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You can access all the available conference presentations below.

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.

Have you registered for the 2023 SEQCA community planning conference yet? This community conference will explore alternative growth scenarios for SEQ and ask the big questions about urban growth, sustainability, planning and climate change …. click here to join the converesation and register for this event.

When: Saturday 21 October, 9.00 – 4.00 pm

Where: QCA lecture theatre, Rm SO5_2.04, South Bank

Cost: $15 (free to students)

Further details: https://seqalliance.org/2023-conference/

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?

If you are interested in any of these big issues for southeast Queensland, then please join us at the next Community Planning Conference hosted by the Southeast Queensland Community Alliance (SEQCA) and the Royal Society of Queensland on 21 October 2023 at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank. You will hear from experts such as Michelle Cottrell, Director of the ShapingSEQ Update project team, Amy Degenhart, member of the Queensland Government’s Expert Panel on Housing and Rachel Gallagher, member of the Policy and Strategic research team at QShelter.

Details about this most exciting event – including registration, conference program and speaker profiles – are all available here. The registration fee is $15 with net proceeds donated to charities helping people who are homeless. We look forward to seeing you for all or part of the day on Saturday 21 October 2023.

SEQ Community Alliance is a not-for- profit, umbrella organisation formed by planning and environmental advocacy groups based across SEQ. Member organisations are concerned about the quality of development in SEQ. Our priority concerns are:

1. Defending and ensuring the liveability of our built environment.
2. Promoting well-planned, resilient communities with green space and networking opportunities that build character and identity.
3. Ensuring development is conducted in an open, democratic and transparent manner.

You can read more about our members and our mission in the About Section of this website.