With the Summit less than a month away now, registrations are strong, and the speakers, host, panellists and organising team, are set to deliver a stand out day for our sector.
On Monday, 27 March, The Christchurch Town Hall will see food and fibre leaders, agribusiness professionals and growers from all over New Zealand, get together with international agriculture delegates and speakers.
Here’s a summary of the day, which includes a couple of new speakers since the last update.
Welcome Scene Setting
Snapshotting the imperative for change and the opportunities landscape – supercharging the discussions to come.
Devry Boughner Vorwerk CEO, DevryBV Sustainable Strategies
Embracing change while balancing shareholder and stakeholder expectations. To set the scene for the day, Devry’s Keynote piece ‘Getting grounded in the humanverse’, will outline the mechanisms to succeed where geopolitical volatility, climate change, and societal expectations are putting pressure on traditional business models.
Our World: Our Natural Environment (10am-11:45am)
Speakers: Tom Sturgess, Volker Knutzsch, Karin Stark, Harry Clark.
Exploring leadership and innovation in the advancement and restoration of the natural resources critical to the future of agribusiness.
This stream will showcase champions nurturing and restoring our environment while remaining profitable, and early adopters building their business toward a carbon neutral future. It will also provide an oversight of the role of the public sector in delving outcomes for the natural environment, while touching on how NZ is shaping its future in the agriculture, food and fibre sector.
Our People: Consumer Trends & Trade (12:45pm – 2:30pm)
Speakers: Vangelis Vitalis, Lain Jager, Emma Parsons, Mark Foote, Anna Benny.
Businesses responding to the unstoppable international trends of power shifting to the consumer, business models being challenged, and the eastern movement of the world’s economic centre of gravity.
Our Future: Entrepreneurship & Leadership (3pm – 4:30pm)
Speakers: Julia Jones, Marl McLeod-Smith, Dr Ellen Joan Nelson, Angus Brown.
Concentrating on the future social, economic, and environmental wellbeing of agribusiness.
This stream will traverse the areas where value will be derived in generations to come, showcasing world-leading business exemplars and responsive new business models.
Presenters from a wide range of industries will show how economic viability will be the key to family business succession and intergenerational business value growth.
Consolidation and Wrap Up
A consolidation of discussions and a focus on the key takeaways and action commitments. Presented by panel and interviews from Corin Dann, Master of Ceremonies.
Learnings of agri-food and consumer businesses front footing the challenges of changing demographics, food trends and fads, and changes in consumer values.
To secure your seat for the Summit today, head to
https://ruralleaders.co.nz/rural-leaders-international-summit-day/
