A treasure trove of presentations

Thriving Neighbourhoods is a public space where – like all inspiring, vibrant places – there is a mixture of many different types of people and organisations: policy-makers, researchers, consultants, developers, social enterprises, community activists, content developers, communicators, sustainability companies, non-profit organisations, and local, regional, national, and international.

Each year, this diverse group gathers at the Thriving Neighbourhoods conference in Melbourne. In 2012, the presentations covered:

Name	Title	Paper
Richard Florida	Author The Rise of the Creative Class The Great Reset
Pooran Desai OBE	Co-founder, BioRegional Director, One Planet Communities	Thriving Neighbourhoods on One Planet
Fumi Masuda	Professor (industrial design and sustainability), Tokyo Zokei University	Gloomy Tokyo and Thriving Neighbours
Anne Barker	Managing Director City West Water	Greening the suburbs: heat island effect down, community health up
Jason Black	Director, Planning for Health and Wellbeing Project, Planning Institute of Australia (Victoria)	Selandra Rise: A healthy and engaged community created through cross-sectoral partnership in planning, design and development
Rowan Dowland	General Manager - Development,  bankmecu	Banks’ financing tools: supporting sustainable and resilient communities
Dorte Ekelund	Executive Director, Major Cities Unit, Federal Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Prof. Hisham  Elkadi	Head of School, Architecture and Building, Deakin University	Greenfield developments: innovations enhancing sustainability and liveability
Dr Ben Guy	CEO Urban Circus	Creative Visual Process for Great Planning Outcomes Case Study: Bowden   Case Study: Melbourne Transport & Urban Model
Michael Haines	CEO Virtual Australia and New Zealand Initiative (VANZI)	3D modelling of the natural and built environment for planning activities: harmonising spatial information into a virtual Australia and New Zealand
Ricki Hersburgh	Manager, Sustainability, UDIA Victoria	Greenfield developments: innovations enhancing sustainability and liveability
Georgie Hill	Healthy Communities Coordinator, City of Wyndham	Creating healthy communities in a major growth area
Joanne Kyrkillis	Social Policy and Projects Officer, City of Whittlesea	Social Infrastructure Planning Tool Project
Meg McDonald	CEO Low Carbon Australia	Innovative financing for low-carbon precincts
Cr Paul Pisasale	Mayor, City of Ipswich Chair, National Growth Areas Alliance	Making Good Cities Great
Tom Roper	Chair, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council	The Built Environment: A Policy framework for Climate Adaptation
Prof. Chris Ryan	Director, Victorian Eco Innovation Lab, University of Melbourne	Thriving when 'transformation' challenges 'preservation'
Prof. Farzad Safei	Managing Director, ICT Research Institute, University of Wollongong	Transport Commons: A public transport service based on my timetable
Malcolm Snow	General Manager, Design and Placemaking, Places Victoria	Thriving Neighbourhoods
Damien Tangey	Managing Director Birchgrove Property	Greenfield developments: innovations enhancing sustainability and liveability
John Thwaites	Chair, ClimateWorks Australia and Monash University Sustainability Institute	Creating low-carbon communities
Mark Whalen	Manager, Urban Development, GHD	Greenfield developments: innovations enhancing sustainability and liveability
Elizabeth Rush	Manager, Transport Planning, City of Sydney	Transport & Sustainability: Initiatives in the city of Sydney
Melanie Lowe	Place, Health and liveability Research Program, University of Melbourne	Healthy, liveable communities: What are the key indicators
Prue Digby	Deputy Secretary, Department of Planning an Community Development	Planning and Building more Resilient Communities
Rebecca Scott	CEO and Founder, Streat	Crowd-funding and corporate fund-matching: supporting social entrepreneurship
Lisa Fox	Co-Founder and Director, Open Shed	Collaborative consumption: taking sharing online, the sustaining it offline
Dong Chen	Stream Leader, Ecosystem Sciences, CSIRO	Green infrastructure to mitigating extreme summer heat
Jack Noonan	Consultant, CETEC	Batesford Community Hub: A Case for Healthy, Affordable and Green Buildings
Annie Harrison	University of Melbourne	Melbourne City Baths: Retrofitting for Sustainability
David Jarratt	Director, WSP Built Ecology	Transformational precinct engineering
Kes McCormick	Assistant Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden	Advancing sustainable urban transformation: learning from the future
Yvonne Lynch	Team Leader, Urban Landscapes Branch, City of Melbourne	Creating Urban Landscapes for a Healthy, Resilient Future
Karen Walsh	General Manager, Housing Services and Renewal,  St George Community Housing	A whole-of-location response: a community housing model
Allan Rodger	Sustainability Consulting, Former Dean of Architecture, University of Melbourne	Sustainable Urban Transformation
Ed Cotter	Managing Director, BioRegional Australia	One Planet Living’s Open Source Project Sharing the knowledge we need….
Asha Bee Abraham	Zero Carbon Moreland Project Coordinator, Moreland Energy Foundation	A small suburb thinking big: Merlynston Village Green
Cecily Strange	Centre for the Built Environment and Health, University of Western Australia	The role of parenthood and social cpatial: creating a village in modern suburbia
Tony Smith	Kororoit Institute	Planning and delivery of urban and suburban services: revisiting forgotten
Nicole Johnson	Manager, Neighbourhood Planning and Renewal, Brisbane City Council	Transparency and empowerment: neighbourhood planning and urban renewal
Andrew Wear	Regional Director, Metropolitan Melbourne, Department of Planning and Community Development	New Communities in New Suburbs: the Challenge of Effective Infrastructure Provision
Jan Jacklin	Manager, Economic and Cultural Development, City of Stonnington	Destination Melbourne: ‘Discover Your Own Backyard’ campaign
Denise Castro	Industry Development manager, Destination Melbourne	Destination Melbourne: ‘Discover Your Own Backyard’ campaign
Angela Wright	Principal Advisor, Open Space Planning, Redland City Council	Open Space Planning: Redland City Council
Amy Hahs	University of Melbourne	The role of biodiversity in creating green, healthy cities and towns
Amy Shaw	School of Life and Environment Sciences, Deakin University	Investigating how program features influence program success
Morsaleena Faruque	Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning,University of Melbourne	Overcoming barriers to disability rehabilitation through design that maximises contact
Anthony Kachenko	Environmental and Technical Policy Manager, Nursery and Garden Industry Australia	Plant – Life Balance: Towards a Green Metropolis
Stephen Alchin	Executive Director, Planning at Infrastructure Australia	Sustainable Infrastructure – Some Thoughts on Financial Sustainability and its Implications
Toby Archer	Director Policy at Victorian Local Governance Association	Resilient Neighbourhoods: Intergrated Apporaches to Urban Change
Lindsay Bevege	ACELG	Policy integration: seeing the big picture or tilting at windmills?
Orjan Lundberg	Director, Green Star Operations at Green Building Council of Australia	Green Star: Communities
Rob Roggema	Senior Research Fellow, RMIT	Towards a framework for integrated sustainable precincts: The green infrastructure – green building interface
Ben Smith	Associate Director Sustainability and Climate Change, AECOM	Infrastructure and Transport: responding to sustainability needs and challenges
Juergen Schneider	Regional General Manager, Seimens	Sustainability as an opportunity
Anthony Sprigg	Technical Discipline Manager - Sustainability & Climate Change; and CEO Australian Green Infrastruct at SLR Consulting	Projects & Assests: Interplay between complimentary Frameworks
Wayne Wescott	Director of Thriving Neighbourhoods, ICLEI Oceania	Neighbourhood Rating: Star Communities Index