Program
Please note that the program is subject to change.Ìý
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Wednesday, 3 December 2025
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TIME SESSION AND PRESENTERÌý 9:00amÌý ÌýÌý Opening – The Lord Mayor of City of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 9:30amÌý ÌýÌý Keynote Presentation -ÌýNature-Based Solutions for Urban Futures: Cooler, Greener, Wilder – Professor Chris DanielsÌý– Green ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É goals, strategic plan, policy, activities. 10:00amÌý Panel discussion 10:30am MORNING TEA Ìý Ìý Ìý Session I - TREES AND URBAN FOREST 11:00am Protecting urban trees from harsh summer – Prof Stephen Livesly (University of Melbourne) 11:20amÌý Ìý Which plant where? Climate ready street tree trials – Prof Michelle Leishman (Macquarie University) Ìý 11:40amÌý ÌýFuture trees project in South Australia – Dr Kate Delaporte (EI, Waite Arboretum) and Stefan Caddy-Retalic (EI, University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É)Ìý 12:00pmÌý Ìý Panel discussion / Q&A Ìý 12:20pmÌý ÌýLunch Ìý Ìý Ìý Session II – VALUING TREES AND GREENSPACE 1:05pmÌý Ìý Learning from abroad – Prescribing greening solutions for climate resilience– Professor Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, UK 1:45pmÌý Ìý Ìý Growing the urban jungle in Australasia – Gail Hall, the Australasian Urban Green Infrastructure NetworkÌýÌý 2:05pmÌý Ìý Exploring the ‘true’ value of street trees in metropolitan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É – Dr John Kandulu (Environment Institute, Economics) 2:25pmÌý Ìý Ìý Asset management for green infrastructure project – Dr Jacquiline Balston, IPWEA Australasia 2:45pmÌý Ìý Panel discussion / Q&AÌý 3:00pmÌý ÌýÌý AFTERNOON TEA Ìý Ìý Ìý Session III – BUILT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES 3:30pmÌý Ìý Learning from abroad – Implementing nature-based actions in cities: Learning from Varcities EU – Professor Denia Kolokotsa (Crete, Greece) 4:10pmÌý Ìý New development models led by nature – Stephanie Sirianni, Nature Collective 4:25pmÌý Opportunities to Optimise Urban Greening and its Water Sources using Smart Stormwater Systems– A/Prof Mark Thyer & Dr Matthew Armstrong (Environment Institute, Environmental Engineering) 4:40pmÌý ÌýÌý Panel discussion / Q&A Ìý 5:15pmÌý ÌýÌý END OF DAY ONE Ìý Ìý 5:15Ìý– 8:00pmÌýÌý Tour to Botanic Gardens and with a BBQ/drinks/canapes at the end (optional). Ìý Ìý -
Thursday, 4 December 2025
TIMEÌý SESSION AND PRESENTERÌý Ìý Session IV – FROM BARCELONA TO LONDON 8:45amÌý Ìý Urban Greening: Challenges, Goals, Strategies, Evaluation – Dr Angeliki Karanasiou, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona 9:25amÌý Ìý London, the world’s first National Park City: Delivery of and innovation in green infrastructure at a strategic scale – Abby Crisostomo, Head of Green Infrastructure, London Authority Ìý 10:05amÌý Ìý Panel Discussion / Q&A 10:20amÌý Ìý MORNING TEA Ìý Ìý Ìý Session VÌý– HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT 10:50amÌýÌýÌý Mental health benefits of green space – Professor Xiaoqi Feng (UNSW) 11:10amÌý Nature Positive: The link between biodiversity and health – Professor Sarah Bekessy (RMIT University)Ìý
11:30am Urban rewilding for health and wellbeing - Assoc Profesor Alessio Russo (QUT)Ìý 11:50am Developing health-based green policy – Carmel Williams (EI/CHiAPRT) 12:10pm Panel discussion / Q&AÌý 12:30pmÌý
LUNCHÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Session VI – GREENING AND COMMUNITY 1:15pmÌý Ìý TREENET: An Urban Greening Community of Practice – Dr Tim Johnson, TREENET 1:40pmÌý Ìý Ìý Planning for value and risk from urban greening – Assoc Prof Douglas Bardsley (Environment Institute,ÌýSocial Sciences) 2:00pmÌý Ìý Ìý Preparing the new generation of friends of trees – Dr Mark Kohler (Environment Institute, Psychology) 2:20pmÌý Ìý Ìý Q&A 2:30pmÌýÌý AFTERNOON TEA Ìý Ìý Ìý Session VII – MAKING IT HAPPEN - LED BY DESIGN 3:00pmÌý Ìý Learning from abroad - Perspectives on six decades of the greening of Singapore – Professor Prof Tan Puay Yok, National Parks Board of SingaporeÌýÌýÌý 3:40pmÌý Ìý Ìý Hidden Rivers and Ghost Writers: The Social Dimension of Parks – Dr Matthew Skjonsberg, Praxis Institute, Switzerland 4:20pmÌý Ìý Ìý Urban Greening of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É -ÌýIlia Houridis, Director City Shaping, City of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 4:45pmÌý Ìý Ìý Q & AÌý 5:00pmÌý Ìý Ìý ÌýCLOSINGÌýOF SYMPOSIUM Ìý Ìý
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