PROGRAMME

8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration
9:00AM - 9:05AMMihi whakatau

9:05AM - 9:10AMWelcome formalities

9:10AM - 9:40AM
Keynote Address: National Infrastructure Plan: A long-term direction for New Zealand’s infrastructure
Geoff Cooper - CEO, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga
9:40AM - 10:20AM
Session 1: Stewarding our infrastructure future: Long-term thinking, lasting value
Chaired by Andy Hagan - General Manager Investment, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Panellists:
Lisa Davis - CE Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
Murray Burt - Chief Infrastructure Officer, Auckland Airport
10:20AM - 10:50AM
Keynote Address: Building for longer lives: How infrastructure must adapt to growing health demands
Rt Hon Helen Clark
10:50AM - 11:20AM
MORNING TEA
11:20AM - 12:00PM
Keynote Address: Lessons on asset management in transport
Andy Jinks - President, Institute of Asset Management and Regional Director, Highways England
Q+A session with Geoff Cooper
12:00PM - 12:20PM
Keynote Address: Government direction for infrastructure
Hon Chris Bishop - Minister for Infrastructure
12:20PM - 1:20PM
LUNCH
1:20PM - 2:00PM
Session 2: Making lasting change: The impact of asset management reform on infrastructure
Chaired by Tanya Perrott - Principal Advisor Policy, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Panellists:
Amelia Linzey - Group Chief Executive, Beca
Nicky McIndoe - Partner, Dentons
Liz Moncrieff - Chief Advocacy Officer, New Zealand Planning Institute 
2:00PM - 2:30PMSession 3: Spotlight on Auckland
Wayne Brown - Mayor of Auckland
2:30PM - 3:10PMSession 4: Ready for what's next: Managing the risk of natural hazards to infrastructure
Chaired by Nadine Dodge - Director Infrastructure Priorities and Evaluation
Panellists:
Professor Liam Wotherspoon - Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Auckland
Prageeth Jayathissa, Group Manager Sustainability, Vector
3:10PM - 3:40PMAFTERNOON TEA
3:40PM - 4:10PM
Session 5: What's in the pipeline: Insights and next steps
Peter Nunns - General Manager Strategy, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Dr Matthew Keir – Director Data Science and Analytics, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
4:10PM - 4:40PM
Session 6: Building teams that build: Leadership on the front lines 
Chaired by Nicola Richardson - Director Leadership, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
4:40PM - 4:55PMClosing
Raveen Jaduram - Board Chair, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
5:00PM - 7:00PMNETWORKING FUNCTION

*Programme subject to change

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