programme

Time
event
location
Afternoon Allocated Times
Exhibition Pack In
Viaduct Events Centre
Time
event
location
Allocated times TBA
Exhibition Pack in
Viaduct Events Centre
6:30pm
Pre-conference Welcome Drinks
The Fox, Auckland Viaduct
Time
event
location
7:30am – 10:50am
Party & Events Meeting with breakfast
VEC – Rangitoto 3
9:00am
Registration and Exhibition Open
Viaduct Events Centre
9:00am – 12:00pm
Careers in Hire Students Expo
Viaduct Events Centre
11:00am
Conference Begins
VEC – Kawau Room
11:10am
Welcome from Amy Gillies – HIANZ President
VEC – Kawau Room
11:20am
Welcome from Youngman Richardson – HIANZ Principal Sponsor
VEC – Kawau Room
11:30am – 12:30pm
Opening Keynote Speaker – Melodie Robinson – The Changing Face of Rugby according to a Black Fern.
VEC – Kawau Room
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch & Exhibition
Viaduct Events Centre
1:30pm – 4:00pm
NZ Forklift Operator Championship Finals
Outside Viaduct Events Centre
1:30pm – 4:00pm
Marquee Rigger Competition
Outside Viaduct Events Centre
2:00pm
Conference resumes
VEC – Kawau Room
2:05pm – 2:45pm
Brent Carey, CEO, Netsafe: Creating Safe Positive Resilient Workplaces, Tackling Online Harms
VEC – Kawau Room
2:50pm – 3:15pm
Garth Beker, BFA Business Advisors & Accountants: Financial Positioning for your Hire Business
VEC – Kawau Room
3.15pm – 3:30pm
AGM and other matters
VEC – Kawau Room
3.30pm – 5:00pm
Exhibition Time
Viaduct Events Centre
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Happy Hour in Exhibition area. Forklift and Marquee Rigging Prizegiving. Marquee Auction.
Viaduct Events Centre
7:30pm till late
Party Night – Theme ‘Sci-Fi & Fantasy’
Weta Workshop Unleashed

Wednesday 24th July

Time
event
location
9:00am
Exhibition Opens
Viaduct Events Centre
10:00am
Conference Begins
VEC – Kawau Room
10:15am – 10:35am
Daniel Paul, Director, The PR Company: Social Media 101
VEC – Kawau Room
10:40am – 11:30am
Morning Tea & Exhibition
Viaduct Events Centre
11:30am
Conference resumes
VEC – Kawau Room
11:35am – 11:45am
HIANZ Initiatives
VEC – Kawau Room
11:45am – 12:00pm
Joanna Saba, Festival Hire, inaugaral Personal Development Scholarship Winner
VEC – Kawau Room
12.00pm – 12:30pm
Clive Thomson, Collective Bargaining Specialist, EMA: Difficult Discussions, Disciplinaries and Dismissals.
VEC – Kawau Room
12.35pm – 12:55pm
Nicole Pluck, Country Manager, Family Business Association & Angus Kennard, Kennards Hire: Family Business Association on Succession Planning
VEC – Kawau Room
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Lunch & Exhibition
Viaduct Events Centre
1:00pm – 2:30pm
EWPA Meeting & AGM with Lunch served
VEC – Rangitoto 3
2:30pm
Conference Resumes
VEC – Kawau Room
2:35pm – 3:25pm
Stuart Wright (Worksafe) & Rodney Grant (CEO) Q&A
VEC – Kawau Room
2:30pm
Exhibition Pack Out
Viaduct Events Centre
3:25 – 3:30pm
Conference Closing
VEC – Kawau Room
6:30pm till late
Hire Excellence Awards Dinner – MC Mike Puru
Viaduct Events Centre

Thursday 25th July

Time
event
location
Morning
Final Exhibition Pack Out
Viaduct Event Centre