1. Smart Urban Futures National Conference
28 – 29 March 2017

2. Welcome John Hennessy, Municipal Association of Victoria
Ben Rossiter, CEO, Victoria Walks

3. Building better communities for the future
Brent Toderian
Principal, TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; founding President of the Council for Canadian Urbanism

4. What are the key ingredients for healthy, liveable communities
Professor Billie Giles-Corti
Director of RMIT’s Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform Lead Investigator of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities

5. Morning tea

6. Creating liveable communities for everyone - what we can learn from how older people get around their urban, regional and rural communities
Lisa Langley
Policy Manager, Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW

7. Launch of the Heart Foundation (Victoria) Healthy and Active by Design initiative

8. Panel session – how do we create healthy cities that work for everyone?
Brent Toderian, founding President of the Council for Canadian Urbanism
Billie Giles-Corti, Director of RMIT’s Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform
Lisa Langley, Policy Manager, Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW

9. Lunch (including option shot walk)

10. Integrated transport planning
City of Ipswich transport plan: iGO – doing the right mix – Jessica Coats, City of Ipswich
Building pedestrian access into stations and level crossing removals - Dr David Mepham, DMC
Gold Coast Transport Strategy 2031 – Alton Twine, Gold Coast City Council

11. Getting people on their feet
Enabling more walking for transport - behavioural insights - Alice Woodruff, Active Cities
Broadway – simple design for safer streets and revitalizing your retail centre - Nadia Combe, City of Darebin
Making it easier and safer to walk case studies – Greenlight for walkers and raised zebra crossings - Kathleen Kemp and John Bartels, City of Port Phillip

12. Afternoon tea

13. Bringing economic development and urban design together
Shaping regional towns and cities - Steven Burgess, Principal Consultant MRCagney
Placemaking: Think like a Fool - Andrew Hammonds, Placefocus Queensland

14. Questions and discussion – selling sustainable urban change as an economic development path

15. Preparing for an uncertain future
The future of road transport and driverless vehicles - Justin Passaportis, GoGet Car
Increased sustainability delivers a better future – Antony Sprigg, Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA)
Towards a Smart City - Kate Vinot, City of Melbourne

16. Close

17. Smart Urban Futures National Conference
28 – 29 March 2017

18. Planning for successful cities
Dr Tim Williams
CEO Committee for Sydney

19. How can we create more and better public spaces, for everyone?
Lucinda Hartley
Co-Founder, CoDesign Studio

20. Connecting the Bay – Building community support in Hobsons Bay to implement integrated transport outcomes
Patricia Fitzsimons
Coordinator Sustainability, Hobsons Bay City Council

21. Panel discussion - building the evidence and community support
Brent Toderian, founding President of the Council for Canadian Urbanism
Dr Tim Williams, CEO, Committee for Sydney
Lucinda Hartley, Co-Founder, CoDesign Studio
Patricia Fitzsimons, Coordinator Sustainability, Hobsons Bay City Council

22. Morning tea

23. Streets for people – street design that creates liveable, equitable communities
An international perspective – Global Street Design - Skye Duncan, National Association of City Transport Officials (US)
Streets for People: from page to pavement - Natalya Boujenko, Intermethod
Cities Alive: Towards a Walking World - Amy Child, Arup
How to improve safety for pedestrians (without pushing them into their cars) - Duane Burtt, Victoria Walks

24. Questions and panel discussion
Natalya Boujenko, Strategic Consultant, Intermethod
Duane Burtt, Senior Advisor, Victoria Walks
Amy Child, Strategic Transport Planner, Arup
Andrew Hammonds, Placemaker, Placefocus Queensland

25. Lunch (including optional short walk)

26. Are we there yet? Justin Madden
City Strategy Executive – City Operations Leader, Arup

27. Development we can be proud of – case studies of positive design
Priority to the People: The Bunda Street Shared Zone - Ben McHugh, Director Capital Works, Transport Canberra and City Services, ACT
White Gum Valley: Innovation through Demonstration - Kieran Wong RAIA, Design Director, CODA Architecture + Urban Design

28. Conference close