2024 Programme
From our Pasture
to your Plate
9.45am-10.15am
Session 2
Trade in a time of turbulence
10.15am-10.45am
Session 3
Processor panel - sponsored by Eurofins
Fred Hellaby - Wilson Hellaby Ltd, Gerard Hickey - First Light Foods, Vangelis Vitalis - MFAT, Willie Wiese - Alliance Group
New Zealand’s sophisticated red meat business model is built on the ability to shift volume between export markets to maximise value. Hear from leading red meat processor chief executives on the emerging standards and consumer expectations that our industry will need to meet to stay at the top of the red meat export game.
10.50am-11.15am
Morning tea
Networking opportunity in the trade stand exhibition area.
Vangelis Vitalis
As New Zealand continues to emerge and engage post-Covid trade it is increasingly clear that many of the old trade and market certainties no longer hold, and new risks and opportunities are emerging on the world stage. Join MFAT Deputy Secretary Vangelis Vitalis as he shares his insights into how New Zealand can steer a leading trade strategy in increasingly turbulent waters at the Conference.
5.30 - 8.30 PM
7:30 AM
8:10 - 8:15 AM
(Conference planners reserve the right to change the conference programme where necessary.)