Recently completed Master of Engineering Studies in Transportation Engineering from the University of Canterbury. Did Civil Engineering before that. Works as the Treasurer of UC Student Chapter.

This is Parichehr Dogani Aghcheghloo, PhD student at the University of Auckland. I study civil engineering-transportation. I have studied my master in transportation engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. I am interested in doing transportation research.

Ann Fosberry is a traffic and road safety engineer at Aurecon and is based in Tauranga. She is a senior professional working on a range of transport related projects around the country. Ann has been involved in the traffic and safety aspects of the industry since the late 1980's and was one of the first group of people involved in road safety auditing. With over 40 years of experience, she has never regretted her career choice and still loves the work she does and the enjoys the people she works with both at Aurecon and the wider industry. Outside of work she enjoys hunting (pigs and deer), flies a Piper Warrior aircraft, rides a motorbike and has recently acquired a 1952 Sunbeam Talbot car. She lives on a rural property with her partner, five hunting dogs, and some cows and chickens.

Patricio is a PhD student at the University of Canterbury. He has a Master of Engineering Degree in Sustainable energy. His are of research looks at freight transportation as an energy system. He is currently aiming to scale simulation based methods to assist strategic decisions, and assess the energy resilience of ports, terminals and railway networks.

James is the ITS lead for the Weigh Right Pogramme for NZTA. He is currently working in the Transport Infrastructure team in Jacobs’s Wellington office. He is an ITS Engineer with over 18 years’ experience in the design, modelling, installation, commissioning of ITS & traffic signals infrastructure. He has a wide range of experience within the ITS industry ranging from the concept designs through to detailed system designs, installation supervision & management on site through to final commissioning on behalf of the future asset owners. He has worked successfully in both consulting and local government environments.

Tim Hughes is the Principal Safety engineer for Active modes at NZ transport Agency. He has over 40 year experience in road safety engineering, and since 2003 has specialised in walking and cycling. Tim has led several research projects and overseen the production of the national technical guidance on walking and cycling. Tim's Master of Engineering in Transportation Project was on assessing cycling level of service.

Ben is an experienced transportation engineer with expertise in highway and cycleway design, safety analysis, traffic engineering, construction planning and speed data analysis. He worked as a transportation engineer in Miami and Chicago, USA for five years before joining Abley in 2018. Ben has a broad range of transportation experience from both the private and public sectors.

I have over 3 years of experience in the transport planning industry. Before working for Christchurch City Council I was based in the UK, London. I started off my career in Influencing Travel Behaviour at JMP Consultants (now SYSTRA) where I worked on various projects to support and implement active travel initiatives. By facilitating stakeholder workshops and reviewing relevant policies I assisted and provided strategic input into Transport Strategies. I learnt how to manipulate survey data to analyse travel behaviour trends which provided technical input into projects. I was also seconded to a Local Council where I was leading a sustainable travel initiative for schools. After my time at SYSTRA I moved to Transport Planning Associates where I worked as a Transport Planner in Development Planning. Daily I was responsible for writing high quality planning reports including Transport Assessment, Travel Plans, Delivery and Servicing Plans, Construction Management Plans and other technical documents to support an application. I learnt how to use AutoCAD and AutoTrack where I used this knowledge to provide technical input. After my time at TPA I decided to take a year out and travel to Melbourne, Australia on a Working Holiday Visa. For a small period of time I worked for an independent consultancy where I developed and prepared a Transport Strategy for the Yarra Ranges Shire Council and assessed the feasibility for the use of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the City of Port Philip.

Sahan is a Civil Engineer specialising in Transport, with 7 Years of experience in the Industry working at Aurecon, and he is currently based in Christchurch.

Luke is a Roading Compliance Engineer for the Waimakariri District Council with over 8 years of experience in the industry, working in both the public and private sector.

