Future of local government
Presentations are available from the following events:
- National Local Government Conference: Reinvent.LGov
- Rebooting Democracy National Tour
- Hacktivation: Transforming Local Government in the Innovation Era
- 2017 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
- 2016 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
- 2014 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
- 2018 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2017 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2016 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2015 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2014 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2018 Smart Urban Futures Conference
- 2017 Smart Urban Futures Conference
- 2016 Smart Urban Futures Conference
- 2015 Smart Urban Futures Conference
- 2014 Smart Urban Futures Conference
- 2018 Sustainable Communities National Summit
- 2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government
- Tactical Urbanism and Better Blocks Masterclass
National Local Government Conference: Reinvent.LGov
This conference, held in April 2018, as a skills development event where participants found out about innovations and community-first initiatives from councils from around Australia.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations
- Fire Station 101: a regional impact accelerator - Chad Renando, Community Manager, Ipswich City Council, QLD (PDF - 6.89MB)
- Achieving Successful Transformation: it’s not about the technology - Juan Hernandez, Business Improvement Coordinator, Port Stephens Council NSW (PDF - 818KB)
- WORKSHOP: Engagement Lab: Innovating irresistable community engagement - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 2.24MB)
- WORKSHOP: Barriers to Culture of Improvement & Innovation - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 144KB)
- WORKSHOP: Barriers to Culture of Improvement & Innovation (Session notes) - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 103KB)
- CASE STUDY 1: The innovation journey at Cardinia Council - David Jackson, Information Services Manager, Cardinia Shire Council (PDF - 373KB)
- CASE STUDY 2: Business Improvement@ Willoughby City Council - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 2.69MB)
- GROUP NOTES: Business Improvement@ Willoughby City Council - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 115KB)
- CASE STUDY 3: Digital transformation of a rural community - Establishing Southern Grampians as Victoria's first Smart Connected Rural Community - Russell Bennett Manager Business Systems, Southern Grampians Shire Council (PDF - 3.21MB)
- Transforming local government: What works - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 95KB)
- PERSPECTIVE 1: Gladstone Council: Waste powering a greener future - Dr Jessica North, CEO, LGI (Landfill Gas Industries) Ltd, QLD (PDF - 5.16MB)
- PERSPECTIVE 2: Using data and technology to transform service delivery and enhance citizen experience - Anthony Ogle, Smart City Projects Manager, City of Ryde, NSW (PDF - 1.02MB)
- PERSPECTIVE 3: Evaluating the impact of innovation investment - Chad Renando, Community Manager, Ipswich City Council, QLD (PDF - 3.07MB)
Rebooting Democracy National Tour
Cormac Russell, author, social explorer and Director of Asset-Based Community Development in Europe and USA, brings experience of working at all levels of local government in 35 countries over the last 21 years, to this most vexing of questions: how can we reboot democracy? In November and December 2017, Mr Russell toured the country discussing that question.
Presentation
Hacktivation: Transforming Local Government in the Innovation Era
This two-day innovation conference in March 2017 was made up of lead case studies for big change innovation and community first Australian councils and a series of interactive workshops on innovation modelling process, and real life council transformation challenges. Other featured workshops included; PechaKucha and GovHACK, and workshops on council transformation challenges, journey mapping, and national local government innovations awards.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 30 years and beyond - the Future of Local Government - Chris O’Connor - Manager Digital and Data and Caz McLean, Organisational Performance - City of Casey (PowerPoint - 25.9MB)
- Action focussed innovation: A new approach to increase the value of Council services - Martijn Schroder - Business Transformation Manager - City of Ballarat (PowerPoint - 4.26MB)
- Adelaide: Australia’s first Lighthouse City for Innovation - Paul Daly - Advisor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Adelaide City Council (PowerPoint - 16.3MB)
- Council Plan Development in the Data Age: Supporting evidence-based policy making - Angelo Saridis - Manager Performance & Innovation and James Allen - Business Improvement Analyst - Latrobe City Council (PowerPoint - 2.25MB)
- Fast prototyping - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 2.04MB)
- Human Centred Design approach to public service innovation - Service Design Melbourne (SDM) (PowerPoint - 7.85MB)
- Innovation at Yarra Ranges - Joelle McKay - Executive Officer - Innovation Lead At Yarra Ranges Council (PowerPoint - 4.00MB)
- Innovation Districts – places of making - Jacyl Shaw - Director of Engagement Carlton Connect Initiative - University of Melbourne (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- Innovation in transformation: Winning hearts, changing mindsets and improving service in the brave new(?) world of putting the customer first - Angela Robertson – Business Analyst Justine Resta – Organisational Development Coordinator - Brimbank City Council (PowerPoint - 18.4MB)
- Preparing a Digital Economy Strategy for Lake Macquarie City - Sharon Pope, Lake Macquarie Council (PowerPoint - 4.95MB)
- Sunshine Coast Hackfest: how it aligns with council’s strategic plan and corporate capabilities - Ann Yardley - Manager - Business Solutions and Strategy Unit - Sunshine Coast Council (PowerPoint - 3.50MB)
Videos
Adelaide - Lighthouse City for Innovation - Anil Menon excerpt
Innovation at Yarra Ranges - Goals and Purpose
Sunshine Coast Hackfest 2016
2017 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
This conference was held in December 2017. It highlighted innovative ways to create vibrant communities led by active, caring and engaged citizens.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and a video.
