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Workshop Streams
Workshop Stream 1 - FUTURE
Think Regional, Act Global
Making the most of the Government's Trade Agreements
| Themes: |
- What the government is trying to achieve through trade agreements
- What regions should be doing now to take advantage of agreements when signed
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| Contributors: |
- Chris Butler - Executive Director, Asia New Zealand Foundation
- Derek Leask - Deputy Secretary, External Economic & Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
- Jack Stephens - Group General Manager, Business & Regional Capability, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- Donald Stewart - Managing Director & CEO, Skellerup Industries
- [Key points]
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Skills & Talents - 1
Raising capability, capacity and average income in your region
| Themes: |
- Planning and preparing the labour force of the future - the regions' role
- Who is doing what within the public sector to address these issues
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| Contributors: |
- Peter Conway - New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
- Neil Martin - Ministry of Social Development
- Alan Tuck - General Manager, Higgins Transport
- Richard Whatman - Manager, Skills Development Team, Department of Labour
- [Key points]
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Regional Futures
Shaping sustainable regional development
| Themes: |
- Tools and techniques for evaluating a likely future for your region
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| Contributor: |
- Dr Bob Frame - Sustainable Business & Government Group, Landcare Research
- [Key points]
This hands-on workshop features a series of semi-structured activities designed to introduce delegates to the techniques behind meaningful, long-term "futures" thinking as an effective planning tool.
The session will question underlying assumptions about how we plan and make decisions and will open up potential for new ways of viewing the future. |
Regional Innovation
Accessing cutting edge research & development
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- To compete in the value-add, international business market, NZ companies need to increase ratio of innovative products/services they bring to market.
- Increased private sector investment in/access to effective/relevant world class R & D will play a crucial role in this respect
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| Contributors: |
- John Gibson - Investment Manager, Technology NZ, Foundation for Research Science & Technology
- Chris Kirk - Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University
- Tony Smale - Manager, Marlborough Development Trust
- [Key points]
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Regional Advantage
How New Zealand enterprises convert a region's distinctive qualities to international advantage.
| Themes: |
- How New Zealand firms derive world-class advantage from their home region
- The drivers of advantage in a regionally-based community of enterprises
- Inhibitors of advantage creation and how they can be overcome
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| Contributors: |
- Colin Campbell-Hunt - Professor of Management, Otago University
- Steve Canny - Strategic Projects & Enterprise Manager, Venture Southland
- James Saruchera - ICT Projects Leader, Electronics South, Canterbury Development Corporation
- [Key points]
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Bringing home the Bacon
Enhancing investment in your region
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- Encouraging local investors to invest in your region
- Attracting and retaining investment from outside your region
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| Contributors: |
- John Crawford - Director Australia, Investment New Zealand
- Carsten Schousboe - Policy Analyst, Ministry of Economic Development
- Barry Wilson & Graeme Putt - Partners, Wilson Putt Holdings Ltd
- [Key points]
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Workshop Stream 2 - POTENTIAL
NZ Inc at Aichi
Regions reaping the benefits
| Themes: |
- How NZ regions and businesses might capitalise on national representation at overseas trade fairs, conventions, expos etc
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| Contributors: |
- Elizabeth Gollan - Project Manager Aichi Leveraging Fund - New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- George Hickton - Chief Executive, Tourism New Zealand
- Steve La Hood - Director, Story! Inc
- Peter Tennent - Mayor of New Plymouth
- [Key points]
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Skills & Talents 2
Partnering to meet the skills need
| Themes: |
- Working together to define needs and deliver solutions
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| Contributors: |
- Chris Collins - Chief Executive, Eastern Institute of Technology
- Carmen Gray - General Manager, MaintainNZ (National Centre for Engineering Excellence)
- Bruce Robertson - Chief Executive, Hospitality Association of New Zealand
- Mike Smith - General Manager, Regional Operations, Ministry of Social Development
- [Key points]
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Taking Stock
Appreciating untapped regional physical resources
| Themes: |
- Opportunities for regions to capitalise on untapped/underutilised physical resources
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| Contributors: |
- David Wratt - Centre Leader, National Climate Centre, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
- Chris Torrie - Chief Executive, Tairawhiti Land Trust
- Meto Leach - Leader of Maori Research, Crop & Food Research
- [Key points]
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Eat, drink and prosper
Successful food & wine partnerships
| Themes: |
- Food & wine specialism as a stimulus for regional development, confidence & identity
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| Contributors: |
- Lauraine Jacobs - Food Editor, Cuisine Magazine
- Wendy MacDonald - Manager, Food Hawke's Bay
- Jason Smith - Chief Executive, Kaipara Regional Development Agency
- Kelvin Speirs - General Manager, Go Wairarapa
- [Key points]
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Growing Export Potential
Helping businesses succeed as exporters
| Themes: |
- How to encourage businesses to think "export"
- The challenges of building your export market and how to overcome them
- What local agencies can do to help make businesses export ready
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| Contributors: |
- Chris Bain - Marketing Manager, Port of Napier
- William Wattie - Trade Commissioner, Brazil, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- [Key points]
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"Not like it was in my day!"
