Speakers

We are delighted to have such a fantastic array of speakers and panellists in our programme, click on their names below to read their bios.

David Badham
Partner,
Barker & Associates

Jonathan Boston
Chair, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington

              
Rachel Brooking
Labour List MP and Local Government and Environmental Law Expert

Ann Brower
Professor, University of Canterbury

Stephen Brown
Director,
Brown NZ Ltd

              
Tracy Brown
Director,
DairyNZ

Manu Caddie
Kaihautū, 
Te Weu Charitable Trust

Rod Carr
Chairperson, Climate Change Commission

              
Professor Bruce Clarkson
Deputy Chair, University of Waikato

Ross Copland
Chief Executive, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission

Simon Court
ACT Party Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change



Marie Doole
Principal Advisor, Ministry for the Environment

John Duguid
GM Planning,
Auckland Council

Principal, Forbes Ecology


Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Value

Sally Gepp
Environmental Law Barrister; President, RMLA

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition


Suzie Greenhalgh
Portfolio Leader, Society, Culture & Policy, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

                  

Brett Hartl
Government Affairs Director, Center for Biological Diversity

                   

Tracey Hickman
Chief Commercial Officer, 
Genesis Energy

                  

Dan Hikuroa
University of Auckland

                  
Cameron Holley
Professor, University of NSW

  

Dayle Hunia
Director, Kōtuku Systems

 

Mike Joy
Senior Researcher, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University

Kayla Kingdon-Bebb
CEO, WWF- New Zealand


                   

Annette Lees
Director, Alternative Endings

                  

Alan McDonald
Head of Advocacy and Strategy, Employers and Manufacturers Association

Rob McGowan
Rongoā Māori Practitioner 

                   

Daniel Minhinnick
Partner, Russell McVeagh

                  

George Monbiot
Author, Guardian columnist and environmental activist

                  

Vicki Morrison-Shaw
Barrister | Rōia Tūtahi|Commissioner | Kaikōmihihana

                   

Jordan Munn
CEO, Trapp and Trigger

                  

Russel Norman
Executive Director, Greenpeace Aotearoa

                  

David Norton
Emeritus Professor, University of Canterbury

                   

Rod Oram
New Zealand Business Journalist

                  

David Parker
Minister for the Environment 

                  

Andrew Parrish
Regional Planning Manager, Environment Canterbury

                   

Robert Patman
Professor,
University of Otago

                  

Raewyn Peart
Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society

                  

Geoff Reid
Forest Restoration Advocate

                   

Jem Roberts
Programme Manager, Cairngorms Connect


                  

Vicky Robertson
Former Secretary for the Environment

                  

Jacinta Ruru
Professor of Law, University of Otago

                   

Hon Eugenie Sage
Green Party Spokesperson for the Environment

                  

Anne Salmond
Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology, University of Auckland 

         
Shay Schlaepfer
Chief Operating Officer, Environmental Defence Society

 

Greg Severinsen
Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society

 

Nick Shears
Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Auckland



Hon Scott Simpson
National Party Spokesperson for the Environment
 

                  

Annette Sykes
Principal Solicitor,
KLE Law

                  

David Tamihere

Te Pāti Māori

           

Chief Executive, Forest & Bird



Simon Upton
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

                  

Vangelis Vitalis
Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic, New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade

                  
Nathalie Whitaker
Chief Executive, Toha



Chairs

We are grateful to those who will be chairing sessions, please click on their names below to read their bios.

Natasha Garvan
Partner, Bell Gully

Julie Hall
Director, Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge

Ruth Isaac
Deputy Director-General Policy, Department of Conservation

James Palmer
Secretary for the Environment

Tina Schirr
Executive Director, BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC)

Gary Taylor
Chairman & Chief Executive, Environmental Defence Society

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