HEALTHY CITIES CONFERENCE

Held June 6 - 8 at the Mercure Geelong in Victoria, confirmed and invited presenters include:

• Dr Agis D. Tsouros, Head, Policy and Cross-cutting Programmes and Regional Director’s Special Projects, World Health Organization, Denmark

• Professor Rob Adams, Director of Design and Culture at the City of Melbourne

• Peter Kenyon, Director of The Bank of Ideas WA

• Tony Jackson, Honorary Research Fellow, Town and Regional Planning, School of Environment, University of Dundee Scotland

• David Engwicht, Director, Creative Communities International QLD

• Philip D. Allsopp, RIBA, FRSA Co-founder of Transpolis Global, Arizona USA

• Prof Evelyne De Leeuw - Chair in Community Health Systems and Policy Faculty of Health, Deakin University VIC

• Matt Coetzee, Business Development Manager, Government at Aurecon Aust

• Tony De Domenico - Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director Urban Development Institute (VIC)

Issues that will addressed at the conference include:

• Healthy urban design

• Food security, buying local, urban agriculture

• Urban renewal - green buildings

• Harnessing social capital

• Education, motivation and incentives for behaviour change

• Government and business leadership

• Regional Cities - interconnectivity – technology

• Population growth and Political cycles

• Urban landscapes, public spaces, natural resource management

• Working with climate change, energy consumption, generation and other challenges

• Urban planning and social equity

For any further information or to register to attend this Conference please visit our website: www.healthycities.com.au

Be quick, discounted Early Bird rates are available until April 23!