Speakers and events

Since 2004 a number of international guest speakers have visited New Zealand to speak on regional growth. For copies of any of these presentations, please contact us by email or phone 09 366 2000.

Details of upcoming events will be posted here.

Previous events:

Speaker/Event	Overview
Improving Implementation - Town Centres	A seminar exploring approaches to town centre development featuring a number of international speakers
Seminar - Overseas perspectives on challenges to sustainability	A line-up of international experts on environmental sustainability are in New Zealand to share their experiences and add to the dialogue about becoming a sustainable nation.
Marcus Spiller	Director of SGS Economics & Planning Pty Ltd in Melbourne
Jan Gehl	Partner GEHL Architects ApS - Urban Quality Consultants, Copenhagen
Steven Ames	Community Visioning Consultant, Portland
Ian Bentley	Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK
Paul Burton	Senior Lecturer, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
Peter Calthorpe	Principal, Calthorpe Associates
Joe DiStefano	Associate, Calthorpe Associates, San Fransisco
Michael Harcourt	Premier, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 1991-1996 Mayor, Vancouver; 1980-1986 Chair, International Centre for Sustainable Cities
Bruce Harper	CEO, Land Management Corporation, Adelaide, Australia
Professor Spenser Havlick	Former Deputy Mayor of Boulder, Colorado
Alan Hoffman	Founding principal of The Mission Group, an innovative planning firm specialising in strategies for transportation and urban development
Jaime Lerner	Former Mayor of Curitiba and former Governor of Parana, Brazil. Also international president (at the time) of the International Institute of Architects
Governor Christine Whitman	Former Governor, New Jersey; former Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency