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EDS Conference 2021 Programme

	Pre-Conference Workshop Wednesday 4 August 2021, Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall
1.00pm	FRESHWATER CHALLENGES Chair: Katherine Trought, Director of Strategy, Environment Canterbury Regional Council How to Operationalise Te Mana o Te Wai, Vanessa Tipoki, Director/Senior Planner, Kāhu Environmental Nitrates and Public Health, Dr Tim Chambers, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Science-Based Limits and the NPSFM, Dr Scott Larned, Chief Scientist, Fresh Water and Estuaries, NIWA Freshwater Hearings and What to Expect, Professor Peter Skelton, Chief Freshwater Commissioner Panel Discussion: How do we keep on track? Dr David Burger, Strategy and Investment Leader, DairyNZ Donna Flavell, Chair, Freshwater Iwi Advisors Group Ray Grubb, Chairman, Fish and Game NZ Stu Muir, Dairy Farmer Marnie Prickett, Campaigner, Choose Clean Water
2.50pm	AFTERNOON TEA - Limes Room Foyer
3.20pm	FORESTRY AND THE FUTURE OF BANKS PENINSULA Chair: Andrew Turner, Deputy Mayor, Christchurch City Council Natives, Pines, and Policy Settings, Dr Susan Secker, Manager, Forestry Operational Policy, Ministry for Primary Industries Restorative Carbon Forestry and the Banks Peninsula, Dr Sean Weaver, CEO and Founder, EKOS ETS and Native Regeneration on the Banks Peninsula, Suky Thompson, Trust Manager, Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust Panel Discussion: What policies are required to protect and restore Banks Peninsula? Craig Pauling, Councillor, Environment Canterbury Dr Tim Payn, Scientist, Forest Ecology and Management, Scion Pam Richardson, Federated Farmers Cordelia Woodhouse, Solicitor, Environmental Defence Society
5.00 - 5:30pm	DRINKS & INFORMAL DISCUSSION - Limes Room and Foyer

	Conference Day One Thursday 5 August 2021, James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall
8.30am	OPENING Mihi Whakatau Welcome and Conference Overview: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society
9.00am	AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND: OUR LAND, OUR OCEANS Chair: Vicky Robertson, Secretary for the Environment International Keynote: Systems Transition and Reform, Professor Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University A Visual Tour of Our Lands and Waters, Gaye Searancke, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
10.15am	MORNING TEA
10:45am	LAND-USE IN TRANSITION Chair: Julie Collins, Deputy Director-General Policy and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries International Keynote: Sustainable Land Use: Aligning Biodiversity, Climate and Food Policies, Dr Simon Buckle, Head of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Water, OECD Essential Freshwater - Beyond Implementation, Nadeine Dommisse, Deputy Secretary, Sustainable Land Use, Ministry for the Environment The Scale of Change for Land Use Transition, Dr Mike Joy, Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington Integrated Farming Systems and Maori Land Use Change, Dr Tanira Kingi, Research Leader Primary Sector, Scion The Mindset to Farm within Planetary Limits, Corrigan Sowman, Uruwhenua Farms, Nuffield Scholar Panel Discussion: What actions are required to transition to sustainable land use? Dr David Gawith, Advisor, Castalia Dr Suzie Greenhalgh, Portfolio Leader, Society People and Policy, Landcare Research Lain Jager, Co-Chair, Te Puna Whakaaronui Trish Kirkland-Smith, Head of Environmental Partnerships, Fonterra Co-Operative Ltd Jen Miller, General Manager, Conservation Advocacy & Communications, Forest & Bird
1:00pm	LUNCH
2:00pm	RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REFORM Chair: Amelia Linzey, Chief Planner, Beca The Vision for Reform, Hon.Tony Randerson QC, Chair, Resource Management Reform Panel Environmental Limits, Greg Severinsen, Senior Policy Advisor, Environmental Defence Society Role of Maori in the New System, Jade Wikaira, Managing Director, Wikaira Consulting What can Spatial Planning Deliver for the Environment? James Palmer, CEO, Hawkes Bay Regional Council Panel Discussion: How can the resource management reforms achieve better outcomes for the environment? Andrew Brown, Pou Atawai, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Mary Hill, President, RMLA Alan McDonald, Head of Advocacy and Strategy, EMA Dayle Hunia, Management Consultant, Kotuku Systems
3.45pm	AFTERNOON TEA
4.15pm	TOURISM REFORM Chair: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society Tourism Reform: Stepping Beyond Sustainable Tourism, Professor David Simmons, Emeritus Professor of Tourism, Lincoln University
4.45pm	POLITICAL UPDATE Chair: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society Speaker: The Government's Reform Agenda, Hon David Parker, Minister for the Environment and Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
5.30 - 6:00pm	DRINKS - Kilmore and Cambridge Bars
7.00pm	CONFERENCE DINNER Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall
	Moderator: Sue Simons, Partner and Founder, Berry Simons Dinner Speaker: A personal valedictory by Lou Sanson, outgoing Director-General, Department of Conservation

