Program - Subject to Change

2nd International Urban Design Conference Survival: Implementing Tomorrow’s City

 Gold Coast Australia on the 2, 3, 4 September 2009

 

Day 1 - WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2009

8:00am – 8.45am

Registration

8.45am – 9.15am

Official Opening And Welcome Address

Councillor Peter Young

Chair of the Sustainable City Future Committee

9.15am – 10.00am

Mr Andrew Mcnamara

Former Minister For Sustainability, Climate Change & Innovation

Why The City We Build Will Never Be The City We Need: How Democracy And Technology Have Failed Us

10.00am – 10.30am

Morning Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

10.30am – 11.15am

Ms Dorte Ekelund

Executive Director, Major Cities Unit, Infrastructure Australia
Shaping the Future of our Cities

11.15am – 12.00pm

Professor Bob Frame

Landcare Research New Zealand

New Zealand, New Futures, New Thinking?

12.00pm – 1.00pm

Lunch + Trade Displays hosted by Sunland Group

1.00pm – 1.45pm

Ian Dunlop
Climate Change, Peak Oil and the Transition to Global Sustainability
- the case for emergency action

1.45pm – 2.30pm

Professor Brendan Gleeson

Director Urban Research Program Griffith University

Climate change is a crisis of overproduction not over consumption

2.30pm – 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

 

Stream 1

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Caroline Stalker

Stream 2

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Peter Richards

Stream 3

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: Paul Burton

3.00pm – 3.20pm

1.1

Gold Coast Light Rail -

 Transit On The Edge
Mr David Mepham

 

2.1

Increasing Residential Density- Marketing

Mr Anthony Long

3.1

The Dead Hand Of Local Government

Mr Michael Neustein

3.20pm – 3.40pm

1.2

Retrofitting Cities For Climate Change

Dr Marci Webster-Mannison

 

2.2

Planning For People In A Dynamic Urban Context
Juris Greste

 

3.2

Place Delivery & Managementt: Beyond The Masterplan

Mr Adam Davies

3.40pm – 4.00pm

1.3
The Zonal Masterplan & Design For Stratford
Mr Shane Thompson

 

2.3
The Boonah 2 Ideas
Mr Jim Gall

 

3.3
Crafting The New Suburbanism:
Melbourne
Mr Ashley Mitchell & Ms Kate Pleban

4.00pm – 4.20pm

1.4
ESD Design Guides - Urban & Building Design
Mr Nathan Islip

 

2.4
Evolution & Urban Design: Dubai
Mr Stephen Axford

 

3.4
Vibrant Laneways & Small Spaces:
Brisbane
Mr Michael Papageorgiou

4.20pm – 4.50pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Welcome Cocktail Function

Conrad Jupiter’s Foyer

 

Day 2 - THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2009

8:00am – 8.45am

Registration

9.00am – 9.45am

Ms Romilly Madew

CEO Green Building Council Of Australia

Global Financial Crisis and green building

9.45am – 10.30am

Melinda Dodson

National President of Australian Institute of Architects

Climate Change and Cities – the way forward

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

 

Stream 4

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Penelope Coombes

Stream 5 Sponsored by

Australian Institute of Architects

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Ross Clark

Stream 6

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: Gerard Mccormick

11.00am – 11.20am

4.1

Sedimentary City
Professor Brit Andresen

 

5.1
SMARTER COMMUNITIES? Economic vitality, the people that drive it, the role of placemaking and fostering innovation.
Mr Toby Lodge

6.1
Sea Level Rises: Sunset Over The Water Clauses
Mr Clem Newton-Brown

 

11.20am – 11.40am

4.2

A word is worth a thousandth of a picture” Developing interactive tools for good urban design outcomes

Mr Alejandro Cohn

 

5.2
Cardinal Rule: the importance of orientation at city, street and house scales.
A/Professor Peter Skinner

 

6.2
Sustainably joining the planning dots: paths to and through activity centres
Dr Douglas Goudie

 

11.40am – 12.00pm

4.3

 

5.3
Towards A New Architecture
Mr Ronan Moss

 

6.3
LOOKING INSIDE THE BOX - Ideas for sustainable development

Eli Giannini

 

12.00pm – 12.30pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Lunch + Trade Displays hosted by Sunland Group

 

Stream 7

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Nigel Cartlidge

Stream 8 Sponsored by

Australian Institute of Architects

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Bruce Medek

Stream 9

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: Shane Thompson

1.30pm – 1.50pm

7.1
What does it take to make a 1990s master planned estate sustainable? Retrofitting to achieve ESD
Tracy Clark

 

8.1
Sustainable Higher Density Residential Development
Professor Gordon Holden

 

9.1
Collapse Of Suburbia: Liveability And The Post-Suburban Dream

Mr Stephen Moore

1.50pm – 2.10pm

7.2

Get On Your Bike: Factors Effecting Active Transport In The Inner City

Mr Murray Henman

 

8.2

Designing integrating processes for sustainable cities: Applying alliance practice and transition management in real urban regeneration projects
Mike Mouritz 

 

9.2
Getting Into The Outside Of Cities

Mr Ben Ellickson

 

