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Conference Presentations

Green Roofs Australia 2009 Annual Conference

The Green Roofs Australia 2009 gathering was a great success, with excellent displays produced by commercial sponsors, informative presentations on local and international green infrastructure projects, design, growing media and policy workshops and more than 150 delegates attending the various conference events over three days. Many thanks to all who participated and contributed to this very successful annual event.

The following conference presentations are now available for download:

Opening address
Prof. Nigel Stork, Chair, Natural Resource Management; Head of School, Faculty of Land and Environment, Melbourne University
Opening Address – A Vision fo…try in Aust – Nigel Stork

Keynote address
Dr Nigel Dunnett, Reader in Urban Horticulture; Director, The Green Roof Centre, University of Sheffield, UK
Green Roofs in Sheffield – Nigel Dunnett

Session 2; Stream 1: Green Roof Design for Public Buildings
Graeme Hopkins, Director, Fifth Creek Studio, Adelaide
Green Roofs and Government: How they can work together

Amy Reed; Timothy Horton, Hassell
Designing a Pubic Green Roof and Wall

Jeff Lugg, Head Curator, Adelaide Zoo
Green Roofs, Walls and Animals

Session 2; Stream 2: Green Roof and Wall Research
Penelope Smith, The Hills Bark Blower
The Effect of Subsoil Organic Mat…l Aeration on Green Roofs

Graham Cleary, Owner, Natural Habitat, New Zealand
Old Kiwi Roofs: Built to Make Money

Dr Nicholas Williams, Plant Ecologist, Burnley Campus, University of Melbourne
Life and Death on the Roof

Session 3; Stream 1: Green Roofs – Urban Implementation
Mark Paul, Horticulturalist and Marine Biologist, The Green Wall Company

Tiffany Crawford, Corporate Solicitor, City of Melbourne
Nic Culcane, Project Director, VicUrban
Committee for Melbourne – Future Focus Group and ‘Growing Up’

Merran and Paul Porjazoski, Directors, Bent Architecture
Head for the Hill

Session 3; Stream 2: Design and Construction with Boundaries
Ralph Webster, Senior Architect and Urban Designer, City of Melbourne
John Rayner, Lecturer, Urban Horticulture, Burnley Campus, University of Melbourne
The Venny – Pitfalls and Pleasures of an Extensive Green Roof in the Making

Robyn Mitchell, Urban Designer, City of Monash
Retrofitting a Green Roof at City of Monash

The Green Roofs Australia 2009 gathering was a great success, with excellent displays produced by commercial sponsors, informative presentations on local and international green infrastructure projects, design, growing media and policy workshops and more than 150 delegates attending the various conference events over three days. Many thanks to all who participated and contributed to this very successful annual event.

Click here to download the Green Roofs Conference 2009 presentations.