GREEN CITIES 2015 COMES TO MELBOURNE
04 Mar 2015
Don’t miss Australia’s most influential conference on sustainability in the built environment, held in Melbourne March 17 – 19.
Green Cities 2015, Australia’s most influential conference on sustainability in the built environment, will be held March 17 – 19 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne.
The conference, co-hosted by the Green Building Council of Australia and Property Council of Australia, will bring together world-leading sustainability specialists and innovators for discussion and debate.
Expected highlights include:
Larry Beasley: Rekindling the Urban Love Affair
The father of the Vancouver model of new urbanism, Larry Beasley argues we must look beyond land-use and transportation to how we create cities with character, comfort and charisma.
Michael Pawlyn: Design Inspired by Nature
Architect Michael Pawlyn will share how biomimicry can be used to design better connected cities and radical reinterpretations of existing building types to save resources.
Prof. Vivian Loftness: Buildings that Boost Financial, Natural and Human Capital
World-renowned researcher Vivian Loftness will outline the financial, environmental and human benefits of good design choices, and the significance of our indoor environments.
Show me the Money
Hear how Environmental Social and corporate Governance (ESG) reporting is changing the way the industry is valuing investments, with a panel of speakers including:
• Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive
• Rowan Griffin, Head of Sustainability - Investment Management, Lend Lease
• Ruben Langbroek, Head of Asia Pacific, GRESB
• Tiernan O'Rourke, Chief Financial Officer, Stockland
• Michael Salvatico, Vice President, MSCI Inc.
The full program can be found at www.greencities.org.au