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Albury, New South Wales | 26-28 August 2015 REGISTRATION BROCHURE
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Australia Regional Development Conference Regional Australia – Redefining the Future Day 1: Wednesday 26th August 2015 8.00 - 8.50am
Registration
Room: Auditorium Chair: Mr Tony McBurney 8.50 – 9.00am
Conference Open Cr Kevin Mack, Mayor, AlburyCity Positioning for change: Regional Australia in 2030
9.00 -
9.30am
9.30 - 10.00am
Mr Jack Archer Chief Executive Officer, Regional Australia Institute A New Policy Architecture for Delivering Regional Development through Higher Education Prof Richard Speed Pro Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University Geodesigning the Future of Regional Australia
10.00 – 10.30am 10.30 – 11.00am
Mr Len Olyott Senior Consultant, Industry Solutions, Esri Australia Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Posters
Room: Auditorium Chair: Ms Sherri Makepeace Demographic Change in Regional Australia - Resources, Retirement and Refugees? 11.00 – 11.30am
Mr Glenn Capuano Demographer, .id the population experts FTAs & benefits to the cattle production sector in regional Australia: insights from Queensland
11.30 – 12.00pm
Ms Anna Campbell Senior Livestock Policy Director, AgForce Queensland Regional Economic Update: Air pockets and tailwinds
12.00 – 12.30pm
Mr Paul Deane Senior Agricultural Economist, ANZ Banking Group
12.30 – 1.30pm
Lunch with Exhibitors and Posters
Each session includes 5 min Q&A
INNOVATION Room: Auditorium Chair: Mr Ken Johnson
INFRASTRUCTURE Room: Stanley A Chair: Dr Igor Martek
SUSTAINABILITY Room: Waratah Chair: Mr Mark Glover
TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS Room: Banksia A Chair: Prof Duncan Campbell
Living cool under the Pilbara sun
Delivering high quality cost and climate effective buildings to regional and remote Australia
My Town Is Building A ‘Smart’ Local Energy Network
Ms Kerry Fijac Executive General Manager Business Development & Marketing LandCorp
A/Prof Patrick Beale Discipline Chair, Architecture The University of Western Australia
Mr Murray Hogarth Director Wattwatchers
Victorian Regional Passenger Rail 2050: A strategy for growing Victoria’s regional passenger rail services Mr Peter Tesdorpf Principal Peter Tesdorpf and Associates Consultants
1.30 – 2.00pm
Mr John Hearsch President Rail Futures Institute Professor Bill Russell Transport and Public Policy Consultant Secretary Rail Futures Institute
2.02 – 2.32pm
2.34 – 3.04pm
ePlanning: Systems improving local government service delivery in NSW
An Innovative approach to local road funding
Forging Partnerships to Address Energy Efficiency in Older Australians
The energy revolution: Is the transport sector being left behind, and what are the opportunities for catching up?
Ms Clare Huxley A/Director ePlanning NSW Department of Planning & Environment
Mr Max Eastcott General Manager Gwydir Shire Council
Ms Deborah Petkovic Project Manager Regional Development Australia Illawarra
Mr Mark Gjerek Principal Consultant - transport and fuels pitt&sherry
Ballarat Station Precinct Master Plan
Renewable Energy and Energy Productivity – Benefits for Regional Communities
Sustainable design of unsealed road pavements
Ms Lauren Clerey Associate SJB Urban
Mr Oliver Yates CEO Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Dr Ian Van Wijk Technical Director Aurecon
3.04 – 3.30pm Each session includes 5 min Q&A 3.30 – 4.00pm
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Posters INNOVATION Room: Auditorium Chair: Ms Serenity Hill Small Towns, Big Returns: the economic and social impact of the settlement of a community of Karen refugees
INFRASTRUCTURE Room: Stanley A Chair: A/Prof Patrick Beale Amenity commons, multifunctionality and the abandoned landscape
SUSTAINABILITY Room: Waratah Chair: Mr Murray Hogarth Realities, Challenges and Opportunities for the Sustainable Management of Australia’s Water Resources
NBN / BROADBAND Room: Banksia A Chair: Mr Chris Green Is the NBN the saviour of Regional Australia?
