Social Events

Scion Icebreaker event

Monday, 9 September, 6 - 9pm
Delegate ticket: $75
Dress code: Smart casual

Join us at the conference opening ice breaker event held in Scion’s award-winning building Te Whare Nui o Tuteata. The ticket will include transport, food and beverage at the event.

Transport details

Departure from Energy Events Centre to Scion

First bus 1730
Last bus 1800

Return from Scion to Energy Events Centre

First bus 2000
Last bus 2100

Conference Dinner

Wednesday, 11 September, 7:00 - 11:00pm
Delegate ticket: $160
Dress code: Smart casual

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the ForestSAT Gala dinner. The dinner will be held at Te Puia, a world-famous geothermal valley in Rotorua. The dinner is a chance to network with your peers and learn about Māori history & culture with beautiful kai (food).

Transport details

Departure from Energy Events Centre to Te Puia

First bus 1900
Last bus 1930

Return from Te Puia to Energy Events Centre

First bus 2230
Last bus 2300

Field Trip Day

Friday, 13 September, 9am - 2.45pm
Delegate ticket: $100
Dress code: Smart casual (please bring wet weather gear)

The ForestSAT field trip offers the opportunity to step outside the conference room and experience local landmarks including the Whakarewarewa forest. The ticket will include transport and lunch on the day.

Timberlands, our field trip sponsor, will host a full-day program in Rotorua. The schedule includes a visit to the scenic Whakarewarewa redwood forest, where Interpine will demonstrate use of the hovermap terrestrial laser scanning system. This versatile system is being widely used in New Zealand for inventory purposes. We will also travel to an operational forest setting on the field trip, within one of the largest plantation forests in the world, and there will be discussion within this setting, by the forest managers, around how remote sensing is being used for management of this extensive forest (amongst other topics). Participants will also have the opportunity to see the Blue Lake and its surroundings, and there will be a buffet lunch at Rydges. Upon returning to the Energy Event Centre, attendees will have an option to disembark for a relaxing hot soak at the renowned Polynesian Spa or visit Kuirau Park, a geothermal park in the city centre.

Buses depart from the Energy Events Centre at 0900. Please remember to bring wet weather gear and your own filled water bottle.