Healthy Cities - "Making Cities Liveable" Conference Program
  Wednesday 25th March 2009
12.00pm - 1.00pm

Conference Registration - Level 2 Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise

  Boulevard 2 & 3  
1.00pm - 3.00pm Healthy Cities: Community Profiles & Public Health Action Planning -

Dr Peter Davey
3.00pm - 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30pm - 5.00pm

 Workshop continued

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Introduction to Sponsors/Exhibitors Cocktail Function

   
 

Thursday 26th March 2009

7:45am - 8:45am  Conference Registration - Level 2 Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise
8:45am - 9:00am Official Conference Welcome 
9:00am - 9:45am Dr John Coulter - President, Sustainable Population Australia (Environmental Sustainability - Prerequisite for a Liveable City)
9:45am -10:30am Professor Elizabeth Eckermann - Deakin University (Combining subjective and objective indicators of urban quality of life)
10:30am - 11:00am

Morning Tea

  Boulevard One Boulevard Two Boulevard Three Palm One
  Chair: Ms Michelle Howard Chair: Ms Kim Arcus Chair:  Ms Kirsty Chessher Chair: Mr Mark Boyd
11:00am - 11:30pm Ms Laurie Buys Mr Dean Patterson & Prof Robert Bush Mr Malcolm Snow Cr Sandra McCarthy
  Queensland University of Technology Delfin Lend Lease South Bank Corporation Kiama Municipal Council
  Getting around Brisbane: inner-city residents' transportation practices Physical Activity in Master Planned Communities Measuring Public Domain Success Paddock to Plate - Securing Our Food
11:30pm - 12:00pm Dr Simon Slota-Kan Ms Jerryn Zwart & Ms Nikki Huddy Mr Peter Dawson Dr Matthew Burke
  Victorian Dep of Human Services Zwart Transport Planning Fairweather Proberts Architects Griffith University
  Vitamin D, Safe Sun Exposure and the Built Environment in Victoria, Australia Creating Supportive Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Local Government Architecture and the Beauty Myth Constrained Harvests: a historical view of land use planning and nutrition in Australian cities
12:00pm - 12:30pm Mr Athol Yates Mr Peter Maganov Mr Robert Pretipino Mr Andrew Wheeler
  Homeland Security Research Centre & AHSRC's Climate Change Infrastructure Adaptation Research Program Randwick City Council Vital Places The University of New South Wales
  A standardised model to develop climate change adaptation plan for infrastructure The Case for an Australian Sustainability Commission Using Catlyst Infrastructure to protect local identity and lifestyle The role of planning in supporting health and wellbeing: An assessment of supportive health provisions in key city plans

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

  Boulevard One Boulevard Two Boulevard Three Palm One
  Chair: Mr Peter Dawson Chair: Ms Nikki Huddy Chair: Ms Laurie Buys Chair: Prof Evelyne de Leeuw

1:30pm - 2:00pm

 Mr Stacey McLean Mr Mark Boyd Ms Kim Nelson                                           Mr Adrian Field
  Brisbane City Council ICLEI Oceania Urban Renewal Brisbane Synergia Ltd
  Biodiversity & Climate Change in A Growing City: Assessing Risks and Investing Wisely in Brisbane's biodiversity Operating equity and evidence in local government planning Inner City & The Fringe: The Public Space Differential Exploring systems thinking in health impact assessment: A case study from McLennan urban development, Papakura, New Zealand
2:00pm - 2:30pm Dr Matthew Beaty Mr Garth Henniker Mr John Wood Mr Leon Ebbelaar
  CSIRO Griffith University JWCS City of Melville
  Climate adaption through behavioural, planning and physical interventions in Australian cities Creating sustainable and healthy communities through a health promotion scholarships program Putting Cars in Their Place and Giving People a Go SMARTI - Smarter Mobility Achieving Reduced  Travel Initiative. Helping businesses manage their staff travel and wellbeing through information and incentives
2:30pm - 3:00pm Prof Tony Hall Ms Kirsty Chessher Mr Frank Wallner Mr Jason Sprott
  Griffith University UDIA Healthy Cities Illawarra Port of Brisbane
  The Strange death of the Australian Backyard EnviroDevelopment - Inspiring and Delivering Sustainable Development Creating urban places of significance – an NGO perspective Healthy Ports…. Healthy Cities
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon Tea       

