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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