The 2025 Living Streets Aotearoa Walking Summit
Join us at our 2025 Walking Summit, where walkability for wellbeing takes centre stage. This event will share best practice for working with communities, prioritising pedestrians, guidance and policy for making our streets safer for walking, showcasing innovations and exploring the health benefits of creating walkable streets.
Our Summit will highlight changemakers for walking, featuring impactful campaigns and the tireless work of community advocates striving for healthier, walkable spaces. Attendees will also hear inspiring stories from past finalists and recipients of our Golden Foot Walking Award.
Keynote Speaker Announcment
We’re excited to announce our first keynote speaker for the Walking Summit, Dr Alice Miller! Alice is a medical doctor and PhD student in public health at the University of Otago. She will be presenting about her research on the “Road Lobby”, a group of trade associations across the road transport sector that work to influence transport policy to lobby for vehicle transport and make the case against public transport and active transport. Read this interview with Alice on our website to learn more about her research.
Dr Alice Miller, PhD student at University of Otago
Draft Programme
Keynote speakers:
Workstreams:
Creating walkable streets
Working with communities
Decision making
Government guidance
Making our streets safer for walking
Safety features and perceptions of safety
Technical
Policy
Walking for wellbeing
Health benefits of walking – including physical, social, mental wellbeing
Sense of connection
Community wellbeing
Footpath and pedestrian-centred design
Best practice
Guidance
Consultants
Changemakers
Community advocates
Campaigns
Contact Us
For any enquiries, please contact:
Walking Summit 2025 Organisers
walkingsummit2025@theconferencecompany.com
Phone (NZ): +64 9 360 1240 | Phone (Australia) 1800 193 405
Previous Walking Summits
Find out more about the 2023 Walking Summit and all our previous summits!