Dr. Urie Bezuidenhout is a civil engineer, transportation planner, and human factors engineer with over 30 years of international experience. Combining his engineering knowledge with recent qualifications in psychology, he now focuses on driver psychology and human-machine interactions. As a Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland, he teaches courses on transport safety, economic analysis, modelling, and geometric design. In the past decade, his research has concentrated on how drivers perceive and respond to road environments, integrating engineering, behavioural science, and road safety. His doctoral research developed the SAFEYE methodology, which uses eye-tracking and machine-vision analysis to assess driver behaviour and road safety. NextEra Co-founder, Diane Ah-Chan is an industry leader in organisational resilience, psychosocial risk, strategy, and contemporary safety. With a Masters in industrial and organisational psychology, she brings a unique mix of strategy, HR, governance, and human-centred risk expertise to reshaping how HSW in work is understood and designed. She specialises in the integration of modern safety concepts, such as Human & Organisational Performance (HOP), Safety Differently and Safety II. Known for her systems thinking and passion for enabling Better Work, she blends insight with robust conversation, always advocating for operational excellence change that “sticks”

Greer has spent 12+ years in the transport sector and is currently a Senior Advisor, Urban Mobility at NZTA. She has a public health background and has enjoyed a variety of roles from delivery of community road safety programmes to evaluating transport programmes. Much of her work has focused on research and evaluation related to active modes and she has a special interest in using evidence to make good decisions. Outside of work Greer enjoys walking up hills, cruising the neighbourhood with her toddler, and reading by the fire.

Andrew Metge is a Technical Director in Transport Planning with over 18 years of experience spanning traffic engineering, network operations, and strategic transport planning. At GHD Andrew is helping drive the uptake of innovative ways to use new tools and technology, including connected vehicle data , working closely with data analysts to apply a transport lens to emerging datasets. His work with the team has included exploring how behavioural data can inform safety, operations, planning and investment decisions to offer new ways to understand and respond to network challenges. Becky is a transport engineer with a growing portfolio of work in speed management, integrated transport assessments, and data-driven planning. Passionate about creating safer, smarter transport networks, Becky has been supporting school speed management initiatives and delivering integrated transport assessments. Becky is a champion for innovation in connected vehicle data playing role trialling datasets, raising awareness , and helping upskill in applying behavioural insights. Becky's advocacy has helped encourage data-driven thinking, unlocking opportunities and evidence-based decision-making. Becky is a contributor to GHD’s professional community serving on the Young Professionals Committee and is the chair for GHD's Women in Engineering (WING), where she supports initiatives that foster inclusion and collaboration.

Hung Ngu is a Digital Consultant with expertise in asset data integration and infrastructure resilience. He supports large-scale transport projects by developing practical, automated solutions that improve decision-making and long-term network performance.

Cheryl Jiang is a Senior Engineer with a passion for improving transport systems through practical, data-informed solutions. She works across agencies and projects to help deliver smarter, more resilient infrastructure for communities across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mark Owen is the Regional Manager Maintenance & Operations - Wellington and Top of the South Island for NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Mark has over 25years experience in the highways management and maintenance field, together with previous local Council experience

Chris Blackmore is a Principal Transportation Planner with extensive experience in data analytics, transport modelling, and economic appraisal. He leads the modelling and economics team at Abley, where he applies advanced analytical techniques to support strategic transport planning, investment cases and option appraisal. Chris has a wide specific interest in the development of tailored analysis methodology to address complex decisions. His background in systems analysis and financial modelling enables him to bring a varied perspective to transport economics, particularly in quantifying network impacts and resilience. Chris has also delivered economic appraisals for active travel, public transport, and resilience programmes, and regularly integrates third-party data sources such as TomTom Move into his work to support evidence-based decision-making.

Meghan is an environmental geologist who has a strong foundation in contaminated land assessments, geotechnical investigations and natural hazard assessments. She has worked on a varied of landscapes across the South Island of New Zealand where she has contributed to projects to balance environmental stewardship and engineering. Meghan brings a multidisciplinary lens to her work through her grass roots approach of building a scientific understanding of why something has happened, and what can be done to prevent it in the future. Meghan is passionate about building infrastructure resilience to climate change. She believes in her role to designing systems to withstand the natural hazards and the evolving climate pressures. As climate events become more frequent, Meghan is focused on integrating resilience based thinking into infrastructure development, ensuring that the built environment is appropriate for the land beneath it.

Cas has built a diverse range of experience across transport infrastructure, streetscapes, urban parks, and neighbourhood design. She has a keen interest in sensitive ecological approaches and creating dynamic spaces that serve both people and the environment.

Sean has over two decades of experience in a range of landscape architectural work predominantly associated with infrastructure and the coastal edge. Sean combines strategic thinking with core design skills underpinned by an ability to understand the natural and people context. A champion of the holistic view and noted keeper of overall project design visions, Sean offers a collaborative approach integrating the needs of many across a variety of procurement models. Sean has a passion for well thought through design that advances the conversation of place, identity and human experience, yet goes beyond the visual to engage with the dynamics of the natural world in a meaningful proactive manner.

Sid is a Technical Director in the Mott MacDonald Transport Planning team, based in Tāmaki Makaurau. He is an advocate for sustainable transport and urban outcomes, with a particular interest in improving the urban environment for people walking and on bikes. After many years planning and developing strategies for walking and cycling, Sid is enjoying seeing the outcomes from delivering new facilities that make it easier for people to walk and cycle in their communities.

Ella is a Principal Transport Planner in Auckland Transport’s Active Modes Infrastructure and Planning team. She was the active modes planning lead and co-author of AT's Cycle & Micromobility Programme Business Case, leading the development and application of a prioritisation framework to inform AT's 10-year cycling investment programme. With a passion for sustainable transport and urban development and a diverse background in economics, infrastructure advisory and transport planning, Ella is interested in driving transformational change and contributing to better outcomes for communities and the planet. Outside of work, she enjoys being out in nature with her daughter and husband (often exploring by bike!), playing indoor netball and a weekly pub quiz with friends.