Dr Ian Greenwood is a world leading infrastructure asset management consultant, having advised government transport authorities in well over 30 countries, authored numerous industry guidelines, delivered many industry training courses, and received numerous awards and accolades for his work. Ian is a former Auckland and National Committee member of the EngNZ Transportation Group, and has served as the Chair of the Business NZ Transport Infrastructure Group. Ian was made a Fellow of EngNZ in 2011 for his advancement of road asset management knowledge. Ian is extensively involved in the development of best practice around achieving climate resilience of transport networks, and the associated development of transportation decarbonisation policies.

Jerry has over 18 years of integrated transport planning experience across New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and several countries in the Asia Pacific. His experience spans across policy development, investment planning and decision-making framework, business case development, and economics analysis. ​Jerry possesses a deep understanding of the transport sector and its challenges, supported by a broad base of knowledge in transport economics. He has undertaken numerous research for the NZTA and supported NZTA in various investment decision making framework projects, including development of economic values adopted in the NZTA Monetised Benefits and Costs Manual. He has also led many economic studies for the World Bank and the Asian Development in the Pacific region, where most of the projects are resilience related. Jerry is currently on the Asian Development Bank expert panel for Infrastructure Planning and Investment for 2025-2028.

Professor Krumdieck is Chair in Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, Research Leader of the Islands Centre for Net Zero. The ICNZ was announced in 2021 with £33M in core and matching funding. The ICNZ mission is to accelerate transition from the ground up by inventing the TransitionScaping processes and tools. Before taking the position in Scotland, Susan was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Canterbury in New Zealand for 20 years where her research made major contributions in transportation, freight, sustainable complex systems, and energy systems in support of industry, local and central government, and communities. Susan is the co-founder of the Global Association for Transition Engineering (GATE). Transition Engineering is a practical approach to complex problems with straight-forward methods and tools for achieving sustainability objectives. Susan has more than 200 peer reviewed publications, and her book Transition Engineering, Building a Sustainable Future (CRC Press, 2020) has received great reviews and sold more than 40,000 copies.

Ben Wood is the current Board Chair of the Transport Professionals Association (TPA), Australia’s peak body for the transport profession. He is also co-founder of Hadron Group, an advisory firm that supports state and local governments across Australia on transport and social infrastructure investment decision making and implementation.