2024 Nelson Conference Programme

Field Trip A

Tasman Pine Forests Ltd – Slash recovery and millennial regime review

Field Trip B

Showcasing Alternative Species in the Top of the South and their place in commercial forestry  THIS FIELD TRIP  IS NOW FULL

Field Trip C

Marlborough's Future is Durable THIS FIELD TRIP  IS NOW FULL

6:30 pm

Future Foresters Quiz Night  - Rutherford Hotel, Nelson

6:45 am

Women in Forestry Breakfast, Rutherford Hotel, Nelson
Speaker:  Elizabeth Heeg:  Forest Owners Assocation

6:45 am

Fire Breakfast: What Has Gone Wrong – Is There a Way Forward for the Forestry Sector, Rutherford Hotel, Nelson
Speaker:  Murray Dudfield: Rural Fire NZ Ltd

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

8:00 am

Welcome, Mihi

Bernie Reihana: Poutohutohu Tūhono Matua (Waengapū)

SESSION Theme 1:  Tomorrow's Forest (Environmental, Political & Research)

8:05 am

Session Chair Introduction

 Keven Reardon: Forme Consultants

8:10 am

Managing commercial plantation forestry in erodible steeplands into the future: a geomorphological perspective

Les Basher: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (and on behalf of Chris Phillips, joint research work)

8:40 am

Managing New Zealand falcons in southern NZ conifer plantation forests

Graham Parker: Parker Conservation Ltd

9:10 am

Plantation Forestry in Tairawhiti – Where to next?

9:40 am

Morning Tea

10:15 am

Women in Tomorrow’s Forests

Heather Arnold: PF Olsen Ltd

10:45 am

The past, the present and the next rotation: Perspective of a Compliance Officer

Mathew McCormick: Marlborough District Council

11:15 am

Ministerial Update

SESSION Theme 2: Alternative Species, Values and Uses

11:40 am

Session Chair Introduction

 Wendy Norris: OneFortyOne Ltd

11:45 am

Beyond boundaries: Working together to manage invasive introduced species

Penny Nelson: Department of Conservation

12:15 pm

Alternative tree species and native forest restoration in Hawkes Bay

James Powrie: Hawkes Bay Forestry Group & RedAxe Forestry Intelligence

12:45 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

The active forest management regime of New Zealand Carbon Farming’s permanent forest estate

Peter Casey: New Zealand Carbon Farming

2:00 pm

Mārahau Forest – Retiring Erosion Prone Land from Production

Craig McMiken: Forest Management Group

SESSION Theme 3: Residue Management, End Use Products

2:30 pm

Session Chair Introduction

Ollie Belton: Carbon Forest Services

2:35 pm

Biofuels operations and trials at OneFortyOne Nelson

Mark Coghill: OneFortyOne Ltd

3:05 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:40 pm

Theme: Domestic Processing in the Top of the South - Opportunities and Challenges

Kai Kruse: Nelson Pine Industries
Doug Davidson: Kaituna Sawmill OneFortyOne NZ
John Woodman: Prolam

4:10 pm

The Future of BioEnergy for NZ Forestry

David McGregor: Carbona

4:40 pm

Panel Discussion Theme: Practical Issues of Residue Management

Dave Robinson: Taylors Contracting
Steve Chandler: Tasman Pine
Shaun Truelock: OneFortyOne Ltd

5:10 pm

Summing up and closing

5:30 pm

Conference Closes

6:15 pm

Fellow’s Drinks

 Rutherford Hotel, Nelson

6:30 pm

Pre Awards Dinner Drinks

7:15 pm

NZIF Awards Dinner

 Rutherford Hotel, Nelson

8:00 am

Coffee/Tea on arrival

8:30 am

NZIF Annual General Meeting

 Rutherford Hotel, Nelson

10:15 am

Morning Tea

Continuous Personal Development 

10:45 am

CPD Session A:  Using remote sensing to evaluate slash and cutover compliance

David Herries: Interpine Group

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

CPD Session B: Before you plant (replant) - Understanding landforms at a landscape scale

Bridget Robson: Eland 2017 Ltd

2:15 pm

CPD Session C:  The Forestry Catchment Planner (FCP)—what it is, how it works and what it does

Mark Bloomberg: School of Forestry, University of Canterbury

3:30 pm

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