Smart Sustainable Districts - Learning from European Experience

Smart Sustainable Districts - Learning from European Experience

The EIT Climate Knowledge Innovation Community (Climate-KIC) is Europe’s largest climate public private partnership, delivering €1.8b in climate action since its establishment in 2010. One of its key urban transition platforms is the Smart Sustainable Districts Programme, which brings pioneering city districts across Europe together to share the best practice, knowledge and expertise needed to co-create sustainable district-wide developments and resilient, zero-carbon communities.

The Office of Environment and Heritage has worked together with the European Climate KIC, other Australian governments, businesses and universities to develop a climate innovation initiative in Australia based on this European model. Climate-KIC Australia will offer a new way to link research, business, entrepreneurs, investors and government to facilitate systemic change which addresses the challenges and harnesses the opportunities of climate change.

Along with other local leaders from industry, government and community, you are invited to this seminar to learn about the benefits of systemic innovation in creating low carbon districts in Europe and find out how to get involved in this exciting Australian initiative that will help to deliver new businesses, jobs and responses to climate challenges.

Presenters

Ian Short was appointed Interim CEO in January 2016 and tasked with implementing Climate-KIC’s new structures, strategies and teams to enable the organisation to achieve its potential. Ian was previously Chief Executive of the Institute for Sustainability – an independent charity established to pilot and trial systemic solutions for sustainable cities and communities – and a partner of Climate-KIC. Previously, Ian was Deputy Chief Executive at the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC), a public/private regeneration agency in east London, which he helped establish in 2005.

Clare Wildfire is Technical Director at Mott MacDonald, specialising in Urbanisation, Sustainable Development, Energy Masterplanning, Low and Zero Carbon technologies, Low Carbon Policy Development, Project Management for Sustainable Design and Building Performance Analysis. She is passionate about using cross disciplinary synergy and integrated systems thinking to enable more people to be accommodated in urban areas for less cost, consuming less energy, materials and water, emitting less CO2, and cutting waste, while achieving an enhanced quality of life.

Jennifer Daothong is Head of Strategy and Sustainability for the London Legacy Development Corporation. Jennifer has held roles in regeneration, housing investment and the environment at both a local and regional government level. She started working on the sustainability legacy for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2012 and is now leading the LLDC's flagship Smart, Sustainable Districts programme, which is aiming to build the integrated, smart, social and technology networks required to underpin the low carbon, resilient neighbourhoods of the future.