  Boulevard One Boulevard Two Boulevard Three Palm One
  Chair: Mr Malcolm Crabtree Chair: Mr Frank Wallner Chair: Ms Michelle Rogers Chair: Mr John Wood
3:30pm - 4:00pm Dr Pamela McRae-Williams Ms Miria Lange Prof Julian Lowe Ms Carmel Boyce & Ms Vicki Shelton
  WIDCORP Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd University of Ballarat City of Greater Geelong
  Why do young people leave regional centres and what makes them return? A case study of proactive local community intervention Who's responsible for healthy urban neighbourhoods in New Zealand? Regional migration and the sustainability of cities and towns in regional Australia Suburban Renewal - Greenfields of Opportunity
4:00pm - 4:30pm Ms Debbie Cowan Ms Michelle Howard Dr Robert Schiller Mr Gilbert Rochcouste
  Queensland Health Collaborations Cetec Pty Ltd Village Well
  Leading Change through Partnerships: the Logan-Beaudesert Health Coalition Planning for Health and Wellbeing: understanding what really makes a difference Chemical Emissions and Material Selection for Healthy Buildings (re) Connecting People with Place- providing the awareness and processes to create resilient, beautiful, regionally specific and vibrant communities
4:30pm - 5:00pm Mr Mark Dwyer Ms Jinhee Kim Mr Scott Favacho Mr Kim Arcus
  Hobart City Council Gagnam Healthy Cities Perth Region NRM Synergia Ltd
  Hobart Myer Fire - Consequence and Recovery Climate Change Response Issues Sustainable Business Contributing to Healthy Cities Taking Health Impact Assessment Forward: A Review of Progress and Opportunities in the Auckland Region
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Poolside Networking Function (Level 4)

   
 

Friday 27th March 2009

8.00am - 9.00am Conference Registration - Level 2 Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise
  Boulevard One Boulevard Two Boulevard Three Palm One
  Chair: Dr Peter Davey Chair: Dr Matt Beaty Chair:  Mr Stacey McLean Chair: Mr Scott Favacho
9:00am - 9:30am Mr Malcolm Crabtree Ms Gillian Myers Mr Alan Hoban Cr Scott Ludlam
  Logan City Council Queensland Health SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership Australian Greens
  Logan Healthy City Planning - past, present and future From Place to City; towards a coordinated approach for health and wellbeing at the local level The Challenges and opportunities for retrofitting water sensitive urban design into existing urban areas The next industrial revolution
9:30am - 10:00am Mr Paul Brookfield Dr Vyt Garnys Mr Tom Bland Mr Dick van den Dool
  Gold Coast City Council Cetec Pty Ltd Cheal Consultants Ltd GTA Consultants
  Integrating Urban Planning and Planning for Human Health: A Bio-semiotic Approach Healthy Buildings = Healthy People Beyond the City Limits - A Provincial Town Approach to Sustainable Urban Development Affirmative Action for Active Travel - cross-disciplinary responses to five global public policy issues
10:00am - 10:30am

Association Committee Members

Dr Paul Tranter

Ms Michelle Rogers

Dr Janis Birkeland

         
  Invitation Only UNSW @ ADFA Gold Coast City Council Queensland Institute of Technology
  Bringing professional bodies together:      The Climate Change Agenda Speed kills: the complex links between transport, lack of time and health Gold Coast City Council's Disaster Welfare and Environmental Health Model Eco - retrofitting cities for human and environmental health
10:30am - 11:00am

Morning Tea

11:00am - 11:45am

Panel Discussion - Making Cities Liveable - where to from here?

 

Audience Q & A - featuring;

Ann Bunnell - Sustainable Solutions (chair)

Prof Ian Lowe - Australian Conservation Foundation

Mr John Ridgway - Environmental Protection Agency

Dr John Coulter - Sustainable Population Australia

Professor Jan McDonald - National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

Dr Peter Davey - Griffith University

 

11:45am - 12:30pm Professor Ian Lowe - Australian Conservation Foundation (Sustainable Healthy Cities)

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm - 2:15pm Professor Evelyne de Leeuw - Deakin University (Constructing a joint research - community - practise - research agenda for Australia Healthy Cities)
2:15pm - 3:00pm Mr Jason Johnson - Freehills (The Carbon Abatement Potential of Existing Buildings: Drivers and Brakes)
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon Tea

3:30pm - 4:15pm Ms Lillias Bovell - Waste Management Association of Australia (Half the contents of your wheelie bin contribute to greenhouse gas emissions  -  what can you do?) 
4:15pm - 5:00pm Mr Philip Follent - Queensland Government Architect