We are delighted to confirm the following speakers in our programme:
Rachel Brooking, Labour Party MP
Stephen Brown, Director, Brown NZ Ltd
Dr Rod Carr, Chairperson, Climate Change Commission
Professor Bruce Clarkson, Deputy Chair, Waikato Regional Council
Ross Copland, CE, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Simon Court, ACT Party Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change
Adam Forbes, Principal, Forbes Ecology
Dr Camilla Gardiner, Manager Climate Change and Sustainable Value, KPMG
Dr Julie Hall, Director, Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge
Susan Hall, Director, Energy Projects and Programmes, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Bret Hartl, Government Affairs Director, Center for Biological Diversity, USA
Professor Cameron Holley, University of NSW
Corina Jordan, CEO, New Zealand Fish and Game
Annette Lees, Director, Alternative Endings
Amelia Linzey, Group Director, BECA
Alan McDonald, Head of Advocacy and Strategy, Employers and Manufacturers Association
Rob McGowan, Rongoā Māori Practitioner
George Monbiot, the Guardian columnist
Jordan Munn, CEO, Trap and Trigger
Dr Russel Norman, Executive Director, Greenpeace Aotearoa
Rod Oram, New Zealand business journalist
Hon David Parker, Minister for the Environment and Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
Professor Robert Patman, University of Otago
Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society
Geoff Reid, Forest Restoration Advocate
Jeremy Roberts, Programme Manager, Cairngorms Connect
Vicky Robertson, former Secretary for the Environment
Professor Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago
Hon Eugenie Sage, Green Party Spokesperson for Environment
Professor Dame Anne Salmond, Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology, University of Auckland
Shay Schlaepfer, COO, Environmental Defence Society
Gaye Searancke, CE, Land and Information New Zealand
Dr Greg Severinsen, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society
Dr Nick Shears, Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Auckland
Sue Simons, Founding Partner, Berry Simons
Hon Scott Simpson, National Party Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change
James Stevenson-Wallace, CEO, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Annette Sykes, Principal Solicitor, KLE Law
Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society
Nicola Toki, CEO, Forest and Bird
Rt Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Vangelis Vitalis, Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic, New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dr Susan Walker, Senior Researcher, Landcare Manaaki Whenua
Nathalie Whitaker, CEO, Toha
Phil Wiles, Director, Deep South Challenge