WHERE SHADE HITS THE PAVEMENT MELBOURNE 2025

WHERE SHADE HITS THE PAVEMENT MELBOURNE 2025

A green::blue urban infrastructure conference that brings thought leaders and practitioners together to align innovation, best practice and policy for greener, cooler, more liveable cities.

 

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Where Shade Hits the Pavement is coming to the beautiful Mercure Melbourne Hotel, Doncaster on 19 February 2025.

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  • Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of the Tower Terrace at the Mercure Melbourne Hotel, Doncaster, where you’ll find fresh perspectives and insights on navigating project, policy, and budget challenges to create impactful green spaces in our cities and suburbs
  • Review canopy cover progress and failures and gain insights about how to get back on track
  • Evolve your understanding of stormwater management and how trees could be the key to $aving million$
  • Discover the important considerations when designing using street trees for stormwater management in a practical how-to-session
  • Receive practical guides including Cost Benefit Analysis Framework, Case Study Pack and GBUI Design Session Pack
  • Expand your cross-disciplinary green infrastructure network

Expert guest speakers will share insights that redefine how we perceive and implement green spaces to achieve better outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired by and connect with the minds that are redefining the future of our cities!

Hear what attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about Where Shade Hits the Pavement 2024 in Brisbane.

 

Who should attend?

  • Local Government planners, designers, arborists, engineers and policy makers - this event will challenge your city standards and provide a pathway for better outcomes for your communities.
  • Landscape Architects - AILA members will receive 6 CPD points for attending. Expect to be inspired and receive practical examples relevant to the project challenges you frequently encounter.
  • Civil & Stormwater Engineers - this event will give you practical examples for the integration of green, blue and grey infrastructure for better outcomes.
  • Property Developers - this event will show you how to use green infrastructure for greater profitability.
  • Academics & Students - this event is where theory and application come together to challenge BAU.

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Our presenters

With the conference being held in the Manningham local government area, we are delighted to have endorsement for the event from the Mayor, Cr Deirdre Diamante, who will deliver the Opening Address and Acknowledgement of Country.

 

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DIERDRE DIAMANTE
Mayor & Councillor for Tullamore Ward
Manningham Council

 

Where Shade Hits the Pavement will bring together thought leaders from ecology, science, design, liveability, engineering, resource management, economics, strategy and planning.

Book now to reserve your seat and be part of an event designed to make a difference (seats are limited to 200 and filling up fast).

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TIFFANY CRAWFORD
Co-Director Climate Change and City Resilience, and Chief Heat Officer
City of Melbourne

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DR. THAMI CROESER
Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow
RMIT Centre For Urban Research

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SIMON LEAKE
Director of Science & Founder
SESL Australia

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SALLY BOER
Director, Freshwater Ecology
E2Designlab

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DR. DALE BROWNE
Senior Associate Environmental Engineer
E2Designlab

Event program

Download an overview of the conference program, agenda and speaker bios here.
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Event partners

We would like to acknowledge the following organisations for their endorsement of this important industry event.

Register to attend

Where Shade Hits the Pavement is a conference event designed to make a difference, not a profit. There are no advertisers or expo booths, just a focus on issues and methods to overcome them. As such tickets are affordably priced.

Register before 21 Dec and received 40% Early Bird Discount

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- Laura Wiesenekker, Project Engineer, Densford Civil -

“Citygreen is a very professional  business, and I found everything was great in terms of deliveries, product supply and information. It was all forthcoming and helped us to complete the project.”

- Keith Burns, Architect/Designer, Keith Burns Architect -

“Citygreen offered training and invaluable technical assistance during the works.”

- James Callan, Estimating Manager, Complex Co Pty Ltd -

“Our experience, in working with a Citygreen Design Studio was second to none. We found responses from the design studio to be very timely, and technically thorough. We went backwards and forwards a number of times, looking at different iterations of the design and, nothing was too much trouble to examine and explore different possibilities. I would highly recommend the Citygreen Design Studio to any future client considering using your services.”

- Sandra Smith, Principal Landscape Architect, City Of Monash -

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