Speakers & Authors

Featuring a Host of International and Local Speakers

Key note speakers from the North and South America, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand reported on latest trends in BRT from around the world. A series of presentations on the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way were featured. A total of over invited 20 presentations by international and Australasian speakers and authors, many representing new BRT and rail systems, were made. Speakers included:

John Armstrong - Project Director, Integrated Ticketing Project, NSW Transport Coordination Authority, Sydney Australia

Trevor Bate - Technical Manager, SAAB ITS, Brisbane Australia

Kevin Borras - Editor, Traffic Technology International, United Kingdom

Robert Burke - Managing Director, ConnexioNZ, Christchurch New Zealand

Dr Joel Cayford - Councillor, North Shore City Council, Auckland New Zealand

Graeme Currie - Senior Associate, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Melbourne Australia

Des Dent - Engineering Manager Traffic and Transport, Tyco Safety Products, Sydney Australia

Ken Deutscher - Manager, Transport and Traffic Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Australia

Matt Faber - Manager Planning & Operations, Transitways Roads & Traffic Authority, Sydney Australia

Prof Luis Ferreira - Chair in Transport, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Richard Fleming - Managing Director, ERG Card Systems, Sydney Australia

Dick Fleming - Principal, Public Transport PPK Environment & Infrastructure, Sydney Australia

Rex Gephart - Project Manager, Metro Rapid, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles USA

Barry Gyte - Director, GCI Consultants, Brisbane Australia

Prof David Hensher - Director, Institute of Transport Studies, Sydney University, Sydney Australia

Alan Hoffman - Principal, The Mission Group, San Diego USA

Lyall Kennedy - Director, Business Development, State Transit Authority of NSW, Sydney Australia

Steve Kerr - Manager, Integrated Planning, Parramatta City Council, Parramatta Australia

Geoff Lake - Public Transport Systems Manager, Roads & Traffic Authority, Sydney Australia

Philip Mallon - Manager, ITS Projects, Sydney Client Services, Roads and Traffic Authority NSW, Sydney Australia

Mick McShea - General Manager, Translink, Queensland Transport, Brisbane Australia

David Mee - Deputy Manager, Intelligent Systems Group, ALSTOM, Sydney Australia

Dr Le Nguyen - Project Manager LTP ITS, Roads & Traffic Authority, Sydney Australia

Jurgen Pasieczny - Queensland Transport, Brisbane Australia

George Pund - Acting Director, Bus and Ferry Reform, Transport Coordination Authority of NSW, Sydney Australia

Lee Schipper - Co-Director, EMBARQ, World Resources Institute, Washington DC, USA

Greg Smith - Business Development & Marketing Manager, Ripple Systems, Perth Australia

John Stanley - Executive Director, Bus Association of Victoria, Melbourne Australia

Jack Turner - Manager, Ticketing and Radio, Passenger Transport Board, Adelaide Australia

Tom Van Drempt – Traffic Engineer, State Transit Authority of NSW, Sydney Australia

Graeme Vellacott - Public Transport Division, Department of Infrastructure, Melbourne Australia

Steve Warrell - Manager, Transitways, Roads and Traffic Authority NSW, Sydney Australia

Ross Whowell - Senior Intelligent Transport & Information Technology Consultant, APP Technology Management Pty Ltd, Sydney Australia