Presentations
- The Future of Communities: 2017 Power to the People National Conference - Program (PDF - 69.0KB)
- Befriend: Global tour report back. Developing Inclusive Social Networks within Specific Communities - Nick Maisey, Founder, Befriend (PDF - 3.0MB)
- Befriend: Global tour report back. Developing Inclusive Social Networks within Specific Communities - Nick Maisey, Founder, Befriend (PowerPoint - 45.6MB)
- Changing Council Culture and Practice: Learning to Be Community-led: A Placemakers' Guide - Lucinda Hartley, Co-founder and CEO, CoDesignStudio (PDF -27.3MB )
- Community - Peter Kenyon, Founder, Bank of Ideas (PDF - 46.0MB)
- Rebooting Democracy, Restoring the Commons - Cormac Russell, Managing Director, Nurture Development, Ireland (PowerPoint - 18.1MB)
- Rebooting Democracy: The Role of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in Community Mobilisation: Stories and Learnings from the USA - Ron Dwyer-Voss, Pacific Community Solutions, California, USA (PowerPoint - 6.0MB)
- Snapshot of Quirky Community Project: Communi-TEA - Bernie Hetherington, Executive Manager, Building Healthy Communities, Sunbury Community Health (PowerPoint - 9.1MB)
- Snapshot of Quirky Community Project: Street by Street: Bringing Neighbours Together - Irene Opper, National Manager, Street By Street (PowerPoint - 10.4MB)
- Successful Grassroots Philanthropy Strategies - Ricki Andrews, Founding Committee Member, Impact 100 Melbourne (PowerPoint - 2.8MB)
Video
The Incredible Community Reinvention Story of South Alive, Invercargill, New Zealand. Cressida Evans, Manager, South Alive, New Zealand
2016 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
This conference was held in September 2016. It highlighted innovative ways to create vibrant communities led by active, caring and engaged citizens.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- A New Definition for Creative - What does it mean to be a creative community in the 21st Century? - Rhys Williams - The Make Place - Mandurah, WA (PDF - 5.43MB)
- A New Definition for Creative - What does it mean to be a creative community in the 21st Century? - Rhys Williams - The Make Place - Mandurah, WA (PowerPoint - 43.9MB)
- About citizens' juries - Max Hardy - Max Hardy Consulting (PowerPoint - 1.10MB)
- Case Studies Panel (PowerPoint - 34.7MB)
- Encouraging Innovation: Moving Past the Yeah-Buts in your Community - Kerri Tilby-Price - Exult, NZ (PowerPoint - 995KB)
- Engaging CaLD & Refugees in Building Community - Zizi Charida - Community Minds - Bankstown, NSW (PowerPoint - 3.02MB)
- Getting Residents to Fall Back in Love with Their Communities - Peter Kenyon, Director, Bank of IDEAS (PDF - 23.5MB)
- Measuring impact: How we can change what we do, and how we focus on assets, by what we measure - Peter Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS (PDF - 15.8MB)
- Our Apple Tree - Lessons from a community garden - Paul Sheldon, Growing Things (PowerPoint - 45.5MB)
- The Great Transition Town Tale - Barbara Jackson - Banyule City Council (PDF - 28.1MB)
- The Neighbourhood Project - Helen Rowe - Codesign Studio (PDF - 33.0MB)
- Those damn youths - Rhys Williams (PDF - 14.1MB)
- Youth engagement & entrepreneurship - Rupert North - Coordinator, Youth & Middle Years, Yarra City Council (PowerPoint - 3.95MB)
Videos
Montmorency Community Group
The job of a citizen - Cormac
Transition Convergence
Transition Towns Banyule - Video Montage
2014 Future of Communities - Power to the People Conference
This conference was held in October 2014. It highlighted innovative ways to create vibrant communities led by active, caring and engaged citizens.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 20 years of ABCD - Community-led change in Aotearoa NZ (PowerPoint - 26.4MB)
- Celebrating 20 years of ABCD - Melbourne ABCD Panel (PowerPoint - 6.34MB)
- City of Subiaco's Strategic Community Plan, Charlotte Carlish (Word - 26.5KB)
- Community and economic development lessons from Christchurch, Peter Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS (PowerPoint - 17.1MB)
- Community Leadership Program - Brimbank City Council, Kath Brackett (PowerPoint - 6.12MB)
- Creating a culture of community engagement, Charlotte Carlish, City of Subiaco WA (PowerPoint - 1.27MB)
- Grass-roots Community Ownership, Josephine Lebbing (PDF - 69.7KB)
- Kingston Koori Youth Engagement (PowerPoint - 1.12MB)
- Music as a community building tool in rural communities (OMM) (PowerPoint - 1.13MB)
- Reflections on the workshop Grass-roots Community Ownership, Josephine Lebbing (PDF - 426KB)
- Reflections on the workshop Grass-roots Community Ownership, Josephine Lebbing (Word - 215KB)
- Reinventing the way local councils and NGOs engage with their communities (PowerPoint - 2.19MB)
- Reinventing the way we engage with people, Lenny Jenner, Queenscliffe (PowerPoint - 962KB)
- Road from disaster impact to recovery - Headwinds and boulders, Phil Koperberg (PowerPoint - 1.31MB)
- Social and cooperative enterprise, Peter Tregilgas (PowerPoint - 2.43MB)
- Social Capital Workshop (PowerPoint - 24.3MB)
- SOUTH alive, South Invercargill NZ (PowerPoint - 11.4MB)
- Think 2030 website (PowerPoint - 18.7MB)
- Thomas Street Laneway Safety Project (PowerPoint - 2.23MB)
- Woolly West Fest, Hamilton (PowerPoint - 6.30MB)
Videos
20 Years of ABCD, Cormac Russell, ABCD Europe
How the Internet will (one day) transform government, Clay Shirk (TED Talk)
Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement, Paul Born
2018 Future of Local Government Summit
