SSD 2024 - Second Event
Smart Sustainable Development (SSD) 2024 is a conference and project showcase event for the community of sustainable practitioners to present research works and projects with an innovation focus, and see what other organisations are doing in this space.
First Place - NZD 2500
Second Place - NZD 1500
Third Place - NZD 750
Third Place - NZD 750
Opening Speech
Karim Dickie
President of the United Nations Association of New Zealand
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ashir Ahmed
Associate Professor, Kyushu University & CTO, SocialTech, Japan
Keynote Speaker
Emma La Rocca
Fashion Designer, emroce
We would also like to thank our fantastic organising committee as well as our Technical committee.
Organising Committee members
Dr. Farhad Mehdipour, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Russell Harray, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Christiaan Bredenkamp, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dani Mao, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Waruni Hewage, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Technical Committee members
Dr. Aniket Mahanti, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Prof. Bahman Javedi, Western Sydney University, Australia.
Dr. Hamidreza Rashidy Kanan, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Iman Ardekarni, The University of Notre Dame Australia, NSW, Australia.
Professor Jurgen Jung, Frankfurt University of Science and Technology, Germany
Dr. Erum Zahir, University of Karachchi, Pakistan
Katherine Hall, Manukau, Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Dr. Sayed Shahid, Eastern University of Technology, New Zealand
Dr. Ari Aharari, Sojo University, Japan
Dr. Guozhen (George) Huang, Victorian Institute of Technology, Australia
Dr. Hamid Noori, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Anja Ruhland, Frankfurt University of Science and Technology, Germany
Dr. Mohen Pashna, DroneDeploy (Robotic), Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Farhad Mehdipour, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Russell Harray, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Barry Dowdeswell , Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Asanthika Imbulpitiya, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Kathiravelu Ganeshan, Future Skills Academy, New Zealand
Dr. Waruni Hewage, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Bruno Balducci, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Indrapriya Kularatne, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Sean Bell, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Professor Terri-Ann Berry , Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Dr. William Liu, UNITEC, New Zealand
Dr. Truman Pham
Christiaan Bredenkamp, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Edwin Rajah, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus
Dr. Shantha Jayalal, WINTEC, New Zeland
Yury Zhukov, Otago Polytechnic - Auckland International Campus