Andrew is a Landscape Architect and Director of Lat27, a multidisciplinary urban design and landscape architecture studio. He is an award-winning designer, with more than 15 years’ experience working in Australia, the Middle East, China, Fiji, and South-East Asia. He shares what he loves about cities and the change he’s witnessed over the past 20 years.

Throughout her career, Bonnie has leveraged emerging technologies and machine learning, community powered innovation, and experience design, to drive transformative change. Trained as a landscape architect and urban designer, with deep expertise in technology and product, Bonnie is Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder at Place Intelligence.

Caroline has 20-years’ experience in large public organisations, including 12 years at Sydney Living Museums, and is currently the Executive Director, Public Spaces at NSW Department of Planning and Environment. She holds a PhD in Architecture, Urban History & Development.

Urban Enquiry Director Cathryn is one of Australia’s leading urban designers with 30 years’ experience in Australia and in the UK. Cathryn has an array of industry awards and is undertaking a PhD to interrogate the impact of cost-based decisions on what is designed and built.

Claudia is a landscape architect and Senior Urban Designer at Moreton Bay Regional Council, where she leads the urban design team to connect people to land throughout the region. Her experience in the public and private sector spans all scales of projects including city-centre master plans, urban activations, streetscapes, and waterway naturalisations. Claudia loves collaborative practices and the holistic project outcomes made possible when all disciplines have a seat at the table.

Daniel is an Associate Director at Capella Capital, a financial sponsor, developer, and manager of infrastructure projects and assets throughout Australia. Daniel holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Planning & Design and has 20 years’ experience in Australia and New Zealand

Greg is qualified in planning and economics and has been at the forefront of planning in Queensland for nearly 40 years. He is one of Australia’s best known, respected and widely experienced planners.

Jess is a freelance Impact Strategist. Through her work, Jess confronts and overcomes the most complex and intractable problems facing people living in urban places. Jess’ areas of expertise include environmental systems, specifically urban ecology and urban forestry, and local food systems. She is an advocate for a slow city with lots of active and public transport, character, community, sport, colour and creativity.

Kate is the former CEO of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia, a role she held for seven years. Her practice as a leader and collaborator was founded on her early career experience in education and policy, working across diverse social, cultural, and linguistic contexts. Kate is currently on the Board of the Living Futures Institute of Australia, and Chair of their Performance and Noms Committee.

Kate is a Director at Urbis and the former CEO of THI. She is a passionate urbanist and place maker with more than 25 years of experience working throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States. Kate is regarded for her expertise in visioning and positioning city-scale precincts, working sensitively with stakeholders and the community to co-create powerful new futures for well-loved places.

Ruben has more than eighteen years’ experience in the real asset investment sector, of which the last decade has been focused on the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently the Head of Asia Pacific for GRESB, a mission-driven and industry-led organisation that provides actionable and transparent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data to financial markets.

Malcolm is an architect and urban designer with over 35 years’ experience. He is the former Queensland Government Architect and former Queensland President of the Property Council of Australia. Malcolm was awarded a Life Fellowship to the Australian Institute of Architects in 2021, and the Order of Australia Medal in recognition of services to Architecture and Children’s Welfare Organisations in 2010.

Sacha Coles is a founding Director of Landscape Architectural company ASPECT Studios in Sydney. Sacha has led projects of transformational change spanning placemaking, infrastructure, play space, academic and civic institutions, and green infrastructure. He delivers innovative design within a social framework, reinforcing the role that cities can play in creating economic and social opportunity. Through his work, Sacha promotes uplifting quality of life, encouraging social equity and elevating the spirit through design.

April is the director of Social Strategy and engagement at The Planning Studio. She is a policy specialist working within government and the private sector for over 20 years across strategic land-use planning; place-making; and social and cultural policy. April is passionate about cities and the different needs of genders.

Rob Adams is an architect and urban designer. He is the current City Architect for the City of Melbourne and has won multiple awards as the leader of the revitalization of the Melbourne City Centre and surrounds. Rob helped to write, and to put in place, the first comprehensive urban design strategy for the City of Melbourne, based on the idea of creating a vibrant and well-populated street-scape profiting from the city's multi-mode transport system. His urban revitalisation work in the urban core has assisted Melbourne to become one of the world's most liveable cities.

Leanne is Managing Director of Hodyl & Co, a research and design consultancy focused on creating cities people love. She is an established industry leader with 20 years of experience leading urban policy and design projects critical to the future development of Australian cities. Leanne’s work is informed by qualifications and experience in architecture, urban design, strategic planning and social theory.

Greg is the CEO of Moreton Bay Regional Council with more than 35 years of experience in the property and development sectors. He has held senior professional, management and leadership roles within both property asset owners, and advisory and consulting businesses. Prior to joining the Council, Greg’s most recent roles were General Manager of Economic Development Queensland, and Interim Administrator of Ipswich City Council.

Danièle is a spatial designer, speculative designer and public artist, and a Saltwater woman of the Budawang clan of the Yuin nation, with French and Czech heritage. Her work is grounded in her cultural and experiential heritage, and often considers the urban Aboriginal condition, the Indigenous experience of Country, and contemporary Indigenous identities.

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Mirvac. She has extensive experience in Australia, the US, and Europe. Susan has been involved in the real estate industry for over 29 years, working in investment management in both the direct and indirect markets, development, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, research, and business strategy.

Peter is a Senior Urban Strategist at Studio THI. Peter is an experienced community and urban development practitioner working with private, government, university and community sectors. He specialises in community and urban change, ensuring strategies are grounded in an understanding of people, and that projects create and share social value.