Call for Presenters - Trafinz Conference

Call for
Presenters

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Cordis Hotel,
83 Symonds St, Auckland
29-31 August 2021

Call for Overviews

WELCOME & OVERVIEW
Trafinz 2021 will focus on ‘New Journeys in Mobility for Aotearoa’
building on the people-centric success of Trafinz Conference 2019
‘Smart, safe and accessible places’.

The context of ‘Safe’ Urban Mobility has been completely re-defined
in recent months as the world-wide Pandemic sends all our systems
– public health, transport, financial, regulatory etc – cascading into
one another and changing our community life in surprising ways.
Aotearoa has approached this challenge together in a unique and
successful way - ‘He Waka Eke Noa’. Old journeys have ceased and
entirely new ones have begun.

Our words and choices are different now and many of our shared
values have been revealed – individual sacrifice for the greater good,
being kind to each other, sharing resources, technical innovation
and creativity. What is an essential trip? Who are all these families
walking and cycling down my street? How will our community
survive? How are we making the most of these fast-changing
opportunities and sustaining these new insights into the future?

This August conference is for people involved in all aspects of the
transportation industry from those delivering grass roots community
and road safety programmes to strategic thinkers planning our
transportation utopia. This conference is also a must for politicians
elected at local, regional and national levels by the people of New
Zealand to make decisions about our transport future. We welcome
delegates from the wider transportation industry to join us in
Auckland.

Trafinz is excited to have world leading experts participate in the
2021 conference to share their experiences via presentations and
interactive workshops.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This conference is for people involved in all aspects of the
transportation industry from those delivering grass roots
community and road safety programmes to strategic thinkers
planning our transportation utopia. This conference is also a must
for politicians elected at local, regional and national levels by the
people of New Zealand to make decisions about our transport
future. We welcome delegates from the wider transportation
industry to join us in Auckland in August 2021.

CONFERENCE THEME
Trafinz 2021 will focus on ‘New Journeys in Mobility for Aotearoa’
building on the people-centric success of Trafinz Conference 2019
‘Smart, safe and accessible places’.

SUBTHEMES
•   creating or supporting communities
•   road to zero
•   accessibility for people and wellbeing
•   smart technology - the new journey

WHY PRESENT?
The 2021 Trafinz conference brings together some of the most
accomplished and inspiring presenters in the transport industry.
Ask yourself “what have you been doing in your area and would like to
share with the industry?”

This is your opportunity to:

• Showcase a transportation or safety project, event or study that
  has been innovative, successful or offers valuable lessons for
  transportation professionals;
• Share new and ground-breaking transportation designs, techniques
  or products;
• Demonstrate how policing and enforcement have contributed
  towards beneficial transport outcomes for the road user, the
  community and the transport system;
• Share experiences that have improved the awareness and
  conversation of the role of transport in communities with
  Politicians and Elected members;
• Present on new or forthcoming transport research and
    investigations

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OVERVIEW
There will be two concurrent session blocks covering the theme
topics above, but each overview must be orientated towards those
who are involved in the following areas of transportation:

•   Engineering
•   Enforcement
•   Education
•   Elected members
•   Researchers working in transportation in New Zealand

We are calling for submissions from presenters for oral
presentations. In the programme, within each concurrent session
block, two streams will run concurrently.

We are looking for high-quality presentations and the date and
time will be determined by the number of accepted overviews
submitted. We welcome your contributions and innovative
presentation ideas as we create a truly international and engaging
transport conference

OVERVIEW SUBMISSIONS
Overview submissions, regardless of presentation session type are
to be submitted in the form of a synopsis up to a maximum 300
words. The application form can be found on the call for overviews
page of the website www.trafinzconference.co.nz, the completed
template should then be loaded in the call for overviews portal.

Please ensure that you have obtained the necessary approvals
from employers, clients or other relevant parties for the material
being presented before offering an overview. All presenters are
also expected to register to attend the conference. Registration
rates can be viewed on the conference website.

FORMAT
Please submit presentation overview TBC

All presentation overviews (maximum 300 words) must be
submitted electronically on the official overview form provided
and then loaded onto the call for presentation overview portal.
You will be asked on the portal to include a short profile of the
presenter (maximum 300 words per presenter).

If you are submitting more than one overview, please submit one
form per overview.

Links to the portal and overview form are available here.

Overviews will be considered based on their relevance to the
conference theme so that presentations provide a wide range of
perspectives from various sectors.
Please note we may not be able to accept all presentations.

Please contact Glenda at Harding Conferences:
glenda@hardingconsultants.co.nz or 03 352 5598 if you have any
questions. More information about the conference can be found
at:

www.trafinzconference.co.nz

CONDITIONS
If your overview is accepted for presentation at the conference,
please be aware that as a presenter you must meet your own time,
travel, accommodation and conference registration costs to attend
the conference.

Deadline dates
Receipt of overviews			                   TBC
Notification of acceptance			             TBC