Ms Jenni Blencowe Manager Research & Policy Unit AMES
Dr Francine Rochford Senior Lecturer La Trobe University
A/Prof Peter Waterman Director Environmental Management Services
Mr Mathew Dickerson Mayor Dubbo City Council
Alternative Future?: This Council changed the way it did business
All wind and hot air?
Utilising the NBN to deliver improved regional mobile telecommunications coverage and choice
Ms Melaina Voss Work Group Manager Planning Engagement Policy Opus International Consultants
Ms Fiona Cotter Director Provincial Matters
Mr Matthew Lobb General Manager, Industry Strategy & Public Policy Vodafone Hutchison Australia
Ms Terry Taylor Research & Policy Officer AMES 4.02 – 4.32pm
Cleantech Innovations Geelong – an alliance to develop markets for sustainable goods and services Ms Tina Perfrement Future Proofing Geelong City of Greater Geelong
Ms Liza Valks Director Buckley Vann Town Planning Consultants
4.34 – 5.04pm
Innovation in Regional Manufacturing: a Hunterbased study
Infrastructure as an instrument of national strategy: Lessons from China
Low Carbon West, a regional strategy to reduce carbon emissions
Our Digital Divide: Doom or Bloom. A regional Queensland case study of the digital divide, its determinants and opportunity
Ms Anthea Bill Senior Research Fellow Hunter Research Foundation
Dr Igor Martek Lecturer Deakin University
Mr Michael Li ESD Engineer AECOM
Mr Craig Tunley Economic Development Senior Officer Western Downs Regional Council
6.30pm
Meet in the Piano Lounge for Pre Dinner Drinks (at your own expense)
7.00pm till late
CONFERENCE DINNER Including The Regional Innovation Award Ceremony Presentation by Emma Dean - Winner of the 2013 series of MasterChef Australia Food Distribution: A Changing Business
Day 2: Thursday 27th August 2015
8.30 - 9.00am Each session includes 5 min Q&A 9.00 - 9.30am
Registration INNOVATION Room: Auditorium Chair: Mr Matt Coetzee
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Room: Stanley A Chair: Mr Neil Barber
TOURISM Room: Waratah Chair: Dr Lynne Armitage
NBN / BROADBAND / POPULATION MOVEMENTS Room: Banksia A Chair: Mr Mark Glover Driving a Regional Digital Economy Strategy
Reinventing Neighbourhoods through Tactical Urbanism
Rhetoric and reality: Policy and actions for an inclusive future
Creating Sustainability in Regional Tourism – a case study
Ms Helen Rowe Principal CoDesign Studio
Dr Julie Rudner Senior Lecturer La Trobe University
Mr Christopher Green Principal - Business Advisory Crowe Horwath
Ms Natalie Burroughs CEO Regional Development Australia Illawarra
Mr Alex Mengel Project Manager CoDesign Studio
Ms Noemi Cummings Executive Officer Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services
Ms Kylie Smith Principal - Business Advisor Crowe Horwath
Mr David Muscio Project Officer Regional Development Australia Illawarra
9.32 - 10.02am
Flying Robots (Drones) in our Regional Areas
Planning to increase participation in sport and physical recreation
Cultural Tourism Development Program
Coming Ready or Not!
