Date	Thursday, 20th October 2011
Time	8.30 am - 5.30pm
Venue	Aotea Centre - The Edge, Auckland (map)
Cost	EMA Members: $199.00 + GST Non Members: $349.00 + GST

About Thrive

For one whole day on October 20 business people from throughout the world will be soaking up the wisdom and the lessons from 17 international business leaders – at Thrive International in Auckland, New Zealand. Three days before the Cup final at Eden Park.

Thrive is about celebrating NZ business success and innovation. It is an entertaining, action packed experience, which showcases Kiwi businesses that have achieved success locally and internationally. Thrive incorporates a powerful line up of industry leaders and experts who will share years of knowledge and experience in managing finances, people, marketing and technology. Icons of Kiwi enterprise will inspire, inform and give you the essential drive to take your business to the next level. This year THRIVE will have an International twist and will take place in October taking advantage of the International business leaders who will be in New Zealand at the time. This is possibly your only chance to hear from any one of Thrive's speakers and panellists, let alone all of them. Some of the 17 include:

• Kevin Roberts – CEO – Worldwide Saatchi and Saatchi
• John Buchanan – Chairman, Smith & Nephew, United Kingdom
• Jonathon Ling – CEO of Fletcher Building
• Owen Glenn – Founder and executive chairman of OTS Logistics Group, Australia
• Chris Liddell – former CFO General Motors and Microsoft plus more...
• Rosanne Meo – Chair of Briscoes Group
• Rod Duke – MD and Deputy Chairman of Briscoes Group
• Matt Watson – Extreme fisherman and TV presenter

Thrive International 2011 is run by EMA. This year Thrive showcases New Zealand's best to a world audience, as well as gives New Zealand business face-to-face exposure to Kiwi and other leaders making it on the global stage.

Who might you rub shoulders with at Thrive? October 20 is a game-free day when overseas Cup business visitors will have a chance to see how world-class our Kiwi businesses really are. During the session breaks there will be chances to network and mingle, eat fine food and pick up ideas from the stands displaying their innovations.

See the full programme and to buy tickets for yourself, your key staff, customers and overseas visitors. Numbers are limited and are expected to sell out fast this year!


General Enquiries & Registration
Pia Johns, Conferences & Events Coordinator
E-Mail: pia.johns@ema.co.nz
Phone: +64 9 367 0952

Expo Enquiries
Shirleyanne Evans, Conferences & Events Coordinator
E-Mail: shirleyanne.evans@ema.co.nz
Phone: +64 21 300 903

Media Enquiries & Sponsorship
Zoe Timbrell, Conferences & Events Portfolio Manager
E-Mail: zoe.timbrell@ema.co.nz
Phone: +64 9 367 0919

Additional Contact Information:
If you know the name of the person you wish to contact, our common email format is: firstname.surname@ema.co.nz
e.g. Joe Bloggs would be joe.bloggs@ema.co.nz

Venue Details & Parking

Aotea Centre - The Edge
50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland 
New Zealand 

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Phone: +64 9 309 2677
Fax: +64 9 309 2679

Hotel Offers

For those travelling from out of town, we would advise booking your accommodation as early as possible. Hotels in the area will be experiencing a heavy booking period during this time as Thrive International will be taking place during the time of the Rugby World Cup Festival.

To take advantage of the special rates secured, please use the contact numbers below and quote the promotional code "THRIVE11". Please be aware that rooms are subject to availability and do not include incidentals.

PRE-PAID BOOKINGS: Please note that all hotels have offered discounted pre-paid rates which have restrictions of not being able to be changed or cancelled without a charge and require pre-payment at time of booking.

FLEXI BOOKINGS: The flexi rates when booked means that the booking can be changed and cancelled etc up until 24 hours before arrival and does not require pre-payment.

Frequently Asked Questions