Our Speakers

Adam Krupper
Manager, Active Transportation
BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit
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Allan Russell
CEO Emeritus
McElhanney
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Currently CEO Emeritus at McElhanney, Allan recently retired after an 11-year tenure as President & CEO, as it grew from 400 to 1,500 staff.

Brian Maksymetz
Lead Consultant and Owner
Better Projects Incorporated
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Brian Maksymetz is a civil engineer with 30 years of project delivery experience working for the Owner, Designer, and Contractor in the public and private sectors. He is the Lead Consultant and Owner at Better Projects Incorporated, which provides project management services and advisory services in project procurement and delivery.

Brittney Speed
Senior Manager, Engineering Programs
BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit
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Cheryl Nelms
General Manager, Project Delivery
Metro Vancouver
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Christoph Rufenacht
Vice President, Airport Development & Asset Optimization
Vancouver Airport Authority
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He is responsible for ensuring the realization of long-term value from all assets and infrastructure through effective planning, project delivery and maintenance.
Christoph is an Engineer, holds a Bachelor of Applied Science.

Daniel Naiman
Manager, Physical Activity Policy & Promotion
BC Ministry of Health
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Donald Trapp
Executive Director
Transportation Investment Corporation
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Gilles Assier
Executive Project Director, SLS
Transportation Investment Corporation
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Gordon Zhou
Director, Transit Expansion
TransLink
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Jodi Carlow
Manager, Indigenous Relations
RAM Consulting
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Joel Weiss
Project Director
Infrastructure BC
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Klassen Mok
Senior Project Manager
TransLink
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Laura Chow
Senior Planner
Vancouver Coastal Health
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Mark Enzer
Strategic Advisor | Visiting Professor
Mott MacDonald
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Niccolai Wang
Planner
TransLink
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Raha Darvishi
Site Planner Lead
BC Hydro
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Renate Sitch
Senior Advisor
TransLink
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Renate is a tenacious professional in sustainable transportation, behaviour change, and transportation demand management (TDM), with a deep commitment in enabling multimodal solutions. Renate nudges multi-levels of government, community organizations, and internal teams to move plans into action, barriers into solutions, and pushes the notion of infrastructure for people rather than cars. Renate is a pro at fostering relationships to support lasting systematic change.

Sarah Gaib
Engineering Director
BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit
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Shaun Gill
Regional Leader
Stantec