Speakers

Sam Kemp is the Transport Survey and Data Manager at advocacy organisation Bicycle Network, coordinating surveys across Australia using artificial intelligence object recognition sensors and cameras. He works with local and State governments to gather data before, during and after planning and infrastructure projects. Sam prepares proposals, briefs, data analysis and reporting using temporary and…

Todd Nguyen is a transport project planner with engineering consultant WSP, with experience in Australia and the US tackling transport challenges across multimodal systems including new mobility, cycling, walking, ferries, freight and passenger rail. He has a keen interest in how the emergence of micromobility is changing transport infrastructure, sustainable travel and user behaviour. With…

Dan Barr leads the multi-disciplinary consultancy Better Cities Group and co-founded the major event planning technology collaboration Better Events VR. He has 20 years’ experience in city-building infrastructure, project governance and host city major event delivery. He has held leadership roles in delivering the Gold Coast Light Rail project, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and…

Rob Stokes is the Member for Pittwater and Minister for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport in the NSW Government. Rob has previously served as Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Minister for Transport and Roads, Minister for Education, Minister for Environment, Minister for Heritage, and Minister for the Central Coast. Outside parliament, Rob is an…

Kelly Andrews is CEO of Healthy Cities Illawarra. She is passionate about social justice and systemic change in communities to advance health and wellbeing outcomes for all. Kelly has worked as a health promotion practitioner and social marketing researcher in public health and community engagement for 27 years. Before joining Healthy Cities Illawarra, she worked…

Jon is the leader of the Wollongong chapter for safe streets to school. He founded Safe Streets to school in 2020 after having advocated for a long time as a community representative for walking and cycling on council. After collecting feedback through school surveys for years, he wanted to combine the road safety concerns in…

Christina Sorbello is the Asia Pacific Regional Manager for the online platform Love to Ride. She is a marketing specialist with more than 18 years’ experience as a strategic and social marketer, delivering successful campaigns across a diverse range of industries.  She has led teams in agencies, developed campaigns for multi-national corporations and consulted to…

Penelope Bennett is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a focus on transportation and traffic. She has engineering/science degrees complemented with a Master of Urban Planning and has worked in consultancy, construction and local and State government in the UK, Singapore and Australia. Her experience ranges from small traffic management schemes through to major projects such…

Stephen Hodge is the Director – National Advocacy for cycling lobby group We Ride Australia. In the corridors of power in Australia’s Federal Parliament, Stephen is the only professional lobbying focused purely on advocating for cycling. Elected members in Federal Parliament decide how to spend an annual budget that now exceeds half a trillion dollars. They…

Maryna Pobudzei is a researcher and PhD candidate at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich. She focuses on the launch, analysis and simulation of micromobility sharing systems, studying the acceptance and use of shared micromobility through innovative operating concepts and technologies. For her Master’s, she studied at the Technical University of Munich, and for…