| 8:00AM - 9:00AM | Registration |
| 9:00AM - 9:05AM | Mihi whakatau |
| 9:05AM - 9:10AM | Welcome 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 - 2:30PM | Session 3: Spotlight on Auckland Wayne Brown - Mayor of Auckland |
| 2:30PM - 3:10PM | Session 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 - 3:40PM | AFTERNOON 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 - 4:55PM | Closing Raveen Jaduram - Board Chair, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission |
| 5:00PM - 7:00PM | NETWORKING FUNCTION |
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