Michelle is a transport planner, specialising in the analysis of sustainable urban passenger transport systems. Her research, consultancy work and teaching draws together operational, behavioural and governance features relating to
Melissa Northey is the Head of Safety, Quality, Risk and Environment at Metro Trains Sydney, supporting the safe operation of Australia’s driverless metro railway. She leads safety, risk, assurance, environmental
Antony Straubhaar is acting Chief Engineer at Transport for NSW, where he provides technical leadership, engineering governance and assurance across the NSW transport portfolio of $238b assets spanning rail, road,
Callum is an Emergency Management practitioner with a keen focus on bridging technologies with decision-support in emergency management operations. He applies geospatial tools, hydraulic modelling, automation, and data analytics to
Casey Sloper is Superintendent Operations – Train Control at Rio Tinto, where she leads the safe operation of the world’s first autonomous heavy haul railway. Her team supports the movement
Nick is a Principal Signals Engineer with Rio Tinto Iron Ore, bringing over 20 years of experience in signalling, communications, and advanced train control systems across heavy-haul railways. He holds
Michael E. Cholette is a leader in infrastructure asset management, with expertise in reliability modelling, CBM, and maintenance optimisation. As an Associate Professor at QUT and CEO of the Asset
As the Director of Specialised Services and Solutions for the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Jordan is responsible for Digital Engineering, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Data and Analytics, Geographic Information
Sally Stannard was appointed as Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) in 2023, where she oversees TMR’s delivery of transport services and infrastructure, the shaping of
As the Director of the Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science at UniSC, Gemma leads research that applies theories and methods from Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), systems science
Roger is an accomplished engineer with over 35 years’ experience in design, integration, and project delivery across Defence, Toll Systems, and Rail. After nine years as Chief Engineer, and four
Dr Matt O’Connor is a registered, Clinical Psychologist, having completed the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) at Griffith University and is also a board-approved supervisor. Matt currently works in his own
