PROGRAMME
Friday 6 November
17:30 – 19:30
12:00 – 17:00
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC set-up – Queenstown Gardens
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Gear Check – Wakatipu Rugby Club
Saturday 7 November
08:00 – 17:00
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Preliminary Events – Queenstown Gardens
Events: Silky Saws Aerial Rescue, Kask Work Climb, Metrogreen Throwline, AB Equipment Belayed Speed Climb, Donaghy Ascent Event
Sunday 8 November
18:30 – 21:00
08:00 – 13:00
14:00 – 17:00
FROM 12:00
13:00 – 14:00
15:00 – 17:00
14:00 – 17:00
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Masters Championship – Queenstown Gardens
Events: Treetech Mens’ Masters, & Levin Sawmakers Yale Cordage Womens’ Masters
Conference Registration Desk Open – Queenstown Memorial Centre
The Queenstown Life or Death Experience – More information on activity options available soon (not included in registration fee) – Click here for some Queenstown activity options
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Preliminary Event Awards – Queenstown Gardens
Tree Tour: Local case studies in Queenstown – Meet at the Queenstown Gardens Band Rotunda
Workshop: How to build safer tree rigging systems – Andreas Ross, Pro Climb Limited – Queenstown Gardens Band Rotunda
Conference Opening & Industry Awards Celebration – Winnies
Award Presentations: GreenCycle New Arborist of the Year, Treetech Mens’ Masters, Levin Sawmakers Yale Cordage Womens’ Masters, NZ Arb President’s Award, & Ron Flook Award
Monday 9 November
07:30 – 17:00
08:45 – 09:15
09:15 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
Conference Registration Desk Open – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Mihi – Welcome & Housekeeping – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Keynote Speaker: Sir Gordon Tietjens – Former NZ Rugby 7s Coach – Queenstown Memorial Centre
The Leadership Game
Award Presentations – Queenstown Memorial Centre
NZ Arb Service and Innovation, & NZ Arb ‘David James’ Volunteer of the Year
10:15 – 10:45
Morning Tea – Trade Zone
10:45 – 11:30
Keynote Speaker: Paul Seagar – 5th Green – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Growing Your Business & Measuring its Success: A Holistic Approach
General Arb Stream
Queenstown Memorial Centre
Treetools' Practitioners' Stream
Wakatipu Rugby Club
12:15 – 13:00
11:30 – 12:15
Stuart Barton – Arbor Connect Ltd.
The Do's & Don'ts When Establishing Planted Trees
Martin Weaver – The National Arboretum of New Zealand, Eastwoodhill
The National Arboretum of New Zealand – A Foreboding Past, the Stable Base & an Amplified Future
12:15 – 13:00
11:30 – 12:15
Menno Kluiters – Menno Kluiters Tree Consultant Ltd
Mature Trees: Understanding the Relationship Between Pruning & Body Language
Andreas Ross – Pro Climb Limited
Estimating & Calculating Forces in the Rigging System
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch – Trade Zone
13:00 – 14:00
Career Pathways Lunch – Wakatipu Rugby Club (Sponsored by Treetech)
15:00 – 15:30
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
Joe Newdick – Alfa Charitable Trust
Communities, Volunteering & Arboriculture
Lisa Ellis – University of Otago
Why Environmental Policy-making is so Hard
Peter Senior – Clogger
How to Take Over the World, the Right Way – The Story of Clogger, the Little Kiwi Company that Could
15:00 – 15:30
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
James Isaacs – Massey University
The Arboricultural Skill Shortage
Scott Forrest – ITCC World Champion
Pursuit of Excellence
(Sponsored by Husqvarna)
Chelsea Robertson – Pro Climb Limited
Disability & Accessibility in New Zealand Arboriculture
15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Tea – Trade Zone
16:30 – 17:00
16:00 – 16:30
Rob Partridge – Scannable.io
What does the Future of PPE Management Look Like?
Zane Wedding – MIT
Te Ao rakau I te ao Maori (The World of Trees in the World of Maori)
18:00 – 19:00
17:00 – 18:00
NZ Arb AGM – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Exhibitor Networking Function – Trade Zone
Tuesday 10 November
08:30 – 15:30
09:00 – 09:45
09:45 – 10:30
Conference Registration Desk Open – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Keynote Speaker: Dave Hockly – DataStory – Queenstown Memorial Centre
3 Ways to Take Your Arb Marketing to the Next Level
Keynote Speaker: Sam Judd – Young New Zealander of the Year – Queenstown Memorial Centre
Regenerating Communities with Green Infrastructure & the Benefits of Connecting People to Nature
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea – Trade Zone
General Arb Stream
Queenstown Memorial Centre
11:00 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:30
James Fletcher – Worksafe
WorkSafe’s Approach to Safety & Wellbeing – Opportunities for the Arboriculture Industry
Ian Barber – University of Otago
Arboriculture and the Early Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand/Aotearoa and Chatham Islands/Rēkohu
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch – Trade Zone
13:00 – 16:00
ISA Certification Exam
Queenstown Memorial Centre
Utility Arb Stream
Wakatipu Rugby Club
15:05 – 15:30
13:15 – 13:25
13:25 – 13:45
13:45 – 14:05
14:05 – 14:25
14:25 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
Speaker Co-ordinator
SMART Stream Presentation
14:25 – 15:30
13:15 – 13:45
13:50 – 14:20
Sam Glenn, – Delta Utility Services
Meaningful Measurement Matrixes – Good Data, Better Reporting
Kelvin Barnsdale – University of
Canterbury
Precision Pruning with Drones
Mark Way – Utility Best Practice Guide (UBPG) Consultation session
15:30 – 16:00
Conference Close – Jaiden Palmer, NZ Arb President – Queenstown Memorial Centre
16:00 – 18:30
Workshop: Working ‘On’ Your Business … not ‘In’ Your Business – Paul Seagar, 5th Green
– Wakatipu Rugby Club (not included in registration fee)
Wednesday 11 November
08:30 – 17:00
TRAQ Renewal Course (not included in registration fee)