CANSO Global Safety Conference 2025

Monday 24 March

Tuesday 25 March

Wednesday 26 March

Thursday 27 March

Friday 28 March

If you would be interested in attending one of these workgroup meetings, please email Safety@CANSO.org.

Our CANSO Global Safety Conference 2025 will be held at the Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre.

Hotels

CANSO has negotiated special bed and breakfast rates at three hotels, all within easy walking distance of the conference centre.

Crowne Plaza Christchurch:

Book here.

To book, click the link above and then scroll down the page to enter the dates you require. Do not change the rate preference option, then click Book Now when you have entered your dates.

The discount rate is valid until Friday 31 January.

Novotel Christchurch Cathedral Square and Ibis Christchurch

Both of these hotels are offering a 15 per cent discount on their rates, with no booking deadline. Book either hotel here.

Check whether or not you need a visa or electronic NZeTA to visit New Zealand here.

Apply for your NZeTA or visa here.

If you need a visa letter, please email Events@CANSO.org with your Title, Name(s), Job title, Organisation, Passport Number, Date of Issue, Date of Expiry, Passport Issuing Authority (preferably a picture of your passport photo page).

Traveller declaration

Regardless of your visa status, all travellers must fill in this form.

On Monday 24 March our hosts, Airways New Zealand, are organising tours of their facilites in Christchurch. Please indicate on the registration form if you would like to attend one of these tours and we will contact you.

If the date is not suitable, contact Events@CANSO.org with your flight details but please note that alternative dates may are not guaranteed.

About the tour

In October 2023, Airways New Zealand transitioned its surveillance teams to two new, disaster-resilient, buildings and, at the same time, transitioned to a more resilient and flexible ATS system, Skyline X. In March 2024, this project achieved global recognition when it won the Overall Excellence Award at CANSO’s Air Traffic Management Awards 2023.   

Airways New Zealand invites you to see for yourself how the company has introduced greater resilience, flexibility and adaptability into its operations with a tour of its Christchurch Surveillance Centre, as well as the Airways International training operations. 

The new buildings are Importance Level 4, designed to withstand all but the most severe natural disasters. The driver for this construction was the devastating Christchurch earthquake in 2011. The Christchurch surveillance centre is named Te Whare Ao Rangi (the world of the sky) and is an excellent example of purpose-driven design with a number of unique design elements to enable us to keep our skies open during a natural disaster. 

The tour will include three components – the Christchurch Air Traffic Operations, (Surveillance), the Technical facilities that support the Surveillance centre and Airways International SIM training facilities (which trains air traffic controllers for both the domestic and international market. There you will see some of the training innovations that enable more flexible training options).