{"id":1632,"date":"2019-02-09T22:27:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T22:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/?page_id=1632"},"modified":"2021-03-18T00:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:34:51","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tBiographies\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have been confirmed. Click on each profile to read more about speakers including the keynotes, dinner speaker, Public talk and YGP Breakfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>To view the programme in detail <a title=\"Programme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/programme\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tKEYNOTES\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>International keynote speakers will present virtually and their addresses will be followed immediately with a live Q&amp;A session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/haberfield\/\" content=\"Chris Haberfield\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/admin\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"admin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chris-Haberfield-web.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"4672\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"3114\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/haberfield\/\" title=\"Chris Haberfield\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Chris-Haberfield-web-1024x683-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Haberfield web\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Chris Haberfield web\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Haberfield\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/boulanger\/\" content=\"Ross W. Boulanger\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-01-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/admin\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"admin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RWB_2017_cropped_more.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2725\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"3825\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/boulanger\/\" title=\"Ross W. Boulanger\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/RWB_2017_cropped_more-730x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"NAS Annual Meeting 2017\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"730\" title=\"NAS Annual Meeting 2017\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoss W. Boulanger\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/nikolaou\/\" content=\"Sissy Nikolaou\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-11-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/admin\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"admin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Photo-e1614896480993.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"305\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"292\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/nikolaou\/\" title=\"Sissy Nikolaou\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Photo-e1614896480993-circle.png\" alt=\"Photo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"292\" width=\"305\" title=\"Photo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSissy Nikolaou\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/gazetas\/\" content=\"George Gazetas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-11-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/admin\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"admin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Gazetas_George.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1500\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1634\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/keynote\/gazetas\/\" title=\"George Gazetas\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Gazetas_George-940x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Gazetas_George\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"940\" title=\"Gazetas_George\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Gazetas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h3>\n\t\tINVITED SPEAKERS\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/ross-roberts\/\" content=\"Ross Roberts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ross-Roberts.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"737\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1018\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/ross-roberts\/\" title=\"Ross Roberts\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Ross-Roberts-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Ross-Roberts\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1018\" width=\"737\" title=\"Ross-Roberts\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoss Roberts\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/greg-saul\/\" content=\"Greg Saul\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Greg-w-ICE-Award-2019.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1416\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"781\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/greg-saul\/\" title=\"Greg Saul\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Greg-w-ICE-Award-2019-1024x565-circle.png\" alt=\"Greg w ICE Award 2019\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"565\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Greg w ICE Award 2019\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGreg Saul\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/dr-chris-massey\/\" content=\"Chris Massey\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-12-02\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-03-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Massey_photo_small.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"459\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"543\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/speakers\/dr-chris-massey\/\" title=\"Chris Massey\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Massey_photo_small-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Massey_photo_small\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"543\" width=\"459\" title=\"Massey_photo_small\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Massey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h3>\n\t\tDINNER SPEAKER\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Celebrate the end of day 1 of the Symposium by joining in the Symposium Dinner.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/dinner-speaker\/vaughan-robertson\/\" content=\"Vaughan Robertson\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-08-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-08-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VR-Informal-4-scaled.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2556\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"2560\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/dinner-speaker\/vaughan-robertson\/\" title=\"Vaughan Robertson\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/VR-Informal-4-1022x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"VR Informal 4\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1022\" title=\"VR Informal 4\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVaughan Robertson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h3>\n\t\tPUBLIC TALK\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Open to both delegates and the general public, <a title=\"Public Lecture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/public-talks\/\">RSVP here<\/a> at no cost if you are not a delegate.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/public-talk\/hugh-cowan\/\" content=\"Hugh Cowan\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-07-07\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hugh-Cowan.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1273\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1274\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/public-talk\/hugh-cowan\/\" title=\"Hugh Cowan\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Hugh-Cowan-1024x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Cowan\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Hugh Cowan\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHugh Cowan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h3>\n\t\tYGP BREAKFAST SPEAKERS\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Held on the morning of day 2 of the Symposium, this breakfast session kicks off the day with both breakfast and YGP talks.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/michelle-willis\/\" content=\"Michelle Willis\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-08-03\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Willis_Michelle_14_Apr_15_earthtech_portraits_018-reduced-scaled-e1597637350395.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1707\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1792\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/michelle-willis\/\" title=\"Michelle Willis\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Willis_Michelle_14_Apr_15_earthtech_portraits_018-reduced-scaled-e1597637350395-975x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Willis_Michelle_14_Apr_15_earthtech_portraits_018 (reduced)\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"975\" title=\"Willis_Michelle_14_Apr_15_earthtech_portraits_018 (reduced)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Willis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/david-rowland\/\" content=\"David Rowland\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-08-03\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rowland_David-e1597637426110.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"998\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1164\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/david-rowland\/\" title=\"David Rowland\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Rowland_David-e1597637426110-878x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"General Copyright\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"878\" title=\"General Copyright\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Rowland\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/christoph-kraus\/\" content=\"Christoph Kraus\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-08-03\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kraus_Christoph_22673_2020-June.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"472\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"472\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/christoph-kraus\/\" title=\"Christoph Kraus\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Kraus_Christoph_22673_2020-June-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Kraus_Christoph_22673_2020 June\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"472\" width=\"472\" title=\"Kraus_Christoph_22673_2020 June\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristoph Kraus\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/jesse-beetham\/\" content=\"Jesse Beetham\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-08-03\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NZGS 2021 | New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Symposium\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/author\/nzgs2020\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"nzgs2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beetham_Jesse_DSC_1580-scaled-e1597637497649.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1228\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1452\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/ygp-breakfast-speakers\/jesse-beetham\/\" title=\"Jesse Beetham\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/nzgs2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Beetham_Jesse_DSC_1580-scaled-e1597637497649-866x1024-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Beetham_Jesse_DSC_1580\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"866\" title=\"Beetham_Jesse_DSC_1580\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJesse Beetham\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h3>\n\t\tWORKSHOP SPEAKERS\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>This workshop is a live event run in Queenstown. There is a mix of in person and virtual speakers involved. 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