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Planning Matters: A DTP Briefing Series | Train and Tram Zones Activity Centres Program Update

Planning Matters: A DTP Briefing Series brings together Department of Transport and Planning speakers with expertise across planning and building initiatives, providing a practical platform to inform, educate and support the planning profession. Each session will deliver timely updates on reforms and implementation activity, explain what changes mean in practice, and provide a Q&A moderated by a PIA VIC Committee Member to help planners apply guidance confidently in their day-to-day work.

This briefing will provide an update on the Train and Tram Zones Activity Centres Program.

Speakers

Emily Mottram is the Executive Director of Activity Centres at the Department of Transport and Planning. Emily is passionate about urban renewal and has worked extensively in place-based partnerships. Emily’s focus within DTP is on facilitating housing supply and creating great places for people to live and work.
Alison McFarlane is the Executive Director of State Planning Services and Heritage at the Department of Transport and Planning. She previously served as the Director of Metropolitan Planning Services at the Department of Transport and Planning. She also brings experience from her time in the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Facilitators

Patrick Fensham MPIA (Fellow), President, Planning Institute of Australia (VIC), Principal & Partner / National Lead Urban Policy & Governance SGS Economics and Planning

Patrick works to address social disadvantage and find solutions and innovations to policy challenges and issues. He specialises in metropolitan and strategic planning, infrastructure planning and funding analysis, cultural development, regional and community economic development, development feasibility analysis and facilities audits and planning. His contributions to metropolitan and strategic planning over many years in all the states and territories of Australia include economic and employment land studies; housing and residential market analysis; and analysis of potential growth scenarios for various levels of government.

Jane Keddie, Vice President, Planning Institute of Australia (VIC), Director - Urban Planning Hansen Partnership

Jane is the Director of Hansen’s Strategic Planning team based in Melbourne, with extensive experience managing a wide range of planning projects. She works collaboratively to deliver large and complex projects in both planning and design. Specialising in climate resilience and sustainability, Jane is committed to improving planning responses to climate change, earning her industry recognition and award wins.Her passion for regional Victoria is evident in her work, having contributed to numerous projects across the state.

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