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Wicked Assumptions: how planning premises from the past shape the cities of tomorrow

  • USYD Law School Lecture Theatre 101 (map)

Event Recording

Dr Robert Stokes, Denis Winston Memorial Lecture 
From preserving heritage to defining flood planning levels or calculating open space requirements, planning processes and decisions are inherently bound by assumptions and practices from the past.  In this inaugural lecture, Dr Robert Stokes, former minister for Planning, Public Spaces, and Cities, will reflect on how these ‘wicked’ assumptions shape contemporary cities and define their future trajectory.   

  

Contesting planning assumptions - Panel Discussion 
Following Dr Stoke’s lecture, an eminent panel of policy and industry leaders will discuss whether and how outdated and detrimental planning assumptions can be contested and overcome. 

Keynote

Dr Rob Stokes, Former Minister for Planning, Public Spaces, Cities, Infrastructure, Transport, Education, Environment and Heritage

Panel

Dillon Kombumerri, Principal Architect  Government Architect NSW,  Department of Planning and Environment

Davina Rooney, Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

Michelle Cramer, Future Communities Leader, Australia, GHD

Panel chair

Professor Nicole Gurran, Director, Henry Halloran Research Trust

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