Greer is a strategic thinker and designer, taking a systems approach to shaping more inclusive and equitable cities, places and streets. Greer is passionate about working at the intersection of people, places and the future, focusing on how we shape places and spaces to respond to the changing needs of humans and the environment. She has led the delivery of a range of urban planning, transport, advisory and urban design projects – from large scale infrastructure and spatial planning through to masterplanning and smaller placemaking projects. Recent projects include the development of the Neighbourhood Play System approach, Auckland Light Rail and the South Auckland Economic Masterplan. --- Sara is an Associate Director in Arup's Cities, Planning and Design team in Milan, and the Global Leader for Social Value and Equity. She also leads our work on gender-responsive urban planning, and on child-friendly and playful cities. Sara believes in the power of collaborative partnerships and community engagement to achieve step-change outcomes in global issues. With more than two decades of experience as an urban planner, researcher, and international development expert, Sara has been at the forefront of designing and leading projects and programs focused on creating more equitable, inclusive, healthy and resilient cities. -- Kim is a Principal Urban Planner within Arup’s cities, planning and design team based in Liverpool, UK. As a chartered urban planner and project manager, Kim has over 10 years’ experience delivering regeneration projects in urban environments; with a specific interest in creating inclusive cities.

Patrícia joined the Multi-modal team at Waka Kotahi in 2023, after spending the last decade working at Auckland Transport where most recently she led the Auckland Walking Investment Plan and both the Walking Network and the Cycling and micromobility network (Future Connect). Patrícia is currently leading the development of the national Pedestrian Network Guidance, involved in the development of the Waka Kotahi Walking Plan, the refresh of the Cycling Network Guidance and the NZ pilot of the Healthy Streets Design Check Tool.

Claire has been working in the field of urban design and landscape architecture for twelve years, with the last five years focused on infrastructure design for active modes. She is passionate about the role well designed infrastructure in our streets can play, to provide transport choices and create cities where everyone feels included, safe and welcomed. She has expertise in streetscape design, intersection layout and operation, and universal access.

Fiáin was born and raised in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, where they stayed to complete a Bachelor of Environmental Planning from Waikato University. During their studies they were part of the youth-led climate advocacy group Generation Zero and assisted with the 'What's the Hold-Up' speaking tour. Coincidentally, this is when they were first made aware of the huge glaring gap in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's transport network; the need for walking and cycling access across te Waitematā. After University they explored Melbourne, fell in love with the trains and trams, then directed the Hamilton Fringe Festival before moving to Tāmaki Makaurau. Now they are part of the movement calling to Liberate the Lane on the existing Harbour Bridge for walking and cycling to make our region more accessible, equitable, sustainable, and overall more joyful.

Richard Young has over four decades of experience in the delivery of major infrastructure around the world. He previously led the delivery of the Waikato Expressway for Waka Kotahi. He has a broad technical knowledge of highways and infrastructure, and master’s degrees in both geotechnics and business. He brings pragmatic real-world experience and commercial rigour to deliver evidence-based analysis. His SmartSense business provides traffic, multimodal and people movement analytics, and he has the tools and skills to enable actionable decisions to be made from large complex volumes of data. As a Chartered Civil Engineer, Richard is committed to provide trusted impartial advice to decision makers on how to build more sustainable, resilient infrastructure. With climate change and other unprecedented challenges facing society Richard is committed to work with the best and brightest engineering minds to find innovative solutions to those challenges.

Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa is the Crown’s Outdoor Access Commission. It works with communities to develop a comprehensive and safe network of tracks, trails, and public access across New Zealand. Stephen is interested in how good outdoor access can support both outdoor recreation and active transport. Stephen’s family does not have a car, so he is known to some in Wellington as the smelly, sweaty runner who turns up to meetings in running shorts and with a towel. He won’t inflict that on you at this conference, though.

Nick (he/him) is a transport engineer at ViaStrada in Ōtautahi Christchurch. He is passionate about creating healthy, vibrant and equitable neighbourhoods/cities through active transport planning and design here in Aotearoa. In his final year of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering degree (BE Hons) in 2021, Nick was a co-researcher on the x-minute cities project (measuring the distance by walking and cycling that people have to travel to reach their local needs ). Nick is excited to see change happen on the streets of Aotearoa, to make our towns and cities human-sized and human-centred. He has experience in sustainable (active) transport, transport planning, road safety and research across Aotearoa. He is really interested in improving public health outcomes, decreasing carbon emissions, and building community resilience through the planning, design and implementation of safe walking and cycling facilities.