Biosecurity Summit
Seventh New Zealand Biosecurity Summit
Biosecurity System Future Directions
24th & 25th November 2010
Civic Suite,
Wellington Convention Centre,
Wakefield Street,
Wellington
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is convening another Biosecurity Summit for all biosecurity system stakeholders. The Summit is an ideal opportunity for interested and involved participants in the biosecurity system to meet, discuss issues and raise concerns relating to biosecurity and to share information. Representatives from industry, importers and exporters, tertiary institutes, the science community, community groups and central, regional and local government have attended in the past.
Our focus for this year's Summit is the Biosecurity System Future Directions. This is timely, as work is to commence on a review of the Biosecurity strategy that will ultimately lead to an updated Biosecurity Strategy for New Zealand to be issued in July 2012.
Key themes for the Summit range from:
- market access issues current and in the future the TransTasman travel and trade focus (given our special relationship with Australia)
- the Australian biosecurity review that was completed in 2009 and subsequent initiatives
- developments in science and research developments that we can expect to influence the future
- specific topics around the future of pest management and potential arrangements for partnerships in the biosecurity system will also be explored
- offshore initiatives and good practice internationally
Further details and information on keynote speakers, registration and programme of events will be added here periodically.
Jacky Elliman
Summit Coordinator
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand
PO Box 2526
Wellington
Phone: 04 894 0120
Fax: 04 894 0728
Email: jacky.elliman@maf.govt.nz
For information on past summits, please visit the Biosecurity Summit Archive.
Page last updated: 6 May 2010