NSW/ACT State Conference Program
Pre Conference - WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2016 6.00pm-8.00pm Conference Cocktail Party DAY 1 - THURSDAY 19 MAY 2016 Registration opens - Hunter Rothbury Room 8.30am Trade exhibition opens - Hunter Rothbury Room 9.15am Welcome
Keynote: Poppy Starr 9.30am Current reigning world bowl champion for women - 2nd youngest competitor to ever take out this event & 2015 World cup title for 15 and over amateur skate boarder
10.15am Morning Tea
Keynote: Kim Ellis - Executive Director, Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands 10.45am The Challenges of creating a sustainable future during a population boom - Centennial Parklands
YOUTH & INTERGENERATIONAL PARKS GARDENS AND OPEN SPACE SPORT PLACES AND SPACES Hunter Rothbury Room Valley View Room James Busby Room
11.30am Incorporating Green Space within the A sustainable sports program in the A community driven sanctuary - Sanctuary Integrated Planning & Reporting process Parklands Point Place Making Action Plan Peter McCue - Executive Officer, Premiers Ed Sanderson - Director Sport & Recreation, James Harris - Social & Infrastructure Planning Council for Active Living Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands Unit Manager & Susan Edwards - Senior Strategic Planner (Social Infrastructure), Shoalhaven City Council
Providing space for our youth: showcasing 12pm Reforming Crown Lands Collaborate to Create Inclusion for All two recently completed Youth Precinct projects Amy Cahill - Principal & Lachlan Sims - Principal, James Ellender - NSW State Manager, Belgravia Ian Bentley - Landscape Architect, Tweed Shire Public Place Land Management Leisure Council
12.30pm Lunch PARKS GARDENS AND OPEN SPACE SPORT YOUTH & INTERGENERATIONAL PLACES AND SPACES Hunter Rothbury Room Valley View Room James Busby Room
Planning for sport in Western Sydney’s Oran Park Youth Hub : Not Just Another growth areas Skate Park 1.30pm Brad Billett - Coordinator Recreation Planning Joe O'Connor - Development Manager, Urban Bungarribee at Western Sydney Parklands – and Design, Blacktown City Council Growth NSW & Dana Spence - Recreation a 50 year vision Planner, Camden Council Anton James - Director, JMDdesign & Joshua French - Principal Program Officer, Western Building a successful program through Sydney Parklands Trust branding - Aqua Learn to Swim Let's Design for everyone - because we can 2pm Ros Pullen - Marketing & Communications Fiona Robbe - Director, Fiona Robbe Landscape Coordinator, Blacktown City Council Architects
2.30pm Afternoon Tea
Review and Implementation of Ground Wyong Skate Strategy and BATO Regional Closure Procedures Skate Park 3pm Simon James - Senior Coordinator Sport & Boyd McMillan - Landscape and Recreation Lifting the lid on Public Land Management - Recreation & Daniel Ristic - Senior Coordinator Planner, Wyong Shire Council Workshop Sport & Recreation, City of Ryde Lachlan Sims - Principal & Amy Cahill - Principal - Working together on skin cancer prevention - Public Place Land Management Empowering Volunteers and their Community a case study approach to shade development Sport Clubs in NSW 3.30pm Amanda VanderWal - NSW/QLD Community Alecia Brooks - Portfolio Manager Skin Cancer Partnerships Manager, Sports Community Prevention, Cancer Institute New South Wales
Keynote: Matt Miller - Chief Executive, NSW Office of Sport 4.00pm The Office of Sport’s strategic direction and what it means for NSW sporting infrastructure.
4.45pm Day One Conference Close Awards of Excellence Dinner 7.00pm-11.00PM Twine Restaurant, Wynwood Estate Pokolbin DAY 2 - FRIDAY 20 MAY 2016 8.30am Trade Exhibition Open - Hunter Rothbury Room Keynote: A/Professor Thomas Astell-Burt & Dr Xiaoqi Feng 9.15am Urban greening for healthier ageing – gaps in knowledge and how we can plug them together
10.00AM Morning Tea
PARKS GARDENS AND OPEN SPACE PARKS GARDENS AND OPEN SPACE Hunter Rothbury Room James Busby Room
Transforming Lake Macquarie's Recreation Green Infrastructure - the Dubbo Experience Spaces 10.30AM Ian McAlister - Manager Horticultural Services, Susan Boyd - Strategic Recreation Planner, Lake Dubbo City Council Macquarie City Council
Green Screens - More than meets the eye Driftwells Park - Re-activation of an Industrial Site 11.00AM Vince Cusumano - Senior Coordinator Park Policy Trees and Natural Areas & Joseph Buttita - Ian McAlister - Manager Horticultural Services, Manager Civil and Park Maintenance Dubbo City Council Blacktown City Council
Understanding the safety of glyphosate Growing pains or gains? How rapid growth demands management efficiencies 11.30AM Tom Breen - Commercial Lead, Crop Protection Jacob Messer - Director, Operations & Visitor Asia Pacific, Monsanto Australia Services, Parramatta Park & Western Sydney Parklands Trusts
12.00pm OFFICIAL CONFERENCE CLOSE 12.15PM Lunch Collection 12.30pm Bus Departure for Technical Tours TECHNICAL TOUR 1 TECHNICAL TOUR 2 1.00PM-3.30PM PCYC Cessnock Hunter Valley Gardens