The annual Future of Local Government Summit is held in May every year. It brings together experts from around the world to share their views on the influences shaping local government and the opportunities this can create for Victorian councils and their communities. It has been running since 2005.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
Day 1
- Summit agenda (PDF - 2.52MB)
- Summit Context - John Hennessy, Sector Development Officer, Municipal Association of Victoria (PDF - 680KB)
- Beyond devolution and towards resilience - Andrew Walker, Policy Researcher, UK Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) (PDF - 729KB)
- Renewable Newstead: Newstead 2021: Supporting the development of a vibrant, informed & sustainable community - Genevieve Barlow & Geoff Park (PDF - 848KB)
- The new Waratah community charter and advisory board - Tracey Bradley, Director, Corporate & Community Services, Waratah-Wynard Council, NSW (PDF - 2.18MB)
- Creating age-friendly communities in the US - Danielle Arigoni, Director, AARP Livable Communities, USA (PDF - 5.02MB)
- bHive: A world first, place-based sharing economy cooperative - Ian McBurney, Director and EO, bHive Cooperative (PDF - 9.14MB)
- Transitioning to a zero carbon community within 10 years - Imogen Jubb, National Manager, Zero Carbon Communities, Beyond Zero Emissions (PDF - 2.26MB)
- Sustainable Neighbourhoods Program: Community-led processes to achieve local sustainability - Dr Alice Howe, Manager, Sustainability, Lake Macquarie City Council, NSW (PDF - 5.57MB)
Day 2
- LogoNet: fresh thinking about the future of local government and local governance - Tim Robinson, Co-founder, LogoNet Australia Associate, Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra (PDF - 604KB)
- The growing importance of regional co-operation and collaboration - Scott Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Council of Mayors, South East Queensland (PDF - 2.31MB)
- Driving change in local government: What works and what doesn’t? - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 87.2KB)
- Action focussed innovation - Martijn Schroder, global consultant (PDF - 3.89MB)
- Learning how to be community-led - Rhys Williams, Mayor of Mandurah Council, WA (PDF - 9.88MB)
- Heathcote community case study - Sherrie Coote, Advance Heathcote Inc & Sandra Slatter (PDF - 3.58MB)
- Tiny houses have a big future: A place for tiny houses - Tom Danby, Community Developer (PDF - 1.94MB)
- The transition movement: a way for a local community to address the climate emergency - Mary Stringer, Transition Streets Banyule (PDF - 3.05MB)
- Why investing in tourism is good for local communities - Wayne Kayler-Thomson, Chair, Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Ltd (PDF - 4.03MB)
- One Step Ahead of Amazon: Enhancing the Main Street Experience - Dr David Mepham, Place Planner (PDF - 1.49MB)
Video
Advancing community-led governance: the latest from Britain and Canada:
Graham Sansom, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
2017 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Conference agenda (PowerPoint - 592KB)
- Conference introduction - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 2.27MB)
- The Better Way: less local government and more local governance - David Hammond, Director, Hammond Robertson and former CEO, Thames-Coromandel Council, NZ (PowerPoint - 4.17MB)
- City-Charrette 2040: Future= Past + Now - Jacyl Shaw, Director Engagement & Renee Beale, Creative Community Animator, Carlton Connect Initiative (PowerPoint - 3.79MB)
- Collaborative city-making - Lucinda Hartley, Co-founder CoDesign Studio (PDF - 15.1MB)
- Fostering a culture of innovation - Jacyl Shaw, Director, Carlton Connect Initiative (PowerPoint - 27.1MB)
- How greater devolution can enhance community based governance - Dr Mike Reid, Principle Policy Advisor, Local Government New Zealand (PowerPoint - 118KB)
- Local governments & community: a new story - Gilbert Rochecouste, founder of Village Well (PDF - 21.5MB)
- MiVote - The future of community engagement - Joel Stanton, MiVote (PowerPoint - 10.0MB)
- The New Digital Age can deliver for communities but it needs collaboration and innovation - Martijn Schroder, Digital Transformation Manager, City of Ballarat (PowerPoint - 23.6MB)
- Placemaking: The Better Way. Yes, we can! - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 27.6MB)
- Public spaces are better when shaped by local people - Tracey O’Connor, Whitehorse City Council (PowerPoint - 15.8MB)
- Shaping and Selling a New Australian Localism - Graham Sansom (PowerPoint - 420KB)
- Transforming Local Government - Dr Jonathan Carr-West, CEO, The Local Government Information Unit, UK (PowerPoint - 4.43MB)
Videos
Thames-Coromandel District Council, NZ - Community empowerment
Forum Videos
2016 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Conference introduction - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 120KB)
- Adaptive leadership in complexity and change - Liz Skelton, Collaboration for Impact (PowerPoint - 4.55MB)
- Building a sustainable future: New Zealand’s new local democracy - Helen Mexted, LGNZ (PDF - 5.25MB)
- Cardinia's ABW journey, one year on - Vicki Millen (PowerPoint - 712KB)
- Creating next generation councils - David Hammond, CEO, Thames-Coromandel District Council, New Zealand (PowerPoint - 3.11MB)
- Decision making by councils in a financially constrained environment - Justine Linley, CEO, Northern Grampians Shire Council (PowerPoint - 7.20MB)
