Speakers for panels, keynotes and more

Alex Bonham

Doctoral Student, Member of Waitematā Local Board

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Planning

Alexandra Hall

Women in Urbanism Spokesperson, Charted Civil Engineer, Ambassador for Engineering NZ

Alexandra is a chartered civil engineer with eight years’ experience in engineering working on strategic transport projects in New Zealand, the Pacific and Europe.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Engineering

Transport

Amiria Puia-Taylor

The People Weaver, founder of Painting for People, Community Muralist

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Anne Cunningham

Consultant, and PhD Researcher

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Barbara Ribeiro, PhD.

University of Auckland Academic | Certified Sustainability Consultant

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Boopsie Maran

Places for Good, Placemaking Leadership Council, PPS (project for public space), Registered Primary and Secondary Teacher

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Place Making

Transport

Bridget Doran, Dr.

Principal Researcher at MRCagney, Vice Chair, Engineering NZ Transportation Group

Kirikiriroa Hamilton

Engineering

Transport

Catarina Gutierrez

Bicycle Advocate, Women in Urbanism Spokesperson, Community Manager, Digital Marketer

Pōneke Wellington

Cycling

Celia Wade-Brown

MP for The Green Party of Aotearoa

Pōneke Wellington

Chlöe Swarbrick

MP for the Green Party of Aoteroa, and MP for Auckland Central

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Elise Copeland

Principal Specialist Universal Access and Design, Auckland Council

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Design

Ellie Craft

Transport Planner and Urban Designer, Women in Urbanism Spokesperson, Generation Zero Spokesperson

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Transport

Emma McInnes (She/her/ia)

Urban Designer, Illustrator, Co-Founder and Chair of Women in Urbanism Aotearoa

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Feminism

Cycling

Urban Design

Eseta Maka-Fonokalafi

Tongan, Urban Planner

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Planning

Fiáin d'Leafy (they/them /ia)

Chief Biking Officer (CBO) for Bike Auckland. Founder of Yarn for Pride. Accessibility and inclusion advocate. Passion for spontaneous and immersive arts experiences. Bachelor of Environmental Planning.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Accessibility

Cycling

Transport

Frith Walker

Manager Placemaking, Eke Panuku Development Auckland

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Place Making

Grace Ryan

Chartered Transport Engineer at GHD, Canterbury Branch Committee of the Engineering NZ Transportation Group

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Engineering

Transport

Jacqueline Paul

Māori Landscape Architect, Lecturer, Indigenous Researcher - Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Housing

Jade Kake

Architect, Writer, Urban Designer, Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism Ltd - Ngāpuhi - Te Parawhau me Ngāti Hau, Te Arawa, Whakatōhea

Whāngarei

Housing

Architecture

Māori Design

Jade Tang-Taylor (She/her)

Co-Designer, Graphic Designer, Systems Changer Thinker

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Feminism

Sustainability

Jaime Pavlicevic

Kitted Spaces Director

Feminism

Urban Design

Place Making

Jeanette Ward

Technical Director at Abley and Chair of the Engineering NZ Transportation Group

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Engineering

Cycling

Transport

Jenn Benden

Section Lead – Parks Recreation Tourism at Jacobs Board Director World Urban Parks Chair, Canterbury Committee - New Zealand Recreation Association

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Jenn Hooper

Queen at Changing Places NZ, and Best Mum

Kirikiriroa Hamilton

Urban Design

Accessibility

Feminism

Jess Berentson-Shaw, Dr.

Co-director at The Workshop, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland

Pōneke Wellington

Communications

Transport

Jessica Rose

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Cycling

Place Making

Kathryn King

Urban Mobility Manager, NZ Transport Agency

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Transport

Cycling

Lisa Mein

Urban Design Specialist, Member and chair of the Auckland Urban Design Panel, Committee member of the Urban Design Forum

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Design

Lydia Sheridan

Head of Marketing and Communications, Eke Panuku Development Auckland

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Communications

Makere Carroll

Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Consultant, Aurecon

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Communications

Transport

Māori Design

Melissa Laing, Dr.

Community Arts Broker, placemaker, advocate for art in the public realm, artist

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Place Making

Meredith Dale

Urban Strategist

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Design

Urban Planning

Housing

Natalie Allen, Dr.

Director, Urban Strategist + Designer at The Urban Advisory

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Architecture

Urban Design

Nesh Pillay

Light Rail Transport Consenting Lead for Auckland Transport, Chair of the Auckland/Northland Branch of the NZ Planning Institute

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Transport

Urban Planning

Olivia Haddon

Olivia Haddon is an urban mother of three, as well as an Urban Planner and Urban Designer.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Urban Design

Paula Tesoreiro

Disability Rights Commissioner

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Saskia Verraes (She/her)

Director of Impact at Proxima Consulting

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Sustainability

Communications

Subeh Chowdhury, Dr.

Lecturer at Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Transport

Tiffany Robinson

Senior Transport Planner at Arup, Committee Member - Women in Urbanism Aotearoa, Speaker, Radio Show Host

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Accessibility

Feminism

Transport

Vanessa Wills

Stakeholder Relations Manager

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Communications

Transport

Victoria Carter

ONZM, Founder of City Hop

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Transport

Vikki Ham

Māori woman systems innovator (Kaiwhakaauaha Pūnaha), Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Communications

Place Making

Vivienne Frances Long

Urbanist, Marketing & Communications Manager, Cycle Babes Founder, WiUA Committee Member

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Architecture

Cycling

Transport

Whitney Adam

Urban Planner, Women in Urbanism Spokesperson, Parent

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Engineering

Transport

Yana Kirakovskaya Aka Yana Papaya

Founder, storyteller, creative director at Papaya Stories

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Place Making

Yeshe Dawa

The Midnight Baker, Urbanist, Public Speaker

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Cycling

Transport