programme

Sunday 21st July

Time
event
location
Afternoon Allocated Times
Exhibition Pack In
Viaduct Events Centre

Monday 22nd July

Time
event
location
Allocated times TBA
Exhibition Pack in
Viaduct Events Centre
6:30pm
Pre-conference Welcome Drinks
The Fox, Auckland Viaduct

Tuesday 23rd July

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 – 12:30pm
Opening Keynote Speaker – Melodie Robinson
VEC – Kawau Room
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch & Exhibition
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 – 4:00pm
AGM and other matters
VEC – Kawau Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Happy Hour in Exhibition area
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