Guest speakers

Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade and Foreign Affairs

Hon Tim Groser was New Zealand's chief negotiator in the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade before serving as New Zealand's ambassador to Indonesia from 1994 to 1997. He then served as New Zealand's ambassador to the World Trade Organisaton (WTO) and as the chair of agricultural negotiations in the WTO Doha Round. He became Minister of Trade in 2008.

Hon Phil Goff, Labour Party spokesman for Trade, Defence and associate spokesman for Foreign Affairs

Hon Phil Goff held various ministerial positions during the 1984–1990 and 1999–2008 Labour Governments, including Minister of Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Between 2008 and 2011 he also served as leader of the Labour Party.