Hawkes Bay Wine Country NZART Conference

Conference Programme - Queen's Birthday Weekend May 29 - June 1st, 2009

Updated - 19:40 May 20th 2009

Friday Evening - May 29th 2009

1800 Registrations and Check-Ins Angus Inn Entrance
1900 On Social buffet dinner and drinks (Your cost) Angus Inn

Saturday - May 30th 2009

0730 - 0930 Car Boot Junk Sale Buy & Sell Free) To Be Announced
0800 Registrations & Check-ins Opera House Foyer
0900 Conference Opening - Mayor Lawrence Yule Opera Theatre
0915 Keynote Speaker - Dr Gary Bold ZL1AN Opera Theatre
1000 NZART AGM Commences Opera Theatre
1030 Morning Tea Opera House Foyer
1100 NZART AGM Continues Opera Theatre
1230 Lunch Opera House Foyer
1330 NZART AGM Continues Opera Theatre
1500 Afternoon Tea Opera House Foyer
1530 Foundation Licence Presentation Foyer 2nd Level
1530 Presentation by Sirtrack Animal Tracking Opera Theatre
1630 SMART Presentation by MED Opera Theatre
1800 Drinks and Chat before Dinner Opera House Stage
1900 Dinner and Presentations Opera House Stage

 

Sunday - June 1st 2009

0830 - 0930 WARO Forum Upstairs Room 2
0900 - 1000 OTC Forum Upstairs Room 1
0900 - 1000 ICOM D-Star Presentation Upstairs Room 3
1000 - 1030 Morning Tea Opera House Foyer
1030 - 1130 DX Forum Upstairs Room 3
1130 - 1230 CONTESTING Forum Upstairs Room 3
1030 - 1100 AMSAT AGM Upstairs Room 2
1100 - 1230 KiwiSAT Presentation Upstairs Room 2
1030 - 1230 AREC Forum Upstairs Room 1
1230 - 1330 Lunch Opera House Foyer
1330 - 1430 SPAM Forum Upstairs Room 1
1330 - 1430 VHF Forum Upstairs Room 1
1500 - 1530 Afternoon Tea Opera House Foyer
1530 - 1630 HF TV Presentation Upstairs Room 2
1530 - 1630 ANTENNAS Forum Upstairs Room 1
1530 - 1630 APRS Forum Upstairs Room 3
1730 Social & drinks Angus Inn
1830 Seated for Quizmaster Jim ZL2BHF Angus Inn
1900 Dinner, Social and Branch Shenanigans Angus Inn

 

Car Boot Junk Sale - Saturday Morning 0730 – 0930

Come along to the parking area near the Opera House. There will be signs for direction. Park and display your high quality junk. Prepare to become instantly rich or instantly poor if you find what you desperately need!

Branch or Group Presentations - Angus Inn

Sunday evening after dinner is the traditional time for fun. Get a group together and put on an act that will wow the audience and win a prize!

CW Challenge - 1645 Sat & Sun - Opera House Upstairs Room 1

Come along and join the fun! Two challenges daily.

  1. Accuracy and
  2. Speed

..with a prize for each winner. Open to all. Winners on the first day may not enter the second day.

DXCC QSL Card Checking

Bring along your Cards and have them checked over the weekend. Contact Lee ZL2AL