Prof Duncan Campbell Director QUT - Australian Research Centre for Aeropsace Automation
Ms Clare Wall Associate SGS Economics and Planning
Mrs Shannon Olds Cultural Tourism Development Officer Office of Environment and Heritage
Mr Tony McBurney Director integratedDESIGNgroup
Ms Wendy Hills Manager, Tourism and Partnerships Unit Office of Environment and Heritage 10.04 - 10.34am
Regional Development Under Changing Economic and Social Conditions
Albury 2030 - Growing Tourism
Waste Trends and Regionalisation
Mr Ken Johnson President The Gloucester Project
Ms Sue Harper Team Leader Tourism AlburyCity Council
Mr Julien Gastaldi Business Development Manager MRA Consulting
Ms Jacqui Hemsley Director MAMA (Murray Arts Museum Albury) 10.34 -11.00am Each session includes 5 min Q&A 11.00 - 11.30am
Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Posters GOVERNMENT POLICY Room: Auditorium Chair: Dr Clare Hogue
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Room: Stanley A Chair: Dr Julie Rudner
TOURISM Room: Waratah Chair: Mrs Patricia Wilkinson
THINK TANK Room: Banksia A Chair: Mrs Lynne Wilkinson
Landscape Character and Significance, affecting policy
Have you heard? Networks, communication and development in a rural Queensland community
Development of a Strategy for Sustainable Tourism Shire of Leonora, North Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia
The three Imperatives for Successful Regional Agribusiness development in the next decade
Ms Helen Knight Associate Senior Planner and Urban Designer Planisphere
Ms Jane Symonds Research Manager / Masters Candidate Strategic Grants / The University of Queensland
Mrs Kim Hewson Principal Economic Transitions
Mr Matt Coetzee Global Expertise Leader Urbanisation Aurecon
Development of a decision making framework to reinvigorate Regional Australia
Innovative model for affordable housing provision in regional centres
Inland Tourism Development Framework – A model for Sustainable Economic Growth
Towards an Australia-GCC FTA: strategies and frameworks to facilitate long-term partnerships between GCC importers and regional Australia’s agriculture exporters
Mr Richard Dinham Principal AURA Urban and Regional Alliance
Ms Rebecca Oelkers General Manager Gladstone Affordable Housing
Mr David Soo Tourism Consultant Australian Tourism Solutions
A/Prof Leanne Piggott Director, Business Education The University of Sydney
Dr John Troughton Tourism Consultant Australian Tourism Solutions
Mr Michael Katz Associate Lecturer The University of Sydney
Ms Isobel Maginn Planner and Landscape Architect Planisphere 11.32 - 12.02pm
12.04 - 12.34pm
Government policy challenges for rural water infrastructure service providers
Just like LEGO!Building Bridges - Connecting Sectors Community Engagement that works
Collaboration 2.0: The importance of a cohesive digital strategy
Delivering cross-sector sustainability outcomes through collaboration
Mr Dave Gilbert Executive Manager, Planning Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd
Ms Karen Corr Director Make a Change Australia
Mr Graham Perry CEO Inland NSW
Ms Erandi Samarakoon Project Officer – Sustainable Households Office of Environment and Heritage
Ms Sharon Seyd Director Jump Leads NFP
12.34 - 1.30pm
Lunch with Exhibitors and Posters
Each session includes 5 min Q&A
GOVERNMENT POLICY Room: Auditorium Chair: Mr Max Eastcott Regional climate change Adaptation Planning in New South Wales
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Room: Stanley A Chair: Ms Susan Benedyka The community development impacts of creative industries, culture and the arts in regional Australia
TOURISM Room: Waratah Chair: Mr David Soo The Shipwreck Coast: Repositioning an Australian Icon
THINK TANK Room: Banksia A Chair: Dr Francine Rochford Harnessing Data to Support Regional Development: An Australian Case Study
Mr Christopher Lee Senior Team Leader Impacts and Adaptation NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Mr John Oster Executive Director Regional Arts Australia
Mr Mark Haycox Director McGregor Coxall
Mr Xavier Goldie Urban Data and eResearch Officer AURIN
Opportunities for Northern Australia
Assessing Indigenous cobenefits from payment for ecosystem service schemes
The Riverina - More than just Food and Wine
