NZ Ice Cream Association Annual Conference

Keynote speaker; Maree Glading

10.30am - 3pm, Thursday 28 August 2025, Tui Room, Remuera Golf Club

9.30 – 10.00 - Registration and Morning Tea

10.00 - 10.10 - Welcome; NZICA President; Dene Brosnan

10.10 – 10.40 - NZ Economic Outlook; ASB Senior Economist; Chris Tennent-Brown

10.40 - 11.10 - Supply Chain Sustainability Workshop; Gautami Bhor , Sustainability Consultant, Promixa

11.10 – 11.30 - MORNING TEA

11.30 - 12.15pm KEYNOTE: MAREE GLADING – My Entrepreneurial Journey and Lessons Learnt

12.15 - 12.45 - Chocolate Trends & Market, Sustainability; Megan Evans, Business Manager, DKSH

12.45 - 1.30 - LUNCH

1.30 - 2.15 - Openly Creative: Explore creativity in ice cream and gelato. Hawkins Watts, Hayden Lomax

2.15 - 3.00 - Open Creative Ice Cream Tasting: Taste Open Creative entries from this year’s NZ Ice Cream & Gelato Awards with Chief Judge, Geoff Scott