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 – Venue TBC
Saturday 7 November
08:00 – 17:00
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Preliminary Events – Queenstown Gardens
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Silky Saws Aerial Rescue
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Kask Work Climb
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Metrogreen Throwline
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AB Equipment Belayed Speed Climb
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Donaghy Ascent Event
Sunday 8 November
18:30 – 21:00
08:00 – 13:00
12:00 – 16:00
FROM 12:00
13:00 – 14:00
15:00 – 17:00
14:00 – 17:00
NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Masters Championship – Queenstown Gardens
Registration Desk Open
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 - Limited spaces available
Climbers Rigging Workshop – Andreas Ross, Pro Climb Ltd
Conference Opening & Industry Awards Celebration
Award Presentations: NZ Arb Husqvarna NTCC Masters, NAOTY, Volunteer of the Year, President's Award, Ron Flook Award
Monday 9 November
07:30 – 17:00
08:45 – 09:00
09:00 – 09:45
09:45 – 10:15
Registration Desk Open
Mihi – Welcome & Housekeeping
Keynote Speaker – Sir Gordon Tietjens
The Leadership Game
Award Presentations
10:15 – 10:45
Morning Tea – Trade Zone
10:45 – 11:30
Keynote Speaker – Paul Seagar, 5th Green
Growing Your Business & Measuring its Success: A Holistic Approach
GENERAL ARB STREAM
TREETOOLS' PRACTITIONERS STREAM
12:15 – 13:00
11:30 – 12:15
The Do's & Don'ts When Establishing Planted Trees
The National Arboretum of New Zealand – A Foreboding Past, the Stable Base & an Amplified Future
12:15 – 13:00
11:30 – 12:15
Mature Trees: Understanding the Relationship Between Pruning & Body Language
Estimating & Calculating Forces in the Rigging System
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch – Trade Zone
15:00 – 15:30
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
Joe Newdick
Bringing out Your Inner Lorax
Why Environmental Policy-making is so Hard
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
Chelsea Robertson
Disability & Accessibility in New Zealand Arboriculture
"Pursuit of Excellence"
brought you by Husqvarna
James Isaacs - Kiwi Climbers
Thinking outside the box
15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Tea – Trade Zone
16:30 – 17:00
16:00 – 16:30
Janet Cubey, Royal Horticultural Society
What's in a Name – Botanical Rules can be Broken
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
Exhibitor Networking Function – Trade Zone
Tuesday 10 November
08:30 – 15:30
09:00 – 09:45
09:45 – 10:30
Registration Desk Open
Dave Hockly, DataStory
3 Ways to Take Your Arb Marketing to the Next Level
Sam Judd, Young New Zealander of the Year
Regenerating Communities with Green Infrastructure & the Benefits of Connecting People to Nature
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea – Trade Zone
GENERAL ARB STREAM
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
Dendroglyphs on the Chathams – Tree Carvings that have Stood the Test of Time
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch – Trade Zone
13:00 – 16:00
ISA Certification Exam
STUDENT MENTOR & ACADEMIC RESEARCH TALKS (SMART)
UTILITY ARB STREAM
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
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5
SMART Stream Presentation
15:05 – 15:30
13:15 – 13:45
13:45 – 14:25
14:25 – 15:05
Asplundh
Learnings from an International Perspective
Sam Glenn, Delta
Meaningful Measurement Matrixes – Good Data, Better Reporting
Kelvin Barnsdale, University of
Canterbury
Precision Pruning with Drones
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Mark Way
15:30 – 16:00
Conference Close – Jaiden Palmer, NZ Arb President
16:00 – 18:30
Workshop: Working ‘On’ Your Business … not ‘In’ Your Business – Paul Seagar, 5th Green (not included in registration fee)
Wednesday 11 November
08:30 – 17:00
TRAQ Renewal Course