- Defining high performance - Phil Wilson, Auckland Council, NZ (PowerPoint - 4.06MB)
- Getting value in the postnormal: Rethinking local government beyond 2020 - Mike McAllum, Global Foresight Network (PowerPoint - 2.48MB)
- Hunter Councils: Fit for purpose? - Roger Stephan, CEO, The Hunter Joint Organisation (PowerPoint - 3.16MB)
- Lismore Community Solarfarms - Adam Blakester, Executive Director, Starfish Initiatives (PDF - 2.50MB)
- Local Government's role in fostering national productivity and innovation - Troy Pickard, ALGA (PowerPoint - 4.30MB)
- Reform of the federation: What do Australians want… and what do they need? - A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University (PowerPoint - 1.27MB)
- Sharing the Altered State: Rebooting Democracy in an Age of Dislocation - Cormac Russell, Managing Director of Nurture Development and faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development Institute (PowerPoint - 9.21MB)
- Tackling climate change in a practical way - Paul Murfitt, CEO, Moreland Energy Foundation (PowerPoint - 14.4MB)
- Tell your story well - Iain Twine, CEO, Edelman South East Asia & Australasia (PowerPoint - 1.90MB)
- Top gear or stuck in neutral? What next for Australian local government - Graham Sansom, Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (PowerPoint - 949KB)
- Transforming public services - Kirsty Elderton, Australian Digital Transformation Office (PDF - 4.26MB)
- Conference summary - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 92.5KB)
Videos
Devolution, public service reform and economic growth - Barry Quirk, CEO of Lewisham Council, London
The UK local government journey: Where to now? - Lord Porter, Chairman of the Local Government Association of the UK
2015 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 2015 FOLG Summit Overview - John Hennesssy, MAV (PowerPoint - 9.24MB)
- Business model transformation - Prof Peter Grant, IBRS (PowerPoint - 5.50MB)
- Change, innovation and frugality, what works - Kate Delaney (PowerPoint - 2.49MB)
- City of Greater Geraldton (WA) participatory budgeting journey - Ken Diehm (PowerPoint - 5.30MB)
- City of Melbourne, the People's Panel - Stephen Mayne (PowerPoint - 3.18MB)
- Community enpowerment in council decision-making - David Hammond, NZ (PowerPoint - 2.60MB)
- FOLG Next Steps - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 141KB)
- Future of Local Government National Summit 2015 (Word - 76.7KB)
- Future of local public services and implications for local govt - Prof Helen Sullivan (PowerPoint - 2.75MB)
- Lessons and insights I've learnt in local government and elsewhere - Kelvin Spiller (PowerPoint - 10.1MB)
- Local government and federal government, the importance of the direct relationship, now and into the future - Troy Pickard, ALGA (PowerPoint - 558KB)
- Reinventing neighbourhoods: Places for people, by people - Lucinda Hartley, CoDesign Studio (PowerPoint - 24.6MB)
- Responding to the biggest wake-up call in history - Richard Slaughter, Foresight (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- The challenge of change - John Walker, Richmond Valley Council, NSW (PowerPoint - 929KB)
- The WA Council amalgamation process, how not to do it - Peter Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS (PowerPoint - 4.49MB)
- Transformation to a new smarter way of working - Di Ashton, Cardinia (PDF - 4.21MB)
- Virtual local government - Professor Percy Allan (PDF - 766KB)
Videos
Community enpowerment in council decision-making - David Hammond, CEO of Thames-Coromandel District Council, NZ
Engaging your community in city council decision making - Dr Paul Leistner, Neighborhood Program Coordinator for the City of Portland, Oregon, USA
Re-imagining government in the digital age - Barry Quirk, CEO of Lewisham Council, London, UK
2014 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Building capacity - amalgamation or what, Graham Sansom (PowerPoint - 3.32MB)
- Commission of Inquiry, Peter Barnett, Telstra (PowerPoint - 1.95MB)
- Councils leading the way, Matt Skinner, FutureGov (PDF - 3.46MB)
- Framing the future - from strategy to total redesign, Michael McAllum (PowerPoint - 1.43MB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit - Program (Word - 2.73MB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit - Propositions (Word - 23.6KB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit, John Hennessy (PowerPoint - 1.35MB)
- Go Goldfields - a new role for local government in social change (PowerPoint - 1.34MB)
- GOVCLOUD - The Queensland LG Experience, Jock O'Keefe (PowerPoint - 3.17MB)
- Local government sustainability, CT Management (PowerPoint - 3.48MB)
- Patchwork - A simple, secure network of front-line workers in your area (PDF - 1.78MB)
- Rewiring public services - The better way (PowerPoint - 261KB)
- Rewiring public services, Paul Raynes (PowerPoint - 2.16MB)
- Shared Services - An alternative delivery model for local government or not, Donna Galvin (PowerPoint - 5.15MB)
- Swift Library Consortium - How collaboration benefits participants, Kevin Rusbridge (PowerPoint - 4.42MB)
- Tools for the future - closing the gap between business as usual and where we need to be (PowerPoint - 1.45MB)
2018 Smart Urban Futures Conference
The Smart Urban Futures Conference is held in March every year, and examines how to design communities to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Information presented at this event is available below in the form of presentations and a link to a video.
