subject to change 
Programme - International Urban Design Conference - Gold Coast, Australia 6, 7 & 8 September, 2007

Confirmed Keynote Speakers  include

WEDNESDAY 5 SEPT 07
 
2.00pm - 5.00pmREGISTRATION
1.30pm - 3.00pmTour A  "Tall buildings"
3.30pm - 5.00pmTour B "Urban Spaces"
Day 1 - THURSDAY 6 SEPT 07
7.30am-8.30amREGISTRATION
8.45am-9.15amOfficial Opening and Welcome
9.15am-10.00am

MR MICHAEL SORKIN (USA)

The City After Now

 

10.00am - 10.30amMORNING TEA + ZEN
10.30am - 11.05am

MR MICHAEL NORTON

Ideas + Creativity = Environmental + Social Change

11.05am - 11.40am

MAYOR JEREMY HARRIS (USA)

A Planet in Peril - the Role of Design in Building Sustainable Cities

11.40am - 12.00pmDISCUSSION
12.00pm-1.30pmLUNCH + WALK
1.30pm - 2.05pm

MR RICHARD NEVILLE (Aust)

Future - Quake!  communities of Tomorrow

2.05pm - 2.40pm

MS RUTH DURACK (Aust)

The Non-Profit Way

2.40pm - 3.00pmDISCUSSION
3.00pm -3.30pmAFTERNOON TEA + ZEN
3.30pm - 4.05pm

MR ALEC TZANNES (Aust)

Rewriting Planning & Development controls for Sustainable Cities & Better Building Infrastructure

4.05pm - 4.40pm

Prof JAN GEHL (Denmark)

Public Spaces for the 21st Century

4.40pm - 4.55pm DISCUSSION
4.55pm - 5.10pm PRESENTATION OF EDAW INTERN PROGRAM 2007 - A NEW VISION FOR SURFERS PARADISE
5.10pm-6.00pmWELCOME COCKTAIL FUNCTION & OFFICIAL OPENING OF TRADE AREA

 

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 talkback radio host discussing topics of national interest.

 

 
Day 2 - FRIDAY 7 SEPT 07
  Stream 1 Southport 1   Stream 2       Southport 2       Stream 3           Southport 3ConversationTours
9.00am - 9.20am1.1
URBAN DESIGN EDUCATION
Gordon Holden
2.1
URBAN DESIGN CAPACITY BUILDING VIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Philip Follent
3.1
DESIGN IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Caroline Stalker
A CONVERSATION WITH


MR MICHAEL SORKIN

8.30am start

TOUR 1

TALL BUILDINGS with Leslie Curtis & Jim Webb

9.20am - 9.40am1.2
CITY FABRIC
Liam Proberts
2.2
GOVERNANCE FROM THE HEART-"HAVING THE TICKER RATHER THAN TICK BOXES"
Robert Prestipino
3.2
FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY NEIGHBOURHOODS
Prof Brendan Gleeson 
9.40am - 10.00amDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONDISCUSSION
10.00am - 10.30amMORNING TEA + ZEN 
            Stream 4            Southport 1     Stream 5        Southport 2            Stream 6                Southport 3ConversationTours
10.30am - 10.50am4.1
A MATTER OF TIME
Ben Lee
5.1
A CAPITAL CITY-CREATIVE WELLINGTON INNOVATION CAPITAL
Gerald Blunt
6.1
GREENHOUSE SOLUTIONS WITH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Dr Mark Diesendorf 
A CONVERSATION WITH

MR JAN GEHL

TOUR 2

URBAN SPACES with Ned Wales & Marek Kozlowski

10.50am - 11.10am4.2
GOOD URBAN DESIGN MEETS GOOD GOVERNANCE
Dale Dickson
5.2
KEY DESIGN ASPECTS TO CONNECT PEOPLE, PLACE & HEALTH IN AN INNER-CITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Julie-Anne Carroll
6.2
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES FACED BY CITIES
Rosie Kennedy
11.10am - 11.30am4.3
CARBON NEUTRAL HOUSING
Michael Norton
5.3
A CULTURAL DESERT & A PLACE OF NO HISTORY
Virginia Rigney

