Meat Industry Association of New Zealand (Inc) Conference 2009: Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland

Conference Presentations

The Meat Industry Association thanks all our speakers at the 2009 Conference.  Click here to view speaker profiles. 

Sunday 20 September 2009
Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister - Keynote opening address*

Monday 21 September 2009

Session 1:  Risk & Complexity, including societal demands
Hon David Carter, Minister of Agriculture - Environmental Challenges Facing Industry
Arron Hoyle, Purchasing Manager Aus/NZ, McDonald's - The importance of managing risk in a global supply chain
Andrew McKenzie, Chief Executive, New Zealand Food Safety Authority - Providing assurances in an increasingly complex environment

Session 2:  Economic Environment
Cameron Bagrie, Chief Economist, ANZ National Bank - General economic overview*
Paul Beiboer, Group Executive Corporate Financial Services, Rabobank Australia Group - The global financial crisis and its impact on agriculture
Rob Davison, Executive Director Economic Service, Meat & Wool NZ - Domestic Pastoral Trends

Session 3:  Markets
Wade Armstrong, Deputy Secretary Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade - Trade Relations *
Richard Brown, GIRA - Global developments in the red meat markets and industry

Session 4:  Marketing
Rod Slater, Chief Executive, Beef + Lamb NZ and Sarah Ulmer, Iron Maiden + Olympic Gold Medallist - Promotional activity overview

* those marked with an asterisk were verbal presentations