Speakers:
Ambassador William J. Burns – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. State Department
Ambassador Robert D. Hormats – Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
Alan Bersin – Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Honorable Murray McCully – NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Honorable Tim Groser – NZ Minister of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) – Co-Chair of the Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA) – Co-Chair of the Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus
Robert Zoellick – Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Former World Bank President
Peter Cook – Chief Washington Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
Dr. David Hackett Fischer – University Professor & Earl Warren Professor of History, author of “Fairness and Freedom”, Brandeis University
Panel of Six Former USTRs:
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky – Senior International Partner & Chair, International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice Group, WilmerHale
Ambassador William E. Brock – Founder and Chairman, Brock Offices
Ambassador Carla A. Hills – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company
Ambassador Mickey Kantor – Director & Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Ambassador Susan C. Schwab – Strategic Adviser, Mayer Brown
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter – Senior Adviser to the international trade and investment and the food and agriculture practices, Hogan Lovells US LLP
William Reinsch – President, National Foreign Trade Council (moderator)
Plenary on TPP, Business, Trade and Investment
Gabriel Makhlouf (moderator) – Chief Executive and Secretary, New Zealand Treasury
Calman Cohen – President, Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT)
Simon Power – Managing Director, Westpac
Johanna Shelton – Senior Policy Counsel, Google
John Wilson – Chairman, Fonterra
Tami Overby – Vice President for Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Plenary on Security and Foreign Policy
Edgard Kagan (moderator) – Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
John Allen – Chief Executive and Secretary, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Lt. Gen Rhys Jones – Lt. General and Chief, New Zealand Defence Force
Stanley Roth – Vice President of International Government Relations, The Boeing Company
Randy Schriver – Chief Executive, Armitage International
Vikram J. Singh – Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and South East Asia, U.S. Department of Defense
Carolyn Tremain – Chief Executive, Customs New Zealand
Agriculture: From Pasture to Chopstick, Feeding the World
Ann Veneman (moderator) – Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Former Executive Director of UNICEF
Michael Ahie – Chairman, Plant and Food NZ
Devry Boughner Vorwerk – Director of International Business Relations, Cargill
Malcom Bailey – Director, Fonterra
Scott Champion – Chief Executive, Beef & Lamb New Zealand
Andrea Durkin – Senior Director for Global Affairs and Policy, Abbott Laboratories
Anku Nath – Senior Manager for International Affairs, John Deere
Cities of the Future: Building Brilliance in Every City
Klaus Philipsen (moderator) – President, Archplan | American Institute of Architects
Lisa Abuaf – Central City Manager, Portland Development Commission
Tracey Chambers – Representative, New Zealand United States Council
Rod Carr – Vice Chancellor, University of Canterbury
Roger Dennis – Sensing City
Warwick Isaacs – General Manager, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Amy Macdonald – Associate, Thornton Tomasetti
Peter Townsend – Chief Executive, Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce
US-NZ Partnerships in Security: Best Practice Company Partnerships
Parney Albright (moderator) – President, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Curtis Edgecomb – Global General Manager, Gallagher Group
Louis Grever – Advisory Board Member, Wynyard
Edward Swallow – Vice President for Business Development, Northrup Grumman
Ben Walker – Corporate International Business Development, Lockheed Martin
US-NZ Partnership in Security: The U.S. Government as a Strategic Partner
Parney Albright (moderator) – President, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Dr. Ned Allen – Chief Scientist and Corporate Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin
Peter Beck – Chief Executive, Rocket Lab
Stephen Hancock – Deputy Director of Research and Development Partnerships Group, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Brian Russell – Chief Executive and Founder, Zephyr Technology Corp.
Tim Wood – Chief of International Cooperation and Security, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Sustainability: Clean Tech, Green Tech
Jonathan Pershing (moderator) – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy
John Campbell – Former Senior Vice President, Ag. Processing Inc.
Phillip Gregan – Chief Executive, NZ Wine
Wayne Mulligan – Chief Executive, Fomana
Scott Stone – Attorney, Hunton & Williams Law Firm
Daniel Weiss – Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress
Creativity and Innovation in Technology: Today’s and Tomorrow’s Competitive Advantage
Bridget Liddell (moderator) – Managing Principal, Fahrenheit 212Equity
Adam Fratto – Producer, Pukeko Pictures
Linc Gasking – Carson City Productions
Dr. Ralph Higham – Chief Executive, Matakina
Guy Horrocks – Chief Executive, Carnival Labs
Duncan Nimmo – IT and Business Development Manager, Wingnut Films
Phil Oatley – Head of Technology, Park Road Post (Weta Group)
Anissa Brenna – Vice President for International Affairs and Trade Policy, Motion Picture Association of America
Life Sciences: Better Medicines, Healthier Societies
Erika Elvander (Moderator) – Director of Asia and the Pacific, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Frances Benge – Head of Primary Care and Country Lead Managing Director, Pfizer New Zealand
Joshua Feat – Chief Executive and Founder, Cogito
John Flanigan – Senior Consultant, U.S. National Cancer Institute
Vicki Lee – Chief Executive, Cure Kids
Captain John W. Sanders – Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Medical Research Center
Graham Scown – Program Director, Return on Science
