Dom Kalasih - Interim Chief Executive, Transporting New Zealand
Overview of the global presentations and discussions at the Technology Convergence Conference 2023 in Brisbane

Tommy Xu - Scania
Feasibility on modular concept in China

Les Bruzsa - National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Australia
What future technology could mean for Australian high productivity vehicle configurations

Riccardo Areosa - Waka Kotahi NZ
Innovative vehicles approved in the last 2 years

John de Pont - Director, TERNZ
What heavier tare weights could mean to how our roads are built and what could be done to manage that

Peter Brown - Waka Kotahi
The impact of road freight on road assets

Tariq Ashraf - Waka Kotahi
Opportunities and challenges for managing Aotearoa New Zealand’s evolving freight task

Kim Hill - HWR
Hydrogen diesel hybrid technology

Alfons Reitsma - Scania NZ
Latest developments on Scania's decarbonisation journey

Chris de Sax - Zeus UK
Road Freight Electrification around the world using electric road system

Les Bruzsa - National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Australia
Australian vehicle application of innovative technology

Gavin Hill - Transport Certification Australia
What future vehicle technology could mean for compliance

John de Pont - TERNZ
A comparison of the Australian and NZ approaches to PBS

Sean Bridge - NZTA
Potential impacts of new technology vehicles on the Commercial Vehicle Safety Programme

Les Bruzsa - NHVR Australia
What Australia is doing to ensure it has the skills to progress innovative vehicles

Nemanja Miletic - SAF Holland, Australia
How powered axles could change vehicles

Inspector Scott Richardson - CVST Police
Impact of new technology on heavy vehicle road policing

Scott Mathieson - Working In
If we don’t have all the capability we need here, where can we get it from and what are those impacts?

Eleanor Laban - Engineering New Zealand
New knowledge and training pathways to lift the capacity and capability of heavy vehicle specialist certifiers

Phil Alexander-Crawford - Hanga Aro Rau
How will the vocational education system of our workforce change to manage future technology?

Ian Smith - Patchell Industries (No presentation)
A truck/trailer manufacturer view on how changing technology will impact staff capacity and capability

Mark Darrah - Reliance Transport
Beginning our mission to become the first fully electrified, carbon-negative on-road freight solution, in New Zealand.

During our Gala dinner, Don Hutchinson was awarded IRTENZ Life membership [read here] and the IRTENZ Outstanding Industry Service award [read here]. 

Don Has been a member since 1995 and has been a valuable contributor to our conferences over those years. His support for our industry began in 1980 when he joined the Ministry of Transport, through to today where he is Principal Engineer – Technical Regulatory Team, NZTA.

We were also pleased to award Life membership to our current President, Chris Carr, who has been a member since 1985 and has played a significant role in the NZ Transport industry. [read here].

Above from left: Don Hutchinson receiving his Outstanding Industry Service award, Don receiving his Life Membership award from immediate Past President, Dom Kalasih, Chris Carr receiving his Life Membership award from Dom Kalasih