Speakers
Jo Mackie – Tourism Auckland
Jo Mackie is the communications manager for Tourism Auckland. She works to both build the profile of Tourism Auckland and promote the Auckland region as a desirable destination to visit. During her time at Tourism Auckland she has worked with media at high-profile events such as the 2009 Louis Vuitton Pacific Series and the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship. For Rugby World Cup 2011 she will be involved in hosting media alongside Tourism New Zealand. As a passionate Aucklander, Jo is committed to promoting the Auckland region.
Susan Sawbridge – Tourism Auckland
Susan is the major events manager for Tourism Auckland, working with major regional events from bid stage through to final marketing support. Susan sits on many of the regional planning workstreams for Rugby World Cup 2011, including Chair of the Regional Presentation Workstream and lead contact for Rugby World Cup visitor market planning within Tourism Auckland.
Henare Johnson
Henare is the Maori Development Manager for Tourism Auckland. Previously Henare was with Tourism New Zealand working in the Maori tourism development and international trade development areas. Tourism New Zealand offered Henare the opportunity to provide international media and trade, as well as New Zealand’s tourism industry, practical ways of how New Zealand’s unique culture adds value to a visitor experience. Henare’s time with Auckland will be spent increasing Auckland’s cultural profile and promoting Auckland’s Maori tourism experiences for RWC2011
Lisa Cameron
Lisa's experience encompasses both policy and operational roles for major events, from both government and organising committee perspectives. Lisa previously worked in key festival positions at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Amy MacKinnon
Amy has a background in corporate and festival events and more recently has project managed outdoor civic events for Glasgow City Council including the Great Scottish Run and Sport Relief Mile.
Bruce Barnard
Events expert, Bruce Barnard was hired by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) in 2008 as Rugby World Cup Transport Programme Director.
Bruce brings an array of experience to Auckland for Rugby World Cup 2011. His previous roles include managing traffic and transport plans for the Australian Grand Prix Corporation; writing Event Management Plans for ancillary events associated with Euro 2004 Soccer, Rugby World Cup 2003, Australian Rules Football Grand Final, Australian Open Tennis and the Melbourne Cup.
In 2004 he was approached to take over control of traffic and transport management for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Following his successful management of the Games, Bruce oversaw the operations for the Victorian Government on the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne.
Bruce Barnard comes to Auckland with the aim of not only developing a successful transport and traffic plan for the Rugby World Cup 2011 but also leaving a legacy, which shows that Auckland has the capability of staging major events – making future events-planning easier.
Robert Perry
Robert is a Senior Policy Analyst for Auckland Regional Council. As a member of the Regional Strategy team, Rob has responsibility for the environmental sustainability policy portfolio including energy and climate change. Robert is Chair of the regional climate change working group and the regional environmental sustainability workstream for RWC 2011. Robert is a registered environmental auditor and brings to the RWC 2011 thirteen years experience in leading and managing corporate and public sustainability and climate change policy and strategy programmes across public, private and consultancy sector organisations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Minnie Baragwanath
Minnie has a wealth of experience when it comes to talking about disability and the reasons why good access makes great sense for business and the community. Not only is she partially blind herself and has a lot of personal experience to draw from, she has worked in the area of disability and access for over a decade.
In this workshop Minnie will help Auckland’s Tourism providers better understand the business opportunity and challenge of this often invisible market sector. How are we, as a city and a country, planning to meet the needs of this group and ensure that they have a truly positive experience when they come to visit New Zealand in 2011 for the Rugby World Cup?
Most of us do not realise that 20% of the population has a disability and as people age that number increases. Certainly by far the majority of travellers with high disposable incomes that visit New Zealand, are baby boomers who experience a range of impairments as they age. This group has come to demand and expect high levels of access where ever they go in the world.
Minnie is currently employed as the Program advisor – disability for Auckland City Council and is project managing the Rugby World Cup access work-stream. She has recently completed a post graduate diploma in Economic Development and is interested in finding creative ways to boost local economies.
Joanne Perry
Joanne is a senior communications advisor with the Auckland RWC 2011 planning team. She was a journalist for daily and weekly newspapers before focusing her career in communications including roles at the New Zealand High Commission in London and the Crusaders rugby franchise.
Kate Walters
Kate Walters joined the IMG legal team in January 2010 as Rights Protection Manager for Rugby World Cup 2011. Kate is responsible for the Rights Protection Programme, which is managed by IMG on behalf of Rugby World Cup Limited and is dedicated to preventing, minimizing and reducing infringements of commercial rights relating to the Rugby World Cup. Kate joins IMG on secondment from Simpson Grierson where she specialized in intellectual property law.