Shifting Climate / Shifting Places – A UQ Placemaking Summit

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 20 November 2019 - Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Time:

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Global Change Institute (20)

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Full Description:: Have you ever wondered how just 2 degrees of warming will change our cities and regions? How we will cope with more frequent extreme weather events, such as flooding, cyclones or heat stress? What does this mean for future placemaking? And how will planners, environmental designers, architects, and other professionals need to upscale their practice?

Explore these issues with The University of Queensland at the ‘Shifting Climate / Shifting Places’ summit on Wednesday 20 November 2019.

Engage with a diverse mix of leaders in climate adaptive planning and design and gain actionable insights on how we can adjust our practice for future climate impacts and create more resilient cities and regions in Queensland.

Start the day with a morning of provocative keynote and expert talks. Our keynote speaker, Halvard Dalheim, is one of Australia's pre-eminent strategic planners, having led major city strategies and teams in both Melbourne and Sydney. He is a creative futurist, anticipating the dramatic change processes facing Australian cities and regions.

In the afternoon, you will be invited to participate in collaborative workshops featuring two leading experts of placemaking and climate change adaptation, John Mongard (John Mongard Landscape Architects), and James Davidson (James Davidson Architect), who will teach new climate adaptation frameworks, processes and techniques that can be applied across many places.