The number of council chief executives in Dunedin will increase by 37 today as the local government chief officers group meeting is held in Dunedin for the first time.
Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland said yesterday eight visitors were from New Zealand and the rest from Australia.
The meeting would be opened at the Chinese Garden this evening, and its subject would be economic development: the role of government and infrastructure.
Speakers would include the Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, and University of Otago deputy vice-chancellor of research and enterprise Prof Harlene Hayne on university, stadium and the future.
The chief executives would visit the university Centre for Innovation, and the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
