Invited speakers

Professor Peter Ambrose

Visiting Professor in Housing Studies, Social Science Policy and Research Centre, Brighton University, UK
 
 

Mr Ric Battellino

Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia and a member of the Reserve Bank Board
 
 

Ms Kate Davies, UK

Chief Executive of Notting Hill Housing, UK
 

 

Sir Peter Dixon, UK

Chairman of the Housing Corporation UK from 2003 to 2008
 
 
 

Mr Howard Farrand, UK

Group Chief Executive of the West Mercia Housing Group and
President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) 
 
 

Mr Rod Fehring

Chief Executive Officer of Lend Lease Primelife
 
 
 

Ms Rosanne Haggerty, US

Founder of Common Ground Community, New York
 
 
 

Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, NZ

Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington New Zealand
 
 

Dr Rebecca Huntley

Rebecca is director of leading international research company, Ipsos Mackay research
 
 

Mr John Lenders MP

Treasurer of Victoria
 
 
 

Mr Michael Lennon

Chief Executive Officer of Housing Choices Australia
 
 
 

The Hon Minister Macklin MP

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
 
 
 

Professor Duncan Maclennan, Scotland

Director of the Centre for Housing Research at the University of St Andrews
 
 

Mr Neil McInroy

Chief Executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
 
 
 

Mr Michael Newey, UK

Chief Executive of Broadland Housing Association and Director of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 
 

Professor Peter W Newton

Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Program, Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology
 
 

Mr Tony Nicholson

Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne
 
 
 

Ms Rebecca Oelkers

Special Projects Manager of the Brisbane Housing Company
 
 
 

Professor Hal Pawson, UK

Professorial Fellow at the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
 
 
 

The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

Federal Minister for Housing and Federal Minister for the Status of Woman
 
 
 

Mr Steve Pomeroy, Canada

Senior Research Fellow, Centre on Governance, Canada
 
 
 

Ms Pru Sanderson

Chief Executive Officer, VicUrban
 
 
 

Dr Ron Silberberg

Managing Director of the Housing Industry Association
 
 
 

Professor Michael Stone

Professor of Community Planning and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
 
 
 

Professor Ivan Turok

Professor of Urban Economic Development at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town
 
 

Professor Gavin Wood

Director of the AHURI RMIT Research Centre
 
 
 

Ms Jenny Brockie (Facilitator)

Jenny is a multi-award winning journalist and documentary maker with more than 20 years broadcasting experience
 
 

Mr Tony Jones (Facilitator)

Host of ABC's Lateline and one of Australia's most experienced and respected journalists
 
 

Mr Alan Saunders (Facilitator)

Presenter of By Design and The Philosopher's Zone on ABC Radio National