Presentations
Day 1
- Link and place – Streets as public space for cities on the move - Peter Jones OBE, Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development, University College London (PDF - 4.4MB)
- Evolving roads to support better cities - Andrew Wall, Director Integration Services, VicRoads (PDF - 2.44MB)
- Visions and Pathways 2040 – Designing low carbon futures - Dr Seona Candy, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (PDF - 3.16MB)
- Panel discussion: Fostering progressive leadership towards healthy, liveable, sustainable communities - Cr Belinda Coates, City of Ballarat, Liveability Portfolio (PDF - 889KB)
- WalkSpot - Understanding perceptions of safety in Melbourne - Anthony Aisenberg, Director, CrowdSpot (PDF - 3.34MB)
- Activating a City Centre Through Pedestrian Connectivity - Chris Zidak, Manager Business & Activity Centre Development, Maroondah City Council (PDF - 5.18MB)
- Liveable communities of the future: young people's perspectives - Dr Jan Garrard, Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Active Transport Consultant (PDF - 1.39MB)
- Kerang Skate Park Redevelopment: Community Safety Focus - Stacey Williams, Director Community Wellbeing and Geoff Rollinson, Director Infrastructure & Development, Gannawarra Shire Council (PDF - 4.23MB)
- The dog ate my walking strategy - Ben Rossiter, Executive Officer, Victoria Walks (PDF - 3.71MB)
- Green infrastructure: A vital step to brilliant Australian cities - Victoria Chantra, Principal Environmental Consultant, AECOM (PDF - 3.24MB)
- Workshop: Fast track to living within Earth's resources - Suzette Jackson, Executive Director, Bioregional Australia Foundation with Andrew Thompson, Sustainability Associate Cundall (PDF - 5.89MB)
- Choose Life – Building green and leafy environments in the western grasslands - Marshall Kelahar, Coordinator City Design, Melton City Council (PDF - 4.20MB)
Day 2
- Walking into the city of the future - Peter Newman AO, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University, Perth (PDF - 13.7MB)
- Smart urban futures in a world of new technology - Sandy Burgoyne, Future Cities Collaborative, University of Sydney and Executive Director of Citizen Cities Australia (PDF - 2.6MB)
- Smart cities have to be good for people too - Kylie Legge, Founding Director, PLACESCORE (PDF - 12.3MB)
- Designing 20 minute neighbourhoods - Natalie Reiter, Director Planning and Development & Jessie Keating, Manager Strategic Planning, City of Moonee Valley (PDF - 27.41MB)
- Re-imagining mainstreet - Geoff Rollinson, Director Infrastructure and Development, Gannawarra Shire Council (PDF - 1.76MB)
- Merging community development and walking for transport in a suburban centre - Angela Moore, Manager Traffic Engineering, City of Hobart (PDF - 5.15MB)
- The economics of walkable cities - Peter Nunns, Principal Economist, MRCagney (PDF - 9.69MB)
- Transforming Sunshine - Lisa Monaghan, Acting Co-ordinator Urban Design, Brimbank City Council (PDF - 5.97MB)
- Junction Place, Wodonga - Simon Wilson, General Manager - Precincts, Development Victoria (PDF - 4.86MB)
- 30km/h Speed Limit Trial - Anna Purvis, Senior Project Officer, Yarra City Council (PDF - 1.53MB)
- Darebin signalised pedestrian crossings gap analysis - Che Sutherland, Team Leader Transport Strategy (PDF - 4.68MB)
2017 Smart Urban Futures Conference
Information presented at this event is available below in the form of presentations and a video.
Presentations
- Are we there yet? - Justin Madden, Senior Consultant, Project Planning and Infrastructure, ARUP (PowerPoint - 4.36MB)
- Broadway: Simple design for safer streets and revitalizing your retail centre - Nadia Combe, Project Manager, City of Darebin (PowerPoint - 37.7MB)
- Broadway: Simple design for safer streets and revitalizing your retail centre - Nadia Combe, Project Manager, City of Darebin (PDF - 14.1MB)
- Building pedestrian access into stations and level crossing removals: Building a symbiotic relationship between public transport and the walk-up urban environment - Dr David Mepham, Director, DMC (PowerPoint - 20.5MB)
- Cities Alive: Towards a walking world - Amy Child, Strategic Transport Planner, ARUP (PowerPoint - 2.83MB)
- Cities for all? Walking back to happiness and equality - Tim Williams, CEO Committee for Sydney (PowerPoint - 29.1MB)
- Cities for all? Walking back to happiness and equality - Tim Williams, CEO Committee for Sydney (PDF - 6.96MB)
- CODA presentation (PDF - 14.9MB)
- Connecting the Bay: Building community support in Hobsons Bay to implement integrated transport outcomes - Patricia Fitzsimons, Coordinator Sustainability, Hobsons Bay City Council (PowerPoint - 18.1MB)
- 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 (PowerPoint - 1.11MB)
- Density, Design & Multi-Modal City-Building: Building better communities for the future - Brent Toderian, Principal, TODERIAN Urban WORKS (PowerPoint - 28.9MB)
- Enabling more walking for transport: Behavioural insights - Alice Woodruff, Director, Active Cities (PowerPoint - 2.74MB)
- The future of road transport and driverless vehicles - Justin Passaportis, General Manager, GoGet Car Share (PDF - 2.50MB)
- Global Street Design: An international perspective - Skye Duncan, Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative, National Association of City Transport Officials (US) (PDF - 21.7MB)
- How to improve safety for pedestrians (without pushing them into their cars) - Duane Burtt, Victoria Walks (PowerPoint - 17.2MB)
- City of Ipswich Transport Plan: iGO: Doing the right mix - Jessica Coats, Transport Planner, City of Ipswich (PowerPoint - 27.6MB)
- Healthy Active by Design: Victorian Website Launch - Heart Foundation (PowerPoint - 3.18MB)
