Learning from Leaders – Melbourne

An evening of drinks & learning from sustainability leaders.

This event aims to connect Future Green Leaders, while offering a focused agenda on career development to inspire our young professionals. In each state, panelists will share key lessons, advice and wisdom on how to ensure your career flourishes. Hear their journeys to where they are now and bring your questions.

The evening will conclude with networking drinks giving you the opportunity to meet and mingle with new contacts and share your own stories.

Event Information:

Date: Wednesday, 24th July

Venue:  Tract Consultants, Level 6, 6 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Melbourne.

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The Future of Transport

AGDF’s first conference for 2019 will explore different transport modalities, technology, planning implications and the future of sustainable transport…. 

Information presented at this event will benefit designers, consultants, planners and government agencies. Gain new knowledge, network over lunch and see how others are advocating sustainability.

Like many 20th Century systems, the transport network is ripe for disruption and change. With sustained rapid growth in urban populations and budget limitations curbing investment choices, urban congestion is reducing urban amenity and constraining the economy. There is a clear need to evolve urban mobility solutions. 

In Brisbane, signature projects such as Cross River Rail and the Brisbane Metro offer significant increases in capacity and quality of trunk public transport. Meanwhile, car share, ride share, transport apps, Mobility as a Service, Transport on Demand, autonomous vehicle technologies, electric vehicles, and the wider sharing economy are all gathering momentum. The rise of E bikes and E scooters highlights the potential for expanded and safe Active Travel networks to support a rapid increase in active commuting and ‘last mile’ trips. In the near future, emerging vehicle technologies such as ‘Trackless Trams’ offer potential for affordable mass transit network extensions.

Our next Main Event will tackle this issue and include an interactive workshop hosted by Arup focusing on accelerating the evolution of effective mobility solutions in Brisbane and SEQ.

The conference line up will include speakers from BCC, transport technology companies, leading consultants and industry innovators.

Highlights include:

• Smart Mobility – overview of leading mobility solutions from 9 international cities
• Urban Mobility Directions –  electric personal transport, policy and governance to improve urban mobility
• Shared Cars – car share and its role in transport and affordable living
• Active Transport – Bicycle Queensland success, challenges and initiatives
• Hydrogen Cars – emission free powertrains – the path forward
• Electric Vehicles – the coming wave – quiet and efficient
• BCC – transport initiatives from Australia’s largest Council
• Workshop sessions and facilitated Q+A
• Networking

Be sure to sign up to the AGDF Newsletter for regular conference updates and weekly Speaker Bio’s!

Conference Information:

Date: Friday 26th July, 2019

Time: 8:30am – 5:00pm (8:00am registration)

Venue:  Gambaro Room, Common Ground, 15 Hope Street, South Brisbane, Qld

Catering: Morning Tea, Lunch, and Afternoon Tea will be provided. Please contact cpdevents@agdf.org.au regarding provision of any dietary requirements.

Tickets: $110 Members Early Bird [Closed] / $145 Members regular / $195 Public / $75 half-day

(need to be an AGDF member and login to the AGDF website – Members Only Resources to copy & paste relevant discount code)

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Conference Speakers Include:

Behyad Jafari – CEO, Elec Vehicles Council Australia
Zoe Eather – Smart Regions and Mobility Consultant, Arup & Managing Director, Zemcon
Kevin Peakman – Head of Engineering, Alternative Energy Solutions at BOC, South Pacific
Cameron Hoffman – Technical Director, Planning at RPS
Cameron Mohr – QLD General Manager, Go Get
Chris Cox – Board Member and Secretary, Bicycle Queensland
Krista Adams – Councillor, Deputy Mayor & Chair of BCC’s Public & Active Transport Committee

CPD Eligibility Requirements: The Main Event should provide participants with a minimum of 8 hours of Formal CPD activity. Participants are eligible for 8 CPD points upon completion of the worksheets provided. (based on attendance at 7 x 30min. presentations; 2 x 30min. Q&A panel sessions, 1 x 1.5hr. interactive workshop; and completion of 7 x 15min worksheets).

Certificate of Attendance: A Certificate of Attendance will be provided by the AGDF as proof of attendance based on registration on the day of the Main Event.

AACA Competency Unit(s): Design / Documentation / Project Management

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