Richard set up SmartSense to deliver the hard data needed to demonstrate that a project is producing the forecast outcomes. When not measuring pedestrian flows, dwell time and cycle flows he is to be found pedalling around the country and further afield. Back in 2019, the halcyon days in international travel, he cycled the Camino Trail in Portugal and Spain. On the same trip Richard trawled the technology companies of Europe looking for smart technology to use in Aotearoa, this session is the fruits of the that trawl.

Karen has been working on consenting shared paths since 2015. Annika since 2016. They are both planners in Stantec's Auckland office . Karen was the lead planner on the team that designed and consented the Quay Street Cycleway and Section 1 of the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path both opened in 2016. Karen was part of the team that won the NZPI 's Rod Davies Project Award in 2017 for the work on Section 1. Since 2016 Karen and Annika have worked on Sections 2 and 3 of the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path and the feasibility and preliminary design of a number of shared path and on road separated cycling projects in Auckland.

Interdisciplinary and multi-sector approach to physical activity and health with the links to transportation, built environment and sustainability inspire Sandy's academic activities. Her academic training and professional experiences span Europe, Canada, United States and New Zealand. Sandy is the academic leader of the Active Living Laboratory, the principal investigator on the BEATS Research Programme, the director of the Transport Research Network research theme and a Research Affiliate of the Centre of Sustainability at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She initiated multidisciplinary and multi-sector symposia The Active Living and Environment Symposium (TALES; 2017 and 2019) and led the development of Key Policy Recommendations for Active Transport in New Zealand in 2019.

Emily is an Associate Landscape Architect and specializes in transformational cycling and walking projects around New Zealand. She has over nineyears of experience, working on various projects in the role of Design Manager and lead Landscape Architect, managing and delivering multidisciplinary projects. Emily has recently been selected as one of 30 from around the world to attend a Summer School programme at the University of Amsterdam. She spent the first half of July 2019 engaged in a course titled ‘Planning a Cycling City.’ The course explores planning, practicalities and the motivations for cycling and how we can better plan and design for cyclists. While in Amsterdam she explored other Dutch cities and events including the International Cargo bike Festical in Groningen

Bridget Burdett is a Principal Researcher at MRCagney, based in Hamilton. She is a Chartered Engineer in transport with a doctorate in cognitive psychology. Bridget regularly presents on inclusive access and road safety to audiences of transport professionals and community, with a focus on challenging us all to think about what ‘best practice’ means for the people we work with, and those we serve. She works on transport research, policy, and practice for a variety of government, university, and private sector clients around New Zealand.

John is a former US national road cycling champion who now plans and designs streets for all transport modes, ages and abilities. John prepares master plans, business cases, and undertakes a variety of transportation research. He has extensive experience in automatic data collection, demand estimation, and level of traffic stress modelling. Since 2016, John has curated the NZ Travel Planners website, collating resources for school and workplace travel planning. He is active in the Engineering NZ Transportation Group.

Michael Bridge is Activity Manager - Active Transport at Palmerston North City Council, covering walking, cycling and PT. A newcomer to New Zealand, Michael joined PNCC mid-2020. Previously he was General Manager at Bicycle South Australia, the state's peak NFP NGO representing commuter and recreational bike riders. For over twelve years, he devised and delivered multiple behaviour-change initiatives, including award-winning events, education and other modal shift programmes. Collaborating with local, state and federal governments, Michael worked on cycling infrastructure that helped double participation. Michael has lived and worked and cycled on five continents. Apart from riding down to the Manawatu from Auckland for Christmas, cycling highlights include mountain biking in the Australian outback and riding through the streets of London.

Axel is a director of ViaStrada. He holds an ME (Civil) from Canterbury University and has been active as a transport engineer and planner in NZ since 1998, with some prior experience in Germany. He specialises in sustainable transportation, urban traffic engineering, traffic signals, road safety, research, and transport planning. He is the instigator of the planning and design training courses for cycling, with some 1,500 people having received tuition since 2003. He has presented 80 papers and remits at conferences and workshops in Australasia. Axel’s skills have been sought for projects with a national scope. He was a member of the Cycling Safety Panel, convened by the Transport Agency to advise the New Zealand government on cycling safety, and was technical advisor to the Ministry of Economic Development for the $50m NZ Cycle Trail project. He was ViaStrada’s team leader for the Cycling Network Guidance project that has given New Zealand its own planning and design guidance. He has undertaken research projects in New Zealand and Australia, and several formal trials in NZ.