- Increased sustainability delivers a better future - Antony Sprigg, CEO, Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) (PowerPoint - 5.48MB)
- Making it easier and safer to walk case studies: Greenlight for walkers and raised zebra crossings - Kathleen Kemp, Sustainable Transport Planner and John Bartels, Coordinator Sustainable Transport, City of Port Phillip (PowerPoint - 11.2MB)
- Placemaking: Think like a Fool - Andrew Hammonds, Place Maker, Placefocus Queensland (PDF - 21.1MB)
- Priority to the People: The Bunda Street Shared Zone - Ben McHugh, Director Capital Works, Transport Canberra and City Services, ACT (PowerPoint - 7.93MB)
- Shaping regional cities and towns: Where to put people overnight when you aren’t using them? - Steven Burgess, Principal Consultant MRCagney (PowerPoint - 9.42MB)
- Streets for People: from page to pavement - Natalya Boujenko, Strategic Consultant / Director, Intermethod (PowerPoint - 23.4MB)
- Towards a Smart City - Kate Vinot, Director City Strategy and Place, City of Melbourne (PowerPoint - 15.8MB)
- What are the ingredients of a healthy liveable community? - Professor Billie Giles-Corti, Director of RMIT’s Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform and Lead Investigator of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities (PowerPoint - 27.3MB)
Video
The Bunda Street Shared Zone, Canberra
2016 Smart Urban Futures Conference
Information presented at this event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations
- Active Living Census: Data, shaping the narrative and building consensus - Amy Brown, Greater Bendigo (PowerPoint - 6.71MB)
- Auckland's transformation: City of cars to a city for people - Gyles Bendall, Auckland Council (PDF - 13.9MB)
- Designing age friendly streetscapes: A toolkit for Victoria - Carmel Boyce, MVCC (PowerPoint - 11.1MB)
- Equity through urban design: How high quality of public space can boost quality of life - Maria Vassilakou, City of Vienna, Austria (PowerPoint - 34.7MB)
- Equity through urban design: How high quality of public space can boost quality of life - Maria Vassilakou, City of Vienna, Austria (PDF - 5.04MB)
- Falling down - the road safety blind spot - Dr Jennie Oxley, Monash University Accident Research Centre (PowerPoint - 1.84MB)
- Get your heart beating in Swan Hill: Building liveable, walkable, sustainable communities - Fiona Gormann (PowerPoint - 19.3MB)
- How one BIG platypus got one SMALL town moving - Yvonne Wrigglesworth, Axedale Our Town - Our Future Inc. (PowerPoint - 44.9MB)
- How one BIG platypus got one SMALL town moving - Yvonne Wrigglesworth, Axedale Our Town - Our Future Inc. (PDF - 2.44MB)
- Incorporating Active Living Principles into everyday planning - Anthony Burton, Heart Foundation (PowerPoint - 6.65MB)
- Integrated active living policy and planning within councils: Fact or fiction? - Natalie Reiter and Caroline Amirtharajah, City of Ballarat (PowerPoint - 6.38MB)
- Integrated active living policy and planning within councils: Fact or fiction? - Natalie Reiter and Caroline Amirtharajah, City of Ballarat (PDF - 1.05MB)
- Integrated active living policy at Yarra: Fact or fiction - Bruce Phillips, City of Yarra (PowerPoint - 9.14MB)
- Integrated planning: Top down and bottom up - John Stanley, University of Sydney, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (PowerPoint - 11.8MB)
- MPA's role in planning and co-ordinating growth - Peter Seamer, Metropolitan Planning Authority (PowerPoint - 14.6MB)
- Remote Australian transports: Problems and perspectives - Dr Bruno Spandonide, Flinders University (PowerPoint - 15.0MB)
- Re-thinking town centres as social hubs - Margie McKay, City of Whittlesea Town Centres (PDF - 9.11MB)
- Saving lives and money in the suburbs: What are the health and health economic aspects of active transport and car use in Melbourne? - Margaret Beavis (PowerPoint - 2.20MB)
- Seniors fighting back: Reclaiming the city - Derek McMillan, Australian Unity Independent & Assisted Living (PowerPoint - 12.0MB)
- The plague of the 21st century: How urban planners can help save the world - Robert E. Sallis, USA (PDF - 1.94MB)
- The revolution will not be advertised - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 12.5MB)
- Travel Demand Management - Rose McArthur, Mott MacDonald (UK)(PowerPoint - 14.3MB)
- VicRoads: Movement & place - Sameem Moslih (PowerPoint - 6.05MB)
- "Walk This Way" - Bayside Walking Strategy - Steve Carson, Bayside City Council (PowerPoint - 26.9MB)
- Walkable commercial districts, the US experience - Gary Hack, University of Pennsylvania (PowerPoint - 6.93MB)
- Walkers - the indicator species for healthy, resilient cities - Ben Rossier, VicHealth (PDF - 2.73MB)
- Walking the talk of Walkability - Fraser Keegan, Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle Program (OPAL) (PowerPoint - 26.9MB)
Smart Urban Futures Conference 2015
The 2015 Smart Urban Futures Conference was held in March 2015.
Information presented at this event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 2015 Smart Urban Futures program (Word - 69.1KB)
- 2015 Smart Urban Futures program (PDF - 748KB)
- Age friendly urban spaces - Dr Kathleen Brasher, COTA (PowerPoint - 7.49MB)
- Built environment, a critical health issue - Diana Heggie, Heart Foundation (PowerPoint - 1.99MB)
- Causes of crashes affecting pedestrians - Michael Nieuwesteeg, TAC (PowerPoint - 7.74MB)
- Connectivity and productivity, be a place that people want to be in - Phillip Boyle (PowerPoint - 12.7MB)
- Creating people focused urban places, walkability first - Anne Matan (PowerPoint - 30.6MB)
- Emerging issues in the world of walkability - Ben Rossiter, Victoria Walks (PowerPoint - 12.9MB)
- Empowering communities to revitalise the street - Sara Stace, LinkPlace (PDF - 5.27MB)
