HEALTHY CITIES CONFERENCE
10 Apr 2012
Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities Conference will be held in Geelong, Victoria from June 6 - 8.
The 5th Healthy Cities: Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities Conference will be a platform for Government and Industry sector professionals to discuss causes, effects and solutions that relate to population health, sustainability, natural resource management, transport, climate change, urban design and more.
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!