6.3
WATER & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

John McGrath

11.30am - 12.00pmDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONDISCUSSION 
12.00pm - 1.30pmLUNCH + WALK 
 Stream 7    Southort 1    Stream 8       Southport 2       Stream 9           Southport 3ConversationTours
1.30pm - 1.50pm7.1
THE 300KM CITY . .  TAKING THE LONG VIEW
A/Prof Peter Skinner
8.1
REGENERATION AS AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY  - THE EXPERIENCE OF TURKEY
A/Prof Ali Ulu
9.1
URBAN FORM AND URBAN EFFICIENCY
A/Prof Michael Buxton
A CONVERSATION WITH

MR MICHAEL

NORTON

TOUR 3

MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES  with Nifsan

1.50pm - 2.10pm7.2
CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
David Mepham
8.2
THE GREEN HEART: A FRAMEWORK FOR A WORLD CLASS URBAN PARKLAND SYSTEM
James Tuma

9.2
SECURING URBAN WATERFUTURE

Peter Ham
 

2.10pm - 2.30pm7.3
THE ECOVILLAGE AT CURRUMBIN-A CASE STUDY IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Chris Walton
8.3
 

Alec Tzannes

9.3

Jeremy Harris

 

2.30pm - 3.00pmDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONDISCUSSION 
3.00pm - 3.30pmAFTERNOON TEA + ZEN  
 Stream 10  Southport 1    Stream 11      Southport 2       Stream 12          Southport 3ConversationTours
3.30PM - 3.50pm10.1
IMAGES OF WALKABLE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FROM THE VIEWPOINTS OF CHILDREN
Vivian Romero

 

 

11.1
INTEGRATING SUBTROPICAL DESIGN IN TRANSIT ORIENTATED DEVELOPMENTS
Dr Bhishna Bajracharya / A/Prof Danny O'Hare

 

12.1
SUSTAINABILITY
Ben Lee

 

 

 

A CONVERSATION WITH

JEREMY HARRIS

TOUR 4

CURRUMBIN ECOVILLAGE with Chris Walton

3.50pm - 4.10pm10.2
YOUNG PEOPLE & PUBLIC SPACES
Phil Crane
11.2
AUSTRALIAN APARTMENTS AT THE 3RD MILLENIUM
Paul Walter
12.2
ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR URBAN CITIES
Charlie Hargroves
4.10pm - 4.30pm10.3
A PLACE IN CRISIS: THE PROVISION OF SUSTAINABLE/SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TOURIST CITIES
Dr Caryl Bosman
11.3
TWITCHING CURTAINS IN SUBURBIA: DOES SURVEILLANCE LIMIT DISORDER?
Sarah Foster
12.3
HIGH DENSITY SUB-TROPICAL URBANISM
Peter Richards
4.30pm - 5.00pmDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONDISCUSSION 
Day 3 - SATURDAY 8 SEPT 07

8.45am

Till

 10.30am

Jenny Brockie will host a lively discussion forum with our keynote and major sponsors, along with participation from members of the audience.  This animated session will focus on a number of key issues and topics arising from the conference.

Jenny is a multi-award winning journalist and documentary maker with more than 20 years experience in quality broadcasting. She is the presenter of the "Insight" Program on SBS Television

10.30am - 11.00amMORNING TEA + ZEN
11.00am - 11.35am

DR KONGJIAN YU (China)

Redefinition of Urbanity:  Reclaiming urban Design as An Art of Survival

11.35am - 12.00pmDISCUSSION
12.00pm -1.30pmLUNCH + WALK
1.30pm - 2.05pm

PROF IAN BENTLEY

Beyond the Image: Urban Desigh After Humanism

2.05pm - 2.40pm

PROF ELAINE GALLAGHER

Age-Friendly Cities and remote and Rural Communities

2.40pm - 3.00pmDISCUSSION
3.00pm - 3.30pmAFTERNOON TEA + ZEN
3.30pm - 4.05pm  Greg Chamberlain - Stockland
4.05pm - 4.45pmClosing address
  
7.00pm - 11.00pmGALA AWARDS DINNER - CONRAD JUPITERS

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