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New Zealand Wine Business Symposium
April 2008

Building Wine Brands

Tuesday 17 June

7.45 am Registration

8.20 am Official Opening

8.30 am Brian Richards : Building a Successful Brand and Marketing the Product

9.45 am Coffee/Tea

10.15 am Tony Spawton Assoc Prof : What Makes a Successful Brand. Attributes and consumer choices
Sponsored by Westfalia Separator NZ

11.15 am Helen Milner : Choosing a Brand Design

12.15 pm Lunch

1.15 pm Dr Johan Bruwer : The Importance of Regional Branding
Sponsored by Mission Estate Winery

2.30 pm Workshops / Panel Discussions / Forums (concurrent):
• Creating a wine brand that stands out
Tony Spawton Assoc Prof, Wine Marketing Research Group, University of South Australia
• Creating product appeal
Helen Milner, Tardis Design & Advertising, Wellington
Dave Nicholas, Wine Partners, Auckland
Tim Turvey, Clearview Estate Winery, Hastings
• Trademarks protecting your brand. Geographical Indicators
Russell Law, A J Park, Wellington
Dr John Barker, NZ Winegrowers, Auckland
• Creating the X Factor
Brian Richards, Brian R Richards Ltd, Auckland
• Regional branding – making it work for you
Dr Johan Bruwer, Wine Business Group, University of Adelaide

3.30 pm Coffee/Tea

4.00 to 5.00 pm Workshops / Panel Discussions / Forums (concurrent): Repeated as above

7.00 pm Symposium Dinner - Mission Restaurant


Wednesday 18 June

8.20 am Opening Comments

8.30 am Dr Nick Lewis : Brand New Zealand. Where are we and what more should we be doing?

9.30 am Chris Yorke : “New Zealand Wine - Pure Discovery“

10.30 am Coffee/Tea

11.00 am Professor David Hughes : The UK - Strategic Market Issues for your Brand
Sponsored by Misty Valley Nursery

12.15 pm Lunch

1.15 pm Michael Daymond-King : Successful Brand Strategies for Boutique Wineries

2.00 pm Workshops / Panel Discussions / Forums (concurrent):
• Expanding your brand in the UK market
Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing, Imperial College, London UK
• Promotion and advertising of your brand – taking a small budget to a global marketplace
Kim Thorp, Assignment Group, Wellington
• Up close and personal with your distributor
Jim Robertson, Pernod Ricard NZ, Auckland
Paul Couldrey, Wine Partners, Auckland
• Strategic issues in brand marketing
Peter McAtamney Wine Business Solutions, Australia
Greg Hay, Peregrine Wines, Queenstown
• New Zealand Wine as a brand
Dr Nick Lewis, Wine Industry Research Institute, University of Auckland
Chris Yorke, NZ Winegrowers, Auckland
Roderick J Brodie, University of Auckland

3.00 pm Coffee/Tea

3.30 pm Workshops / Panel Discussions / Forums (concurrent): Repeated as above

4.30 pm Facilitated discussion and review. What are the outcomes and key findings.

5.15 pm Symposium Closure

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