In a rapidly evolving environment, resilience is key to New Zealand’s construction sector. The session will explore different dimensions of construction industry resilience and explore strategies to strengthen it, enabling companies to navigate and manage periods of crisis effectively. Using local insights, the session will present strategies to help companies not just survive but thrive in times of crisis.

Join us for a light breakfast and hear from Professor Suzanne Wilkinson, the Deputy Dean and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

About the Speaker:

Suzanne is an internationally recognised expert in construction management, disaster resilience, and post-disaster recovery. Suzanne holds a PhD in Construction Management and a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Oxford Brookes University, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution from Massey University. Her research focuses on disaster recovery, resilience in the built environment, climate change adaptation, and smart cities. She has published over 300 works, including more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and has led major research collaborations in New Zealand and internationally, including work with academic partners in Japan, the UK, and Singapore. She has also advised governments and industry on resilience, infrastructure recovery, and construction innovation. Before joining AUT, she held academic leadership roles at Massey University and the University of Auckland.

This event is promoted in collaboration with WITT, NAWIC and NZIQS.