As extreme weather events become more frequent, we as built environment professionals increasingly need to consider the impacts of the built form on all stages of the human life cycle and build resilience into our urban areas.
Join us for a two-hour breakfast with a lineup of five speakers, covering topics including:
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 <li>Climate mitigation and adaptation</li>
 <li>Building compact urban form</li>
 <li>Improving access to more sustainable forms of transport</li>
 <li>Enhancing the quality and usability of our public realm</li>
 <li>Building resilience into urban areas</li>
</ul>
Price: $20 pp (includes breakfast)
Speaker Lineup
Tom Irvine (CEO of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Māia) will be approaching the issue from the perspective of tangata whenua with an intergenerational view on how whānau engage with our built environment and te taiao more holistically
Alexandra Bonham (Waitemata Local Board member and PhD candidate) will share her research into a child-friendly city and the connection between resilience and play in our urban areas
Andrew Mein (Auckland Transport) will speak to some of the challenges of attracting people into the city while building more people-centric and resilient transport infrastructure
Emma Todd (Boffa Miskell) will talk about creating community focused living for seniors

Designing for the Human Life Cycle in a Time of Climate Uncertainty