Speakers

The Hon. Natalie Ward MLC is the Minister for Metropolitan Roads and Minister for Women’s Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the Perrottet Government, appointed in December 2021.Prior to this appointment, Minister Ward was Minster for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and...

Kurt is the Director of Ticketing Solutions at Transport for New South Wales. As the Head of TfNSW’s Digital Payments business unit, Kurt is responsible for delivering innovative digital and payments products across a variety of channels to over 4 million regular customers that take over 670...

Monique joined Transurban in September 2021 as the Head of Transport Technology for NSW supporting both the WestConnex and Transurban NSW Assets. Monique’s responsibilities include overseeing the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) across NSW where she leads the technology, engineering and...

William (Bill) Cox is Aurecon’s Chief Executive Officer, leading the company’s rapid growth including diversification across Digital, Advisory and Asia with a team of over 6,000 engineers, scientists and advisors. Bill has a proven track record in building a financially successful, high-performance ...

Jon Davies is the CEO of the Australian Constructors Association.Jon has been passionate about construction since he was given his first Lego set.After 30 years working in contract and commercial roles with contractors on three continents, Jon is keen to use his experience to drive positive change...

 Boris is the Director of Infrastructure Services at Central Coast Council and has an extensive career in Local Government. Applying his Civil Engineering background, Change Management techniques and individual leadership style, Boris has developed high performance teams across four Councils that...

Hugh Eriksson was first elected to Willoughby City Council in 2012. Hugh was Deputy Mayor of Willoughby from 2017-2018. Since he could walk Hugh has had an interest in roads and motor vehicles. During his time on Council Hugh has delivered on a number of key projects including reforming and...

Kiersten Fishburn is the Deputy Secretary, Cities & Active Transport at Transport for NSW. This new Division is focused on ensuring our cities and neighbourhoods are integrated with transport, making our places, streets and open spaces functional, beautiful, inclusive and inviting for all to...

Phill has a background in Tendering and Contracting in both the private and Local Government sectors.  He is LGP’s Chief Procurement Officer and has lectured part-time at TAFE in the areas of Purchasing, Warehousing and Logistics.  He has been involved in drafting, evaluation and governance of an...

Since joining the NHVR as Chief Executive Officer in May 2014, Sal has focused the NHVR to becoming a customer-centric, risk-based, data-driven modern regulator.By driving a significant program of reform across Australia’s heavy vehicle industry, he has enabled a more streamlined approach to...

Carla commenced as CEO of ANCAP Safety in December 2020. Previously Carla lead advocacy and regulatory change at ASX listed financial services firm, Challenger Limited. Carla has held a number strategy, policy, legal and product development roles across the financial sector and her qualifications...

Victoria Yang is the Contracts & Legal Officer of LGP. She is an admitted Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court of Australia and holds a Juris Doctor Degree in the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws degree in law overseas. Victoria enjoys around 10 years’ working...

City shaper with a multi-disciplinary approach to urban and transport policy. Twenty five years’ experience in national, state and local governments as well as the finance, property and construction sectors. Recognised as a true game changer to raise the profile and success of urban, place and...

Peter McLean is a not for profit specialist having led 6 Australian Charities in 4 sectors.  Recently joining Bicycle NSW as their CEO, he is excited to be leading an organisation which unites his passions for bicycle riding, the environment and health and wellbeing.  Peter has also led the Can Too ...

Charles Casuscelli is the CEO of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) representing the collective interests of Local Government in Western Sydney. Formerly he was the State Member for Strathfield (Legislative Assembly) between 2011 and 2015 and was appointed Chair of the NSW ...

Brent Crockford was appointed CEO of Australian Owned Contractors in March 2020, and since this time has led AOC’s strategic public policy focus alongside managing membership and industry development matters. A key focus of AOC’s advocacy is being developed through the Albanese Government’s Buy...

Amanda is currently the Executive MD of Property Management at CBRE where she has delivered outstanding commercial outcomes, as recognized by her success at the Telstra Business Women’s awards in 2019. She thrives in challenging environments and enjoys applying her creative approach to problem...

Jenny Davies has a background in teaching and moved across to Shellharbour City Council as the Road Safety Officer in 2000. Jenny is responsible for the management, development and implementation of the Local Government Road Safety Program throughout the City of Shellharbour; she believes her role...

With over 30 years of experience in Operations, Finance and Strategy roles in a range of transport business globally, Craig Webster brings a host of experiences from aviation to rail and bus, covering most operating modes ​and service provision types as well as major planning studies and...

