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PROGRAMME

TE TAU IHU - Fieldshops

SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSOR BENEFITS

KEY NOTE - Simon Upton

KEY NOTE - Judge Borthwick

KEY NOTE - Mike Lydon

OUTSTANDING MC

TASTE OF TASMAN & RMLA AT A GLANCE

OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY

RMLA MEMBER DEMOGRAPHICS

TOTE BAG IDEAS

CONTACT US

TESTIMONIALS

Stand OUT!RMLA’s OUTstanding conference presents an exceptional opportunity for you to align your brand with the individuals and organisations tackling the most important issues of our time.

This year’s conference location, Te Tau Ihu (the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions), provides a breathtaking backdrop for big conversations to take place; for pivotal relationships to be forged; and for crucial information to be exchanged - all of which will yield a lasting and positive impact on New Zealand’s environment, cultures and quality of living.

The objective of this conference is to focus minds on addressing climate change and sustainable development; preservation of New Zealand’s Outstanding Natural Landscapes; resolving competing needs of water users; protecting our regions’ outstanding water bodies; and better managing competition for productive rural land and the growth industries of aquaculture and tourism.

RMLA’s OUTstanding conference challenges practitioners, consultants, businesses, industry players and decision-makers to identify ways to diversify from reliance on the primary sector; to innovate and embrace new technologies; and in doing so, strengthen New Zealand’s economic competitiveness.

Immersing our delegates in this year’s ‘OUTstanding’ theme, our Fieldshops will be held in the breathtaking settings of Abel Tasman National Park, Mapua, the Moutere Valley, Neudorf and Nelson surrounds. Rounding off the experience, five superb networking events will showcase the regions’ outstanding produce over the course of the three-day conference.

Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to make your brand really ‘stand out from the crowd!’

We look forward to seeing you there,

Antoinette Besier and Quentin DaviesBARRISTER & SOLICITOR PARTNERTASMAN LAW GASCOIGNE WICKS

About RMLAEstablished in 1992, the RMLA is New Zealand’s leading forum for robust debate, information exchange and cross-sector networking.

A thriving, multidisciplinary organisation with over 1100 members, the RMLA brings together lawyers, barristers, planners, environmental managers, environmental engineers, environment commissioners, consultants and civil servants.

DAY 1 - Thursday 22 September

12:00pm

1:00 - 1:50pm

1:50 - 2:40pm Keynote

2:40 - 3:00pm

3:00 - 3:50pm Panel session

3:50 - 5:00pm 5:30 - 7:30pm

DAY 2 - Friday 23 September 8:30 - 9:00am

9:00 - 9.50am Keynote

9:50 - 10:40am Keynote 10:40 - 11:10am

11:10 - 12:30pm Plenary and Panel session

12:30 - 1:30pm 12:30 - 5:00pm 5:30 - 7:30pm

DAY 3 - Saturday 24 September

9:00 - 9:40am Keynote

9:40 -10:00am Plenary

10.00 - 10:10am10:10 - 10:40am 10:40 - 11:10am Plenary

11:10 - 11:40am Plenary

11:40 - 12:10 / 12:30pm Plenary

12:30 - 1:30pm 1:30 - 5:00pm 7.00pm - Midnight

Registration

Outstanding goals - bridging gaps to progress New Zealand’s environmental performance

Policies that punch above their weight - The right policy tools for delivering long-term sustainability

Afternoon Tea

Future-proofing NZ business for sustainable growthPrivate sector panel debate

‘Back Benches’-style debateWelcome reception

Powhiri and conference opening

One year on: Priorities, Performance and Progress Update on the National party’s environmental agenda.

OUTstanding landscapes: Is the RMA protecting New Zealand’s heritage?

