Hedley, Massey University |
Theatre |
| 13.40 - 14.20 |
The Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems Stephen Thomas, Plant & Food Research |
Theatre |
| 14.20 - 15.00 |
Seeds - Access and Code of Practice Charlotte Connoley, SPS Seeds NZ |
Theatre |
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
Pea Research & Development Update David Hadfield & John Seymour, Process Vegetables NZ Bruce Searle, Plant & Food Research |
Theatre |
| 16.00 - 16.30 |
Process Vegetables NZ AGM Brevet Lounge |
New Zealand Apples & Pears AGM Morrison Room |
| 16.30 - 17.30 | Vegetables NZ Inc AGM | Theatre |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Tomatoes NZ AGM | Conference & Events Hall |
| 18.00 - 19.30 |
Welcome Drinks Sponsored by United Fresh |
Conference & Events Hall |
| 19.30 | Vegetable Industry Dinner | Cardboard Cathedral |
Tuesday 24 July
| 08.00 - 18.30 | Registration Open | |
| 08.45 - 09.15 |
Powhiri & Conference Opening Platinum Sponsor Address Steve Sexton, Countdown |
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| 09.15 - 10.15 |
New Zealand Growers Telling their Stories Bruce Robertson, vegetables.co.nz James Trevelyan, Trevelyan's Bruce Beaton, T&G Global |
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| 10.15 - 11.15 |
Constraints on Growing and Overcoming them Jon Manhire, Agrilink Sharon Forbes, Lincoln University James Ryan, Ballance Farm Awards |
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| 11.15 - 11.45 | Morning Tea | |
| 11.45 - 13.00 |
The Post-Pesticide Age Dr Alison Stewart, Foundation for Arable Research Dr Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield, BHU Future Farming Centre Dr Steve Wratten, Lincoln University Robbie McCormick, Mr Apple |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
Keynote Speaker Kok Hwee Ng |
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| 14.30 - 15.00 |
Next-Generation Bioprotection in a Volatile Horticultural Era Dr Steve Wratten, Lincoln University |
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| 15.00 - 16.00 |
Production Issues People and Automation, the optimised kiwi pack house Jamie Lunam, Jenkins Freshpac Labour Mike Chapman, Hort NZ |
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| 16.00 - 17.00 | Horticulture New Zealand AGM | |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Primary ITO Launch | Brevet Lounge |
| 18.30 - 19.30 |
Cocktail Function Sponsored by Plant & Food Research |
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| 19.30 - Late |
Gala Dinner & Awards Night Sponsored by T&G Global |
Wednesday 25 July
| 08.00 - 09.00 |
Women in Horticulture Breakfast Facilitated by Penelope Mudford, Resolution World Ltd and Sue Pickering, Develop Ltd. |
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| 09.00 - 11.00 |
Distribution and Supermarkets Steve Sexton, Countdown Susannah Roelofsz, AsureQuality |
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| 11.00 - 11.45 | Morning Tea | |
| 11.45 - 12.45 |
The Consumer and the Story Sarah Morgan, NZ Story Hayden Higgins, Rabobank |
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| 12.45 - 13.00 |
Our Future Story Ed Butler |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Close of Conference & Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | NZGAP Annual Meeting | Theatre |
