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Playlist of 19 videos from Infrastructure 2022

All 18 sessions from this year's Infrastructure 2022: Looking Ahead Symposium are now available to watch.

Watch the full playlist above, or go to individual sessions below.

Day 1 sessions

Minister for Infrastructure - Hon Grant Robertson

Keynote: How the public & private sector need to work together to improve Infrastructure in New Zealand

Ross Copland - Chief Executive, Te Waihanga

30-year Infrastructure Strategy

Peter Nunns - Director Economics, Te Waihanga

Te ao Māori and Infrastructure

Professor Te Maire Tau - Pou Whakarae, Ngāi Tahu Centre, University of Canterbury

Enabling a net-zero carbon emissions Aotearoa – panel:

Chair: Ross Copeland - Chief Executive, Te Waihanga
Fraser Whineray - Chief Operating Officer, Fonterra
Alison Andrew - Chief Executive, Trustpower
Josie McVitty - Senior Advisor, Infrastructure, NZ Super Fund

Supporting Supporting towns and regions to flourish - Panel:

How technology can support regions to thrive

Chair: Anna Kominik 
Rhyan Wardman - Chair & Director Sounds Air
Graham Mitchell - Chief Executive, Crown Infrastructure Partners
James Kilty - Chief Executive, PowerCo

Building attractive & inclusive cities - Panel

Chair: Peter Nunns - Director Economics, Te Waihanga
Chris Parker - Principal Advisor, Housing & Urban Growth, Treasury
David Norman - Executive Advisor, GHD
Gary Blick - Chief Economist, Auckland Council

Day 2 sessions

State of Nation and Introduction to Better Decision Making

Ross Copland - Chief Executive, Te Waihanga
Paul Chapman - Senior Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Minister for Building and Construction - Hon Poto Williams

Technology

Kieran Brown - Polis Consulting Group

Enabling the Future of Aviation through intergenerational infrastructure 

Michael Singleton - Project Director, Central Otago Airport

Leveraging technology

Mark Thomas - Founder, Nextspace

Enabling a circular economy

Dr Saeid Baroutian - Associate Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Auckland

Strengthening resilience to shocks and stresses

Dr. Jo Horrocks - Chief Resilience & Research Officer, EQC

Building workforce capability & capacity – Panel

Chair: Blake Lepper - GM Infrastructure Delivery, Te Waihanga
Angela Meyer - Representative, Women in Trades Research
Berenize Peita - Social Outcomes Manager, Link Alliance (City Rail Link)
Chris Alderson - Construction Health & Safety NZ (CHASNZ)
Dianne McDermott - Regional Commissioner, Ministry of Social Development

Preserve & Develop: How do we get the balance right? – Panel

Chair: Nicky McIndoe - Partner, Dentons
Stephen Selwood - Commissioner, Tauranga City Council
Gary Taylor - CE, Environment Defense Society

Infrastructure and the economy

Chair: Dr. Alan Bollard - Board Chair, Infrastructure New Zealand Te Waihanga
Leilani Frew - Deputy Secretary, Financial and Commercial
Dr Graham Scott - Director, Sapere Research Group
Sharon Zollner - Chief Economist, ANZ