Conference Speakers

Welcome by Melbourne City Councillor, Peter McMullin

Opening address by the Hon. Robin Cooper

What makes a city livable.

Keynote Speaker Charles Landry,
Cultural and urban planner, Director (and founder in 1978) of Comedia, the UK's leading cultural planning consultancy.

Cr Carrillo Gantner
Chairman, Planning Committee ,Melbourne City Council

Peter Kinrade
Sustainable Cities Co-ordinator, Australian Conservation Foundation

Hong Lim
MLA for Clayton

Tamara Winikoff
Director, National Association of Visual Arts

How Can Planning Contribute To Liveability

Keynote Speaker: Chris Banks, Chief Executive,Delfin Property Group Ltd

Maxine Cooper
Social Planning Consultant

Nick Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Planning University of Melbourne

Rob Mc Gauran
Architect, McGauran Soon Pty Ltd

Helen Martin
Director, Strategic Planning, Shire of East Gippsland

Workshops

Livability Indicators
Urban villages and neighbourhood character
Citizen participation in planning
Economic Development, employment and livability
Transport

What governmental arrangements deliver good planning ?

Keynote Speaker: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja Australian Democrats

Dr Peter Brotherton
Vice President Australian Conservation Foundation

Janet Dore
Planner and Chief Executive Ballarat City Council

Hon. Alan Hunt
AM Solicitor and former Minister for Planning

Deirdre O'Neill
Senior Lecturer, Monash University Graduate School of Government