WasteMINZ Conference + Expo 2016 TSB Bank Arena, 17-20.10.16

Too Good to Waste builds GALA DINNER MC FEATURED SPEAKERS upon our recent work on food & ENTERTAINMENT waste, most notably through our Love Food Hate Waste campaign. This work has shown us that food waste is a major issue in . Every time we throw out food – our bread crusts or last MICHELE A’COURT ALLIE MOONEY night’s leftovers – it adds up. Winner of “Comedienne of the Decade” at As a people interpreter, author and the winner The same can be said of the the 2010 NZ Comedy Awards, Michèle is a of many prestigious speaking awards, Allie stand-up comedian and writer. She has been brings an informative, humorous and fun many waste streams we all on New Zealand TV screens since 1987 and packed style to her talks. You will come away encounter on a daily basis. still turns up all over the place. She talks a lot from this session with a very effective but – sometimes on radio and TV, sometimes in simple tool that will change the way you see It might seem like just a few pubs and clubs. others, and wished many years ago that you plastic bottles here and a had learned how to “Press the Right Buttons”, thus avoiding people challenges. box of polystyrene there, but all of this ‘waste’ has taken huge amounts of resources to produce. Should we really be wasting it? Surely we can do better? Let’s explore how, through collective action, we can SAM JUDD JONATHAN BLOOM do a better job. We firmly Sam is the co-founder and CEO of the Jonathan writes about why we waste food, multi-award-winning charity Sustainable why it matters and what we can do about it. believe that waste is an Coastlines, and in 2013 he was named Young He is an author and journalist whose work action, rather than a thing. New Zealander of the Year in recognition of has appeared in The New York Times, The their work. During his eight years at the helm Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. He It’s only waste if we make it of Sustainable Coastlines the organisation began researching food waste in 2005 while so. has grown into a globally recognised volunteering at DC Central Kitchen and this movement that inspires, educates and work led him to publish American Wasteland: enables communities to protect the places How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its they love. They are known for their pragmatic Food (and What We Can Do About It) in 2010. and engaging approach to addressing environmental issues. In particular Sam is passionate about the ocean where he enjoys surfing, spearfishing and swimming with his 4-year-old daughter Juliette.

t +64 9 476 7162 PO Box 305426, Triton Plaza, North Shore 0757 [email protected] Unit 2, 5 Orbit Drive, Rosedale 0632, New Zealand www.wasteminz.org.nz JULIAN CRIBB RON ALEXANDER DAVE WILD WALLACE CHAPMAN Julian is an Australian author Ron is one of the United States’ Dave is a futurist with Smith & Wallace is a well-known radio and science communicator. His most experienced and well-known Wild – an independent strategy and television host. For the last career includes appointments as compost and organics recycling and innovation consultancy two and half years Wallace has newspaper editor and scientific marketing consultants. He has that helps leaders and teams presented Sunday Mornings on editor for The Australian, and over 30 years of experience achieve more through greater National, the Director of National Awareness for in product marketing, market imagination and faster action. He highest rating weekend radio show CSIRO. His internationally-acclaimed research and planning, and facilitates strategy sessions and in NZ. Since 2008 he has hosted the book, The Coming Famine (2010) product development. He also runs innovation workshops for ‘pub politics’ show Back Benches, explored the question of how we can possesses extensive practical clients including The Warehouse, debating with MPs at ‘The Back feed 10 billion humans this century. experience in the production and Landcorp and New Zealand Trade & Bencher’ in Wellington before a His book, Poisoned Planet (2014) marketing of compost (and related Enterprise. live audience. Back Benches has looks at the contamination of the products). been described as the ‘Top Gear of Earth system and humanity by man- Politics’ by The NZ Herald. made chemicals.

STEVE WRAGG DR ALBERT JUHASZ RACHEL DEVINE GEOFF SIMMONS Steve is a Senior Associate with Albert is an Associate Research Rachel is a partner at Minter Geoff is an economist working Kensington Swan and has almost 15 Professor within the Future Ellison Rudd Watts and leads their for the Morgan Foundation – an years’ experience practising in the Industries Institute at the environment and planning team. independent foundation which fields of employment and health and University of South Australia, With 20 years’ experience, Rachel aims to stimulate debate on the safety law in the United Kingdom Adelaide. With over 20 years’ specialises in providing advice on important issues facing New and New Zealand. He has worked research experience, Albert is all aspects of environmental and Zealand. Geoff graduated from with a number of New Zealand’s internationally recognised for resource management law for Auckland University with an Honours largest organisations to help them his innovative, cross disciplinary private and public sector clients – degree in Economics. He has meet the requirements of the new research on the refinement of from design through to approval, over ten years’ experience as an regime and to understand how best human health exposure through implementation and operation. economist working on tricky public to identify and respond to the health the assessment of contaminant policy issues for NZ Treasury and as and safety risks. bioavailability-bioaccessibility. a manager in the UK civil service. He has co-authored four books alongside Gareth Morgan covering topics such as health, Antarctica and food.

SUPER SAVER EARLYBIRD LAST MINUTE REGISTRATION COSTS register & pay register & pay before registration from before 31.08.16 30.09.16 01.10.16 Three day registration 18, 19, 20 October (includes gala dinner) $1250 $1500 $1650 One day - Tuesday 18 October $495 $595 $655 One day - Wednesday 19 October $495 $595 $655 One day - Thursday 20 October $350 $420 $465 Gala dinner only - Wednesday 19 October (included in three day registration) $175 $175 $175 TA Forum - Monday 17 October $60 $70 $75 Composting Workshop - Monday 17 October $350 $420 $465 Composting Workshop - Monday 17 October (with main conference) $150 $180 $200

PRICES EXCLUDE GST The prices stated are available exclusively to WasteMINZ members. Non-members attract an additional 50% loading.