PREMIUM STRATEGIC PARTNER

As New Zealand’s leading insurance broker with over 30 years of industry experience, we understand that there is no "one size fits all" when it comes to insurance. We’ve designed solutions to meet the specific needs of all New Zealanders and negotiate with insurers on your behalf to save you time, money and the worry arising from navigating and understanding complex insurance contracts. Our dedicated insurance brokers have the experience to provide you with advice and support when you need it most. We act as your independent advocate to insurers and have a dedicated claims service to assist you at all times.

STRATEGIC PARTNER

Wynn Williams is a full-service law firm, with an impressive team of experienced and talented lawyers delivering results for corporates, businesses, institutions and individuals, here in New Zealand and further afield. For more than 163 years, we've been known for our technical excellence, straight-up advice and the strength of our client relationships. We don’t shy away from honest conversations, constructive negotiations or complex litigious matters. We are regularly recognised by our peers and consistently rank in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific and Global independent legal directories. We're incredibly proud of our heritage, and of the kind of honesty, experience and astute guidance we provide our clients. You’ll find our offices in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Ōtautahi Christchurch and Tāhuna Queenstown.

Strategic PARTNER

EMERGING LEADER AWARD PARTNER

T+T has a long-standing reputation for delivering outstanding results. We’re New Zealand’s leading environmental and engineering consultancy, with offices in New Zealand and Australia. Our national and international award-winning engineers, scientists, planners and project managers stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best in the world. Equally, their personal and professional values are as important to us as their internationally recognised expertise. For you, that means working alongside people with whom you can build solid, enduring relationships founded on trust. Our team culture is second to none; T+T is 100 percent employee owned and operated. Our focus is 100 percent on you, your needs, your project, your aspirations to create reliable, well-designed, future-proof infrastructure while maintaining a caring eye on the environment.

Student AWARD PARTNER

AECOM has a proud history of creating, sustaining and enhancing the built, natural and social environments within New Zealand and beyond. Our local team draws on global technology and innovation, enabling our clients to achieve their goals. Delivering results since the early 20th century in New Zealand, our focus has remained the same: great client service to our clients in New Zealand and to support the development of our nation. Our vision at AECOM is to become the premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm globally. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that positively impact lives, transform communities and make the world a better place. As a truly global consultancy, we draw on an international portfolio of comprehensive engineering and technical expertise, and our design solutions bring the best of the world to New Zealand. As a workplace, we also focus on the wellbeing, health and safety of our people. Gender diversity, equality and flexible working make good business sense and are the way we want to do business at AECOM.

Conference Stream PARTNER

Morgan Coakle Lawyers are leading specialist advisers to professional engineers and their insurers. They provide advice and assistance across a wide range of related legal work, both contentious and non-contentious. Morgan Coakle are recognised for their extensive experience in defending claims and complaints against engineers in all dispute resolution forums and whether involving relatively simple or very large and complex matters. They are also recognised for their experience in providing specialist commercial/contractual advice to engineers, particularly reviewing and drafting contractual documents and advice on legal risk management. Their work for professional indemnity insurers includes advice on policy matters and drafting insurance provisions.

Conference Keynote PARTNER

Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company that brings ideas to life to create a better future for people and the planet. Drawing on our deep pool of knowledge, we bring vital engineering experience, technical capability and design expertise to the table. We see the opportunities, possibilities and potential that others don’t. Through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we collaborate with our clients to re-imagine, shape and design a better future. We believe humanity depends on engineering; and we recognise we have a broader stewardship role to play. A deep responsibility to hold. As we continually strive for a life in balance, Aurecon clients will be ready for the future and engineered for life.

Conference PARTNER

The role of Workforce Development Councils (WDCs) is to ensure the vocational education system meets industry needs and gives a stronger voice to Māori business and iwi development. We will give our industries and employers greater leadership and influence across vocational education. Success for us will mean employers - including Māori business owners - are confident that vocational education graduates are ready for work and that the future skills needs of their industry will be addressed by the vocational education system. As well as directly benefiting employers, we will improve confidence and outcomes across the sector. Providers can be confident their programmes are relevant to employers and endorsed by industry. Learners can be confident their qualifications will meet employers’ expectations and national industry standards. The industries we represent Waihanga Ara Rau (Construction & Infrastructure) Workforce Development Council represents industries including Construction, Concrete, Plumbing, Infrastructure, Water, Gas, Electricity, Telecommunication, and Roading.