Conference Program 2010

3rd International Urban Design Conference
30th August to 1st September 2010 - National Convention Centre, Canberra.

	Monday 30th of August 2010
8:00-9.00am	Registration
9.00-9.15am	Official Opening and Welcome Address Kelvin Walsh ACT Planning and Land Authority
9.15-10.00am	Jeremy Harris Former Mayor of Hawaii, Sustainable Cities Institute USA Adapting, Redesigning, and Managing Cities for a Sustainable Future
10.00-10.30am	Morning Tea
10.30-11.15am	Prof Richard Weller Winthrop Professor of Landscape architecture, University of WA Australia: the City. Creatively reconciling growth with environmental limitations in the 21st Century
11.15-12.00pm	Prof Peter McDonald Director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute and Australian National University The Nexus Between Demographic Trends and Urban Design
12.00-1.00pm	Lunch + Trade Displays
	Infrastructure and Sustainability	Public Spaces & Public Art		Transport systems	Urban Vision
	Ballroom	Murray Room		Fitzroy Room	Derwent Room
1.00-1.20pm	Ms Cathryn Chatburn Creating flexible frameworks for sustainable living	Ms Kylie Legge Public Space as a Civic Ecosystem		Mr David Cooke Transit Oriented Development: Reconciling Sprawl with Economic Benefits	Mr Ian Sinclair Planning for Australia's Food Security
1.20-1.40pm	Assoc Prof Darren Bilsborough Strategic Planning Responses to City Vulnerability	Mr Richard Brecknock Planning for Culture & Creativity in Australian Cities		Dr Phillip Daffara City Making Futures	Dr Catherine Bridge & Ms Anne-Marie Elias Future proofing our environments for an ageing population
1.40-2.00pm	Mr Simon Whibley Distributing the City	Ms Michelle Cramer Technology and Public Space: Designing the public domain for mobile media technology		Ms Caroline Stalker LODs – the future of TODs	Ms Jenny Donovan Designing Human Habitat; Socially Responsible Urban Design
2.00-2.20pm	Ms Diana Griffiths & Ms Emma Synnot Adaptive resilience – solutions for the ecological age	Mr Philip Thalis Public Space for a Democratic Society		Mr Gareth Collins The value to the built environment of an urban design approach to road infrastructure	Satvir Mand Case studies in transport infrastructure interventions: Connection/ reinforcement/ enhancement of urban fabric in Sydney
2.20 - 2.30pm	Questions	Questions		Questions	Questions
2.30 - 3.00pm	Afternoon Tea
	Infrastructure and Sustainability		Housing Diversity and Affordability	Transport systems	Urban Vision
	Ballroom		Murray Room	Fitzroy Room	Derwent Room
3.00 - 3.20pm	Mr Adam Beck Influencing Sustainable Cities of the Future though Green Star Communities		Mr Richard Katter A Date With Density	Mr David Mepham Light Rail Transit for the Gold Coast Achieving Place, Pedestrian Accessibility and Transit Oriented Development	Dr Sean Connelly United States of America Density x Dispersal: Typological Transformations for a Future Ahupua'a
3.20 - 3.40pm	Mr Nick McGowan Retrofitting resilience - achieving urban modularity		Mr Wally Wight Re-Thinking the Dwelling	Mr Bob Meyer Parramatta, the Capital of Greater Western Sydney	Mr Mark Thomson Eco-retrofitting Existing Cities with "Positive development"
3.40 - 4.00pm	Ms Michaela Sheahan Urban sustainability through consensus: a blue print for an integrated assessment of the urban environment		Dr Charles Pickett Architects, the affordable house and the suburbs: a complex relationship	Dr Daniel O'Hare Towards urban walkability in subtropical transit oriented development? Two case studies in South East Queensland	Mr Chris Begert How to implement ESD in the planning process
4.00 - 4.20pm	Mr Mark Frisby Place, sustainability and community		Mr Giovanni Cirillo Transforming Sydney - The Imperative of Transit Oriented Urban Renewal	Mr James Rosenwax Changing the way a city moves – lessons from cycle cities	Mr Phillip Anderson The History of Canberra: Lessons for Today’s Cities in How to Remain Affordable, Liveable and Self Sustaining.
4.20 - 4.30pm	Questions		Questions	Questions	Questions
4.45pm	Coaches departs welcome Cocktail Function Old Parliament House

