Matt is a climate change adaptation and environmental professional with over 15 years of industry and government experience covering climate adaptation, risk and resilience. Matt is the Regional Director for PEERS Oceania, and is currently working as a technical advisor on a number of adaptation planning projects across New Zealand.

James Duggie has helped lead the Western Australian State Government's climate adaptation program, and jurisdictional representative in adaptation national fora for 16 years. He coordinated development of the WA Climate Adaptation Strategy (2023), and is supporting its implementation and evaluation. He has been designing change management processes for 25 years.

Nina Rogers is a human geographer, social researcher, and experienced climate policy professional with a keen interest in climate adaptation governance at the sub-national level. In 2024 Nina completed her PhD with the University of Tasmania, examining leadership for enhanced municipal climate change adaptation. Nina is also a Churchill Fellow.

Andrés has more than 25 years professional experience in leading and delivering projects for both the private and public sectors throughout New Zealand and overseas. Andrés’ experience covers a wide range of fields and in recent years has focused on integrated engineering design and water sensitive design.

Sruti is a PhD researcher studying urban climate adaptation to extreme events, using natural language processing (NLP). Previously, she was a software engineer working on open data infrastructure, urban and environmental issues. She has degrees in urban climate & sustainability and electrical & computer engineering.