Greg graduated from Victoria University in 1992 with a BA in Theatre and Film. During 1993 Greg trained as a Primary School Teacher and in 1994 graduated with a Diploma in Secondary teaching from Christchurch College of Education. Greg has taught in secondary schools in New Zealand and England. He has taught comedy and improvisation throughout the country for 17 years at secondary and tertiary levels. He has held the Secondary Schools, University, National and Commonwealth Theatresports titles. He has represented New Zealand at Theatresports twice - firstly as part of a Commonwealth competition in 1992 and then at the World Championships in 2006. Greg has appeared in movies, television and radio drama and comedy. His years of experience and understanding interaction with an audience makes him ideally suited for his continuing work on numerous television studio shows. Greg looks forward to MC'ing the conference for the 12th year.

Tonkin + Taylor is New Zealand’s leading environmental and engineering consultancy, with offices right across the country and in Australia, employing over 1,000 people. We’re proudly 100% employee owned and operated, and are known for our technical specialists and industry leading engineers, scientists, planners and project managers. We’ve built our business on solid enduring relationships with central and local government, major international donor agencies, commercial organisations, developers, contractors, individuals, and other consultants. Tonkin + Taylor has provided specialist environmental and engineering consulting services since 1959. Our specialist focus is in the fields of geotechnical, civil and water resources engineering, environmental science and resource management.

Buddy Mikaere is a professional historian by qualification and specialises in Maori consultation and associated activities. For over twenty-five years he has facilitated Maori consultation for many development projects working closely with government departments, local government, large corporate companies, iwi entities and private clients. Buddy will be at the conference providing Māori tikanga with valued karakia and korero.

Buddy Mikaere is a professional historian by qualification and specialises in Maori consultation and associated activities. For over twenty-five years he has facilitated Maori consultation for many development projects working closely with government departments, local government, large corporate companies, iwi entities and private clients. Buddy will be at the conference providing Māori tikanga with valued karakia and korero.

As Project Director for the Auckland Light Rail Group, Tommy leads New Zealand’s largest ever infrastructure investment and transformational, multiagency urban and transport project. He has held senior management and governance roles with Arup as Australasian Consulting Lead, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Fletcher Construction and Auckland Transport. Tommy's leadership in sustainability, resilience and the environment has seen the delivery of challenging infrastructure projects that respond to complex problems both in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. His commitment to industry wide innovation and excellence is seen in his leadership of the Construction Industry Zero Harm Group and North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (Kaikoura) and as initiator of the national Roading Efficiency Group.

Bridget is a Principal Researcher at MRCagney, based in Hamilton. She works on transport research, policy, and practice for a variety of government, university, and private sector clients around New Zealand. Bridget is a Chartered Engineer in transport with a doctorate in cognitive psychology, and is Chair of Engineering New Zealand's Transportation Group. 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.