The 1999 Conference Steering Group comprises senior managers from various organisations. They are:

Tony Bliss	Land Transport Safety Authority
Janice Calvert	Department of Internal Affairs
Murray Coppen	Ministry of Education
Kevin Cosgriff	The Treasury
Dianne Macaskill	Statistics New Zealand
Cath Nesus	Ministry of Women's Affairs
Valerie Redshaw	NZ Police
Karen Sewell	Education Review Office
Julie Townley	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Evan Voyce	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Karen Sewell is the chairperson and Ted Preston is the State Services Commission's conference co-ordinator.

The Event Director is Lee Harrison of Fairdene Productions.