Keynote Addresses

I speak to national and international audiences on a range issues about the future of organisations, planning and housing.

I address a range of topics such as: community engagement for sustainability, creative community engagement,  engagement by children and young people, caring for Nature, supporting an engaged citizenry, housing for real people, housing density (what works and what doesn’t work) and creating inspired places people love.

Selected recent keynote addresses include…

  • Woodford Folk Festival, December 2010, Great Green Debate: “The Spirit of Resistance (still) Lives!” with S. Sorrensen and Penelope Swales for the Affirmative Team (which lost). Also: Woodford Folk Festival: Keynote presentation in the GREENhouse: “Kitchen Table Sustainability”
  • Keynote Address, “Kitchen Table Sustainability”, EAROPH Jubilee Congress, Adelaide, November 2010
  • KidSafe WA “Nature of Play” Conference, Perth, April 2010: “The restorative power of parks and public spaces: What works and what doesn’t work?”
  • Woodford Folk Festival, December 2009, Great Green Debate: “Resolved that the Media Can be Trusted”, with Ian Lowe and Joanne Bragg for the Negative team (which won).
  • International Association of Public Participation conference, San Diego, September 2009, Keynote Address, “Kitchen Table Sustainability”
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia, Western Australia, Sustainability Conference, August 2009: “High-density Housing: what Works and What Doesn’t Work?”
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia, July 2008, “Kitchen Table Sustainability,” Inaugural Queensland UDIA Community Engagement Summit, Brisbane, 16 July.
  • ISOCARP 43rd Urban Planning Congress: Urban Trialogues, 20 September 2007: “Kitchen Table Sustainability: Tested recipes for bringing the sustainability debate down to Earth”, Antwerp, 20 September.
  • Asia-Pacific Cities Summit, August 2007: “Urban Nature for Everyone: The Value of Natural Places in Cities for Tourists and Local People”, with Catherine Zheyu Zhou, August.
  • Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Entrepreneur Masterclass,20 February 2007: “When Generations Collide At Work: Strategies for Working Effectively in Today’s Intergenerational Workplaces”.
  • International Association for Public Participation, Conference, Montreal, November 2006: “Trading Places: How a major recent Perth development project turned a developer into a “green social planner” AND how a community came to understand and care about a developer’s profits” keynote address with Darren Cooper, Mirvac, Perth.
  • International Conference on “Making Places Profitable”, Sheffield, UK, September 2006: Keynote address, “Blind Freddy Could See it: Reflections on Effective Community Engagement in a Large Public-Private Partnership Housing Project.”
  • World Planners Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 19 June 2006: “Giving Voice to Nature in Community Engagement.”
  • Caledon Institute, ANC National Policy Forum on Neighbourhood Revitalization, Ottawa, Canada, 25 October 2005: “Engaging Citizens in Neighbourhood Revitalization: Some Insights from Australian Practice.”
  • A Place at Table for Nature IAP2 2005, keynote address, IAP2 International Conference, Portland, October 2005
  • United Way, Toronto, Toronto Community Forum, 27 October 2005: “Second-Generation CPTED and Community Renewal: Lessons from Queensland, Australia.”
  • Life in the Urban Landscape Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2005: “Madness, Intransigence and Old Hurts: Dealing with Emotion in Community Engagement.” Download: Madness, intransigence and Old Hurts
  • Community Arts Network of Western Australia (CANWA) Forum, July 2005: “The Artistry of Community Consultation.” Download: Artistry of consultation keynote
  • Creating Child-Friendly Cities Conference, Brisbane, October 2004: “Community engagement by children and young people in Australia”, with Elyssa Ludher.
  • ‘Chautauqua’ Extravaganza of Participatory Planning and Design, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 2004: Keynote and workshop presenter, Chautauqua, nine lectures and workshops on subject ranging from community engagement to environmental ethics. Download: University of Manitoba, Chautauqua lectures and workshops
  • International CPTED Association Conference, Brisbane, September 2004
  • Urbanism Downunder Conference, Auckland, NZ, February 2003: “Listening to the softest voices: consulting children and Nature in planning public spaces in residential areas.”
  • Best Practice in Parks Forum, Sydney, April 2002: Keynote address: “What if we asked the parks … about park design?”

List of Recent Keynote Addresses


 

 

 

 

 

 

To download a full list of recent keynote addresses, click here: Wendy Sarkissian Keynote addresses March 2011