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Sustainable Sydney 2030 is an initiative of the City of Sydney. It has brought together the best creative minds from Australia and overseas to offer their thoughts and suggestions on how to improve Sydney.

Throughout 2007, experts in their field presented at many events, sharing their visions and ideas for the City.

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Pat Fensham
  • 5 Big Moves

  • Pat Fehsham, SGS Economics and Planning
    Tony Caro, Tony Caro Architects
    Ken Maher, Hassell
    Philip Thalis, Hill Thalis Architects
    Richard Francis Jones, Francis-Jones Morehen Thorpe Architects
    Rachel Neeson, Murcutt neeson Architects
    Rod Simpson, Simpson Wilson Architects

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2030 experts and Architects, Sydney's leading architects explain their dreams for major projects to transform Sydney by 2030.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP
  • Glebe/Ultimo Affordable Housing MOU
  • Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP

Jan Gehl
  • Professor Jan Gehl

  • Principal
    Gehl Architects

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For over 40 years internationally renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl's career has focused on improving the quality of urban life, especially for pedestrians. Jan’s research on public spaces and public life has been applied successfully in cities across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia.


Peter Holmes à Court
  • Peter Holmes à Court

  • Executive Chairman
    South Sydney Football Club

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Peter is an Australian entreprenuer and businessman who is joint owner of the South Sydney Football Club. He is passionate about football and South Sydney where he lives with his family.

Brendan Crotty
  • Brendan Crotty

  • Company Director
    Australand Property Group

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Australand is one of Australia’s largest property development companies. Brendan has been involved in the property development industry for almost 30 years and has an ongoing interest in sustainable development practices and housing affordability.

Amrita Cheema
  • Amrita Cheema

  • SBS journalist and broadcaster

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Amrita is a leading international broadcaster and resided in Berlin for over seven years anchoring Deutsche Welle's flagship English news program before joining SBS in 2005. Amrita is a Rhodes Scholar with a Doctor of Philosophy in Modern History from Oxford University.

Pat Fensham
  • Stephen Loosley

  • Chairman
    Committee for Sydney

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Stephen is Chairman of  the Committee for Sydney, the premier business advocacy group for the city and is a Councillor on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra.

Maria Atkinson
  • Maria Atkinson

  • Global Head of Sustainability
    Lend Lease Corporation

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Maria is internationally recognised as a passionate advocate for green building receiving a United States Green Building Council Leadership Award (Advocacy) in 2006 and in September 2007 Bill Clinton invited her to join a high-profile panel to discuss ways to accelerate green buildings.

Nicholas Wolff
  • Nicholas Wolff

  • Chief Operating Officer
    Frasers Property

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In April 2007 Frasers Property was appointed developer of Carlton United Brewery site at Chippendale. As a truly international developer with a global outlook, Frasers is uniquely positioned to deliver the visionary new urban quarter the City demands.

Pat Fensham
  • Pat Fensham

  • SGS Economics and Planning

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Pat's expertise lies in land-use planning in both Australia and the UK as well as infrastructure funding, regional economic development, feasibility analysis and facilities planning.

Roy Green
  • Professor Roy Green

  • Dean
    Macquarie Graduate School of Management

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Professor Green is a well respected figure in industry, policy and business management and has published widely in the areas of innovation, industry policy, regional development and workplace analysis.

Professor Jan Gehl
  • City Talks, 16 April 2008
  • Professor Jan Gehl

  • Principal
    Gehl Architects

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Danish architect Jan Gehl, in conjunction with City staff, Pat Fensham, Director of SGS Economics & Planning, Rod Simpson, Simpson + Wilson Architects and Bruce Taper, Kinesis, played an integral role developing Sustainable Sydney 2030. Gehl discusses his recommendations for Sydney to make it a more liveable, vibrant, active and healthy city.

Greg Smith
  • Greg Smith

  • Director of Public Affairs
    Animal Logic

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Animal Logic's world leading design, visual effects and animation has featured in films such as Moulin Rouge, Babe and the Academy Award winning Happy Feet. Greg has over 20 years experience in strategic planning and promoting Australia to international markets.

Greg Smith

What if the cars were gone from Circular Quay and George Street, there was a grand square at Town Hall and an exhibition centre over Central Station?

This three-dimensional fly through shows you what the City of Sydney might look like in 2030.

Bruce Taper
  • City Talks, 16 April 2008
  • Bruce Taper

  • Principal
    Gehl Architects

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Environmental planner Bruce Taper of Kinesis explains the concept of Green Transformers and how Sydney can create its own energy and reduce green house gas emissions by 2030.

Pat Fensham
  • City Talks, 16 April 2008
  • Pat Fensham

  • SGS Economics and Planning

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Urban planner Pat Fensham of SGS Economics and Planning explains the fundamentals of the Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan.

Rod Simpson

Sydney Architect Rod Simpson of Simpson + Wilson Architects discusses how 2030 renewal areas can be connected and stitched with the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Bruce Taper
  • City Talks, 22 July 2008
  • Allan Jones, MBE

  • Chief Executive Officer
    London Climate Change Agency

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Celebrated in Britain for his work to turn the small city of Woking onto co and tri-generated power and heating, Jones is now heading up London’s Climate Change Agency. Selected by former Mayor Ken Livingston, Jones is working to take London off the coal-fired power grid and feed London’s insatiable need for energy through alternative localised power generation.

Pat Fensham
  • City Talks, 22 July 2008
  • Bruce Taper

  • Director
    Kinesis

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A leading force in the development of BASIX for the NSW government, Bruce Taper has played a key role in forging the Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision for the City of Sydney. His work with the City developed the Green Transformers idea as a tool to lower Sydney’s greenhouse gas emissions and create a greener city. This idea uses localised co and tri-generation to power the City and also heat and cool our buildings.