Tuesday 31st August 2010

8.00 - 8.30am	Registration
	From GREY to GREEN. Urban Landscapes Green Infrastructure	Growth, Demographic Change & Settlement Patterns	Renewable Development & Energy Efficient Building Design	Urban Vision
	Ballroom	Murray Room	Fitzroy Room	Derwent Room
8.30 - 8.50am	Dr Jane Tarran Benefits of Green Infrastructure: integrating vegetation into planning for human settlement	Ms Brigitte Buchholz The City of the Future Visions of Tomorrowland	Mr Jason Veale Urban form and low-carbon buildings	Mr Graham Young South Africa Finding the void … a vision for a public park in Johannesburg’s inner city
8.50 - 9.10am	Mr Jon Shinkfield A Sustainable Public Realm	Mr Adam Haddow & Mr Simon McPherson Shall we dense?	Ms Kirsty Chessher EnviroDevelopment – The Successes and Challenges of Getting Sustainable Runs on the Board	Mr Michael Velders Farming in SlimCity – The Business Case for Urban Ecology
9.10 -9.30am	Mr Paul Harding From Grey to Green - A South Australian Journey	Mr David Wilson Future population shocks and the need for urban growth management	Mr Richard Lau & Mr John Walmsley The benefits of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in optimizing the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of a building.	Mr Nick McGowan Food in the City - Past, Present, Future
9.30 -9.50am		Mr Ian Munro An ethical argument for Centres-Based Residential Intensification	Mr Mark Urizar Enabling Sustainability in the Urban Environment	Mr Robert Prestipino Regional growth secrets revealed by hidden assets on the edge of new "capital" city
9.50 -10.00am	Questions	Questions	Questions	Questions
10.00 -10.30am	Morning Tea
	From GREY to GREEN. Urban Landscapes Green Infrastructure	Growth, Demographic Change & Settlement Patterns	Renewable Development & Energy Efficient Building Design	Urban Vision
	Ballroom	Murray Room	Fitzroy Room	Derwent Room
10.30 -10.50am	Dr Dianne Firth Green Infrastructure: Asset or Liability?	Ms Deena Ridenour & Ms Libby Gallagher Urban Retrofit - Low-Scale, High-Density Alternatives	Mrs Sidonie Carpenter Green Roofs and Walls - an essential element for the future of sustainable urbanism	Mr David Morrison Change and Continuity: Reconciling the past and the present in contemporary urban renewal
10.50 -11.10pm	Ms Lyndal Plant Green infrastructure: Taking it to the streets	Dr Kathi Holt-Damant Emerging Urban Futures: land, water, infrastructure – why design matters	Mr Damon Moloney The Future of Wind Energy in The City	Mr Tom Jones The Edge of Town
11.10 -11.30pm	Mr Robert Cooper Putting a Value on Landscape	Mr Brett Wood-Gush & Ms Susan Oosthuizen Mining Town to Regional Australian City: Karratha, City of the North	Mr Adrian McGregor The biocity model. A global city performance wiki to empower sustainable design	Mrs Rosemary Kennedy Climate-responsive urban design: a primer for planners, developers and decision makers
11.30 -11.50pm	Ms Sharon Mackay Designing for Urban Ecology: The role of design in adapting public space to support urban ecology	Mr Omar Barragan New Zealand The exclusion of children and families from modern high density environments- From Bogota to Auckland.	Mr Kolawole Ewedairo Sola Energy and efficient building design: Adjoining dwelling and legislation impact	Mr Peter Boyle & Ms Amanda Millis Strengthening Victoria’s Liveability by Building Design Knowledge and Capability
11.50 -12.00pm	Questions	Questions	Questions	Questions
12.00 -1.00pm	Lunch + Trade Displays
1.00 -1.45pm	Mr Guy Barnett Research Team Leader, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Adapting Cities for Climate Change: The Role of Green Infrastructure
1.45 - 2.30pm	Rod Fehring Executive General Manager, Australand Limited and Chairman of the Housing and Urban Research Institute. “Sus”....”Stain”....or....”Able” – Supplying the demands of Australia’s urban future
2.30 - 3.00pm	Afternoon Tea
3.00 - 3.45pm	Mark Fuller Managing Principal, AECOM Design + Planning Embracing Urban Complexity
3.45 - 5.00pm	Forum - Moderated by Jeremy Harris Population - the Great Debate
5.00 - 6.00pm	Conference Closing Refreshments - National Convention Centre, Canberra


	Wednesday 1st September 2010
	Optional Tours (included in full delegate registration only)
8:30 - 2:00pm	The Best of Canberra This casual tour will give delegates the opportunity to visit some of Canberra’s most spectacular and memorable places. The day will start at 8:30am at the National Convention Centre, Canberra with a coach transfer to New Parliament House, The War Memorial and the Australian National Gallery. Delegates will be given the freedom to explore these three locations as they please.
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FULLY BOOKED 9:00 - 1:00pm	How Sustainable is Canberra's Urban Form? Hosted by ACT Planning and Land Authority Delegates will view Canberra's urban form as it has changed over the decades, by visiting Canberra's surburbs (and seeing the city in-between) with the recent research from urban ecologist Ms Petra Oswald on "how sustainable is Canberra's urban form". The bus will depart the National Convention Centre, Canberra at 9:00am. As part of ACTPLA’s Sustainable future program, the urban form analysis project measured and compared the social and environmental performance of seven case study areas; four Canberra suburbs - Reid, Kingston, Gungahlin and Weston - and three overseas residential developments that are showcases for sustainability - Kronsberg in Hannover and Vauban in Freiburg in Germany, and Dockside Green in Victoria, Canada. Sustainability performance was measured in four ways: 1. Land use – compact layout and efficient land use 2. Resource use – efficient energy and water use in private households 3. Diversity – housing choice and socio-demographic mix 4. Connectivity – ease of movement, amenity and proximity of local services. Reid, Kingston, Gungahlin and Weston were chosen because they have different and representative types of Canberra’s suburban living areas (urban forms and patterns). The tour will take in these 4 suburbs as well as explaining key points along the way.

Poster Presenters - Posters will be displayed throughout the foyer area. Presenters will be available at their poster during meal breaks to answer any questions. Ms Karen Billington - Sustainable Precinct Design Mr David Cooke - CBD’s – THE FORGOTTEN TOD’s Mr David Cooke - Where have all the cyclists gone? Mrs Sharon Fingland - Social Inclusion: innovation for urban renewal of the older suburbs of Western Sydney. Mr Michael Grosvenor - Understanding Sydney's Complex Urban Form From A Sustainability Perspective Ms Michelle Riepsamen - Healthy Spaces and Places: a national guide to designing places for healthy living Mr Bill Royal - Ku-ring-gai Council - Planning for the renewal of existing commercial centres Dr Helen Wilkins - Flexibility and Inertia in Urban Systems: Lessons From Archaeology