Congress 2019
2019 National Congress
Ethan Kent, Romilly Madew, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Minister for Population, Cities & Urban Infrastructure and the Hon Andrew Giles MP, Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure at Congress.
2019 Congress Highlights
- Keynote speakers, Ethan Kent (Project for Public Spaces, USA) and Romilly Madew (Infrastructure Australia)
- Expert presenters, panel sessions and hypotheticals
- NGAA Awards Dinner
- On-site case study at award-winning Midland Railway Workshops, an urban renewal success story
- Strategic Planning Workshop for Members
- Glenn Capuano, .iD: Growth areas demographic overview See video
- International Keynote address by Ethan Kent, Project for Public Spaces See video
- National Keynote address by Romilly Madew, Infrastructure Australia See video
- The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure See video
- The Hon Andrew Giles, Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure See video
- Kelly Grigsby, CEO Wyndham City Council See video
- Jessica Christiansen-Franks, Neighbourlytics: Future Communities See video
- Rukshan de Silva, Australian Young Planner of the Year: Jindabyne: hardware of place See video
- Dr Kirsten Martinus, UWA: Hardwiring place through smart city planning See video
- Panel discussion: The Hardware of Place See video
- Dean Cracknell, Town Teams: Upgrading the software of your place See video
- Michael Campbell, Lucid Economics: The Software of Place See video
- Panel discussion: The Software of Place See video
- Hypothetical session: From Paddock to Postcode - how to get placemaking right from the start See video
Congress is based at The Vines Resort in the beautiful Swan Valley in Western Australia.
The Congress Welcome Function on Sunday 10 November is at the acclaimed Mandoon Estate.
The Members-only Strategic Planning Workshop on Tuesday 12 November is at the historic Guildford Hotel.
The NGAA Awards 2019 celebrate and showcase excellence and innovation from projects and initiatives that support the development of growth areas across Australia. Winners were announced on Monday 11 November at the NGAA Awards Dinner. More information here.
awards information
The City of Swan, 20km north-east of the CBD, is one of Perth's fastest growing municipalities. It's also the largest, with two regional centres, major commercial and industrial areas, historically significant towns and a thriving tourism industry.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our Congress Partners:
All Congress and Awards sponsorship allocations for 2019 have been exhausted. For information about Congress 2022, please contact NGAA’s Executive Officer, Bronwen Clark, on 0448 401 257 or at bronwen.clark@ngaa.org.au.
