2020 Conference Cancelled
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HiNZ CEO ON 21 May 2020
On behalf of the HiNZ board and management team, I regret to advise that HiNZ has reluctantly decided to cancel the 2020 HiNZ Conference, that was scheduled for 23-27 November in Hamilton.
Running a large conference requires significant upfront investment. In order to be confident in taking a financial risk, we need to be certain delegates will be allowed to attend, sponsors can book trans-Tasman flights, and a large crowd is able to gather together. HiNZ considered running a multi-day virtual conference instead, but survey results clearly showed that most would be unable to pay to attend an online event, which means HiNZ could not commit to the financial investment of producing an online replacement. We will continue running our popular webinars for the rest of the year and we thank our sponsors and members for making this possible.
If your organisation had booked an exhibition booth for Hamilton 2020 then you will get first rights on moving your booth to a similar location in Wellington 2021. You will be contacted directly about this by the HiNZ CEO.