program

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

Monday 01 September

Time
event
location
11:00am – 5:00pm
Exhibition Pack in
Haere-roa Events Centre
6:30pm till late
Party Night – Day of the Dead Theme
Muy Muy Tapas and Margaritas Bar
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

Tuesday 02 September

Time
event
location
7:00am – 8:00am
Final Exhibition pack in (as required)
Haere-roa Events Centre
8:00am – 10:00am
Exhibition, Registration & Morning Tea
Haere-roa Events Centre
10:00am – 12:00pm
Conference Begins
Ngaio Marsh Theatre
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch & Exhibition
Haere-roa Events Centre
1:00pm – 3:10pm
Conference Resumes
Ngaio Marsh Theatre
3:10pm – 3:30pm
Young Professionals Program Awards
Ngaio Marsh Theatre
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Happy Hour
Haere-roa Events Centre
4:30pm – 8:00pm
Exhibition Pack Out
Haere-roa Events Centre

Wednesday 03 September

Time
event
location
Morning
Final Exhibition Pack Out
Haere-roa Events Centre, UCSA