Day
One Tuesday 30th May
Technical Tours 2.30 starting at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens Amphitheatre
Day Two Wednesday 31st May
Active People and Spaces, Keynote Addresses and Presentations
Version 17 - Program may change due to unforeseeable circumstances
Day 2 | DRAFT Program |
8.00am | Registration, Tea and Coffee, Trade Display Visits |
8.45am | Welcome and Introductions, House Keeping Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners |
8.55am | Opening Address Mayor, Cr Greg Williamson |
9.00am | Keynote address – “Activating kids through Bikes in Schools” Paul McArdle, Co-Founder, Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust |
9.40am | “Can a Park Change a Whole Region?” Colin Strydom, Design + Architecture & Lachlan McMurtrie, McMurtrie Consulting Engineers |
10.00am | “Strategically Planning with Qld LGA's and the Tennis Community for a Future of Community Activity” Elia Hill, Tennis QLD |
10.20am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
10.40am | “Disaster Recovery – Parks, Sport and Recreation Group Workshop” Facilitated by Frances Hudson, President PLA Qld |
11.10am | “Increasing the durability of sports fields” Dan Docherty, Syngenta Australia and New Zealand |
11.30am | “Sports Turf Soil and Top Layer Conditioning” Nathan Straume, TC Advantage |
11.50am | “Measuring Parks Performance for Active Use” Brian Milne, XYST Ltd and Yardstick
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12.30pm | LUNCH AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
1.15 pm | Keynote address: “The Community Benefits when we get it right…how to make the whole world smile” Cr Linda Cooper
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1.45pm | “Sport and Recreation Services – integrating spatial technology and other initiatives to deliver better planning outcomes for sport and recreation in Queensland” Andrew Barkham, National Parks, Sport and Racing,
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2.30pm | “The Green Space Our Place Volunteer Program” Sarah Gosling, Cairns Regional Council |
2.50pm | “The 10,000 Steps Program “ Anetta Van Itallie, School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQU |
3.10pm | AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
3.30pm | “Connect People to Open Spaces and Places is All in the Marketing” Lyndal Hansen, Amarna Pty Ltd |
3.50pm | “Bring Nature and Children Back into the Neighbourhood” Angela Wright, Nature Play Qld, |
4.10pm | “Evidence Based Design” Amanda Sutherland, Playscape Creations |
4.30pm | “Gladstone East Shores Precinct” Graham Gambie, Parks and Recreation superintendent, Gladstone Ports Corporation |
4.50pm | Q&A, Housekeeping and end of day 2 |
6.50pm | STATE OF ORIGIN Special Awards Dinner – Claudies Restaurant - 31 Brisbane St, Mackay |
Thursday 1st June - Day Three
Active Transport - Connecting People and Places, Keynote Addresses and Presentations
Day 3 | Draft Program |
8.30am | Registration, Tea and Coffee, Trade Display Visits |
9.00am | Keynote address, Turning idleness into action. What’s stopping us creating change and the 7 steps we need to implement to help create active people and active communities across Queensland. Rachel Smith, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Transport Planner |
9.40 – 10.20am | Keynote address: “More kids biking today = more adults choosing active transport tomorrow” Paul McArdle Co-Founder, Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust |
10.20am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
10.40am | “Gold Coast, A Community Embracing Strategy” Gerard McCormick, Village Bike, |
11.00am | “Connecting Cairns – Not just from A to B” Joan Crawford, Cairns Regional Council |
11.20pm | “Using GIS analysis to improve connectivity of future active transport” Elizabeth Crane, Mackay Regional Council |
11.40pm | Keynote Address: Can you nudge people to walk more? Behaviour change interventions to increase walking for transport. Alice Woodruff, Active City |
12.20pm | LUNCH AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
1.20pm | “ Bluewater Trail- an active success” Onno Vanes (Mackay Hospital and Health Service) and Graeme Hawes (Mackay Regional Council) |
1.50pm | “Ross River Bikeway – Ten years of success” Ron Degenhart, Townsville City Council |
2.20pm | “Never mind the width, feel the quality” Martin Lambert, Director Otium Planning Group and National President, Parks and Leisure Australia
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2.50pm | AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY VISITS |
3.10pm | “Quick wins for active transport” Panel Discussion Q&A |
4.00pm | Conference Close |