Aged Housing – A sustainable Model for Rural Australia
Mr Tony Parsons Chair Planning and Development Councillor Division 2 Townsville City Council
Dr Cathy Robinson Research Scientist CSIRO - Australian Government
Mr Gregory Lawrence Chair Riverina Regional Tourism
Mr Sasha Ivanovich Principal SIA Architects Pty Ltd & AURA Urban & Regional Alliance group
Breaking the silo’s and changing the culture – a Community Development approach to social infrastructure planning
Long-Distance Walking Tracks: Offering Regional Tourism in the Slow Lane
Developing Localised Food Economies for Regional Cities
Mrs Terri Osburn Community Infrastructure Planning Officer City of Greater Geelong
Dr Nigel Hardiman Academic Director, Business Programmes Top Education Institute
Ms Suzette Jackson Director Innate Ecology
1.30 - 2.00pm
2.02 - 2.32pm
Ms Tracey Lines General Manager Economic Development Townsville Enterprise Regional universities – should they be funded by the regional development portfolio? 2.34 - 3.04pm Dr Caroline Perkins Executive Director Regional Universities Network
Mrs Thao Ashford
Consultant Thao Ashford Planning
3.04 -3.30pm
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Posters
Room: Auditorium Chair: Mr Peter Sugg Re-imagining the Region 3.30 - 4.00pm
4.00 - 4.30pm
4.30pm
Adjunct Professor Paul Collits Economic Development Projects Manager, Napier City Council, New Zealand Developing an Australian Vision for Water? Professor Max Finlayson Professor for Ecology & Biodiversity, Director, Institute for Land, Water & Society, Charles Sturt University Conference Close
Friday 28th August 2015 – Optional Workshops
8.30 – 9.00am
Registration
9.00 – 10.30am
Workshop A Stanley Room A
Workshop B Stanley Room B
Fostering an Innovative Future for Regional Australia
AURIN Spatial Decision Workshop
Dr Martin Butcher Community Engagement Advisement Dpt. of Environment Land Water & Planning
Mr Xavier Goldie Urban Data and eResearch Officer AURIN
10.30 – 11.00am 11.00 – 12.30pm
Morning Tea Workshop C Stanley Room A
Workshop D Stanley Room B
Can we create viable, resilient and innovative 21C Community and Regional Development models and adaptive governance systems through informed anticipatory co-design?
Getting rural people into small business through the NEIS program
Mr Neil Davidson Integrative Systems Thinker Collaborative Innovation Systems
Mrs Joanne Heeps Small Business Facilitator Wodonga TAFE
POSTER PRESENTATIONS 'Design for the old and you include the young’ - revitalising urban design in regional Australia Dr Nigel Cartlidge, Bond University Faith in a less water future; Supporting local young people to sustain vital and resilient communities in the Muray Darling Southern Basin Mr Neil Barber, Community Development Coordinator, UnitingCare NSW.ACT GIS-based modelling of flash flood considering regional land use Mr Yan Li, Student, Deakin University HSC Ticket to success for regional students or highly stressful cocoon? Dr Clare Hogue, Director of Research Services, Hunter Research Foundation How to design a community garden? Mr Jia Zhuang, Researcher, University of New South Wales Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for regional cultural tourism using the Gold Coast (Queensland) as a case study A/Prof Lynne Armitage, Senior Academic, Bond University and Emeritus Professor Shelley Burgin, Professor of Environmental Management, Bond University Low Carbon West, a regional strategy to reduce carbon emissions Mr Michael Li, ESD Engineer, AECOM Open Food Network: Innovative ICT platform for direct and collaborative food marketing and distribution Ms Serenity Hill, Manager, Business Development and Partnerships, Open Food Foundation Ms Kirsten Larsen, Food Systems Partnerships & Research, VEIL and Manager, Open Food Network, University of Melbourne and Open Food Foundation Research on Index System for Eco-city: A Case Study of Xiuyuan Eco-city in China Miss Ding Ding, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shandong Jianzhu University, China We naïvely think we operate in a level playing field. Disciplined strategic thinking and planning must now take precedence. To redefine our future we must think local if we are to act global Ms Lynne Wilkinson, Director, Niche Solutions International Pty Ltd