Santiago Pujol is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Canterbury. Prior to moving to New Zealand, he was Professor of Civil Engineering at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University.

His experience includes: earthquake engineering, evaluation and strengthening of existing structures, response of reinforced concrete to impulsive loads and earthquake demands, instrumentation and testing of structures, and failure investigations.

Santiago is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and member of ACI committees 445 (Torsion and Shear), 314 (Simplified Design), 133 (Disaster Reconnaissance), and 318R (High-Strength Reinforcement). He is also member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), associate editor of Earthquake Spectra, and founder of datacenterhub.org (a site funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and dedicated to the systematic collection of research data).

He received the Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research from ACI, the Educational Award from Architectural Institute of Japan, and the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from ASCE.

Entertainer extraordinaire of stage, screen and studio. Jackie is an exceptionally popular conference MC and entertainer!

Often getting booked to MC a conference during the day and then to bring some musical sparkle at night – Jackie will keep your audience engaged, entertained and on schedule for your event!

A well-known Kiwi face, Jackie has been gracing our New Zealand TV screens for more years than she'd probably like to count. We all remember her BLING on New Zealand Idol not so long ago, however before this, Jackie acted on TV3's hit comedy series 'Skitz' and has made numerous television cameo appearances, including on 'Saturday Live', 'Nightline', 'Options' and featured in television advertisements for Lotto and the electoral roll.
She wrote and presented the documentary Wise Women and Song for TV One's Work of Art. In 1998 she toured in 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'.

Jackie's versatile vocal chords have mastered opera at the Mercury, Cole Porter at Downstage and country'n'western. As well as crooning at Christmas in the Park, she has toured and recorded with Annie Crummer, Putty, The Netherworld Dancing Toys, Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Brass Quintet.

A hat fanatic and rumba queen, Jackie is a life member of the Carmen Miranda Adoration Society!