Engaging with and retaining the youth of your region
| Themes: |
- What do youth want and how to find out?
- Making today's youth part of your region's future
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| Contributors: |
- Leo Koziol - District Planner, Wairoa District Council
- Mary Logue - Future Leaders Programme, Excelerator
- Ben Richmond - Finalist, ENZT Young Enterprise Scheme Awards 2004
- Mark Wilson - National Director, Young Enterprise, Enterprise New Zealand Trust
- [Key points]
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Workshop Stream 3 - CHOICES
Making a splash
Quality, design & added value
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- Learn from small to medium-sized businesses who are making a global splash with high quality, high design, high value-add products and services
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| Contributors: |
- Simon Coley - Acting Director, "Better by Design", New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- Alan Cooper - Director, Vectek Marine
- Steve La Hood - Director, Story! Inc
- David Trubridge - David Trubridge Ltd
- [Key points]
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Skills & Talents 3
Primarily Primary
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- Creative ways to overcome primary sector labour & skills shortages - and strategies for the future
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| Contributors: |
- Alan Hampton - Chief Executive, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
- Lindsay Scott - East Coast Commissioner, Work & Income New Zealand
- Jerf van Beek - Labour Utilisation Pipfruit, Mr Applenz Ltd
- Malcolm Macpherson - Mayor of Central Otago
- Richard Whatman - Manager, Skills Development Team, Department of Labour
- [Key points]
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Capturing the diversity
Migrants' skills & expertise
| Themes: |
- How to attract highly skilled migrants
- Creating an environment in which migrants can thrive and contribute to regional development
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| Contributors: |
- Judi Altinkaya - National Co-ordinator, Migrant Resource Services, Immigration Service, Department of Labour
- Alison Hudgell - Project Manager, Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy
- Ron Massey - Economic Development Manager, Napier City Council
- [Key points]
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Reaching back for the future
Arts & heritage in regional development
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- Arts & culture, past and present as a source of future regional competitive strength
- Business-savvy approaches to regional arts/culture/heritage strategies (linkage to regional tourism etc)
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| Contributors: |
- Glenys Coughlan - Chair of National Services Te Paerangi Advisory Group (& Chief Executive, N. B. Public Relations)
- Kiri Goulter - Project Manager, Enterprise Northland
- Roger Mulvay - Chief Executive, Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust
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Make your voice heard
How business can engage with local government and contribute to the community outcomes
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- Importance of business sector and other regional development stakeholders engaging with local government re long term planning
- Taking community outcomes from wishlists to actions
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| Contributors: |
- Peter McKinlay - Executive Director, McKinlay Douglas Ltd
- Peter Tennent - Mayor of New Plymouth
- Ross Stanway - Chief Executive, Priority One, Tauranga
- [Key points]
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We're in this together
How local firms collaborate to build international advantage for themselves and the region.
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- Collaboration strategies that build advantage
- Collaboration:
- With whom?
- On What?
- When?
- Where to find partners?
- And why - what are the returns?
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| Contributors: |
- Sylvie Chetty, Professor of Marketing, Massey University
- Janyne Harman - Marketing Manager, Otago Pinot Noir Cluster
- Bruce Robertson - General Manager, Wood Hawke's Bay
- [Key points]
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Education, training or work?
What are you doing for young people in your region?
Best practice models from Mayors' Task Force for Jobs and Economic Development Association of New Zealand (EDANZ)
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