RAIA E-News June 2008

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June 2008

National Council

President

Howard Tanner FRAIA

Immediate Past President

Alec Tzannes LFRAIA, Hon AIA, Hon FNZIA

President Elect

Melinda Dodson FRAIA

Hon Secretary

Rod Mollett LFRAIA

Hon Treasurer

Andrew Vorrasi FRAIA

Nationally Elected

Ms Kerstin Thompson RAIA
Ms Melinda Dodson RAIA
Philip Goad RAIA

ACT President

David Flannery FRAIA

NSW President

Deborah Dearing FRAIA

NT President

Ross Connolly FRAIA

QLD President

Bruce Medek FRAIA

SA President

Andrew Vorrasi FRAIA

TAS President

James Jones RAIA

VIC President

Karl Fender FRAIA

WA President

Rod Mollett LFRAIA

SONA President

Patrick Stein

Executive Staff

CEO

David Parken
LFRAIA, Hon AIA, Hon NZIA

Executive Officer

Cheryl Collett

General Manager Operations

Ross Clark FRAIA

General Counsel/
Co. Secretary

Richard Barton RAIA

General Manager National Coordination

Greg Hughes

General Manager Corporate Services

John Oliver

RAIA Offices

National

02 6121 2000
national@raia.com.au

Knowledge Services

Manager Knowledge Services
Carmel McCormack

Manager Continuing Education
Greg Stephens

Manager Sustainability
Scott Willey

03 8620 3877
knowledge@raia.com.au

ACT Chapter

Sophie Clement
02 6208 2100
act@raia.com.au

NSW Chapter

Roslyn Irons
02 9246 4055
nsw@raia.com.au

Newcastle division

Nicole Masson
02 4960 4200

NSW Country division

Wendy McCloskey
02 9368 2213

NT Chapter

Gavin Sell
08 8936 1820
nt@raia.com.au

QLD Chapter

Judith Gilmore
07 3109 7320
qld@raia.com.au

SA Chapter

Richard Hosking
08 8402 5900
sa@raia.com.au

TAS Chapter

Celine Lim
03 6214 1500
tas@raia.com.au

VIC Chapter

Elizabeth Raut
03 8620 3866
vic@raia.com.au

WA Chapter

Meino Mirkva
08 9287 9900
wa@raia.com.au

Upcoming Events

City & Urban Development Summit, June 23-24, Sydney
Planning, financing, building and investing in sustainable cities. Co-located with the Australian Property Development Summit. Visit acevents.com.au/cities2008 and acevents.com.au/property2008.

Built Environment Meets Parliament (BEMP), September 1-3, Canberra
BEMP is an annual conversation between parliamentarians and industry leaders that showcases the relationship between Australian communities and their built environment. BEMP offers an opportunity to explore the economic, social and environmental and governance issues that help shape national prosperity. The RAIA is one of the five host organisations. Registration and more information: bemp.com.au.

World Sustainable Building (SB) Conference, September 21-25, Melbourne
Held every three years, the SB conference is the peak gathering of the world's leading technical experts and researchers on sustainable built environments. SB08 Melbourne will continue a traditional focus on technical developments and case studies. Auspiced by the RAIA, members are encouraged to consider attending this important event at which CSIRO, leading universities and research groups in Australia and from around the world are expected to release new research. RAIA members will receive a $100 discount on registration. Visit sb08melbourne.com.

Metropolis Congress, October 22-25, Sydney
Early bird registration - Architects looking to learn and network with world mayors, global industry CEO's and leading academics can save $300 by registering for the 9th Metropolis World Congress before June 30.

World leaders from more than 100 cities will connect with the key issues faced by metropolitan regions including the impact of climate change, technology, infrastructure funding and governance. For the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. The challenge for Metropolis in the next few years is to find concrete answers to the great questions of the day, not only for citizens, but for all inhabitants of our planet, in terms of transport, urbanism, organisation, public health, environment, development and governance.

The 'Connecting Cities' Metropolis Congress will also focus on emerging economies of China and India and feature workshops on Olympic and Waterfront cities.

Key note speakers confirmed for Metropolis Congress 2008 include:

Dr Rajendra Pachauri - Nobel Peace Prize winning chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to speak on the impact of climate change on urban planning and ways of creating sustainable cities.

Saskia Sassen - Columbia University Lynd Professor who coined the term "Global City" and is a celebrated scholar of globalised cities and network technologies. Sassen will speak on the integral role of connected city relationships in global functions, looking at cities as the links between national and global economies.

Hosted by the NSW Government, Metropolis Congress 2008 is expecting to attract over 1000 delegates from 100 major cities together in a unique world forum to share experience and expertise on the key contemporary issues by cities including climate change, technology, transport, governance, public-private partnerships and urban renewal.

Architecture, planning and design industries are encouraged to register to attend.

More information and online registration: metropoliscongress2008.com.

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