 

2.10pm – 2.30pm

7.3

The Economic Report Card For New Main Street Centres And The Implications For Urban Design

Mr William Owen

 

8.3

Sustainable Urban Habitats: A Study Of The Threads That Connect Design Intentions To Practical Implementation

Mr Alan Derbyshire (UK)

 

9.3

Setting Up Creative/Knowledge Precincts In Regional Towns: Challenges And Opportunities

Dr Bhishna Bajracharya

2.30pm – 3.00pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

 

Stream 10

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Alejandro Cohn

Stream 11 Sponsored by

Australian Institute of Architects

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Robyn Harding

Stream 12

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: David Mepham

3.30pm – 3.50pm

10.1

Healthy Buildings: Enhancing Sustainable Building Design  To Improve Public Health

Anna Stevenson (NZ)

 

 

11.1

Urban Renewal And Retaining Cultural Identity – Cultural Precincts And Revitalising Central Dandenong

Mrs Jenny Pemberton-Webb

Ms Jacquelin Saultry

 

12.1

The Carrying Capacity Assessment Framework For Ubiquitous-Ecological Cities In Korea

Mr Sangheon Lee (Korea)

 

3.50pm – 4.10pm

10.2

An Analysis Of Walkability In A Late 20th Century Masterplanned Suburb On Australia’s Gold Coast.

Mr Nigel Cartlidge

 

11.2

Urban Design And The Future Of Sustainable City In Kenya

Miss Aisha Sheikh (Canada)

 

12.2

Restitching Urban Fabric: Transforming Freeway Infrastructure

Mr Craig Gillette

 

4.10pm – 4.30pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

6.00pm – 7:00pm

ABC Radio National Will Broadcast ‘AUSTRALIA TALKS' With Paul Barclay Live At The Conference.  Paul Barclay Has Spent Many Years With The ABC As A Journalist And Enjoys His Role Hosting Talkback Radio And Discussing Topics Of National Interest.

 

Day 3 - FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2009

8.00am – 9.00am

Registration

9.00am – 9.45am

Professor Robert Adams AM

Director Design & Urban Environment, City Of Melbourne

Transforming Australian Cities For A More Financially Viable & Sustainable Future MS

9.45am – 10.30am

Mr Adam Beck

Director Sustainability ARUP Brisbane

World Trends And Developing Sustainable Communities

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

 

Stream 13

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Bevan Lynch

Stream 14

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Adam Davies

Stream 15

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: Jim Gall

11.00am – 11.20am

13.1

The Biocity Model

Mr Adrian Mcgregor

14.1

Medium - High Density Subtropical Housing

Mr Peter Richards

15.1

Leading Into A Bold Future: Governance & Leadership

Professor Paul Burton

 

11.20am – 11.40am

13.2

Feeding/Greening/Caring

Mr John Mongard

14.2

Private Open Space For High Density Living

Dr Alan March and Julia Guthrie

15.2

Brisbane Streetscape Design Guildelines

Mr Damian Dewar

 

11.40am – 12.00pm

13.3

Social Encounters At The Micro Scale – A Reaction To The Big Project Approach To City Building.

Mr John Loneragan

 

14.3

Urban Design & Sustainability From Berlin
 Mr Brendan Baxter

15.3

Varsity Station Village
Mr Stephen Smith

12.00pm – 12.30pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Lunch + Trade Displays hosted by Sunland Group

 

Stream 16

Southport Room 1

Session Chair: Peter Gardiner

Stream 17

Southport Room 2

Session Chair: Brett Saville

Stream 18

Southport Room 3

Session Chair: Rosemary Kennedy

1.30pm – 1.50pm

16.1

Legacies, Future Visions and Stewardship: Creating a knowledge town at JCU Douglas
Ms Robyn Harding

17.1

Revitalising Town Centres And Living Streets: Compelling Visions And Unstoppable Implementation

Mrs Penelope Coombes

 

18.1

Beyond the Burbs

Mr James Lunday (NZ)

1.50pm – 2.10pm

16.2

Commitment Or Requirement: Commissioning Art For The Public Realm
Mr Richard Brecknock 

17.2

Freedom And The City

Mr Peter Dawson

 

 

18.2

A Strategic Vision For Brisbane's Inner City - The River City Blueprint

Mr Bevan Lynch

 

2.10pm – 2.30pm

16.3

Urban Consolidation Opportunities In The ACT

Mr Colin Stewart

 

17.3

Living Walls And Roofs – An Essential Element Of Sustainable Urban Design

Mrs Sidonie Carpenter

 

18.3

Revisiting Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD): Sustainable Stormwater Infrastructure In The Gold Coast

Ms Didem Dizdaroglu

 

2.30pm – 3.00pm

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

Q & A With The Presenters

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea + Zen hosted by GHD

3.30pm – 5:00pm

Hosted By Gordon Holden

Forum Discussion On Urban Design Education.  Effective Governance, Leadership And Partnering Between Urban Design Professionals.

6.00pm - 7.00pm

Presentation Dinner Welcome Drinks

7.00pm - 10.30pm Gold Coast Urban Design Awards 09 - Presentation Dinner