Sunday 15 July

1.00pm – 6.30pm

Conference Registration, Town Hall Foyer

6.00pm - 7.30pm

Sipmson Grierson Welcome Cocktails, Dunedin Town Hall

Monday 16 July

8.00am

Conference Registration

9.00am

Mihi/official welcome, including opening address from
Hon. Mark Burton, Minister for Local Government

10.00am

Morning tea, kindly sponsored by MWH

10.35am

Sir Michael Lyons, Adviser to the British Government

11.05am

Rob White, Chief Executive Officer, The New Zealand Wine Company,
kindly sponsored by Civic Assurance

11.30am

Address from John Key, Leader of the Opposition

11.45am

Wrap up

12.00pm

Lunch, kindly sponsored by MWH

1.25pm

Break-out sessions based on Sir Michael Lyons' presentation -
refer to the ticket in your pack for your allocation*

2.55pm

Afternoon tea, kindly sponsored by MWH

3.30pm

4,45pm

Workshop sessions
kindly sponsored by Telecom
(W01) Sustainability - It's a journey not a destination
(W02) Building heritage into our future
(W03) Creating efficiencies: a governance perspectiv
(W04) Councils in the digital age
(W05) Partnerships of the future: stadia challenges
Day one concludes

6.30pm
6.45pm

Coaches depart from official conference hotels
Pre-dinner drinks

7.30pm onwards

Fulton Hogan Conference Dinner

Tuesday 17 July

7.15am - 8.30am
8.00am

Ministry of Transport "Next Steps" Briefing (by invitation only)
Conference registration

9.00am

Sherri Torjman, Vice-President of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy,
kindly sponsored by Transpower

9.40am

Creative Places Awards

10.00am

Morning tea, kindly sponsored by MWH

10.40am

Break-out  sessions based on Sherri Torjman's address -
refer to the ticket in your pack for your room allocation*

12.00pm

Lunch, kindly sponsored by MWH

1.25pm

Workshop sessions
kindly sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
(W06) Climate change: challenges for councils
(W07) Looking after the baby boomers
(W08) Are we there yet – has well-being really improved?
(W09) Effective community boards
(W10) The plan juggling challenge

3.00pm

Afternoon tea, kindly sponsored by MWH

3.45pm
4.10pm

David Shand, Chair of the Local Government Rates Inquiry
Dick Hubbard, Mayor, Auckland City
report back from Kyoto Conference and Climate Change

4.30pm

Closing address from Hon. David Benson-Pope,
Minister for the Environment and MP for Dunedin South

4.45pm
5.00pm

Wrap-up
Day two concludes

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs (Attendance by invitation only)
Free social night

Wednesday 18 July

8.30am

Sector Annual General Meetings
Regional
Rural and Provincial
Metropolitan

9.30am

Morning Tea, kindly sponsored by MWH

10.00am

Local Government New Zealand Annual General Meeting

12.00pm

Closing address from President of Local Government New Zealand

* Orange Ticket - Glenroy Auditorium;
Pink Ticket - Fullwood Conference Room;
Grey Ticket - Edinburg Room;
Brown Ticket -Skeggs Gallery