A video of an address by Dr. Kelvin Berryman, Director of Natural Hazards and Principal Scientist at GNS, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Momentum section, and explored the question, 'What is acceptable risk and tolerable impacts of future hazard events like earthquakes and flooding?'
A video of an address by Tom Hooper, CEO of Canterbury Development Corporation, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Confidence section.
A video of an address by Peter Rose, Chief Executive of Southern Response Earthquake Services Limited, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. This talk is about learning from complex claims and local knowledge.
A video of the opening address by Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum.
A public talk by Katherine Smith Dedrick, Partner at Risk World Wide. This talk formed part of the Panel Discussion session, 'Is delay, deny an urban myth?'. The Panel Discussion was chaired by Brendon Burns, Director at Macro Communications.
Panelists Tim Grafton, Emily Walton and Katherine Smith Dedrick responding to questions during the Panel Discussion session, 'Is delay, deny an urban myth?'. The session was chaired by Brendon Burns, Director at Macro Communications.
A public talk by Sir Mark Solomon, Kaiwhakahaere at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. This talk formed part of the Plenary One session, 'Looking forward - updates and perspectives'.
A video of the opening remarks and overview of the 2014 Seismics and the City forum by MC Rob Cope-Williams.
A public talk by Carolyn Gullery, General Manager Planning and Funding at the Christchurch District Health Board. This talk, entitled 'Health foundations for the future', formed part of the Plenary Four session, 'Laying the foundations'.
A public talk by Jill Atkinson, Director of Strategy and Programmes at Environment Canterbury. This talk, entitled 'Land use recovery plan', formed part of the Plenary Three session, 'Designing the future'.
A public talk by Roger Sutton, CEO at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. This talk formed part of the Plenary One session, 'Looking forward - updates and perspectives'.
A video of an address by Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Breakfast Presentations section, the theme of which was Building Momentum.
A video of the second part of a keynote address by Dr. Colin G Harrison from IBM Smarter Cities, USA, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk is about the opportunity that post-quake Christchurch has to reinvent and rebrand itself as a smart, green, energy-efficient city through clever IT strategies, flexible infrastructure, and sustainable values.
A video of the second part of an address by Dr. Rod Carr, Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. Dr. Carr talks about how the University coped with the immediate disruption caused by the February earthquake, and turned a crisis into an opportunity by strengthening its learning and innovation roles in seismic-related areas and other domains.
A video of the first part of a keynote address by Dr. Colin G Harrison from IBM Smarter Cities, USA, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk is about the opportunity that post-quake Christchurch has to reinvent and rebrand itself as a smart, green, energy-efficient city through clever IT strategies, flexible infrastructure, and sustainable values.
A public talk by Craig Richardson, Managing Director at Wynard Group. This talk, entitled 'Foundations of an innovative new global business', formed part of the Plenary Four session, 'Laying the foundations'.
A video of an address by John Vale, Chief Executive of Vynco, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk covers how business continuity planning proved to be crucial to the Vynco's survival, and how the company's employees were able to work in new ways to keep export channels open and flowing.
A video of the first part of an address by Dr. Rod Carr, Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. Dr. Carr talks about how the University coped with the immediate disruption caused by the February earthquake, and turned a crisis into an opportunity by strengthening its learning and innovation roles in seismic-related areas and other domains.
A public talk by Jasper van der Lingen, Director at Sheppard & Rout Architects Ltd. This talk, entitled 'Architecture is a reflection of society', formed part of the Plenary Three session, 'Designing the future'.
A public talk by Rob Jamieson, CEO at Orion. This talk, entitled 'Powering up through resilience, safety and teamwork', formed part of the Plenary Four session, ' Laying the foundations'.
A public talk by Sarah Miles, author of 'The Christchurch Fiasco: The Insurance Aftershock'. This talk formed part of the 'Clearing the claims' session.
A video of an address by Nick Hunt, Managing Director of Lichfield Holdings Ltd, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. This talk focuses on commercial development progress, and opportunities and issues in Central Christchurch and beyond.
A video of an address by developer Stephen Collins, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. This talk focuses on commercial development progress, and opportunities and issues in Central Christchurch and beyond.
A video of an address by Raf Manji, Finance Spokesperson at the Christchurch City Council, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. In this talk, Mr. Manji shares his take on the progress of the rebuild, positive signs of advancement and what's in the pipeline; and how the main obstacles can be resolved.
A video of an address by Hon. Nicky Wagner, Associate Minister for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. In this talk, Minister Wagner shares her take on the progress of the rebuild, positive signs of advancement and what's in the pipeline; and how the main obstacles can be resolved.
A video of the second part of an address by Roger Sutton, Chief Executive of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk focuses on Sutton's roles as the CEO of Orion during the September and February earthquakes, and the co-ordinator of the recovery and rebuild of Christchurch.
A video of an address by Minnie Baragwanath, CEO of Be.Institute, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Communities section and explored the extent to which the new city core will be a 'government-flavoured doughnut', the key issues with this concept, and the possible solutions.
A video of an address by Mike Underhill, Chief Executive of Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA), at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by Dr. Rod Carr, Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by Blair Chapell, CPIT graduand, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. Mr. Chapell shares his aspirations for a renewed Christchurch and his goals for contributing to this.