The annual President’s Dinner was held at the Kew Golf Club on 19 November 2025.
The special guest speaker was Mr Stephen Troughton from the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop Authority.
The evening was kindly sponsored by SIDRA SOLUTIONS.
2025 Breakfast Meeting
The annual Breakfast Meeting was held at the Melbourne RACV Club on 25 March 2025.
The special guest speaker was Minister Gabrielle Williams.
The event was kindly sponsored by O’Brien Traffic.
2025 July Webinar: Systems Thinking for Transport Planners
This webinar was held on 31 July 2025, presented by Dhanush Laxman. It provided an overview of how systems thinking can be applied to transport planning. It also introduced a set of tools available to address complex challenges in urban and regional mobility.
2025 June Webinar: Road Safety Barriers
An overview of contemporary practice in the fast-evolving world of road safety barriers was presented by:
Phil Rosser – Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria)
Jamie Robertson – Safe System Solutions
Moderator: Kenn Beer – Safe System Solutions
2025 May Webinar: Accessible Design
Collaborating to design and build better
This interesting lunchtime webinar was presented by Tricia Malowney OAM CF – Chief Accessibility Advocate, Department of Transport and Planning in Victoria.
2025 March Webinar: NSW Guide to Transport Impact Assessments
This lunchtime webinar was presented by an expert panel from Transport for NSW:
- Sahan Wijayaratna – A/Director Transport Strategy and Guidance
- Jennifer Adam – Director South & West Region
- Henry Chu – Senior Transport Planner
The Guide and supporting release notes can be accessed HERE
The presentation slides can be viewed HERE
2024 Presidents Dinner
This special dinner was held at the Kew Golf Club in Melbourne on 19 November 2024.
The special guest speaker was Dean Zabrieszach – International Ambassador for ITS Australia and CEO of HMI Technologies Ltd.
The evening was kindly sponsored by SIDRA SOLUTIONS.
2024 November Webinar: New Parking Standards
This webinar presented a discussion of the proposed changes to the AS/NZS 2890 Parking Facilities series of standards including: Part 1: Off-street car parking; and Part 6: Off-street parking for people with disabilities.
Presenters:
- Wes Edwards – Director at Arrive NZ
- Oleg Sannikov – Director – TEF Consulting
2024 October Webinar: Award Winner Presentations
This webinar was held on Thursday 24 October 2024.
Presentations were given by three ITE-ANZ award winners:
- Max McCardel – 2023 Young Professional Award; and 2024 Worldwide Learning Opportunity Award
- Sakitha Kumarage – 2023 SIDRA SOLUTIONS Postgraduate Award
- Isaac Mann – 2023 Trafficworks Undergraduate Student Award
2024 August Webinar: Signing Principles
This webinar was held on 28 August 2024
Presenters:
- Thuan Nguyen – Traffic Lead, Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd
- Rob Morgan – Road Safety & Traffic Engineer
2024 July Webinar: New Vehicle Efficiency Standard
This webinar was held on Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Presenters:
Dr Scott Elaurant – Chair, Transport Australia society
Dr Jake Whitehead – Chief Scientist, Electric Vehicle Council
Dr Elliot Fishman – Director, Institute for Sensible Transport
2024 May Webinar: Moving Around Merri-bek
This webinar was held on 7 May 2024.
Presenter: Zoe McMaster – Sustainable Communities Program Officer, Merri-bek City Council
Topic: Transport Behaviour Change Programs.
2024 Annual Breakfast Meeting
The 2024 Annual Breakfast Meeting was held at the RACV Club in Melbourne on 28 February.
The special guest speaker was The Hon. Danny Pearson, Victorian Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC.
2023 President’s Dinner
This event was held on 21 November 2023 at the Kew Golf Club in Melbourne. Open this post to see the photos of the event.
2023 September Webinar: Smart and Sustainable Mobility
This webinar was held on 13 September 2023.
Presenter: Professor Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Topic: The role of AI in shaping smart and sustainable mobility futures
This seminar explained how advances in AI will create rapid improvements in road safety, improve public transport provisions, reduce congestion and emissions, make travel times more reliable, and improve the economics and productivity of vital transport assets..
2023 August Webinar: Accessible City Planning
This webinar was held on 23 August 2023 with special guest speakers:
Lior Steinberg – Urban Planner and Co-Founder of Humankind, The Netherlands
Dr Tom Logan – Senior Lecturer in Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2023 August Webinar: Travel Behaviour and Traffic Safety
This webinar was presented by two eminent professors from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on 15 August 2023.
Guest speakers were:
Professor Alexander Paz
Professor Shimul (Md. Mazharul) Haque
2023 May Webinar: Transport Equity
This webinar was presented by Takeshi Nakamura on 23 May 2023.
2023 April Webinar: iRAP Practical investments saving lives
This webinar was held on 19 April 2023 and showcased the innovative and practical use of iRAP Star Ratings.
Guest speakers were:
Rob McInerney – CEO, iRAP
Fritha Argus – Research & Data Coordinator, Main Roads Western Australia
Matt Allan – Senior Network Safety Planning Officer, Department of Transport Planning, Victoria
2023 Annual Breakfast Meeting
This annual event was held on 22 March 2023 at Zinc at Fed Square.
Our special guest speaker was Marion Terrill – Transport & Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute. Marion is a leading transport and cities expert with a long history in public policy. She presented three well-developed proposals to improve transport in an environment of significant capacity constraints and budget pressures.