Liz Waller is Head of Road Safety with Transurban, one of the world’s largest toll-road operators with roads in Australia, the USA and Canada.  Liz leads a specialist team that works across the group to embed the safe system approach in designing and building new roads, operating and maintaining...

I’m Patricia, Civil Engineer, immigrant, mom. I have worked on some Roads and Tunnelling projects in and outside Australia.Working on Roads projects makes me feel very grateful because it makes me feel proud of construction for the future, and at the same time, leaving a legacy!

Melanie Suitor has just clocked up 19 years as the Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer for Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils.  She loves the diversity of her role and knowing her work helps to make her local communities safer.  During her time at the Councils’, she has had extensive...

Chris Pettit is the Director of the City Futures Research Centre, inaugural professor of Urban Science, and Plus Alliance Fellow at UNSW Sydney. He currently Chair of the Board of Directors for CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management) and on the International Advisory Board for the ...

Lucinda Hoffman is the General Manager (Strategic Policy) within the Policy, Planning and Investment Division of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.  Lucinda shapes the Department’s long-term vision for the transport system, which includes creating a single integrated transport...

Brendan Leader commenced employment with ARRB in 2021 in the position of State Business Leader NSW. He is responsible for managing the operation of significant functional areas and projects of strategic importance, provides specialist advice to senior client stakeholders and applies innovative...

David joined the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) after 16 years in Local Government in New South Wales, where he gained experience in a diverse range of local government engineering projects at metropolitan and rural councils in both project and senior-management levels.Starting at ARRB as...

Dr Elnaz (Elli) Irannezhad is as a Senior Lecturer of transport in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Elli's research contributes to the advancement of science in cross-disciplinary fields, including blockchain, logistics 4.0, supply chain and freight transportation, behavioural ...

Aneetha de Silva is Managing Director – Government at Aurecon, a global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm. She is President of Roads Australia and sits on the Boards of Aurecon Group, LaunchVic, the Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation and the North East Link State Tolling...

As Director Connected City at the City of Hobart, Jacqui’s responsibilities include Community Programs, Economic Development, Smart and Sustainable Cities, Environmental Health and City Projects, with an emphasis on strategy and programs that bring together the three pillars of economic, social and ...

William Barton is an Infrastructure Executive and NFP Non-Executive Director with a background in civil engineering across regional and metropolitan NSW. He draws on almost 20 years in the local government sector and his ability to engage with communities and stakeholders to identify opportunities...

Dr Ingrid Johnston is a passionate advocate for social justice and health. With an extensive network across government, academia and non-government organisations, Ingrid is an experienced and accomplished advocate and campaigner.  Ingrid was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian...

Kendall has qualifications and almost 40 years of experience in environmental management, land use planning and transport planning - having worked in planning consultancies, the NSW Government, several local councils and a university.  Kendall has developed a particular interest in the role that...

Kirsten is a proposals management specialist with more than seven years’ experience developing high quality, compelling bid documents for submission to government and private clients across civil, structural and water infrastructure sectors. An advocate for women in the industry, Kirsten...

Paul Robinson is the General Manager of the Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia (RIAA). The RIAA is the peak industry body for road marking and pavement t markings, including car parks, airfields, service stations, warehouses, and so on.The RIAA works with State Government, Local...

Chris is a Principal Transport Planner at Mott MacDonald in Sydney with 12 years' experience in strategic transport planning, policy and research. Prior to joining Mott MacDonald in early 2022, Chris worked for Transport for London, as an analyst and researcher working on a range of policies...

Michiel Bliemer is a Professor of Transport Planning and Modelling at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. Prior to joining the University of Sydney in 2012, he worked at Delft University of Technology and as a consultant at Goudappel Coffeng ...

Harman is the Smart Cities and Places Lead at GHD Digital, where he pursues his passion of developing innovative solutions for Smart Cities, Precincts & Buildings. He is a Certified Smart Cities Practitioner and brings over 20 years of global work experience with various technology-related...

David Eldridge has been involved in the Road Line marking Industry for over 40 years. Predominantly operating as a line marking contractor he is also developing materials and application systems to improve various performance aspects of road markings.Serving as a Director of the Roadmaking Industry ...

Colin Leek is Principal Engineer with Civil Sciences and Engineering. He has 50 years’ experience in Local Government and Consulting with Talis Consultants and CMW Geosciences working on road and industrial pavement investigations and design and drainage facilities.  His Local Government experience ...

Phillip has 20 years’ experience in local government engineering, developing and leading teams across all disciplines from approvals, asset management and engineering delivery.Phillip has experience and understanding in the relationship between land-use, activity and transport. He is a proponent...