Programme
Friday 29 October 2021
| Time | Activity/Presenter | Topic |
| 9.30am | Depart by bus from Marina Carpark Vogel St, Gisborne for Pat Lanes Farm | All day parking available located behind Seminar Venue - Lawson Field Theatre |
| 10.15am | Arrive farm - Intro | |
| 10.35am | Visit farm and Tree farm viewing | |
| Lunch Provided -for participants of Farm Visit | ||
| 1.00pm | Depart for Gisborne | Allow 45 mins |
| 1.45pm | Arrive Marina Carpark | Can walk to Seminar venue |
| 1.50pm | Workshop starts - Rose Room, Lawson Field Theatre | Fitzherbert Street, Gisborne |
| 1.50pm - 2.00pm | Dennis Neilson Introduction | |
| 2.00pm - 2.15pm | Kerry Hudson Gisborne District Council | The Council Position on Trees on farmland |
| 2.15pm - 2.30pm | Whaimutu Dewes Chairman Ngati Porou Forests | A Ngati Porou approach to land use planning |
| 2.30pm - 2.50pm | Rob Gemmell Senior BNZ Agribusiness Partner; Blake Holgate Head of Sustainable Business Development RaboBank (confirmed) | NZ Banks Positon on Financing tree planting on farms |
| 2.50pm - 3.10pm | Afternoon Coffee Break | |
| 3.10pm - 3.30pm | Scott Pollard, Head of Business Development, NZ Carbon Farming Group | NZ Carbon Farming Investment Model |
| 3.30pm - 3.50pm | Dennis Neilson, Director DANA NZ Ltd. | NZ's Global Plantation/Wood processing Status |
| 3.50pm - 4.00pm | Bryan McKinley, Eastern Forestry Ltd | The role of a contractor to help farmers |
| 4.00pm- 4.45pm | Mike King, Interpine | Pastoral Farming and Timber PLUS Carbon Tree Farming: The Economics |
| 4.45pm - 5.00pm | Les King, Kerry Worsnop | A Farmers word |
| Networking and Drinks | Rivers Bar next to Emerald Hotel |