Top speakers at NZFGA AGM

8.30 – 9.15 NZFGA AGM

9-30 – 9.35 Miles Shepheard - Introduction

9.35 – 10.05 Alistair Thompson - CEO Employers and Manufacturers Association

10.05 – 10.30 Debbie Pascoe - Floribase presentation

10.30 – 11.00 Break (30mins)

11.00 – 11.10 Peter Silcock, CEO HortNZ - Welcome

11.10 – 11.40 Debbie Pearson - Government Industry Agreements

11.40 – 12.10 Andy Warren, David Ballard, Helen Gear – Plant Market Access Council

12.10 – 12.20 Murray Beare, Educhem - Grow Safe for Flower Growers

12.20 – 12.30 Time over-run allowance

12.30 – 1.15pm Lunch (45mins)

1.15 – 1.45 pm Dr Doug Edmeades, AgKnowledge - The ETS and latest climate change science

1.45 – 2.05 pm Tomo Reed, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) - Energy Efficiency

2.05 – 2.25pm Stewart McKenzie, Landcare Research – Carbon Foot-printing and Carbon Zero program

2.25 – 2.45pm Steve Moffatt. Moffatt Flower Company - Coal to wood boiler conversions

2.45 – 3.00pm Time over-run allowance

3.00pm – 3.30pm Break (30mins)

3.30 – 3.45pm David Ballard, New Zealand Bloom - Export Update (to be confirmed)

3.45 – 4.00pm Bruce O’Brien, United Flower Growers - UFA/MG Merger/Local Market Update

4.00 – 4.20pm Dr Keith Furnell, Plant and Food Research - Current flower research

4.20 – 4.45pm NZFGA Summary, Future directions, Thanks

4.45 – 5.pm Time over-run allowance

5.pm Social Time