Morning Tea

Outstanding Challenges - Fresh WaterIntegrated land and water managementDrawing the line on stock exclusion?Critique of NPS Freshwater Management

LunchField ShopsTaste of the Tasman function

Outstanding Cities - A blueprint for sustainable planning

Outstanding future - The shape of things to come

Q and AAGM (TBC) - Morning Tea

Scientifically proven: Innovative solutions to future planning, policy, and environmental challenges

The business case for protecting New Zealand’s outstanding assets

Outstanding vision: Putting New Zealand’s Smart Cities on the international map

LunchField ShopsConference and Annual Awards Dinner

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Jane Frances - Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy, MfEProf William (Bill) Lee - Conservation Ecologist, Scientist, Landcare research

Simon Upton - Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

- Mark Todd, Founder - Ockham apartments - Ted Culley - Aquaculture Manager, Sanford- Kitt Richards - Environment Manager, PF Olsen

Moderated by Back Benches host Wallace Chapman

Hon Nick Smith - Minister for the Environment- TBC

Judge Jane Borthwick

RMLA AGM

Prof. Lee Godden - University of MelbourneKate McArthur - Practice leader, The Catalyst GroupAlison Dewes - Contractor, Headlands

Mike Lydon - Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative

Gunter Pauli: Author of ‘The Blue Economy’, former Chairman and CEO of Ecover, referred to as the ‘Steve Jobs of Sustainability’ (pre-recorded interview)

Gillian Wratt - CEO, Cawthron

Natalie Hampson - Consultant, Market Economics

Dr Viv Heslop - Sustainability Manager, Panuku Development

OUTstanding Programme 2016

*This agenda may be subject to change at any time.

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what RMLA sponsorship delivers

Te Tau Ihu (the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions) is an outstanding environment, rich in resources and stunningly beautiful. RMLA’s OUTstanding Field Shops are designed to break our delegates out of the conference room, giving them first-hand insight into local resource management issues, and an opportunity to appreciate the unique natural beauty of Te Tau Ihu. Our Field Shops cover the spectrum of resource management, including marine, land, freshwater and urban habitats. They address a range of issues, from challenges presented by climate change and coastal hazards, integrated land and water management, through to urban issues. All the while, demonstrating the increasingly important role of public-private partnerships in preserving New Zealand’s 100% Pure brand.

Exhibit booth space

Naming rights

Logo on conference sponsor slide

Conference tote bag inserts 1

Profile in conference handbook

Online profile

RMLA Homepage banner ad

RMLA sponsor logo licence

Inclusion in all marketing materialin the lead-up to, during and post event

Conference app acknowledgement

Complimentary Annual Award Dinner ticket 1

Access to full delegate list

Event and sponsorship report

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Our NZD 4,000 Field Shop sponsorship package benefits include:

RMLA Conference 2016 - Workshops/field shop

*This Field shop agenda may be subject to change

HeadingOUTSTANDING SOLUTIONS FOR WATER

OUTSTANDING COASTAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT

OUTSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS

OUTSTANDING RURAL LAND USES

OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION

OUTSTANDING UNDER PRESSURE - BALANCING DEMAND IN THE MAHITAHI/ MAITAI CATCHMENT

OUTSTANDING URBAN PLANNING

OUTSTANDING URBAN OUTCOMES

MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT – NATIONAL DIRECTION AND ACTIONS

VenueCAWTHRON AQUACULTURE PARK AND OTHER VENUES

BIKE TOUR FROM RABBIT ISLAND TO MAPUA AND RUBY BAY

ABEL TASMAN

UPPER MOUTERE, MAHANA

BROOK SANCTUARY, MATAI DAM, POORMAN’S STREAM ESPLANADE AND MORE

VARIOUS STOPS ALONG THE MATAI RIVER CATCHMENT

BUS TOUR – VARIOUS STOPS

BIKE TOUR AND FERRY TRIP ON THE GREAT TASTE CYCLE TRAIL

CONFERENCE VENUE

DescriptionSCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS TO COASTAL AND FRESHWATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL HAZARD MITIGATION IN THE MAPUA AND RUBY BAY AREA

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE CONSERVATION OF OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPES

LIVING OFF THE LAND - A TOUR OF NELSON’S BOUTIQUE WINE, ART AND OTHER SMALL-SCALE RURAL INDUSTRIES

PROGRESS UPDATE FROM NELSON NATURE AND TOUR SHOWCASING THE AREA’S BEST PRACTICE IN BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

TOUR OF THE MAITAI/MAHITAHI RIVER CATCHMENT AND DAM, AND INSIDER TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL USER DEMAND- MANAGEMENT

TOUR OF THE CITY LOOKING AT CBD ISSUES, GROWTH, SHAS, HERITAGE, NATURAL HAZARDS, ROAD AND CYCLING ISSUES IN NELSON CITY / RICHMOND

DEMAND-DRIVEN, RESPONSIVE, FORWARD-THINKING: THIS TOUR EXPLORES THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NELSON’S ECONOMIC DRIVERS AND DISTRICT PLANNING DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES.

