Leaders’ Forum 2024: Grounded, Resilient and Ready
Leaders’ Forum 2024: Grounded, Resilient and Ready
Themed ‘Grounded, Resilient and Ready’, this year’s Forum will be a fantastic opportunity to join fellow leaders and directors at Fonterra’s offices in Auckland CBD for a day packed with insights, discussion, debate and networking.
Tickets are now available! Please see below to purchase. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Forum is a full-day programme that includes a range of keynote addresses, panel discussions, open-floor Q&As and presentations from thought leaders in New Zealand’s business community. Attendees also enjoy ample networking time during breaks, lunch, and afternoon tea throughout the event alongside a dedicated networking drinks and canapés session to wrap up the day.
The programme is perfect for Chairs, CEOs, senior executives, academics and anyone interested in engaging in discussion on this year’s theme of grounded, resilient and ready ahead of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2025. Our lineup of speakers MC’d by Rawdon Christie will be diving into how resilience has shown up in their organisations, and how leadership through the unexpected is crucial for future success.
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| Session | What to expect |
|---|---|
| 8:45am | Registration, coffee and tea |
| 9:15am | Mihi, karakia and welcome |
| 9:30am | Panel Discussion Panellists include Vanessa Sorenson, Chief Partner Officer ANZ & Managing Director Microsoft NZ; Rachel O’Brien Chief Transformation Officer, Alliance Group and Warwick Grey Strategic Partnerships Liaison, Business Mentors New Zealand. The panel of business leaders will discuss AI in your co-operative business and what organisations can do to get ready for the AI wave. |
| 10:15am | Keynote Carrie Hurihanganui, CEO Auckland Airport. Hear from Auckland Airport Chief Executive Carrie Hurihanganui on the airport’s story of resilience, rebuilding global connections out of the pandemic; navigating the 2023 Auckland floods; and getting underway with the most important infrastructure build in the airport’s history. |
| 11:00am | Morning Tea |
| 11:30am | Presentation Glen Willoughby, CEO Nilo, previously Advisor IT Digital Technology at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA JPL stories – Defining strategy and leading critical initiatives involving high levels of innovation and emerging technologies (and avoiding falling on your face!) |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:15pm | Address Andrea Scown, CEO Mitre10. Technology implementation at scale in a co-operative, and how to bring your stakeholders along with you from design to roll out. |
| 2:00pm | Address Simon Tucker, Director of Global Sustainability, Stakeholder Affairs and Trade Fonterra. Learn how Fonterra engaged with farmer-owners on setting an on-farm emissions reduction target that both creates value with customers and plays a significant part in helping New Zealand achieve its climate goals. |
| 2:45pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:15pm | Interview Dr Ants Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer Ravensdown. A pioneer of precision agriculture, Ants has made significant contributions to the industry to help drive smarter farming. |
| 4:00pm |
Panel Discussion |
| 4:45pm | Wrap Up Cooperative Business NZ |
| 5:00-6:30pm | Networking with canapés and drinks |
- General Member Ticket $950 +GST per person from 12am Saturday 13 April
- Non-Member Ticket $1,350 +GST per person from 12am Saturday 13 April
- Multi Ticket 15% discount for 3+ tickets from the same member organisations is automatically applied at checkout
- Student Ticket $250 +GST per person
* Please note that this event will not be recorded. Multi ticket discount automatically applied at checkout.
For those joining us from outside Auckland, we have organised the following hotel deals: To book with Travelodge Wynyard Quarter please use the code NZCOOP24 for 15% off your booking. To book with Quest Apartments, enter the promo code COOPAKL24 into the Quest App on your mobile device. Valid for bookings during 15-17 May 2024.