ATEPS 2023: Leading Trade Agreements for Sustainable Futures
Tuesday 21 November 2023
Fale Pasifika, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
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Full programme and Speaker Profiles
The next Auckland Trade and Economic School will be a one-day event on Tuesday 21st November:
8.45-9.25: Registration on site with coffee
9.30-9.45: Welcome and Overview
- Dr Erik Lithander (Deputy VC, Strategic Engagement, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland)
- Prof. Jennifer Curtin (Founding Director, Public Policy Institute, Waipapa Taumata Rau)
9.45-11.00: Panel 1: Trade and Trade Policy: What just happened and where to next?
- Vangelis Vitalis (MFAT)
- Sarah Salmond (MinterEllison)
- Michael Fox (Zespri, NZBC)
- Stephanie Honey (Honey Consulting)
- Chair: Brett O’Riley (EMA)
11.00-11.20: Panel 2: UK-EU-NZ Trade Policy Futures
- Stephen Cartwright (Consul General and Trade Counsellor, British Consulate Auckland)
- Diane Lacoste (Head of Trade, Delegation of the European Union)
- Chair: Associate Prof. Maureen Benson-Rea (University of Auckland)
11.20-11.40: Morning Tea
11.40-12.45: Panel 3: Business as Usual or New Opportunities?
- Justine Arroll (General Manager, Trade Strategy, Fonterra)
- Peter Hunter (Auckland Bioengineering Institute and Horizon Europe, University of Auckland)
- Prof. Natasha Hamilton Hart (Management and International Business, University of Auckland)
- Glynis Miller (Trade Commissioner, Pacific Trade Invest NZ)
- Chair: Dr Rob Scollay (University of Auckland)
12.45-1.40: Lunch
1.40-2.00: Panel 4: Advocating for Inclusive Trade (Video from the OECD Trade Policy Division)
- Jane Korinek (Trade Economist and Policy Analyst, OECD)
- Jennifer Curtin (Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland)
2.00-3.15: Panel 5: Indigenous trade leadership
- Carrie Stoddart-Smith (OpinioNative)
- Tania Te Whenua (Te Whenua Consulting)
- Andrew Watene (KPMG)
- Chair: Tane Waetford (MFAT)
3.15-3.40: Afternoon Tea
3.40- 4.40: Panel 6: Engaging the public and translating the value of trade
- Joshua Hitchcock (Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa)
- Richard Harman (Politik)
- Fran O’Sullivan (NZME/NZ Inc)
- Chair: Clare Wilson (NZTE)
5.00-7.00: Reception and close
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