Programme

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Please note: the programme is subject to change and will be updated on this page

2:00pm - 5:00pm

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
@ Movenpick Hotel
Pick up lanyards and delegate bags

6:30pm - 9:30pm

ROOFTOP CONNECTIONS - WELCOME FUNCTION
@ So Hotel Rooftop Bar
Cnr Customs Street & Gore Street, Auckland

8:30am	Welcome
9:00am	Day 1 Keynote Speaker Speaker \| Sara-Jane Elika Strategic business leader, governance expert, and Executive Director of ECG, known for delivering transformational impact across Aotearoa and the Pacific
10:00am	MORNING TEA \| TRADE
10:30am	Optimising the end-of-life business: A strategic conversation from the outside in Speaker \| Bruce Sheppherd Gilligan Sheppard; Founder, Partner, Board Member
11:30am	The Silence is Over Speaker \| John Adams NAFD UK Past President, podcast host, bereavement educaton campaigner, author, industry advisor
12:30pm	LUNCH \| TRADE
2:00pm - 9:30pm	FORENSICS, FAIRWAYS & FUN @ Remuera Golf Club

8:30am	NOTICES
8:35am	Association News Funeral Directors Association NZ \| Gillian Boyes CEO & Andrew Malcolm President Australian Funeral Directors Association \| Dale Gilson CEO & Asha Dooley President
9:05am	Day 2 Keynote Speaker What Support Do Grievers Need Most? Findings from Modern Science Speaker \| Dr Lucy Hone Grief researcher, best-selling author and TED speaker
10:05am	MORNING TEA \| TRADE
10:35am	DIA UPDATE Speaker \| Russell Burnard General Manager Operations and Registrar General of Birth deaths and Marriages
10:50am	LUCENTT SPOTLIGHT Speaker \| Mark Chaafe
11:20am	Future ready funeral professionals: The power of online learning Speaker \| Greg Shorland Funeral Learning Hub
12:00pm	LUNCH \| TRADE
1:00pm	Futureproofing your funeral business with AI Speaker \| Bruce Ross AI-Enabled Leadership Coach
2:00pm	PANEL DISCUSSION - TBC
3:00pm	FREE TIME
6:30pm - late	BOLLYWOOD GALA DINNER @ Maritime Room Princes Wharf, Central Auckland