Draft Program And Speakers
Program
The Conference Program comprises keynote addresses, plenary sessions, practitioner forums, workshops and interactive discussion groups, invited and refereed conference papers and contributed paper sessions. The Program has been designed to ensure that the full range of voices in housing is heard.
A Conference Dinner, Industry Breakfast and a number of related events will ensure that delegates have opportunities for networking.
The full Conference Program will be posted on this website shortly. Click here for the Provisional Program (PDF 232 kB). Please note: the Provisional Program is subject to change without notification by the Program Committee
ABSTRACTS
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WELCOME EVENT INSIDE FREMANTLE PRISON
Ensure you book early for your optional site tour on Wednesday 26 October 2005 as numbers are limited. You can choose one of four tours visiting unique housing projects around the Perth metropolitan area (see Tours and Information).
All four tours culminate at Fremantle Prison where you will enjoy Western Australian hospitality and a warm welcome inside one of Australia's premier tourism heritage sites. Included in the Welcome Event will be a mini tour of the Prison.
Delegates who are not able to participate in the optional site tours are invited to attend the Welcome Event at the Prison. Bookings are essential as numbers are strictly limited for this unique venue. Please indicate your attendance on the Registration Form.
Information about transport to and from the Welcome Event will be available online shortly.
SPEAKERS
Key speakers who have indicated they wish to participate in the conference include:
Bernard Salt
Partner in Property at KPMG Australia, Bernard Salt has established an enviable reputation as an advisor to leading property investors and developers on matters relating to market demand. He is a well-known keynote speaker and Author of The Big Shift: Welcome to the Third Australian Culture. He has appeared on numerous television programs but is best known to Australian business for his commentary in the media on the business implications of demographic and social change.
Professor Brian Howe
Associate Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Professor Howe was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1991-95), a member of the Federal Cabinet (1984-96) and held portfolios in the fields of Defence, Social Security, Housing and Community Services.
Adam Sampson
Director of Shelter in the United Kingdom. He is Shelter's main spokesperson on issues related to housing and homelessness policy, poverty, crime, mental health, drugs and asylum and how these issues often overlap with housing and homelessness.
Hal Pawson
Senior Research Fellow at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh UK, Hal Pawson's research interests include housing policy, housing management, and urban regeneration. He has led many major research projects commissioned by central government departments and national housing agencies in England and Scotland. He has published many articles and co wrote three books. Hal is a board member of an Edinburgh based housing association. Sponsored by the Department of Human Services, Office of Housing, Victoria.
Professor Marcus Spiller
Marcus Spiller is an Adjunct Professor in Urban Management at the University of Canberra and the current National President of the Planning Institute of Australia. His experience spans land economics, regional development, housing policy, infrastructure funding, policy coordination systems and business planning for cultural institutions.
He has taken up a secondment as lecturer in urban economics at Melbourne University, advisor to the Minister for Planning and Housing in Victoria and senior executive in the Queensland Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning.
Helena Herklots
Head of Policy at Age Concern England, Helena is well versed in "Engaging Older People and Recognising Diversity Amongst Older People". Her address will help delegates understand the special needs of the growing number of elderly people including the importance of providing the right kind of support to uphold the dignity and respect of elderly people.
Professor Judy Yates
Director AHURI Sydney Research Centre and Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Sydney. Professor Yates has recently undertaken studies of trends in home ownership; of changes in the supply of low rent housing and the extent and distribution of indirect housing assistance through the income tax system.
These Key Speakers will be joined by many other international, national and local speakers.
The Department of Housing and Works reserves the right to change the program and its content.
DON'T MISS THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 12TH OCTOBER