UPDATES FROM:- MFE ON NATIONAL DIRECTION; 1. NPS URBAN DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY2. CLIMATE CHANGE3. WATER

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* Sponsor packages may be tailored to suit requirements

** All prices exclude GST

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Keynote Speaker

RMLA Awards Dinner SOLD

Plenary Speaker

Conference Tote Bag

Lanyard & Name Badge

Welcome Reception SOLD

Panel session

Morning Espresso

Back Benches debate

Taste of the Tasman function

Master of Ceremonies

Pocket Programme

Conference Handbook

Field shop

RMLA Award Category

Lunch

Morning Tea

Conference App

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Conference registration

Field trip ticket

Naming rights

Mainstage backdrop

Digital podium signage

Tote bag inserts

Online profile

RMLA Homepage banner ad

Q&A in newsletter


Conference App acknowledgement


Acknowledgement in related marketing materials

Advert in RMJ

Complimentary AnnualAwards Dinner tickets


Post-event sponsorship report

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Punching above their weight The right policy tools for delivering long-term sustainabilityWith the OECD undertaking its decadal review of New Zealand’s Environment Policies, it is the opportune moment for Simon Upton, architect of the RMA and current Director of the OECD’s Environment Directorate, to provide an update on international policy tools that punch above their weight in terms of delivering positive environmental and economic outcomes.

Simon will provide insight into cases where such policies have conferred a competitive advantage elsewhere, in terms of stimulating innovation and future-proofing communities against climate change.

Our NZD 10 000 sponsor package for this session includes an exceptional range of benefits, including:

Conference registration 3

Field trip ticket

Complimentary Annual Awards Dinner tickets 3

Naming rights to sponsored session


Homepage banner ad

Q&A in RMLA newsletter

Advert in RMJ Full page








KEYNOTE SPEAKER

About Simon UptonSimon Upton is the Environment Director at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and a former New Zealand Parliamentarian whose political career, included nine years as a Minister.

Between his retirement from political life in 2000 and taking up his present role at the OECD, Mr. Upton combined his chairmanship of the Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD with a variety or private sector roles in New Zealand.

Mr. Upton is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand Society; and a Rhodes Scholar with degrees in English literature, music and law from the University of Auckland and an MLitt in political philosophy from Oxford University.

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OUTstanding LandscapesProtecting our heritageAs with many parts of regional New Zealand, Te Tau Ihu largely depends on its natural resource base to sustain economic wellbeing. How can we retain what is outstanding about the top of the south, while balancing primary resource demand pressures and the tension this inevitably creates?

Providing a unique insight into key court decisions, Judge Jane Borthwick will examine the concept of what is an ‘outstanding’ landscape under s6(b) of the RMA, and the extent of the protection afforded by this section as a matter of national importance. Judge Borthwick will analyse recent decisions of the Courts in applying this section to determine trends and will debate whether it has been interpreted as intended.


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

About Judge BorthwickAppointed as Environment Judge in Novemeber 2008, Judge Borthwick, who has a BA (Hons) in Geography and LLB (Hons), was admitted to the bar in 1994. Judge Borthwick’s practice has recently focused on resource management with extensive involvement in water rights issues throughout Canterbury. She has also acted as a hearing commissioner for several marine farm and water right applications in Canterbury.


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OUTstanding CitiesMike Lydon, Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative, an award-winning planning, design, and research-advocacy firm based in Miami, New York City, and San Francisco, is an internationally recognized planner, writer, and advocate for livable cities.

As an international planner and advocate for sustainable, livable cities, Mike will challenge you to think differently about the use of our public spaces, while demonstrating how short-term actions can bring about long term urban transformation.


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

About Mike LydonMike’s work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, ABC News, CNN Headline News, City Lab, and Architect Magazine, among other publications. He has authored several titles including The Open Streets Project and Tactical Urbanism:

Short-Term Action, Long-Term Change Vol. 1 – Vol. 4.

Mike received a B.A. in American Cultural Studies from Bates College and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. He is a CNU-Accredited Professional - and he strongly encourages you to trade four wheels for two.


