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The 3rd International Urban Design Conference will be held from 30th August to 1st September 2010 at the National Convention Centre, Canberra.
The Conference committee invites you to submit an abstract that is relevant to the conference theme, "Designs On Our Future". The conference will focus on a variety
of topics including:
•Growth
•Demographic change
•Housing diversity and affordability
•Settlement patterns
•Preparedness
•Resilience
•Infrastructure and sustainability in the "New" Australia
•Transport system requirements
•Energy efficient building design
•Effective governance and leadership
•Sustainable higher density development
•Renewable development
•Managing the carbon footprint of new and existing cities
•The future of public spaces
•Food and resource vulnerability
The program will feature distinguished international and national keynote presenters.
Confirmed keynote presenters include;
Jeremy Harris - former Mayor of Hawaii, Sustainable Cities Institutem USA
Richard Murray - Executive Director, Policy Co-ordination and Governance,
Australian Treasury
Prof Richard Weller - Winthrop professor of Landscape architecture,
University of WA
Prof Peter McDonald - Director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute and Australian National University
Rod Fehring - Chief Executive Officer, Lend Lease Primelife and Chairman of the
Housing and Urban Research Institute.
For more information about the conference or to submit an abstract please visit the conference website here.
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