DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 CONTINUED 12.50PM LUNCH NETWORKING cities 1.30PM DEVELOPING FOOD RESILIENCE IN CITIES, SUZETTE JACKSON, DIRECTOR, INNATE ECOLOGY people Suzette Jackson is a sustainability consultant, designer and researcher specializing in sustainable solutions, strategy and research across the multidisciplinary fields of architecture, urban ecologies, and food systems. Suzette has industry experience in sustainable communities and built environments across commercial, residential, governance and community sectors working in Australia and Asia. A key focus is in international frameworks and tools across sustainable cities, precinct and communities, with expertise in GreenStar Communities, One Planet Living and the business Living Building Challenge. Innate Ecology recently completed the Geelong Food Hub Feasibility Study working with Deakin University and the City of Greater Geelong. The study developed an understanding of the food system in the G21 region and a model for a regional food hub. transport 2PM ‘SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON A VILLAGE SCALE’, RAFAELE JOUDRY (NZ) After air, water is the most fundamental human need. Yet most people are very divorced from access and control of their water supply. Industrialization has removed us from natural land flows and from the source of our food supply so we are very vulnerable to civic, national energy and multi-national systems and trade arrangements to get our basic needs met. Rafaele will share some real life examples for sustainable living on a village scale, including how to set up a sustainable settlement, resilience, permaculture, energy, transport, water, food and biomass. 2.30PM ‘SOCIAL RESILIENCE’, JANET STANLEY, MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE. Janet coordinates the Sustainable Cities Program, Social and Environmental Sustainability Program, Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative and Postgraduate Unit at the Monash Sustainability Institute. She specialises in interdisciplinary work across strategic, tactical and operational levels. Subject areas include policy, transport, equity, climate change, arson, social exclusion, social capital, building communities and project evaluation. Janet was a member of the Federal Community Advisory Committee for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and advises the Australian Council of Social Services on social policy on climate change, and is presently part of the team developing the new Melbourne Metropolitan Strategy to 2050. RESILIENT URBAN 3PM FOUR CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICERS: MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE • Toby Kent, Melbourne • Mike Gillooly, Christchurch • Bec Dawson, Sydney • Wellington 3.45PM SO, NEXT STEPS? TOBY KENT, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER, CITY OF MELBOURNE In June 2015, Toby Kent completed an Australian-first assessment of the challenges and opportunities facing Melbourne to inform a COMMUNITIES: metropolitan-wide resilience strategy. He worked with 32 metropolitan councils and State Government agencies over six months to develop the Preliminary Resilience Assessment. The assessment project assesses cities ability to not only deal with major shocks such as fires and floods but also stresses that weaken the fabric of the city such as unemployment, endemic violence, alcohol abuse and water shortages. The New Global Imperative THE FUTURE IS NOW 4PM CLOSE DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2015 MELBOURNE ARTS CENTRE (PAVILION ROOM), 100 ST KILDA ROAD, MELBOURNE In the next 30 years it is expected that population growth will stretch to breaking point, as will Urban Resilience is the urban infrastructure and service capacity, resource scarcity (e.g. peak oil; potable water and food security) will dramatically change what we consume and how, and climate change will capacity of individuals, change how we live and where. Cities can’t keep doing what they’ve always done and cope--- communities, institutions, we need to change current urban development to achieve ‘resilient, sustainable cities’. For these reasons the Rockefeller Foundation created the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) businesses, and systems within initiative. Melbourne was the first Australian city to be announced in the first round of cities and it is joined by regional partners, including Christchurch, Sydney and Wellington, who will a city to survive, adapt, and all be represented. grow no matter what kinds Join us for an exceptional opportunity to hear from leading international and Australian professionals in the fast-evolving practice of urban resilience. The conference will explore the of chronic stresses and acute multi-faceted dimensions of resilience and highlights outstanding case studies. With 50% of the world’s population currently living in cities, expected to rise to 70% of people by 2050, shocks they experience. how we design and manage our cities has profound implications for the livelihoods of people everywhere. Conference convened by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) supported MELBOURNE by Resilient Melbourne. 100RC SUPPORTS THE ADOPTION AND INCORPORATION OF A VIEW OF RESILIENCE THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE SHOCKS—EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, FLOODS, ETC. —but also the stresses that weaken the fabric of a city on a day to day or cyclical basis. Examples of these stresses include high unemployment; an overtaxed or inefficient public transportation system; endemic violence; or chronic food and water shortages. By addressing both the shocks and the stresses, a city becomes more able to respond to adverse events, and is overall better able to deliver basic functions in both good times and bad, to all populations. DAY 1: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 9AM WELCOME BY BILL MCARTHUR, MAV PRESIDENT 9.10AM ‘REINVENTING OUR WORLD’, BRYNA LIPPER, VP CITY RELATIONSHIPS, 100 RESILIENT CITIES. Prior to joining 100 Resilient Cities, Bryna Lipper held leadership roles in government, non-profit, and private sector organizations dedicated to advancing the quality of urban life. Most recently, she was the Director of Philanthropic Research and Initiatives for the Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation (IPI) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where she led the Department’s strategies to spur philanthropic partnerships, promote policy innovation, and increase investments aligned with federal priorities. Bryna holds a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Sydney and a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and was a Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities PLACES Fellow. 9.45AM ‘RESILIENCE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR METROPOLITAN CITY’, BEN RIMMER, CEO, CITY OF MELBOURNE Ben Rimmer is the CEO of the City of Melbourne, which is host to the Resilient Melbourne project and its Chief Resilience Officer. Ben will discuss why it is so important to the City of Melbourne that the approach to Resilience is truly collaborative, cross jurisdiction and cross sector. Ben has extensive professional experience in the public and private sectors, having worked as Associate Secretary at the Australian Government Department of Human Services. He has also been a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and a Deputy Secretary, Director and Assistant Director in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet. He previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group, in Australia and the United Kingdom. 10.15AM ‘DESIGNING 2050: PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY ON SPACESHIP EARTH’ DR PETER ELLYARD, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREFERRED FUTURES INSTITUTE Peter Ellyard, Australia’s most prominent futurist, is a former Executive Director of the Australian Commission for the Future and has been a Senior Advisor to the United Nations for more than thirty years. His work is based on the recognition that a key aspiration of all of humanity is to successfully shape the future. He has developed a number of universally applicable methodologies that can be taught to and learned by all who are interested in becoming more effective shapers of the future. This work is based on integrating the six future shaping tools, namely management, leadership, planning, design, innovation and learning, into a single integrated methodology to achieve what he describes as ‘resilient future-taking’ and ‘purposeful future-making’. 10.55AM MORNING TEA NETWORKING 11.20AM ‘MEASURES TO EMPOWER DISASTER RESILIENCE & SHARED RESPONSIBILITY’, MARK DUCKWORTH, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER & CABINET, VICTORIA. Mark’s presentation will focus on: • Looking at the types of measures being used internationally and locally • How do we know if these measures will deliver the desired effect? • Enabling innovation while keeping all the structures the same Mark’s responsibilities include security and emergency management, multicultural affairs and citizenship and veterans’ affairs. Mark is also a member of Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre Advisory Board and is a graduate of the University of Melbourne in history and law. In the 2007 Australia Day Honours he was awarded the Public Service Medal for his work in establishing Australia’s National Counter- Terrorism arrangements 11.50AM ‘RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE CITIES: A FUTURE’, DR LEONIE PEARSON, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST Cities can’t keep doing what they’ve always done and cope with today’s challenges of population, resource scarcity and environmental pressures; new pathways for development and leadership are needed. Leonie will present findings from collaborative work with business, academics and governments who are all working to deliver the goals