Final Programme

Delegates at the 2008 conference enjoyed the following speakers and presentations.

Thursday, 18 September 2008

8.30am - 10.00am	Registration
10.00am - 10.30am	Spiritual Opening at Nelson Cathedral Rev Yvonne McLean, Rev Harvey Whakaruru, Richard Nunns, Nelson Mayor Hon Kerry Marshall
10.30am - 11.00am	Wellness Break
11.00am - 11.10am	Welcome and Housekeeping, MC - Elizabeth Valentine and Arvind Pujji
11.10am - 11.20am	Address by Minister of Tourism, Hon Damien O'Connor
11.20am - 12.10pm	Susanne Sims, Founding President Hawaii Island Wellness Travel Association 'Wellness Tourism in Hawaii and Worldwide'
12.10pm - 12.15pm	Wellness Exercise
12.15pm - 1.30pm	Energy Lunch
1.30pm - 1.50pm	Dawn Muir & Michael Elkington, Maori Tourism Council 'Wellness Tourism and Manaakitanga, Kaitiakitanga, Whanaungatanga'
1.50pm - 2.10pm	Katherine Lowe, Ministry of Tourism 'How Wellness Tourism fits the vision of the NZ Tourism Strategy 2015'
2.10pm - 2.30pm	Cas Carter , Tourism New Zealand 'Wellness Tourism and NZ's position'
2.30pm - 2.50pm	Dame Cheryll Sotheran, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise 'NZTE & the Spa/Wellness Sector'
2.50pm - 2.55pm	Wellness Exercise
3.05pm - 3.35pm	Wellness Break
3.30pm - 3.50pm	Bryan Hughes, Hells Gate 'Spa Tourism & The Wai Ora Spa Concept'
3.50pm - 4.30pm	Panel Discussion & Questions from the floor Facilitator: Elizabeth Valentine Panel: Susanne Sims, Dawn Muir, Katherine Lowe, Cheryll Sotheran
4.30pm - 4.35pm	Wellness Exercise
	Symposium closes for the day
6.30pm	Symposium Dinner - Saltwater Cafe

Friday, 19 September 2008

7.00am - 8.00am	Start the day with YOGA, Meditation, Walking or Running
8.30am - 9.30am	Registration
9.30am - 9.40am	MC General Housekeeping & Introduction to day
Tourism Streams
9.40am - 10.10am	John Hull, NZ Tourism Research Institute 'Spa Marketing in Iceland - learnings from a small country'
10.10am - 10.15am	Wellness Exercise
10.15am - 10.40am	Wellness Break
10.40am - 11.00am	Daniel Benn, University of Otago 'Retreats'
11.00am - 11.20am	Sandra Rhodda, Tai Poutini Polytechnic 'Access Tourism and Medical Tourism: important considerations for Wellness Tourism'
11.20am - 11.45am	Peter Salmon, Moxie Design & NZ LOHAS Representative (cancelled) 'Lifestyle of Health & Sustainability - your target market'
11.45am - 12.00pm	Elizabeth Valentine & Erica Cumming, Services Industry Training Alliance (SITA) 'Industry Education & Training Standards'
12.00pm - 12.05pm	Wellness Exercise
12.05pm - 1.00pm	Energy Lunch
1.00pm - 2.30pm	Workshop 1 'Wellness & Tourism' Facilitators: Jane Pujji & Craig Wilson	Workshop 2 'Indigenous Products & Practices' Facilitators: Wiki Oman & John Grant	Workshop 3 'Beyond Spa' Facilitator: Bryan Hughes
2.30pm - 3.00pm	Wellness Break
3.00pm - 3.20pm	Reports from workshops
3.20pm - 3.40pm	Fireside Chat - 'What's happening on the ground' (NZ Case Studies) Facilitator: Elizabeth Valentine Panel: Katie Thurston, Enriching Day Spa Bevan McGillicuddy, Rutherford Hotel Nelson Bryan Hughes, Hells Gate Wai Ora Spa
3.40pm - 4.00pm	Craig Wilson, NZ Food & Wine Marketing Network 'Learning from other New Zealand Marketing Clusters'
4.00pm	Paul Davis, Tourism Industry Association NZ & Nelson Tasman Tourism 'Wrap up & Where to from here?'
5.00pm	Symposium closes