Gold Coast - End of Year Social Lunch and Technical Seminar
Friday 28 November 2025
Times
12.00pm - 12.30pm: arrival and seating
12.30pm - 2.30pm: Lunch, Seminar and Short Q&A session
2.30pm - 3.30pm: Mini Golf (included in Ticket)
Format In-Person Networking Event
Location The Club at Parkwood Village
76/76-122 Napper Rd, Parkwood QLD
(Bundjalung Country)
Tickets
| Members and Government Subscribers | $50.00 |
| Student Members | $40.00 |
| Corporate Subscribers | 20% off non-member |
| Non-Members | $65.00 |
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About this event
Join us at The Club at Parkwood Village (Parkwood Golf Club) for lunch and technical presentations, followed by a round of mini golf.
The event will focus on 'setting the scene' for the transport challenges and opportunities ahead for the Gold Coast in 2026 and beyond.
Presentations from expert speakers will focus on public and active transport initiatives and include:
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Ken Deutscher | Moving people around the Gold Coast; how we got to where we are, and where could we go from here
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Nick Prasser | City of Gold Coast’s Transport Planning Priorities
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Naomi Langdon | National Insights on the Gold Coast's Public and Active Transport Challenges and Opportunities
Join us for a great opportunity to network with fellow professionals with an interest in transport and share your ideas around the future of our City.
Registrations close Friday 21 November 2025.
For more information, please contact the team at TPA.
Speakers
Ken Duetscher | Strategic Transport Planner and Business Case Consultant
Ken is an internationally experienced transport planning and public transport expert who has a proven record of success in gaining approval of and delivering major transport initiatives. He has been central to many of the important transport initiatives in south-east Queensland over the past 30 years, including:
- Gold Coast Light Rail which he conceived in 1997 as part of the city’s first integrated transport plan and has worked in key roles on all four stages thus far. The initial business case included full appraisal of light rail and bus rapid transit options, with light rail eventually preferred.
- Establishment of the regional public transport authority TransLink where he led the process to design the planning regime and contracting framework, to support an integrated fares regime.
- Development of Brisbane’s busways plan as part of south-east Queensland’s first integrated transport plan which he directed and authored.
Ken has held senior transport executive positions in government as well as the private sector. This includes program management for major government infrastructure investment programs. He now provides strategic transport planning and business case development services as an expert consultant
Nick Prasser | Transport Infrastructure Planning Leader | City of Gold Coast
Nick is a transport planning professional with nearly 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. As the Transport Planning Manager for the City of Gold Coast since 2019, he drives the strategic direction and sustainable advancement of the Gold Coast's transport system. Nick leads a team of municipal experts responsible for forward planning across transport strategy, parking policy, community transport partnerships, road system and active and public transport infrastructure development. Accountable for capital investment programming and translating high-level ideas into well-defined, feasible and value for money projects ready for delivery.
Naomi Langdon | Director - Road Tram and Active Transport Planning | Department of Transport and Planning Victoria
Ms Langdon has served in a range of leadership positions within Victoria’s Department of Transport and Planning and is currently serving as a Director of the Board of TPA. In her current role as Director of Roads, Active Transport and Tram Planning, she is responsible for multimodal network development and long-term strategic planning. In these roles, she has led the creation of Victoria’s Bus Plan and Melbourne’s Tram Plan, helped secure funding for infrastructure and service changes, and shaped the policies and plans that will guide the network for decades to come. Ms Langdon’s career has been shaped by a love of problem-solving, a commitment to equity and accessibility, and a belief in the power of public and active transport to transform lives.
Event Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in presentations and at events are those of the individual presenters and do not reflect the official policy, position, or views of the Transport Professionals Association (formerly AITPM).
We proudly support and encourage diversity of thought and perspective within our professional community. By providing a platform for a broad range of voices and ideas, we aim to foster respectful dialogue, innovation, and continuous learning across the industry.
Join the Transport Professionals Association members from these organisations who have already registered including:
| Organisation | State |
|---|---|
| Decision Partners | (no answer selected) |
| AECOM | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| Gold Coast City Council | QLD |
| Urban Economics | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Bitzios Consulting | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Bitzios Consulting | QLD |
| KPMG | QLD |
| Bicycle Queensland | QLD |
| Griffith University | QLD |
| Bitzios Consulting | QLD |
| Gold Coast Airport | QLD |
| Department of Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| Aurecon | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| AECOM | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| SMEC | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Consultant | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| AECOM | SA |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| Bitzios Consulting | QLD |
| Colliers International Engineering & Design (TTMC) Pty Ltd | QLD |
| TMR | QLD |
| Premise | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Jacobs Australia | QLD |
| Aurecon | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Arcadis | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| SMEC | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| Premise | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Arup | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria | VIC |
| Griffith University | QLD |
| Arup | QLD |
| Arup | QLD |
| Department Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| AECOM | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| SMEC | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| AECOM | QLD |
| Aimsun | QLD |
| JACOBS | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Bond University | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Aurecon | QLD |
| Ason | QLD |
| TMR/QLD | QLD |
| Zwart Transport Planning | QLD |
| Gold Coast City Council | QLD |
| Matrix Traffic and Transport Data | QLD |
| SMEC | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Queensland Walks | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| QLD | |
| WSP Australia | QLD |
| GHD | QLD |
| Kaizen Transport Solutions | QLD |
| Ason Group | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| Aurecon | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
