Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūtetawha) is a climate adaptation and natural hazards scientist at Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd (PDP) with experience in working with hapū and iwi Māori around Aotearoa New Zealand to understand their climate and natural hazard risk, supporting community adaptation, and has recently completed his PhD where he developed an adaptation framework that supports adaptation and resilience aspirations of hapū and iwi Māori.

Simon Bendall is the founding director and Principal Planner of Traverse Environmental. With over 20 years’ of experience in the environmental planning sector, Simon has worked extensively with local government, Iwi, and private sector clients on a wide range of environmental projects, with a particular focus on working with communities, collaborative processes and adaptation.

Matt de Boer is the Regional Director for PEERS Oceania and Director of AdapTerra. He is a climate change adaptation and environmental professional with nearly 20 years of industry experience, having led a range of projects in local and national government in NZ and Australia covering climate adaptation, risk and resilience.

Shari (Ngāti Maru, Te Rarawa) is a coastal scientist with national and international experience in coastal climate change impacts and hazards, climate change adaptation, coastal processes, and te ao Māori. Shari has 10+ years of experience undertaking research in Australia, UK, and New Zealand-based universities.

Ben Hague is a climate scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), having obtained a PhD from Monash University (Australia). Ben does research on climate change, with current work focusing on coastal inundation.

Ricardo da Cruz e Sousa is a landscape architect with a PhD in Urbanism, specializing in environmental planning, nature-based solutions, and climate adaptation. He currently serves as the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at PEERS, bringing extensive experience in coordinating interdisciplinary teams and promoting partnerships among public and private stakeholders.

Elisa Zavadil is Manager of Regional Coastal Adaptation and Planning for the Victoria Government. Elisa has 23+ years experience leading catchment and coastal engineering, science and strategic planning projects in Australia, across industry, research and government contexts. Elisa led the development of recent guidelines (Victoria's Resilient Coast - Adapting for 2100+) that provide the direction for land managers to develop adaptation plans to address coastal hazard risk.