Food & Innovation Forum - Meet the experts
Join us as we start 2025 with a Food &Innovation Meet the Expert's event. This is an opportunity for local Food and Beverage producers to connect industry leaders and establish relationships, or reconnect with organisations, agencies, or businesses to support you in meeting your business aspirations.
Connect with experts on 11 March at 9:30am at the Rimu Room, 1st Floor Coastlands Shopping Center.
- Nicky Solomon – Food Innovation Network/Massey Food Pilot (Innovation in the Food Sector)
- Clare Menzies, Michele Boynton, Liezl Andrzejewski – WellingtonNZ, Regional Business Partners Network (Co-funded capability building opportunities)
- Clare Menzies – Callaghan / MBIE, Business Innovation Advisory, Founder & Startup Support programmes, R&D opportunities
- Paul Brewerton – NZTE (Export)
- Emma Proucelle (Food and Fibre exporting) and Nicky Newman (Food importing). MPI Regulatory Advice Service
- Karen Perry – Food Compliance NZ, Safe Food Services
- Rob Dunn – Kāpiti Coast District Council, Sustainability, Climate
- Robert Schouten – Kāpiti Coast District Council, Waste Minimisation
This event is free to attend. This is a great opportunity to get accesses to resources and tools that these agencies provide and connect with the experts for professional services to support your business development.
To access the Rimu Room, please go to the lifts by the bathrooms in Coastlands and take the lift to level one.
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
When: 9:30am - 11:30am