State of the City: Shaping Auckland’s Future

And the city's evolving landscape.
What will it take to future-proof the city's growth while balancing infrastructure, sustainability, and community needs?

Presenter: Kate Sutton, Future of Auckland Lead, Deloitte (3) Kate Sutton | LinkedIn
Kate works in the strategy team at Deloitte and specialises in developing and implementing new models and ways of doing things.
Prior to Deloitte, Kate was Head of the Asia Pacific Regional Innovation Centre at the UNDP responsible for Innovation and Digital strategy and policy. Prior to that she worked for Nesta, Uks Innovation foundation and has developed cross sector partnerships and models of delivery in local and central government across Europe.
Kate has lived and worked in Asia, Africa and Europe and is excited to bring her learning and global experience back home to New Zealand.

Presenter: Sam Fowler, Programme Director, Ministry for Primary Industries (3) Sam Fowler | LinkedIn
Sam has over twenty years of experience in property and asset management, capital delivery and urban regeneration in New Zealand and the UK, leading teams, managing property portfolios, and delivering large, complex, development projects and programmes to meet the needs of communities.
Sam was most recently Head of Property at the Ministry of Education. Prior to that he led the Ministry's PPP programme and before coming to New Zealand was Head of Regeneration - Capital Projects at the London Borough of Southwark.

5:00pm - Pre-meeting drinks and finger food
5:20pm - 5 minutes - Welcomes and Introductions
5:25pm - 25 minutes - Presentation - Kate Sutton (including questions)
5:50pm - 30 minutes - Presentation - Sam Fowler (including questions)
6:20pm - 10 minutes - Final Questions
6:30pm - 5 minutes - Signoff, Thanks and Next Meeting details
6:35pm - 25 minutes - Networking
7:00pm - Close