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Programme
The full lowdown on the Conference business sessions, social functions, partner programme and optional tours.
Business sessions | Social functions | Partner programme | Optional tours
Business sessions
Find out who will be speaking at Conference below.
Thursday 22 March
| Time | Speaker |
| 8.00am | Annual General Meeting (AGM) commences |
| 10.00am-10.30am | Morning tea, sponsored by Hirequip |
| 10.30am-12.00pm | AGM continues |
| 12.00pm-1.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.30pm |
AGM concludes Afternoon tea |
| 3.30pm | Workshop and open discussion on apprentice training |
| 5.00pm | Close |
Friday 23 March
'When the going gets tough, the tough get going'
| Time | Speaker |
| 9.00am | Industry Forum commences |
| 9.15am | Keynote address: Hon Maurice Williamson |
| 10.15am | Morning tea, sponsored by Genesis Energy |
| 10.45am | Industry Forum speaker: Tony Christiansen 'Your attitude determines your altitude' |
| 11.45am | Industry Forum speaker: Craig Rust, Business Innovations 'What does your business really cost to run?' |
| 12.30am | Industry Forum speaker: Alan Bickers, chair, PGD Board |
| 1.00pm-1.45pm | Lunch |
| 1.45pm | Industry Forum speaker: Michael McGuinness, CEO, Master Plumbers' Association of Queensland |
| 2.00pm | Industry Forum speaker: Kevan Hunt, Acting General Manager, Mico Plumbing & Pipelines |
| 2.15pm | Industry Forum speaker: Rob Kidd, General Manager, Plumbing World |
| 2.30pm | Closing speaker: Jim Hainey 'The success system that never fails' |
| 3.30pm-3.45pm | Close |
Social functions
MICO Welcome Function - Wednesday 21 March
From 6.30pm, enjoy drinks and nibbles in the sun and shade of the Millennium Hotel courtyard garden. A buffet meal will be served in the spacious ground floor restaurant at 7.30pm, followed by entertainment.
Dux/Marley Fancy Dress Fun Night - Thursday 22 March
Situated at the foot of the magic Remarkables mountains, The Barn at Moonlight Country is the perfect place for the Southern Man and Southern Belle to dance away the evening. The food will have a taste of the Southern mountains... the wine and beer will have the Southern air imbued in every drop. Get dressed in your best Southern Man/Cowboy outfit and be in to win one of our fabulous $100 prizes, dontated by Dux and Marley for:
- Best Dressed Man
- Best Dressed Woman
- Best Dressed Couple
- Closest to the Theme.
Master Plumbers Gala Awards Dinner, sponsored by Plumbing World - Friday 23 March
From 6.30pm, participants and partners will meet for pre-dinner cocktails in the ground-floor house bar and restaurant. The formal dinner will be served in the gracious setting of the Galaxy Room on the fifth floor of the Millennium Hotel. Black ties and dancing shoes required, as the entertainment this evening will be a mixture of celebration, recognition and rewards, with a chance to trip the light fantastic.
Partner programme
Download your own copy of the Partner Programme HERE (PDF, 180kb).
Wineries & Food - Thursday 22 March
A glorious opportunity to discover some off-the-beaten-track vineyards and enjoy their beautiful garden settings. We will visit vineyards in the Gibbston Valley and the Bannockburn Region. Take time to enjoy the wine, food and spectacular scenery of Central Otago. Appellation Central Wine Tours will be our guides.
| 9.30am | Coaches will collect guests from the Millennium Hotel. |
| 10.00am | The Winehouse & Kitchen or Peregrine – A great start to your day out in the vineyards, each with its own unique style of cellar door. |
| 11.15am | Olssens Garden Vineyard or Carrick – Enjoy some of Central Otago's finest wines in beautiful garden settings in the heart of Bannockburn. |
| 12.00pm | Old Cromwell Town – Stroll through the old town and visit some of the region's artists on the way. |
| 12.45pm | Northburn Station (pictured above) – Wine tasting at one of the newer vineyards in the region, once a merino sheep station and now also an award-winning wine producer. |
| 1.15pm | Northburn Station, The Shed – Share a delicious winery platter lunch, followed by tea, coffee and a home-baked sweet. |
| 3.00pm (approx) | Guests will be dropped back at the Millennium Hotel. |
Skyhigh & Lakeside - Friday 23 March
| 9.30am | Depart Millennium Hotel by bus for the Skyline Gondola – Ride the gondola to the top (Skyline bar pictured above) to view the activity of the luge, skydivers and bungy jumpers. We will enjoy a beautiful, private morning tea in the restaurant overlooking the west arm of Lake Wakatipu and central Queenstown. |
| 11.00am | Time to do a few luge runs or take a walk up to the paraglide platform, then return on the gondola to town via some specialty shops. |
| 12.00pm | Meet at the waterfront Bathhouse Tapas Bar and Restaurant for lunch and a glass of Central Otago wine. |
| From 2.00pm | Free time to go shopping or pamper yourself. A shopping map will be included in your registration information. Download your pampering options HERE (PDF, 74kb). |
Optional tours
While you are in Queenstown attending the Southern Man Conference, why not extend your stay and sample the best the South has to offer?
Master Plumbers together with Ethos NZ Ltd present you with some fabulous post-conference options.
- For the curious there is the Ethos NZ Art, Garden and Gourmet Mystery Tour.
- Or, if you're up to more of a challenge, try our Can You Handle the Jandal? Southern adventure tour.
- If you have more time, we offer the three-day High Country Sheep Station experience in the heart of the magnificent Lindis Pass.
Whichever you choose, we guarantee that your Ethos NZ experience of Queenstown will be unlike anything you've experienced in this part of the country before.
Just open the PDF document below to find out more about your post-conference options, and to book.
- Ethos-Southern Man post-conference options (PDF, 188kb)
Aerial view of Queenstown courtesy of Destination Queenstown
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