09:30-10:00 am | Opening Ceremony | Plenary |
| | Conference Welcome | Tim Jones, President, Living Streets Aotearoa |
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10:05 - 10:35 am | Keynote Address Chair: Tim Jones, President, Living Streets Aotearoa | Plenary |
| | Corporate political activity and walkable streets – what we learnt about the road lobby | Dr Alice Miller, PhD student, University of Otago Wellington |
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10:40 - 10:55 am | Morning Tea | |
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11:00 - 12:00 pm | Walking for Wellbeing Chair: Dr Caroline McElnay QSO, Executive Council Member, Living Streets Aotearoa | Concurrent Workstream Session |
| | Walking for wellbeing – a public health perspective | Dr Anna Stevenson, Public Health Physician, National Public Health Te Whatu Ora |
| | The Geraldine Sculpture Trail | Rosie Woods, Board Member, Geraldine Community Board, Geraldine Licensing Trust, Geraldine.nz. |
| | A Walking Life: Walking's Role in Personal and Community Wellbeing | Antonia Malchik, Writer, Author of A Walking Life |
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11:00 - 12:00 pm | Pedestrian-Centred Design Chair: Dr Chris Teo-Sherrell, Treasurer, Living Streets Aotearoa | Concurrent Workstream Session |
| | Saving the planet one walkable neighbourhood at a time | Dr Catherine Knight, Urban Policy, Author |
| | What’s new in the Pedestrian Network Guidance? | Patrícia Vasconcelos, Principal Specialist Multi-modal, NZTA Waka Kotahi |
| | Walking every street in Greater Dunedin | Julie Woods, Author, Speaker, Advocate, Global Ambassador for Blind Low Vision NZ |
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12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
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1:05 - 1:35 pm | Keynote Address Chair: Tim Jones, President, Living Streets Aotearoa | Plenary |
| | Parent-centred urbanism: Rethinking walking, health and the planning of sub/urban environments for (new) parents | Dr Eva Neely, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington |
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1:40 - 2:40 pm | Creating Walkable Streets Chair: Bill Frith, Executive Council Member, Living Streets Aotearoa | Concurrent Workstream Session |
| | Creating good environments for walking is key to delivering on WCC's vision: Pōneke - the creative capital where people and nature thrive | Vida Christeller, Manager City Design, Wellington City Council |
| | Lessons for working with communities from Transport Choices and Business As Usual delivery methods | Peter McGlashan, Lead Advisor, Urban Mobility, NZTA Waka Kotahi |
| | Health and equity impacts of decarbonising transport in Aotearoa | Dr Caroline Shaw, Associate Professor, Public Health Medicine Specialist and Epidemiologist, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of Otago Wellington |
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1:40 - 2:40 pm | Making Our Streets Safer for Walking Chair: Jenni Wiggle BEM, Vice President, Living Streets Aotearoa | Concurrent Workstream Session |
| | Where do falls happen? Auditing the urban environment for pedestrian falls risk | Dr Angela Curl, Senior Lecturer, Department of Population Health, University of Otago Christchurch |
| | Hidden Harm – Walking Injuries from Slips and Falls | Dr Glen Koorey, Director, ViaStrada |
| | Safe Streets for All: How Micromobility Infrastructure Impacts Pedestrian Safety and Equity | Dr Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland |
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2:45 - 3:00 pm | Afternoon tea | |
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3:05-4:05 pm | Changemakers Chair: Tim Jones, President, Living Streets Aotearoa | Plenary Workstream Session |
| | A survivable future: from What to How | Dr Bridget Doran, Independent Transport Engineering Consultant |
| | Keeping it 60: How a community fought to retain safer speed limits to protect active transport initiatives | Femke Meiderts and Emily Osborne, Co-leads, Parents for Active Transport Atawahi |
| | Safe Streets: Public Opinion and the Media | Simon Wilson, Senior Writer, NZ Herald |
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4:10-4:25 pm | Closing Session | Plenary |
| | Conference closing | Jenni Wiggle BEM, Executive Council Member, Living Streets Aotearoa |