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Shendi completed a Bachelor of Engineering (hons) in Civil Engineering at the University of Auckland. During her studies she obtained experience in construction and involvement in a University of Auckland research project. She joined Abley in January 2019 and has enjoyed gaining experience in traffic engineering, road safety analysis, business case development and development planning. She currently works in the Safe systems team and involved in projects involving speed implementation, automated compliance and safety reviews.

Daniel has worked on strategic transport planning in Auckland city centre for the previous decade and has one of the best understandings of the challenges of working and planning in a complex ever-changing city centre environment.

Kyungrok Oh was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1997. He is currently in his 3rd pro of his BE(hons) in civil engineering at University of Canterbury. Kyungrok’s future goal is to become a professional traffic engineer to create resilient and sustainable transportation system in New Zealand.

Hee Seung (Jason) Lee is currently in his 3rd pro of his BE(hons) in civil engineering at University of Canterbury. He has also completed his architecture degree at Victoria University and is the current director of Heelee Architecture. His interest is in creating better urban environment and cities in New Zealand through emerging technologies (AI, AR, VR and computer simulation). His current investigation looks at the multi-modal traffic dynamics of the city and the use of traffic simulation tools to better design our cities of the future.

Shifani is an experienced transport planner with a background in Urban Planning and Environmental Studies. Much of her recent experience has been sustainability and transport focused working specifically in the area of new and emerging forms of mobility as well as travel demand management.

I have recently completed a Master of Public Health exploring walking and cycling interventions in low socioeconomic and ethnically diverse communities. My background is in research and public engagement and communications.

Cong Tran is currently a first-year PhD student in Transportation Engineering at University of Canterbury. He earns the UC Doctoral Scholarship that supports him to pursue his research journey in New Zealand with the topic of optimal charging locations for the adoption of electric vehicles in urban transportation network. Cong finished his graduate studies in the field of industrial and systems engineering from the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research toward to the sustainable development including urban transportation systems, network optimization and green city logistics.

Twan brings in experience of planning and design of local and regional active mode projects in the Netherlands, Scotland and New Zealand. Now working for Auckland Transport, his focus is on getting Auckland's active mode infrastructure design to a higher level.

Amir is a senior urban designer with Auckland Transport. Having worked overseas and in the local government in New Zealand, he looks for every opportunity to translate his passion for human-centric design into reality in the public realm. Working for Auckland Transport, he supports the organisation to deliver better urban design outcomes across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. He is a member of the leads on Roads and Street Framework assessment, and chairs the capital projects accessibility group which is a forum to engage with and receive advice on capital projects from communities of interest in the disability/accessibility sector.

Dr Douglas Wilson, PhD, BE(Civil), NZCE(Civil), CMEngNZ Dr Douglas Wilson is the Director of the Transportation Engineering Laboratories in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Science Leader on the MBIE Leveraging Aggregate Resources project. Current responsibilities include lecturing and supervising research in Highway Design and Construction, Pavement s and Materials, Road Safety Engineering, Skid Resistance and Surface Characteristics, Transport mobility futures, Transport sustainability, recycling and Traffic Engineering both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Doug is a founding member of the Transportation Research Centre (TRC) in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Auckland and represents Faculty on the Board of the Public Policy Institute. He was seconded to the Ministry of Transport as a Strategy Director in 2014 and has over 15 years industry consulting experience whilst working for private engineering consultants, local and central government engineering agencies and over 20 years lecturing experience at The University of Auckland and prior organisations.

Vanessa has 4 years’ experience in the transport sector in Hong Kong and New Zealand. She is a specialist transport modeller and GIS spatial analyst. Vanessa has worked on a range of projects from network-wide model builds and applications, to intersection improvement studies, and data analytics and presentation.

Sarah has recently been seconded into the position of Deputy Programme Director, NZ Upgrade Programme at the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. As part of this role she will be leading the development of the strategic planning for the Programme Management Office to ensure the successful delivery of the programme. Sarah’s substantive role is as a System Design Portfolio Manager within the Transport Services Group. In that role she led the design phase for projects such as the replacement route for Manawatu Gorge, as well as having accountability for the delivery of walking and cycling activities across New Zealand.