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Parks Forum is delighted to announce its Biennial International Parks Leadership Conference; Common Ground, to be held in Sydney at the Crystal Palace Conference centre at Luna Park, Sydney.

Expect to be challenged and inspired by a compelling conference program and fabulous networking opportunities!

We extend a warm invitation to you to join us in Sydney in August.

Click here to view the full conference program.

Theme

The Conference theme is Common Ground.

Common ground represents the "place" in which we come together with those who have different perspectives, to establish shared values and approaches to the things we agree are important.

This theme acknowledges the origins of parks as common ground for the use of the people and preservation of our natural environment. The Conference will provide an opportunity to find common ground across the many agencies with stewardship responsibilities for parks and land by sharing our management skills and knowledge.

As we move into an uncertain future, identifying partners with whom the parks industry can share common ground is more important than ever. The Conference will also focus on opportunities to find common ground with the education, health and community sectors to build community capacity and support for parks.

Key Conference Issues

Join us to hear presentations about:

• Partnerships for sustaining quality parks and green space
• Urban development and population growth
• Sustainable funding models for parks
• Branding, marketing and promoting parks
• Co-operative regional linkages for urban parks
• The politics of climate change
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-sectoral partnerships
• Best practice in parks management
• Indigenous partnerships in protected area management
• Building community engagement: winning hearts and minds
• Engaging with new generations
• Financial and economic change

Speakers

You will hear many outstanding speakers:

• Kristina Keneally: Premier of New South Wales
• Hon. Bob Carr: former NSW Premier and author
• Peter Bridgewater: Chair of UK and international Joint Nature Conservation Committee & Parks Forum Trustee
• Prof Jean Palutikof: Director, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility at Griffith University
• Erika Stanciu: President, EUROPARC Federation
• Ian Macfarlane: strategic marketer responsible for 100% Pure New Zealand, Very Gold Coast Very GC & So where the bloody hell are you?
• Ta (Sir) Tumu Te Heu Heu: Ariki of Ngati Tuwharetoa in Taupo/Turangi region of New Zealand and past Chairman of the World Heritage Committee Sponsored by N.Z. Department of Conservation
• Greg Moore: Executive Director of the U.S.A. Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
• Shaun Dawson: Chief Executive of U.K. Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Sponsored by Western Sydney Parklands Trust
• Shelley Campbell: Chief Executive of New Zealand's Waikato Primary Health and winner of a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award Sponsored by Ernst & Young
• Bob Pritchard: International Marketer of the Year, business and marketing consultant
• Robyn Kruk: Secretary, Federal Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
• Lisa Corbyn: Director General, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
• Sally Barnes: Head of Parks, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
• Barbara Tulipane: CEO National Recreation and Park Association, USA
• Steve Larkins: Chair, Board of Management, Worimi Conservation Lands
• Andrew Skeat: Executive Director, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Carol Mills: Director General, Communities NSW
• Kevin O'Connor: General Manager Research & Development, NZ Dept of Conservation
• Mark Stone: Chief Executive, Parks Victoria and Parks Forum Trustee
• Penelope Figgis: Vice Chair for Oceania, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and Parks Forum Trustee
• Michael Peters:Business Lecturer, School of Business Law & Taxation,

Australian School of Business at the University of NSW

• Tony McCormick:BLA FAILA Foreign Associate ASLA - Registered Landscape Architect, Principal Landscape Architect, HASSELL

To download a print ready Conference overview click here.

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