PROGRAMME
Day 1 - Monday 2 May 2022
9:15 - 9:30
9:30 - 9:45
Welcome and formalities
Sia Aston
Cultural welcome
9:45 - 10:00
Opening remarks
Hon. Grant Robertson - Minister for Infrastructure
10:00 - 10:30
Keynote Presentation
How the public & private sector need to work together to improve infrastructure in NZ
Ross Copland - CE, Te Waihanga
10:30 - 11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:30
30 Year Infrastructure Strategy
Peter Nunns - Director Economics, Te Waihanga
Te Ao Maori and Infrastructure
Professor Te Maire Tau - Pou Whakarae, Ngāi Tahu Centre, University of Canterbury
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 2:15
2:15 - 3:00
Enabling a net-zero carbon emissions Aotearoa - Panel
Chair: Ross Copland - CE, Te Waihanga
Fraser Wineray - COO, Fonterra
Alison Andrew - CE, Transpower
Josie McVitty - Senior Adviser, Infrastructure, NZ Super Fund
Supporting towns and regions to flourish - Panel
How technology can support regions to thrive
Chair: Anna Kominik
Rhyan Wardman - Chair & Director Sounds Air
Graham Mitchell - CEO, Crown Infrastructure Partners
James Kilty - CEO, PowerCo
3:00 - 3:30
Afternoon tea
4:00 - 4:45
Building attractive & inclusive cities - Panel
Chair: Peter Nunns - Director Economics, New Zealand Infrastructure Te Waihanga
Chris Parker - Principal Advisor, Housing & Urban Growth, Treasury
David Norman - Executive Advisor, GHD
Gary Blick - Chief Economist, Auckland Council
4:45 - 4:50pm
Closing Remarks
4:50 - 5:50
Day 2 - Tuesday 3 May 2022
9:00 - 9:05
9:05 - 9:10
9:10 - 9:25
Welcome and formalities
Sia Aston
State of Nation and Introduction to Better Decision Making
Ross Copland - CE, Te Waihanga
Better Decision Making - Private Sector Perspective
Paul Chapman - Senior Fellow, Saïd
Business School, University of Oxford
9:25 - 9:40
Hon Poto Williams - Minister for Building and Construction
9:40 - 10:20
Morning Tea
10:20 - 10:30
Technology
Kieran Brown - Polis Consulting Group
Enabling the Future of Aviation through intergenerational infrastructure
Michael Singleton - Project Director, Central Otago Airport
11:00 - 11:30
Leveraging technology
Mark Thomas - Founder, Nextspace
11:30 - 11:50
Enabling a circular economy
Dr Saeid Baroutian - Associate Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Auckland
11:50 - 12:05
Strengthening resilience to shocks and stresses
Dr. Jo Horrocks - Chief Resilience & Research Officer, EQC
Dr. Jo Horrocks - Chief Resilience & Research Officer, EQC
12:05 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 1:45
Building workforce capability & capacity - Panel
Chair: Blake Lepper - GM Infrastructure Delivery, Te Waihanga
Angela Meyer - Representative, Women in Trades Research
Berenize Peita - Social Outcomes Manager, Link Alliance (City Rail Link)Chris Alderson - Construction Health & Safety NZ (CHASNZ)
Dianne McDermott - Regional Commissioner, Ministry of Social Development
1:45 - 2:15
Preserve & Develop: How do we get the balance right? - Panel
Chair: Nicky McIndoe - Partner, Dentons
Stephen Selwood - Commissioner, Tauranga City Council
Gary Taylor - CE, Environment Defense Society
2:15 - 2:45
Infrastructure and the economy
Chair: Dr. Alan Bollard - Board Chair, Infrastructure New Zealand Te Waihanga
Leilani Frew - Deputy Secretary, Financial and Commercial
Dr Graham Scott - Director, Sapere Research Group
Sharon Zollner - Chief Economist, ANZ
2:45 - 3:00
Closing Remarks
Sia Aston