In this conference we drilled down to case studies which will gave us full visibility of some of Australia’s best performing cities when it comes to sustainability. These case studies covered a range of sustainability principles, including the built environment, energy, water, waste, consumption and much more.
Laura Harvey - Managing Editor, Council Magazine
Welcome remarks
Nick Kamper - Chief Executive Officer, Purpose Bureau
Local government: the unsung heroes of sustainability
Maria Zotti - Manager of Park Lands and Sustainability, City of Adelaide
Adelaide's Sustainability Incentives Scheme
Wendy Steele - Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research and School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT
Helping local communities find meaningful ways to address sustainability
PANEL - Sustainability in local government: beyond the first steps (Sponsored by Voconiq)
Portia Odell, Director, Cities Power Partnership
Guy Pritchard, Manager – SV Lab, Strategic Foresight and Research, Sustainability Victoria
Professor Brendan Mackey, Director, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
Kieren Moffat, CEO, Voconiq
Laura Harvey - Managing Editor, Council Magazine
Closing remarks
Nick Kamper - Chief Executive Officer, Purpose Bureau
Nick Kamper is CEO of Purpose Bureau, Australia’s largest database of real-time ESG data. Purpose Bureau contains more than 200 sustainability insights on every business and government agency in Australia.
Maria Zotti - Manager of Park Lands and Sustainability, City of Adelaide
Maria Zotti is a specialist in environment, sustainability and public health policy and law and in connecting urban communities to nature.
Maris is currently the Manager of Park Lands and Sustainability at the City of Adelaide where she is committed to positioning Adelaide as a green, climate ready, liveable city surrounded by beautiful Park Lands and an international leader in responding to environmental change.
Maria has also held roles as Principal Policy Officer and Ministerial Advisor in the Environment and Conservation Portfolio, CEO of Nature Play SA, lawyer for Minter Ellison Lawyers and the Crown Solicitor’s Office and as a Lecturer in Environmental Law and Policy, Public Health Law and Policy and Food Law and Policy at Flinders University and University of Newcastle.
Portia Odell - Director, Cities Power Partnership
Portia Odell is Director of the Cities Power Partnership where she leads the delivery of the program’s strategy and impact. She holds a PhD from Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute and has a history working with communities, startups and governments helping them accelerate their climate projects. She is passionate about advancing the critical work of local governments taking meaningful action on climate change and is interested in the intersection between research, innovation and policy.
Professor Brendan Mackey - Director, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
Professor Brendan Mackey is Director of the Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith Climate Change Response Program, and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility at Griffith University. He has a PhD in ecology from The Australian National University.
The primary foci of Professor Mackey's current research are:
He has special expertise in climate change, forest ecosystems, biodiversity conservation and terrestrial carbon dynamic and has expertise in the application of Geographical Information System, remote sensing and environmental modelling to problems of environment and climate change.
Professor Mackey is the lead on a number of externally-funded research projects, including:
Professor Mackey is Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group II - impacts, vulnerability & adaptation.
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