Urban Transport World Australia Conference - Speaker list

Scott F. Belcher was appointed President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America in September 2007, after more than 20 years of private and public sector experience. Scott’s vision for moving ITS to the next level includes raising awareness of the...

Gladys was elected to Parliament March 22, 2003 as the Member for Willoughby.From April 2003- February 2005 she served on the NSW Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on the Valuer General. In February 2005, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet...

Chris is employed at Victoria's Department of Transport as the Manager of the SmartBus Program and has worked on the program for approximately 4 years. He is also leading the management of a similar bus program for the Manningham region of Melbourne, known as the...

Ron Clarke MBE was elected Mayor of Gold Coast City in March 2004 and again in 2008. An icon in sporting circles, he set 19 world records, more than any other distance runner in the history of track and field. He competed in two Olympic Games, winning Bronze in...

Mark is a transport professional who has worked in the sector for over 18 years for state, local government, and in the private sector. Mark has worked in the Queensland public sector from early 2007, with his first appointment as head of TransLink's Planning...

Prior to joining UDIA in May 2004, Tony De Domenico represented AusTrade in Milan. From 1992 – 1997, Tony was a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly, serving as Shadow Minister, Deputy Opposition Leader and later the territory’s Deputy Chief Minister. He is a...

Mr Dent is a graduate of Qld Uni in Engineering and Economics and worked in QR and Main Roads each for 10 years. He has specialised in the application of computer technology to transport engineering. His 15 year period in consulting with PPK took him to...

Patricia Forsythe is the Executive Director of the Sydney Business Chamber, a position she has held since September 2006. In addition to her role at the Sydney Chamber Patricia serves on a number of boards in the Government and NFP sector including the Council of...

Jackie Fristacky is Chair of the Metropolitan Transport Forum (MTF) comprising 19 Melbourne metropolitan councils as well as associate members from the transport sector. A Councillor with the City of Yarra since 2002, Jackie was Mayor 2005-2006. She is a member of...

Steve completed his Building Diploma course in 1976 and after spending six years estimating for two construction groups, he joined Zadro Constructions as Senior Estimator and quickly progressed to Director and stayed for 13 years. In that time he undertook cost...

Patrick is the Senior Vice President & Global Head of the Travel and Transportation Practice. In this role, Patrick is responsible for the continued growth of HCL AXON’s Enterprise Application Services (EAS) footprint in the Travel and Transportation industry by...

Mr. Jethwani, presently working in the capacity of Chief Executive in the Property Development department of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, has over 30 years of experience in working on real estate construction projects of Govt. of India. Property Development department ...

Dr.Pichet started his career and served as a Policy and Planning Analyst with the Ministry of Transport in the Planning Division. His job was monitoring operations with respect to national plans, transportation projects and government policies. After graduating...

Dr M. G. Lay was a director of ConnectEast, the Melbourne toll road company, and is Roads Australia's Advisor on Road Pricing. He is a Member of the Order of Australia and last year was awarded the John Shaw medal for his contribution to roads in Australia. He is the ...

Chris is the Chief Executive of Transport Construction Authority (formerly Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation), an operating entity within the NSW Government’s transport agency, Transport NSW. In this role, he is responsible for the delivery of major...

David is the City Building Manager with the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project, a one billion dollar light rail project that is set to transform the Gold Coast. The City Building Team is dedicated to achieving best practice station-place making and urban design outcomes...

Jonathan Metcalfe took up the post of CEO of Veolia Transport Australasia in December 2009 having served as Executive Chairman of Veolia Transport’s metropolitan rail business in Melbourne (CML) from January 2008. With extensive experience in passenger transport and...

Phil joined Queensland Motorways as Chief Executive Officer in July 2004. He plays a pivotal role in providing strategic direction on Queensland Motorways’ landmark projects, including the $1.88 billion Gateway Upgrade Project and the introduction of free-flow...

Jim is the Executive Director of Markets Group, Treasury. In this position he has responsibility for policy relating to the financial system including prudential and corporate regulation; competition and consumer policy, and foreign investment. Prior to his current...

Reudi Ott joined Transport Planning section of the City of Zuirch in 1974 and became Head of the section by the late seventies. he will address strategies for successfully developing and delivering urban transport

Mr Prakasam has degrees in Science (Statistics) and Engineering (Electrical). He was with the Singapore Airlines for 10 years, working in various departments involved in technical support and development work, before joining the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation in...

John Robertson MLC was appointed as NSW Minister for Transport in May 2010. John sees his challenge as transforming the NSW Government’s plans for the State’s transport needs into real benefits for the people of NSW. John will share his plan for providing more buses...

Mr. Neil Smith has 37 years of experience working in the urban transport industry as a manager, consultant, company owner and academic. He commenced with the Busways group in western Sydney in 1972, and purchased a majority share in Manly Bus Service in 1975. In 1976...

Chris is a Division Director in Macquarie’s infrastructure advisory business in Australia. Chris focuses on transportation and PPP projects. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2003, Chris was an Associate Director in ABN AMRO’s Corporate Finance team. Chris also qualified...

Peter has been involved in most of the recent major proposals and studies for High and Very High Speed Rail Links in Australia. He has been an adviser to the Commonwealth Government of Australia, the New South Wales State Government, a Joint Secretariat of the...

Ann Turner is a management consultant specialising in corporate strategy and strategic planning. AnnÕs consulting experience has been primarily in the area of business planning, organisation review, pricing, regulation strategy and corporate strategy. Ann has...

Bringing over 22 years of experience into his current role, Dennis Walsh is now the Executive Director (Road System Operations) in the Department of Transport and Main Roads in Queensland. During the 90’s, Dennis joined the Queensland Department of Transport where...

David joined RBS Australia as Head of Infrastructure Investments, including the RBS Social Infrastructure Trust, in December 2008. The Trust has invested $65m of equity in PPP / social infrastructure assets with a capital value of around $4,000 m including 100% of...

Since being appointed in June 2007, Elizabeth has been leading the procurement and development of an integrated electronic ticketing system that will operate across all modes of transport, similar to the Oyster system in London. Elizabeth led the project team which...