Want to find out what’s next for the SEQ regional plan Update? Want to explore the options for a different, more sustainable, more liveable style of growth in SEQ? Keen to hear from the experts on how planning needs to change to meet the challenge of climate change?
These were the big issues for southeast Queensland discussed at our 2023 Community Planning Conference hosted by SEQCA in collaboration with the Royal Society of Queensland on 21 October 2023 at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank.
Missed the conference?
You can access all the available conference presentations below.
Keynote address: Michelle Cottrell, Director, DSDILGP
Session 1: Grow: Can we do it better?
Mr John Mongard, director of John Mongard Landscapes
Ms Amy Degenhart, director of DegenhartSHEDD and a member of the Queensland Government’s Expert Panel on Housing.
Dr Mark Limb, lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture and Built Environment, QUT.
Ms Rachel Gallagher, Policy and Strategic Engagement, QShelter.
Session 2: Climate change and planning
Dr Philippa England, Adjunct senior lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University.
Mr Shannon Mooney, freelance environmental consultant and knowledge specialist.
Cr Greg Christensen, Mayor of Scenic Rim Regional Council.
Mr John Brisbin, NRM consultant and resident of Mount Molloy in the far north-east of Queensland.
More information
You can view the conference program and speaker profiles here
You can read the RSQ Background discussion paper here
You can read a summary and review of the 2023 conference here
You can read SEQCA’s submission on the SEQ regional plan 2023 draft Update here
