Conference Programme Outline

Day 1 - Thursday 15th October

Day 2 - Friday 16th October

Day 3 Saturday 17th October

Day 1

Thursday 15th October

8.00 - 9.00

Registrations open

9.00 - 9.30

Tea  & Coffee

9.30 - 9.45

Introduction & Housekeeping

9.45 - 10.00

Opening Address
Blenheim Mayor - Alastair Sowman

10.00 - 11.00

Trevor Taylor - CEO Outward Bound
"Staff Are Our Most Valuable Asset"
How many times have we heard executives and company owners saying this. If this is the case then what are we doing about protecting and growing that asset?

11.00 - 11.30

Phil Rhodes - Urban Streetscape
"Translating sustainability into action: a generational change for surveyors"

11.30 - 12.00

Paul Turner
Sustainable Rating Tools for Subdivision Developments

12.00 - 1.00

Lunch

1.00 - 1.30

Dan Buckland
Surveying with Modern Technology Using Traditional Methods -

1.00 - 2.30

NZIS Showcase of Awards for Excellence in Surveying

2.30-3.00

Afternoon Tea

3.00 – 3.30 Colin MacDonald CEO LINZ
LINZ Strategic Direction

3.30 – 5.00

NZIS AGM

5.00 – 5.30

Young Surveyors Group/CSNZ

5.30 - 7.00

Mix & Mingle
With a Guided Tour of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre

 

Day 2

Friday 16th October

8.00 - 9.00 

Registrations Open

9.00 - 10.00

Nigel McFadden - RMA Lawyer
“Impacts of the RMA”

10.00 – 10.30

Morning Tea

10.00 -12.30

The role of the Public & Private sectors in the development of a National CORS (Continuing Operating Reference System network) plus discussion time - Graeme Blick

12.00 – 1.30

Lunch
Kindly Sponsored by Land Information NZ

1.30-2.15 Roger Kerrison - Aura Sustainability Ltd
Carbonzero in the Winery Industry

2.15-2.30

Strategic Working Group from LINZ & NZIS on the Future of the Cadastre
Don Grant -Surveyor General & Bruce Manners- President NZIS

2.30-3.00

Evaluation of Performance of Network RTK & Implications for Cadastral Survey - Grant McDonald

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

3.30- 4.00

Dynamic Drainage - 12D: Dylan Revell

4.00 - 4.30

GPS Versatility at the Stockton Mine - Global Surveys: Richard Harrison

4.30 - 5.00

Connecting Surveyors to a World of New Possibilities - Geosystem: Martin Hewitt & Rob Koot

5.00 - 5.30

Forum on Survey Registration/Forum on NDS and NCS Qualifications

6.00  - Late

Pre-Dinner Drinks & Winery Tour
Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony At Montana Brancott Winery

DAY 3

Saturday 17th October

7.00 – 8.00

Registrations Open

8.00 - 9.00

Breakfast Session

Kindly Sponsored by Global Survey
DVD slides of surveying around the globe

9.00 - 10.00 SSSI
Jonathon Saxon

9.15 - 10.15

Mark Inglis
"The View From the Top - Looking Over the Horizon

10.15-10.30

Morning Tea

10.30-10.40 FIG Speaker- Nic Donnelly

10.40 - 11.00

Surveying in The Vineyards

11.00 - 11.40

Graeme Blick & Peter Otway
Mapping & Surveying in Antarctica

11.40 - 12.00 Mystery Speaker
12.00 - 12.15 New NZIS President

12.15

Conference Closes

 
 
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