INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr Susan A. Shaheen

  • Program Leader, Policy & Behavioural Research, California Partners for Advanced Transit & Highways and Director, Innovative Mobility Research (IMR), University of California, Berkeley & Davis, USA
  • Special Assistant to the Director's Office of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
  • Committee Chair, New Public Transportation Systems and Technology, Transportation Research Board (National Research Council)
  • Developed and implemented the innovative CarLink I and II pilot programs

Susan Shaheen holds a joint research faculty appointment at California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH), headquartered at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, and at UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies. In August 2003, Susan became the Policy & Behavioural Research Program Leader at California PATH. She also directs the Innovative Mobility Research group-housed at California PATH. Susan has served as a Special Assistant to the Director's Office of the California Department of Transportation for over three years.


MASTERS OF CEREMONY

SYDNEY
James O’Loghlin

James O’Loghlin is one of Australia’s leading comedians and is a presenter on 702 ABC Sydney and host of The New Inventors, shown nationally on ABC-TV. James is also author of ‘A month of Sundays – how to go traveling without leaving town’, published by Allen and Unwin.

 

MELBOURNE
Rod Quantock

Rod Quantock is a comedian, writer, director and producer with more than twenty years experience working in cabaret, theatre, television, radio, advertising and the corporate sector. As a “living Melbourne treasure” (The Age), Rod and his wife Mary Kenneally are also passionate about Melbourne and work actively to preserve Melbourne’s culture and heritage.



OPENING ADDRESS

SYDNEY
Lord Mayor Clover Moore

Clover Moore has been a strong advocate for inner city residents for over twenty years, initially as South Sydney and Sydney City Councillor (1980-1987) and Independent MP for Bligh since 1988. She is committed to a better environment and living amenity, protection of public lands and foreshores, progressive solutions to tough city problems, and political reform.

 

MELBOURNE
Lord Mayor John So

Melbourne businessman John So is Melbourne’s first popularly elected Lord Mayor. He was first elected to Council as a Central Ward Councillor in 1991 and served three terms before being elected Lord Mayor.



PRESENTERS

Joey Tabone
Australian Greenhouse Office

Joey Tabone coordinates national Travel Demand Management Initiatives as part of the Local Greenhouse Action Program in the Australian Government funded Greenhouse Office. He is an urban geographer and has been with the Office for 5 years.

 

Michael Glotz-Richter

Senior Project Manager –
Sustainable Mobility
Department of Building and Environment
Bremen, Germany.

Michael Glotz-Richter works as advisor for ‘sustainable mobility’ in the Bremen City Ministry for Construction, Environment and Transport/City of Bremen. He is a senior Project Manager for pilot projects of sustainable mobility and transport – and the integration of mobility issues in spatial planning.



PANELISTS

Chris Cowper,
Newtown CarShare founding member


Barry Goldman,
President, Pyrmont-Ultimo Chamber of Commerce


Clr Marchelle Hoff,
City of Sydney


Bruce Jeffreys,
Co-founder, Newtown CarShare

Nic Lowe,
Co-founder, Newtown Carshare

Julie Savet-Ward,
Director, Manidis Roberts


Jack Halley,
Senior Policy Adviser, NRMA

Silvia Tabban,
Transport Management and Planning, City of Darebin


Phil Woods,
Sustainability Research Manager, IAG