Program

Green Space Park

*Please note this is a draft program and will be updated.

  • Wednesday, 3 December 2025

    Wednesday, December 3rd

    9:00amÌý ÌýÌýOpening – The Lord Mayor of City of Adelaide

    9:30amÌý ÌýÌýKeynote – Professor Chris Daniel – Green Adelaide goals, strategic plan, policy, activities.

    10:00²¹³¾Ìý Panel discussion


    10:30amÌý ÌýTea break
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    11:00amÌý ÌýSession I - TREES AND URBAN FOREST

    11:00amÌý ÌýProtecting urban trees from harsh summer – Prof Stephen Livesly (ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Melbourne)

    11:20amÌý Ìý Which plant where? Climate ready street tree trials – Prof Michelle Leishman (Macquarie ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥) Ìý

    11:40amÌý ÌýFuture trees project in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ – Dr Kate Delaporte (EI, Waite Arboretum)

    12:10pmÌý Ìý Panel discussion / Q&A Ìý


    12:30pmÌý Ìý Lunch
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    1:15pmÌý Ìý ÌýÌýSession II – VALUING TREES AND GREENSPACE

    1:15pmÌý Ìý ÌýLearning from abroad – Modelling Nature-Based Solutions efficiency – Professor Prashant Kumar, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Surrey, UK

    2:45pmÌý Ìý ÌýMultidimensional factors of green infrastructure – Gail Hall, the Australasian Urban Green Infrastructure NetworkÌýÌý

    2:05pmÌý Ìý Ìý Valuing the benefits and cost of street trees – Dr John Kandulu (EI, Economics)

    2:25pmÌý Ìý ÌýAsset Management for Green Infrastructure – Dr Jacquiline Balston, IPWEA Australasia

    2:45pmÌý Ìý Ìý Panel discussion / Q&A


    3:00pmÌý Ìý Ìý Tea break


    3:30pmÌý Ìý ÌýÌýSession III – BUILT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES

    3:30pmÌý Ìý ÌýLearning from abroad – Implementing nature-based actions in cities: Learning from Varcities EU – Professor Denia Kolokotsa (Crete, Greece)

    4:10pmÌý Ìý New development models led by nature – Stephanie Sirianni, Nature Collective

    4:25pmÌý Ìý ÌýOpportunities to Optimise Urban Greening and its Water Sources using Smart Stormwater Systems– A/Prof Mark Thyer & Dr Matthew Armstrong (EI, Environmental Engineering)

    4:40pmÌý Ìý Ìý Panel discussion / Q&A Ìý

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    5:00pmÌý Ìý Ìý End of Day 1

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    5:00 – 8:00pmÌý Ìý Ìý ÌýOptional tour to Botanic Gardens and with a BBQ/drinks/canapes at the end.

  • Thursday, 4 December 2025

    9:00amÌý Ìý ÌýSession V – FROM BARCELONA TO LONDON

    9:00amÌý Ìý ÌýUrban Greening: Challenges, Goals, Strategies, Evaluation – Dr Angeliki Karanasiou, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona

    9:45amÌý Ìý ÌýLondon as National Park City – Abby Crisostomo, Head of Green Infrastructure, London Authority Ìý

    10:30amÌý Ìý Panel Discussion / Q&A

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    11:00amÌý Ìý Tea break
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    11:30amÌý ÌýÌýSession V – HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

    11:30amÌý Ìý Mental health benefits of green space – Professor Xiaoqi Feng (UNSW)

    11:50amÌý Ìý Nature Positive: The link between biodiversity and health – Professor Sarah Bekessy (RMIT ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥) Ìý

    12:10pmÌý Ìý Developing health-based green policy – Carmel Williams (EI/CHiAPRT)

    12:30pmÌý ÌýPanel discussion / Q&AÌý

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    12:50pmÌý ÌýLunch
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    1:40pmÌý Ìý ÌýSession VI – GREENING AND COMMUNITY

    1:40pmÌý Ìý Ìý Community of practice of greening in Adelaide – Dr Tim Johnson, TREENET

    2:10pmÌý Ìý Ìý Respecting the cultural values of green – Assoc Prof Douglas Bardsley (EI, Social Sciences)

    2:25pmÌý Ìý Ìý Preparing the new generation of friends of trees – Dr Mark Kohler (EI, Psychology)

    2:40pmÌý Ìý Ìý Green urban environments for native wildlife and environmental education – Dr Katja Hogendoom (EI, Agriculture)

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    3:10pmÌý Ìý Ìý Tea break
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    3:40pmÌý Ìý ÌýÌýSession VII – MAKING IT HAPPEN

    3:40pmÌý Ìý ÌýLearning from abroad - Singapore Green Plan 2030 – Professor Prof Tan Puay Yok, National Parks Board of SingaporeÌýÌýÌý

    4:15pmÌý Ìý ÌýGood design, good outcome – Dr Matthew Skjonsberg, Praxis Institute, Switzerland

    4:50pmÌý Ìý ÌýGreening Adelaide: The role of landscape architecture – Ben Willsmore, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Institute of Landscape Architects. Ìý

    5:10pmÌý Ìý ÌýQ & AÌý
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    5:30pmÌý Ìý ÌýÌýEND OF SYMPOSIUM

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