Program

 
 
Sunday 10 November

Mandoon Estate

5.30 - 7.30pm

Welcome Function

 

Monday 11 November

The Vines

7.30 - 9.00am

Members Meeting and AGM

This session for Members only

 

9.00 - 9.20am

Congress opens

Welcome

NGAA Executive Officer, Bronwen Clark; Mayor, City of Swan, Cr David Lucas; NGAA Chair, Mayor Glenn Docherty, City of Playford

9.40 - 10.10am

Setting the Scene - who are we creating places for now and in the future

Speaker TBC

10.10 - 10.58am

Keynote Address - Creating places for people in Australia's growth areas

Ethan Kent, Project for Public Spaces and PlacemakingX

11.00 - 11.30am 

Pause for a minute's silence for Remembrance Day

MORNING TEA

11.30am - 12.30pm

Panel session 1: The software of place - people, community and purpose

Moderator: Dean Cracknell, Town Teams

Speakers invited:

  • Jessica Christiansen-Franks, CEO, Neighbourlytics
  • Michael Campbell, Principal Consultant, Lucid Economics

12.30 - 1.00pm

The Hon. Alan Tudge MP

Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure (by videolink)

1.00 - 1.45pm

Lunch

 

1.45 - 2.15pm

Andrew Giles MP

Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure

2.15 - 3.15pm

Panel session 2:  - The hardware of place - getting the planning, design and infrastructure right

Moderator: Prof Peter Newman, Curtin University (invited)

Speakers invited:

  • WA Young Planner of the Year
  • Kelly Grigsby, CEO Wyndham City Council (recently returned from UDIA US Study Tour)

 

3.35 - 4.05pm

Infrastructure Australia

Speaker TBC

 

4.05 - 4.55pm

Panel session 3: From paddock to postcode - how to get placemaking right from the start

Moderator: TBC

Speakers including Ethan Kent, Kelly Grigsby and Peter Newman

 

4.55 - 5.00pm

Wrap up and close 

 

6.30 - 10.00pm

NGAA Awards Dinner

 
Tuesday 12 November

9.00am - 12.00pm

Guildford Hotel

NGAA 2020 - 2030 Strategic Planning Workshop

Members only event

 

1.00pm - 3.00pm

Site tour and case study - Midlands Rail Workshop redevelopment

Open to all delegates

 

3.00pm

Congress close