- Empowering communities to revitalise the street - Sara Stace, LinkPlace (PowerPoint - 8.23MB)
- Have you made a traffic model your master - Steven Burgess (PowerPoint - 9.96MB)
- Lilydale Principal Pedestrian Network Demonstration Project - Nigel Smith (PowerPoint - 9.45MB)
- Placemaking in Adelaide - Sarah Maddock, Adelaide City Council (PowerPoint - 26.1MB)
- Planning for Melbourne. What now?- Pr Roz Hansen (PowerPoint - 6.84MB)
- Planning for pedestrians with vision impairment - Marcus Bleechmore, Vision Australia (PowerPoint - 23.7MB)
- Public transport, urban design and walking - Pr Graham Currie, Monash University (PowerPoint - 11.1MB)
- Safer road design for older pedestrians - Jose Mantilla (PDF - 10.6MB)
- Shared paths - Bart Sbeghen, Bicycle Network (PowerPoint - 15.2MB)
- Shared space, a return to social street design - Ben Hamilton-Baillie (PDF - 17.2MB)
- Smart Urban Futures 2015 - 27 Albert Hill Road (QuickTime Movie - 3.27MB)
- Sunshine Coast Active Transport Plan - Peter Duffy (PDF - 7.29MB)
- Team Better Block - Jason Roberts, USA (PowerPoint - 24.4MB)
- The sustainable village - James Lunday, Common Ground (high res) (PDF - 47.0MB)
- The sustainable village - James Lunday, Common Ground (low res) (PDF - 8.74MB)
- Travel motivators in regional cities - Trevor Budge (PowerPoint - 12.4MB)
- Try Walking Camberwell - Hywel Rowlands, Boroondara (PowerPoint - 14.6MB)
- Understanding the drivers of children's independent mobility - Bruce Bolam (PowerPoint - 1.29MB)
- Walk21, a developer's dedication to a walkable environment - David Sleet and Sue Wiblin (PowerPoint - 36.9MB)
- Walking and bike riding in the Colac Otway Shire - Jodie Fincham and Jonathan Daly (PDF - 7.63MB)
- Walking and cycling, strategy to implementation - Mark Griffin, City of Marion, Adelaide (PDF - 3.86MB)
- Walking and cycling, strategy to implementation - Mark Griffin, City of Marion, Adelaide (PowerPoint - 4.57MB)
- Walking or cycling, shared or separate - Duane Burtt (PowerPoint - 15.3MB)
- Walking to global competitiveness, case study of Melbourne's CBD - Terry Rawnsley (PDF - 13.2MB)
- Working with developers in growth areas - Mike Day, Victoria Walks (PDF - 35.2MB)
- Yarra Council's sustainability program - Michael Oke (PowerPoint - 17.9MB)
Smart Urban Futures Conference 2014
The 2014 Smart Urban Futures Conference was held in March 2014.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 20-minute city – Rob Moore, City of Melbourne (PDF - 17.3MB)
- Creating a walking friendly city: innovation and inspiration from around the world – Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University (PDF - 7.19MB)
- Creating communities for children and busy parents – Paul Tranter (PowerPoint - 19.7MB)
- Design Parramatta: New ideas to shape the city (PowerPoint - 13.3MB)
- Healthy urban initiatives: Does Melbourne planning support healthy, liveable, sustainable communities? – Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne (PowerPoint - 14MB)
- Making people places: Retrofitting suburbs for people – Charles Nilsen, Nilsen Consulting (PDF - 2.93MB)
- Melbourne 2014 (PDF - 28.96MB)
- Network planning for walking – Clare Davey, Frankston City Council (PowerPoint - 29.9MB)
- Planning, designing and building open space – City of Ryde (PDF - 4.65MB)
- Realising emission reductions via active transport strategies – Jane Waldock, City of Yarra (PowerPoint - 244KB)
- Reflections on our changing journey: Past, present and future – Ben Rossiter, Victoria Walks (PDF - 2.77MB)
- Retrofitting our neighbourhoods: Approaches to homes and precincts – Joan Ko, Arup (PowerPoint - 25.7MB)
- School travel planning an engineer will love – Bagnati Woodruff (PowerPoint - 2.14MB)
- Senior Victorians and walking: Obstacles and opportunities – Dr Jan Garrad, Victoria Walks and Council on the Ageing (PowerPoint - 924KB)
- Unintended cities – Dr Marcus Spiller, SGS Economics and Planning (PowerPoint - 1.2MB)
- Urban design and social inclusion – Janet Stanley, Monash University (PowerPoint - 4.22MB)
Videos
Ensuring Portland is a liveable and healthy city
TED: New York's streets? Not so mean anymore
New York City streets metamorphosis
NACTO's Designing cities 2012 conference
2018 Sustainable Communities National Summit
The Sustainable Communities National Summit was held in September 2018. It explores challenges and strategies for the transition to environmentally sustainable and citizen-led communities.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations Day 1
- Welcome by MC - Gilbert Rochecouste (PDF 33.1MB)
- The bHive model is ripe for export to other communties - Julie Miller Markoff (PDF - 4.14MB)
- The food next door co-op - Deb Bogenhuber & John Niyera (PDF - 1.82MB)
- Liveability and resilience: the Australian Community Capacity Study - Rebecca Wickes (PDF - 2.28MB)
- The new large scale solar economy: implications for the rural community - Roger Griffiths (PDF - 6.19MB)
- City of Greater Bendigo's bid to be a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy - Trevor Budge & Sonia Anthony (PDF - 1.39MB)
- Tiny Houses: a case study - Judy Clarke (PDF - 2.96MB)
- Pechakucha - Elena Pereyra (PDF - 8.63MB)
Presentations Day 2
- Creating more walkable, sustainable communities - Dr Claire Boulange (PDF - 3.36MB)
- Raw Storytelling Sunday - Mariam Issa (MP4 - 24.2MB)
- RAW Wisdom - Mariam Issa (MP4 - 20.8MB)
- Renewable Newstead - Don Culvinor (PDF - 479MB)
- Use your power as a super fund member to fight climate change - Will van de Pol (PDF - 1.33MB)
- Connecting communities is about people - Dean Cracknell (PDF - 2.70MB)
- Transition Pechakucha - Eugenie Stockmann (PDF - 106KB)
- Transition Pechakucha - Dr Dominique Hes (PDF - 1.54MB)