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OUTstanding MCWallace Chapman, radio and TV broadcaster, host of the unique ‘pub politics’ TV show Back Benches on PRIME, and author of Don’t Just Do Something - Sit

there, is RMLA’s Master of Ceremonies at this year’s OUTstanding conference.

Not only will Wallace draw on his broadcasting experience to deftly moderate our hard hitting panel sessions; Wallace will also facilitate RMLAs very own ‘Back Benches’ debate. His acerbic wit, poignantly funny observations and his direct approach will undoubtedly set the tone for an upbeat, cutting edge and captivating conference.

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Taste of... The TasmanRegion, Flavours, OpportunityTaste of the Tasman serves up a cornucopia of the region’s finest foods and beverages, immersing our delegates in Te Tau Ihu.

A perfect blend of culture, culinary excellence, great brews and exquisite wines create a relaxed Friday Taste of the Tasman networking event on Day 2 of the conference.

RMLA’s Taste of… evenings are among our most anticipated annual networking events. Memorable for their easy networking atmosphere and for affording delegates the best the region has to offer; they are also noted for their support and acknowledgement of local communities and culture.

Our Taste of the Tasman sponsor will brand an evening that will be recalled often and favourably by participants. This is an excellent opportunity to generate positive brand association at an essential networking event where relationships are forged, ideas are shared and collaboration takes shape.

Our NZD 8,000 Taste of the Tasman sponsorship package benefits include:


Field trip ticket

Exhibit booth space

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RMLA at a glance

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RMLA member profilePlanner 39% Solicitor/Barrister 33%Environmental Manager 8%Engineer 5%Environmental Consultant 3%Landscape Architect / Planner / Designer 3%Acoustic Consultant 2% Scientist 2%Manager 2%University-related 2%Environment Commissioner 1%

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OUTstanding opportunityThe RMLA’s OUTstanding conference offers an unrivalled branding opportunity.

With a growing membership that spans 561 organisations across 27 industry sectors, the RMLA’s OUTstanding conference provides a prominent platform for positioning your brand in front of New Zealand’s foremost players in urban development, environmental law, planning and resource management.

Align your brand with today’s resource management thought leaders and practitioners through:

Brand positioning: See your logo promoted across multiple RMLA channels including online, print, direct-to-inbox, streaming content and signage at events.

Relationship building: Gain access to RMLA stakeholders and forge relationships with tier one decision-makers and thought leaders.

Talent attraction: Reinforce your credentials as a forward-thinking employer by supporting crucial discussions on policies, legislative frameworks and best practices that shape New Zealand’s future.

Business intelligence: Maintain a competitive edge by securing key contacts in the fields of environmental legislation, planning and resource management.

Networking: Gain direct access to high level decision makers and influencers.

Business lead generation: Raise your organisation’s profile to unlock new business opportunities through RMLA’s diverse and rapidly expanding membership.

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Tote bag ideasBe a conversation starter

Let your brand be the hot topic at this year’s conference by providing RMLA conference delegates with sustainable, useful tote bag inserts.

By positioning your company’s logo on innovative, eco-friendly and reusable items, you will ensure that your brand presence persists beyond the life of the conference, making a lasting, positive impression.

With a broad selection of tasteful items, from FSC-certified USB keys, recycled PET plastic caps, to recycled PET umbrellas, you will guarantee your return on marketing investment, while ensuring that your corporate credentials as a forward thinking, responsible company, soar.

RMLA, through its partner Rockit Design, offers an exciting range of eco-friendly, out-of-the-box, useful tote bag inserts, carefully selected from ethical and sustainable sources.

To make sure your brand is in the bag, order your eco-friendly tote bag inserts through RMLA today. For more information contact:

Rikki Stancich - [email protected].

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YOUR ECO TOTE BAG

BAMBOO CARD HOLDER

RECYCLED PET CAP

BRANDED UMBRELLA

BRANDED DRINKBOTTLE

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TOTE BAG BRANDED EARBUDS

RECYCLED NOTEBOOK

ECO PENS BRANDED LANYARD

ECO PENCILS

CORPORATE LOLLYPOPS

BRANDED SEEDS

ECO USB KEY

CORPORATE COOKIES

ContactFor event and further information contact:

Rikki StancichCommunications and Sponsorship ManagerRESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAW ASSOCIATION

t: 022 369 9116e: [email protected]

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Testimonialsfrom the RMLA conference 2015

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