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Meet the Future of Place Task Force
Updated: Apr 29, 2021

By Adam Beck | Program Lead, Future of Place
As our discovery phase for the Future of Place project swings into action, we would like to acknowledge the organisations and individuals supporting our efforts.
The Task Force meets monthly to explore the policy and practice needs when it comes to the evolving relationship between people, place technology and data.
Currently there are six teams clustered around some core themes, including:
Wellbeing
Data insights
Engagement
Mobility
City design
Infrastructure and assets
The Task Force will grow overtime, but we would like to acknowledge those foundation task force members:
Greer O'Donnell | The Urban Advisory, Director/Urban Strategist
Linda Carroli | QUT, Research Associate
Marisa McArthur | City of Hobart, Senior Advisor Research and Policy
Nick Lund | Boroondara City Council, Manager Liveable Communities
Shreya Dubey | UNSW, Research Assistant
Tim Young | Smart Access, Senior Developer and Policy Advisor
Azadeh Arnaz | Self employed, Data and Machine learning engineer
Chris Body | Geospatial Industry, Standards Champion
Christian Mildner | SCS, Solutions Architect
Jagadeesh Mandala | Confidential, ICT Program and Project Management Consultant
Manoj Illangasooriya | Maximum Energy, Engineer
Sonia Pereira | SCS, Marketing manager
Adrian Brossard | Yellowbox, Co-founder & Head of Partnerships
Angela Flanagan | Leisa Prowse Consulting, Senior Consultant
Catherine Byrne | Freelance Consultant, Corporate and Communication Consultant
Dan Popping | Bang the Table, Community Engagement Practice Lead
Emma Mcrae | The University of Melbourne, PhD Candidate
Laura Kostanski | Asymmetric Innovation, Chief Design Officer
Rachael Stewart | WSP, Project Manager
Shadi Shayan | University of South Australia, PhD candidate, Course Instructor & Tutor
Aliasgar Inayathusein | Veitch Lister Consulting, National Director of Future Transport
Graham McCabe | Urbis, Director Transport Advisory
Kate Mackay | Mott MacDonald, Australia transport planning practice Lead
Ken Welsh | Inner West Council, Team Lead - Strategic Transport Planning
Lucy Millier | Mott MacDonald, Principal Transport Planner
Mark Thomas | The Serviceworks Group, Managing Director & Founder
Mary Haverland | WSP, Technical Executive - Planning and Mobility
Paul Minett | Trip Convergence Ltd, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Coulter | Localift/Zipidi, Director
Brendon Baker | Mott MacDonald, Technical Director Infrastructure Advisory
Cara Wood | WSP, Director Healthy Communities and Regions
Emma Shearman | `Urban Screen Productions, Director
Kylie Legge | Place Score, CEO
Magdy Youssef | University of the Sunshine Coast, Adjunct fellow in urban design & town planning
Mirko Guaralda | Queensland University of Technology, Senior Lecturer
Nicholas Antoniou | Plus Architecture, Associate
Richard Barry | Urbis, Senior Consultant
Robert Matchett | ENE.HUB, Co-CEO
Samin Pedram | University of New South Wales, Program Manager
Stewart Monti | Atelier Ten, Environmental Designer
Tara Gloster | City of Vincent, Manager Policy & Place
Gini Sinclair | Hoyne, Head of Place Strategy
Craig Young | TUANZ, CEO
Harman Singh | GHD, Smart Cities and Places Lead
Ho Jun Tang | Yellowbox, Co-founder and Head of Product
Jon Mills | Urbis, Associate Director - Smart Cities and Environmental Planning
Michael Wilson | City of Rockingham, Senior Projects Officer
Rhett Morson | Eighteen04, Chair
Serlina Chu | AustralianSuper, Senior Associate - ESG
Yotam Guggenheim | Airobotics, Director Smart Cities
We have a review committee and group of international peers who will also support the efforts of the Task Force, as well as a soon-to-be announced Policy and Leadership Committee. And to be announced next week, our Global Advisory Board.
If you are interested in registering an interest to participate in the Task Force and supporting committee's, you can do so here.