- Great Events: feedback from 2018 events that are changing the game - Mary Stringer (PDF - 1.73MB)
- Great Events: feedback from 2018 events that are changing the game - Samantha Green (PDF - 347KB)
- Cardinia Food Circles case study - Garry McQuillan, Max Godber & Tamsin Hadfield (PDF - 1.65MB)
- Creating a Movement - Gilbert Rochecouste (PDF - 31.9MB)
2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit
The inaugural Sustainable Communities National Summit was held in September 2017. It explores challenges and strategies for the transition to environmentally sustainable and citizen-led communities.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit: Introduction - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 4.22MB)
- The Amazing Zero Impact Man - Brett Hedger, Greenhouse Programs Officer, Port Phillip Council (PowerPoint - 5.34MB)
- Climate and Community Action - Alison Rowe, CEO Moreland Energy Foundation (PowerPoint - 10.2MB)
- Darebin Climate Emergency Plan - Gavin Mountjoy, Coordinator Energy & Adaptation, Darebin Council (PowerPoint - 11.7MB)
- Good Practice in Community Gardens - Richard Rowe, Learning and Training Coordinator, Sustainable Gardening Australia (PowerPoint - 10.2MB)
- Healthy Living Habits That Last a Lifetime - Rebecca Naylor, CEO, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- Mapping the Melbourne Sharing Economy - Dr Jenny Kennedy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Networked Society Institute (PowerPoint - 20.1MB)
- MAV Sustainable Communities National Summit - Synopsis (Word - 92.5KB)
- PechaKucha 1: Transition Newcastle - Cathy Stuart (PowerPoint - 21.5MB)
- PechaKucha 2: CENTS (Community Exchange Network Tasmania) - Dr Robin Krabbe & Tania Brookes (PowerPoint - 5.75MB)
- PechaKucha 3: Transition Sydney - Lance Leiber (PowerPoint - 8.48MB)
- PechaKucha 4: Taking Green from Mungbean to Mainstream: The New Joneses Pop-up in Our Local Communities to Show the Everyday Choices We Can Make for the Good of Our People & Planet - Tamara DiMattina (PowerPoint - 7.51MB)
- PechaKucha 5: Transition Bondi - Kit Shepherd (PowerPoint - 15.6MB)
- PechaKucha 6: Melbourne Repair Cafe: An Initiative of Transition Maribyrnong - Michelle Fisher, Coordinator, Melbourne Repair Centre (PowerPoint - 5.74MB)
- PechaKucha 7: Transition Streets Geelong - Monica Winston (PowerPoint - 5.23MB)
- PechaKucha 8: Living Within Earth's Resources - Suzette Jackson, Executive Director, Bioregional Australia Foundation (PowerPoint - 3.46MB)
- PechaKucha 9: Transition Darebin - Amanda Healy (PowerPoint - 6.91MB)
- PechaKucha 10: Transition Bellingen 2008-2015 - Lisa Siegel (PowerPoint - 7.15MB)
- PechaKucha 11: Canberra Honesty Box / Transition Street Story in Hackett (Transition Canberra) - Jen Tonna (PowerPoint - 24.5MB)
- Placemaking: Councils are the Publisher, Not the Author - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 20.7MB)
- Solar for Schools - Rob Gell, Environmental and Communications Consultant (PDF - 1.44MB)
- Transition Australia Presentation (PDF - 1.08MB)
- Transition Streets Banyule: A Growth Story - Mary Stringer (PowerPoint - 729KB)
- Transition Streets Banyule: A Growth Story - Mary Stringer NOTES (PDF - 65.9KB)
- Urban Design for Climate Change: What Can Local Government and Communities Do? - Pr Rob Adams AM, Director City Design and Projects, City of Melbourne (PDF - 30.2MB)
- Visions and Pathways 2040: Designing Low Carbon Futures - Dr Seona Candy - Victorian Eco-innovation Lab (VEIL) (PowerPoint - 17.6MB)
Videos
The New Joneses Pop-up
Power in Our Hands - Rob Hopkins
Innovation as Leadership in Local Government
This conference, which was held in October 2014, challenged delegates to rethink how councils function from the inside out, and re-imagine how public services can help strengthen communities and improve quality of life.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations
- Bushfire Attack Fire Level App - Barrett Higman, Alpine Shire Council (PowerPoint - 5.99MB)
- Forecast, Cloud with a lot of spin - David Platt (PowerPoint - 12.8MB)
- How innovation can blossom in local government - Dr John Martin (PowerPoint - 1.45MB)
- Hunter Councils, Leaders in local government resource sharing - Roger Stephan (PowerPoint - 5.02MB)
- Innovation as leadership in local government - John Hennessy (PowerPoint - 2.2MB)
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government National Conference 2014 (PDF - 439KB)
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government National Conference 2014 (Word - 43KB)
- Innovation in local government - Rowena Morrow, Boroondara Council (PowerPoint - 36.2MB)
- Innovation is something any council can do - Les Robinson, Enabling Change (PDF - 1.19MB)
- Logan City Council, From bureaucracy to business - Todd Rohl and Stephan Ball (PowerPoint - 3.80MB)
- Peppercorn Services, Leveraging investment in community services - Joseph Litwin, Hawkesbury City Council (PowerPoint - 1.34MB)
- Procurement power, how local government can drive reform through procurement transformation - Chris Newman, ArcBlue (PowerPoint - 3.71MB)
- Programs to support local government innovation, global case studies (PowerPoint - 927KB)
- South Australian Local Government Research and Development Scheme (LGR&DS) - Shane Sody, LGA of SA
- Waluwin Community Centre - Dale Jones, Cabonne Council NSW (PowerPoint - 8.62MB)
Tactical urbanism and better blocks masterclass (March 2015)
Jason Roberts from Better Block, USA and Lucinda Hatley from CoDesign Studio, together with Victoria Walks held a masterclass on tactical urbanism and rapid placemaking on 24 March 2015.
They provided insights and information on tools for building better neighbourhoods quickly and simply.