NZ LARGE HERDS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Tip of the Iceberg – Complying to the Future

15th-18th March 2010

ILT Stadium – Invercargill

(Draft)

Day 1 - MONDAY 15th March 2010

  • 9.00am Trip to Mt Linton Station (Optional see registration form)
  • 1.00pm Registration Desk Opens
  • 1.00pm Trade Display Area Open to Public
  • 5.00pm Opening (Tim Shadbolt – Mayor of Invercargill, Bryan Beeston – Chairman NZLHA, Steven Josephs – Chairman, Southland LH Committee, Willie Thomson – Summit Quinphos), Sue Lindsay - TakeAction
  • 6.30pm Welcome evening light meal and drinks, entertainment (Sponsored by CLAAS Harvest Centre)

(Trip to Mt Linton - Meet at the foyer of Stadium Southland at 8am on Monday 15th March, Leaving 8.30 sharp. Note the changed departure time.)

Day 2 - TUESDAY 16th March 2010

  • 8.00am Registration Desk Open (Day and Late Registrations), Trade Display Area Open
  • 8.30am Breaking Barriers Chair: Jamie MacKay
    Pioneers in Southland
    Gordon McKenzie – Born and Bred Southland Dairy Farmer
    Mike Horgan – North Island Convert to Southland Dairying
    Abe de Wolde – International Convert to Southland Dairying
  • 10.00am Refreshment Break
  • 10.45am Science in Action Chair: Peter Hutton
    Young Scientists
  • 12.15pm Lunch (Sponsored by Ecolab Ltd)
  • 2.00pm What’s Below the Waterline? Chair: Bryan Beeston
    Garth Gallaway – Duncan Cotterill - Legal Issues
    Brendan O’Donovan - Westpac bank – Financial Issues
    Rt. Hon. Dame Jenny Shipley – International Issues
  • 5.00pm Cocktail food and drinks (Sponsored by Viterra Ltd.)

Day 3 - WEDNESDAY 17th March 2010

  • 8.00am NZLHA Executive Committee AGM- All Welcome
  • 8.30am No “P” in Iceberg (Mike Sabin, MethCon Group Director)
  • 10.15am Poles Apart Chair: Maurice Hardie
    International Debate
    George Baikie – UK Speaker
    Thomas Clinton – Ireland/European Speaker
    Larry Vanderwey – USA Speaker
  • 12.15pm Lunch (Sponsored by PGG Wrightson)
  • 2.00pm I.C.E. Chair: Don Nicholson
    International Compliance for the Environment
    Jamie Blennerhassett - Summit Quinphos
    Dairy Industry Representative, Alastair Nelson – Rissington Breedline
  • 4.00pm Refreshment Break
  • 4.15pm Presentation Young Scientist Awards
  • 4.45pm Bill Richardson Truck Museum Tour (Rotating bus service between 4.45pm-7.00pm, with first bus leaving venue at 4.45pm)
  • 4.45pm-7.00pm Drinks and Nibbles in Trade Display area

Free evening to experience the local cuisine.

Day 4 - THURSDAY 18th March 2010

  • 8.00pm Farm Visits
    Ballyhooley Farms (David and Fiona Hughes)
    Otaitai Dairies (Vaughan and Megan Templeton)
    Southern Centre Dairies Ltd (Alfons and Gea Zeestraten)
    Papawai Ltd -(Dallas & Kay Lucas; Peter & Cathy Donnelly)
  • 4.30 pm Arrive back in Invercargill
  • 7.00 pm HOEDOWN – Dinner & Dance - Themed Country Barndance – Dress to the Occasion (Sponsored by Summit Quinphos)
    VENUE Invercargill Workingman’s Club, Esk St, Invercargill