PROGRAM (VIC/TAS)

PRE-CONFERENCE - MONDAY 30 APRIL 2018 3.00pm Site Tours 6.30pm Pre-Conference Event ……. White Rabbit Brewery DAY 1 - TUESDAY 1 MAY 2018 9.15am Registration 9.45am Welcome Darren Bennett, PLA Vic/Tas Region President 10.00am Opening Keynote Dr Bridie O’Donnell, Head, Ofce for Women in and Recreation Department of Health & Human Services 10.45am MORNING TEA 11.15am SPORT LEISURE PARKS PRESIDENTS ROOM SOUTH PRESIDENTS ROOM CENTRAL PRESIDENTS ROOM NORTH Brought to you by

SSA Forum Simon Crawford Tim Rowe Jamie Parsons City of Wyndham Wellington Shire Council Gymnastics Victoria Active Kids - 10 years on Service Review for improved Gymnastics: facility usage models community outcomes for the sport of the future 11.45am (and the sport for now!) Matthew Simpson Kevin Alexander Ararat Rural City Council Cardinia Shire Council Ararat Active8 Festival - Transformation of the legacy of Fatarat Bourke Park, Pakenham 12.15pm Ken Gannon Rick Morris Declan McDonald Shayne Ward City of Maribyrnong SESL Australia AFL Victoria Active Maribyrnong Wetland Sediment: beautiful soil Update of mapping and auditing outcomes and key learnings or weedy threat? tools available for AFL venues 12.45pm LUNCH 1.30pm Joe Luppino Andrew Crowley Ernie Gmerling City of Moreland Deakin University Ground Science Use of modular changerooms Anthony Edgar The importance of completing a Clublinks geotechnical investigation Disruptive innovation in partnerships 2.00pm Angelique Miller Michael Graham Grant Greenway Sally Jeavons Endeavour Turf Professionals Casey Fields BMX Precinct: @leisure planners Asset auditing and performance building facilities and clubs from the Feasibility design and management monitoring of grounds ground up of splash parks 2.30pm Daniel Smedley Daniel Docherty Meander Valley Council Syngenta How to slice a salami: implementing Increasing the durability of aspirational plans in rural Tasmania sports feld surfaces 3.00pm AFTERNOON TEA 3.30pm Chris Dare Sharon Houlihan Paul Cotter Waypoint Wellington Shire Council City of Greater Geelong Brian Cook Port of Sale Cultural Precinct: Maintaining community sports lessons in project management grounds and an elite surface 4.00pm GMHBA Stadium Redevelopment: Incorporates a tour of the persistence game Aaron Wallis Playce depot and sports grounds Followed by tour of GMHBA Stadium (concludes approx. 5.15pm) (concludes approx. 5.15pm) Planning for play for all kids including those in beTWEEN 4.30pm CLOSE DAY 1 7.00pm UMS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE DINNER - THE PIER, GEELONG PROGRAM (VIC/TAS)

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 2 MAY 2018 9.30am Registration 9.45am SPORT LEISURE PARKS PRESIDENTS ROOM SOUTH PRESIDENTS ROOM CENTRAL PRESIDENTS ROOM NORTH Brought to you by

Steve Pallas Andrew Davies Lesley Humphries Sport Community WellPlayed Golf Business LMH Consulting Consultancy How will the rise of technology shape Dogs in Open Space the future of community sport? Getting beyond the rack-rate: 10.15am Paul Curry pricing for success SPORTENG Subgrades: the importance of knowing what you are building on 10.45pm MORNING TEA 11.15am Kristin Davies Jef Walkley Matthew Barbetta City of Greater Geelong Belgravia Leisure City of Glen Eira FAIR PLAY Excellence confrmed by evidence Booran Reserve: from reservoir to Transforming Fees and Charges park

11.45am Michael Cahill Dean Joel Tim D’Agostino Sophia De Lasantis a_space Aspect Studios SRV Gamifying play spaces to bring Including young people in public Finding the nexus for sport and greater community health outcomes spaces and cultural hubs recreation facility demand 12.15pm in high density developments Grant Smethurst City of Stonnington Courting controversy: The challenge of change when providing for increasing participation 12.45pm LUNCH 1.30pm Sarah Sytema PANEL Sally Jeavons City of Wyndham Lucia Brennan @leisure Planners Kabaddi, Rowing and Football? City of Banyule SRV Open Space Planning: planning Planning for sport & recreation to reform and directions for the 2045 VicHealth Latrobe University industry 2.00pm Joshua Burt Recreation Planning: how should the City of Maroondah industry evaluate outcomes Nurturing a partnership between sport and newly arrived communities 2.30pm KEYNOTE Peter Baines OAM - stories from some of the largest disaster and crisis scenes we have experienced in our lifetime 3.15pm CLOSE DAY 2 - SAFE TRAVELS HOME

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