Committee
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Sue Wood, Co-Chair, Assistant Director Urban Design, Department of Planning and Community Development (Victoria)
Sue has been an urban planner in practice for 25 years, having obtained her planning degree at the University of Melbourne and having started a Masters in Urban Design at R.M.I.T. She has worked in private practice extensively, including having her own practice, and in local government (City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne) and is currently working in State Government in the role of Assistant Director, Urban Design, Department of Planning and Community Development.
Sue has led multi disciplinary teams working on major projects, urban renewal, strategic plans and design advocacy and has also been a project manager. Her experience and interest is in the embedding of design from the inception of every project to deliver more sustainable and enduring development outcomes.
Craig Gillette, Principal Urban Designer, Department of Planning and Community Development (Victoria)
Craig Gillette, Principal Urban Designer, Department of Planning and Community Development Victoria He is currently responsible for strategy, design and implementation of the Government's Major Projects and Central City zone. This includes coordination of major projects such as the Northbank Promenade Redevelopment and delivery of the State Government's Southbank Plan.
He is a member of the Government's Priority Development Panel, which provides targeted advice on developments to the Minister for Planning.
Craig trained as an architect and has worked as a principal designer for leading Australian architectural practices for over 15 years. He has been a long term contributor to the academic and design culture within Melbourne, including tutoring in design and contributions to media. This is not Craig's first time in Queensland. He worked for ocal government on the Sunshine Coast for three years. Now he misses the sun and the warmth of the north.
Kelvin Walsh, Director City Sustainability, Hume City Council (Victoria)
Kelvin trained as an architect and town planner and is recognized for his innovative development work where new approaches and models have been required in response to the complexities of local environments and cultures.
He has worked in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and has held senior positions in Australia in the public and private sectors. Kelvin is currently Director City Sustainability with Hume City Council in Melbourne’s north.
Gay Williamson, Manager, Design Policy, Planning Services Branch , ACT Government (Australian Capital Territory)
Gay Williamson FAILA, has held senior design positions in Local, State and Commonwealth Governments and has interspersed these sessions of public service working in private practise and teaching Landscape and Urban Design at Canberra University. Currently, the Manager of Design Policy with the ACT Planning and Land Authority, Gay is heading up a team of architects, landscape architects, social scientists and environmental planers who are galvanised in the endeavour of making sustainable places, not more spaces, for the ACT
With a professional base in Landscape Architecture, Gay is concerned that planning and design solutions are systemic, concentrating on the relationships between elements, natural social and cultural processes. The fourth dimension of time and the construct of inter-generational equity are also critical, Gay is passionate that plans are not set out as 'blueprints' but as frameworks that have inherent triggers and 'feedback loops'.
Darren Bilsborough, Managing Director, Cminus Sustainable Spaces (South Australia)
Darren Bilsborough is Managing Director of Cminus consulting and an Adjunct Professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy unit. He is also a Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and the interim CEO for the proposed CRC “ Designing Better Cities and Regional Centres”.
Darren has extensive experience as a sustainability advisor and Green Building advocate and was appointed to the South Australian Premier’s Round Table on Sustainability chaired by Dr Tim Flannery in late 2003.
In 2007 Darren became an “Al Gore Ambassador” by undertaking personalised training from the former vice president of the USA, of an Australianised version of the “An Inconvenient Truth” slideshow presentation.
Prior to his current roles Darren was Director of Sustainability with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) for 4 years following a 22 year stint with Lincolne Scott, a building services and environmental engineering consultancy, culminating in his role as Joint Managing Director..
Geoff Barker, Managing Dircetor, PM+D ARCHITECTS P/L (Western Australia/Northern Territory)
Mr Geoff Barker . Geoff is a registered architect with community planning qualifications, who has specialised for more than 30 years in providing architectural, planning and community development services to regional and remote parts of Australia [and also overseas including East Timor].
Geoff takes particular interest in holistic and team approaches to development where it is possible to deliver a broad range of direct and indirect outcomes attuned to the special requirements of users, clients and service agencies. He is the Principal and Director of PM+D Architects Pty Ltd an Architectural and Planning consultancy firm and is currently the Design Manager for the Territory Alliance involved with 6 SIHIP project packages.
Michael Neustein, BArch MCom Hon FAIUS LFRAIA FPIA FAIM FAPI CPP Director / Architect & Urban Planner/Designer, NEUSTEIN URBAN (NSW)
Managing the approvals process from regulation to litigation, Michael provides statutory, strategic, compliance and urban design advice, prepares SEEs, advises on the optimal use of a site or property, and devises how best to formulate and/or meet local and state approval requirements. An experienced expert witness, he is adept at presenting urban planning/design evidence before the LEC. Increasingly, he has advised councils on the design and management of the built environment.
Vice President and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, he is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at Sydney University. Michael is President of the Alumni Association of at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at Sydney University. His commitment to teaching is evidenced in his direction of NEERG Seminars and as vice chair of the Australian Institute of Architects National Committee for Continuing Professional Development. He has been made a Life Fellow of the AIA in recognition of his long service to the Institute and the profession.
Alistair Ray, Associate Principal - Head of Urban Design, Jasmax (New Zealand)
Alistair is an Associate Principal and head of Jasmax' urban design team, New Zealand's largest architectural practice. He is based in Auckland, but works across New Zealand. Alistair is also a qualified planner, and has 17 years experience as an urban designer / urban planner from the United Kingdom and New Zealand, gained in both the public and private sector.
Prior to joining Jasmax, Alistair worked for Auckland City Council, working as a senior urban designer in the city planning department, and has since been involved in shaping both the Auckland (Spatial) Plan and Unitary Plan, and also contributed to Christchurch City Council’s Central City Plan. He is also a part time senior lecturer in urban design at Auckland University.