Public Speaking

Rob Suisted is a sought after, interesting, entertaining and experienced, public speaker. He has a huge range of experiences, expertise and stories from his work and travels around NZ and the world. You should consider him for your next conference or gathering.

Rob is a multi-award winning photographer, has published 17 books to date (one a major award winner with Harry Broad), has traveled widely in wilderness areas around the world and NZ, has worked as a senior conservation advisor, and Polar guide.  He’s loves sharing true stories of the places he’s visited, the people he’s met and learnt from, and the adventures he’s had.

Rob has recently returned from the internationally recognised WOMAD festival in NZ where he was asked to talk about his life, work, and how he come to be entrusted with photographing the 50th anniversary book for the 2nd oldest TV series in the world; Country Calendar.

Also recently he’s been an after dinner speaker at the Southern Hemisphere Alpine Conference, a guest speaker at the Taranaki Arts Festival, a NZ Mountain Safety Council conference, a ‘Nerd-nite’ talk on his experiences and impressions of Antarctica, a Wairarapa Science evening talk, and special town hall presentations to survivors of the Kaikoura earthquake about how he approached filming the aftermath for NZ Geographic Magazine.  Rob has also lectured regularly in the Arctic and Antarctic on subjects such as his wilderness time, marine mammal conservation, photography and assignments.  He’s also given countless talks to clubs, societies, conferences and conventions over the years.

If you’d like to discuss getting Rob along to an event you’re hosting, then please drop us a line

 

Rob Suisted presenting at WOMAD NZ, about his life, work, and how he become entrusted to photograph the 50th anniversary book for the 2nd oldest TV show in the world - Country Calendar

Rob Suisted presenting at WOMAD NZ, about his life, work, and how he become entrusted to photograph the 50th anniversary book for the 2nd oldest TV show in the world – Country Calendar

Some feedback:

 

Rob’s presentation to the BRANZ team was fantastic. The insights and anecdotes behind his photos made for great stories – from Santa’s letterbox in Greenland to an outdoor bathtub on Stewart Island. And he tailored his talk to us, making an effort to include images that would appeal to a building-focused audience. It was a great afternoon! BRANZ

 

Please pass on to Rob that we so much enjoyed his presentation ( I’m sure he could sense this!). Not only seeing his brilliant images but also hearing the fascinating stories behind them and what he took into account in setting them up. As one of the members said we’d  been treated to a Master Class in telling a story with our images. We especially appreciate the opportunity to learn from our speakers as well as enjoying what they have to show. Many thanks Rob! You are a very bright star!!

 

We really enjoyed meeting Rob, a multi-skilled man with no airs and a delightfully personable manner in speaking to a group.

 

Firstly thank you for the great talk as part of the literary program for Taranaki Arts Festival. For this reason we would like to invite you to do the 50 years of Country Calendar talk again as part of the World of Words at WOMAD next year… Suzanne Porter, TAFT Chief Executive