Session 14: Plenary and panel discussion
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	                    | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 
| Maitai 1 | 
Speaker
                        Dr Nadine Dodge
                    
                
                            Principal Economist
                        
                    
                            Te Waihanga / New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
                        
                    Investing in the transport system: How are we going to pay for all this fairly?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
                    Nadine is a Principal Economist at Te Waihanga the Infrastructure Commission. Prior to this, she worked in the transport sector, contributing to the planning and economic appraisal of a range of transport projects, including mass transit, bus priority, cycleway, and pedestrian amenity improvement projects. Nadine holds a BA from Skidmore College (New York) and a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington.
                
        
                        John Lieswyn
                    
                
                            Principal Transportation Planner
                        
                    
                            Transportation Group Chair
                        
                    Chair of panel discussion: Being good ancestors with our current infrastructure … what can NZ afford and what’s the right investment mix?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    John is Chair of Transportation Group.
                
        
                        Dr Nadine Dodge
                    
                
                            Principal Economist
                        
                    
                            Te Waihanga / New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
                        
                    Panellist: Being good ancestors with our current infrastructure … what can NZ afford and what’s the right investment mix?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Nadine is a Principal Economist at Te Waihanga the Infrastructure Commission. Prior to this, she worked in the transport sector, contributing to the planning and economic appraisal of a range of transport projects, including mass transit, bus priority, cycleway, and pedestrian amenity improvement projects. Nadine holds a BA from Skidmore College (New York) and a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington.
                
        
                        Rohan O'Neill-Stevens
                    
                
                            Deputy Mayor
                        
                    
                            Nelson City Council
                        
                    Panellist: Being good ancestors with our current infrastructure … what can NZ afford and what’s the right investment mix?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Rohan O’Neill-Stevens is a politician, activist, resource management commissioner, and campaigner. First elected to Nelson City Council in 2019, as its youngest ever councillor, they were appointed Deputy Mayor in 2022.
Rohan is involved in a range of local and national organisations, with a focus on climate action, urban development, safe and sustainable transport, arts and creativity, indigenous self-determination, and youth development. They’ve worked extensively in bringing regional challenges into national discussions, and encouraging an intersectional, intergenerational approach to decision-making.
                
        
                        Jeanette Ward
                    
                
                            Technical Director, Transportation Engineering
                        
                    
                            Abley Limited
                        
                    Panellist: Being good ancestors with our current infrastructure … what can NZ afford and what’s the right investment mix?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Jeanette is a Technical Director at Abley based in the Christchurch office.  She works across the transport planning and engineering teams providing technical leadership.  She is a Chartered Professional Engineer with 30 years of diverse engineering experience.  She has expertise across all modes, understands the people-based approach to design and brings this all together in her projects.  Jeanette understands the often-conflicting objectives when designing a street and has the ability to work through these with stakeholders.  This has been important for the city/town centre projects she has worked on. One of Jeanette's strengths is the integration of transport and urban design outcomes. 
                
        
                        Daniel Newcombe
                    
                
                            Northwest & Waitematā Harbour Connections Development Lead
                        
                    
                            Auckland Transport
                        
                    Panellist: Being good ancestors with our current infrastructure … what can NZ afford and what’s the right investment mix?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Daniel has been at AT for over 13 years, leading strategic transport projects on a range of topics. He is currently tasked with planning and managing several of the region's rapid transit projects, including the Waitemata Harbour Connections project. He has been the editor of the Group's Roundabout magazine for many years and is a past Chair of the Group's Auckland branch.