	Conference Day Two Friday 6 August, James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall
7.00am 7.30am	Breakfast Session - Limes Room Breakfast served (Limes Room) TRANSFORMING OUR OCEANS: CONSERVING 30%, REDEFINING USE OF 70% Chair: Grant Rosewarne, CEO, King Salmon Speaker: Adena Leibman, Senior Oceans Policy Manager, Environmental Defense Fund Speaker: Transforming the Blue Economy, Dr Chris Cornelisen, GM, Coastal and Oceans Fisheries Panel Discussion, Q&A Dr Serean Adams. Aquaculture Group Manager, Cawthron Nigel Bradley, CEO, Envirostrat Dr Chris Cornelisen, GM, Coastal and Oceans Fisheries, Cawthron
8.30am	OCEANS AND FISHERIES REFORM Chair: Julie Hall, Director, Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge A Vision for Our Oceans and Fisheries, Volker Kuntzch, CEO, Cawthron The Role of Māori in Oceans and Fisheries Reform, Rangimarie Hunia, Chair, Te Ohu Kai Moana The Key Building Blocks of Oceans Reform, Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society Panel Discussion: What are the key elements of oceans and fisheries reform? Dr Glen Carbines, Fisheries & Environmental Scientist, Saltwater Science Ltd Dr Jeremy Helson, Chief Executive, Seafood NZ Mahuika Matanuku, Partner and Chair, Kahui Legal Dr Russel Norman, CEO, Greenpeace NZ
10.00am	MORNING TEA
10.30am	POLITICAL UPDATE Chair: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society Speaker: The Government’s Conservation Reform Agenda, Hon Kiritapu Allan, Minister of Conservation
11.00am	CONSERVATION REFORM Chair: Bruce Parkes, Deputy Director-General for Policy & Visitors, Department of Conservation Current Issues within the Conservation Management System, Dr Deidre Koolen-Bourke, Senior Policy Researcher, Environmental Defence Society Strengthening the Role of Maori with Conservation Land and Waters, Professor Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago Better Regulation of the Tourism-Conservation Interface, Valentina Dinica, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington Panel Discussion: What should be the key elements of conservation reform? Dr Maria Bargh, Adaptive Governance and Policy Co-lead, BioHeritage NZ Edward Ellison, Chair of NZ Conservation Authority Kevin Hague, GM Conservation, Forest & Bird Rebecca McLeod, Chair, Fiordland Marine Guardians Chris Roberts, Chief Executive, Tourism Industry Aotearoa
12:30pm	LUNCH
1.30pm	THE FUTURE OF THE HIGH COUNTRY Chair: Lan Pham, Councillor, Environment Canterbury Regional Council Farming the High Country, Kate Cocks, Mt Nicholas Station and Kate Scott, Rees Valley Station Agricultural Land-Use in the High Country, Philip Grove, Science Team Leader, Land Ecology, Environment Canterbury The Future of the High Country's Indigenous Biodiversity, Dr Susan Walker, Research Programme Leader, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Panel Discussion: What reforms are needed in the High Country? Edward Ellison, Ngāi Tahu, former member of High-Country Advisory Group, LINZ Ray Grubb, Chair, Fish & Game Craig Harris, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand Dr Gerry McSweeney, Former Pastoral Lessee and Co-Owner Wilderness Lodge Arthur’s Pass Dave Maslen, General Manager Markets and Sustainability, Merino NZ
3.00pm	POLITICAL DEBATE Moderator: Gary Taylor, Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society Let's Take Action! A Visual tour of the environmental impacts of land use practices in Aotearoa New Zealand, Geoff Reid, Filmmaker Political Panel: How are we going to clean up our act? Rachel Brooking, MP, Labour Party Simon Court, MP, ACT Party Spokesperson on Environment Hon Eugenie Sage, Green Party spokesperson for Environment, Conservation, Forestry, Oceans and Fisheries Hon Scott Simpson, National Party spokesperson for Environment and RMA
4.30pm	CLOSING REMARKS Rt Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
5.00pm	CLOSE