Participants include
Roderick Simpson
As principal of the architectural and urban design practice simpson+wilson, Roderick Simpson led the urban design and spatial planning of the recently released Sustainable Sydney 2030 Strategy and was involved in the development of the “City of Cities” Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney between 2003 and 2007.
He has been an active advocate of ecologically sustainable design principles, culminating in the formulation of “BASIX”, the NSW Building Sustainability Index that applies to all residential development in NSW.
Roderick’s projects have received recognition including the Premiers Award for Architecture, RAIA Presidents Award, and Merit Awards and PIA Award for Excellence in Urban Planning.
Anna Peterson
Anna is the Social Sustainability Manager and PRECINXTM Project Manager for Landcom
Emma Synnot
Emma is a senior sustainability consultant at Arup and her expertise is focused on sustainability at a large scale having been a key team member on sustainability strategies for London, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Prior to joining Arup, Emma spent over 3 years working for the Mayor of London and the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC). In this role, Emma provided advice to Olympic authorities on the London 2012 carbon and energy strategy.
She was instrumental in establishing the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, which provides independent assurance over the sustainability of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and London Leaders, which aims to transform London into an exemplary sustainable world city through the actions of Londoners.
Adam Beck
Adam is the Queensland and Northern Territory State Manager for the Green Building Council of Australia. Adam works with the Queensland development industry to encourage the take up of market based solutions which promote green building development.
Adam is also the National Project Manager for the Precincts Project. In this capacity he is working with a range of Government and private sector stakeholders to develop a national framework for the planning and delivery of sustainable precincts and communities. Adam’s specialist skills are in sustainability facilitation which includes the auditing, measurement, evaluation and reporting of sustainability performance on projects.
Dr Jane Tarran
Jane is currently working with AILA National on the Australian Government funded project, developing Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Landscape Architects.
Previously, Jane was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) where she developed the interdisciplinary course of Bachelor of Science in Urban Ecology. Jane has over 20 years experience in university teaching and research in a range of areas, including urban vegetation management, urban forestry, plant pathology, landscape design history, open space management, botany and horticulture.
Recently, she has been promoting, to various audiences, the concept of urban forestry and urban greening and the benefits that flow to people and their cities from well-managed urban vegetation. Increasingly, these talks on Green Infrastructure have focussed on issues of biodiversity and climate change, in addition to the provision of sustainable and life-enhancing urban environments for people. |
