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D1: Global Lessons for Aotearoa

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Track 1
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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International approaches to resilience and innovation


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Dr Ian Greenwood
Director
Greenwood Associates Infrastructure Consultants

Increasing transport resilience in Asia-Pacific through multi-hazard risk assessments

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

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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.
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Mr Jerry Khoo
Managing Director
Jkhoo Consultancy Ltd

Transport resilience economics: reimagining cost-benefit analysis for Pacific Island connectivity

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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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.
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Mr David Gruhonjić
Expert Associate
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University Of Zagreb

Comparative analysis of safe road design principles: a European and Australian approach

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

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Juraj Leonard Vertlberg is a teaching assistant and road traffic/safety engineer at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at the University of Zagreb. He has more than 6 years of experience in more than 100 road traffic/safety and transport planning projects, both domestic and international. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Zagreb and is also a teaching assistant on several subjects at the faculty.
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D1: Global Lessons for Aotearoa Q&A

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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