"Our Place" - Country Town Living 2025
A Forum for our Future
The Forum is jointly hosted by Gwydir Shire Council and Vision 20/20. We recognise that change is taking place at an accelerating rate.
The Forum seeks to identify some of the changes that are coming, and to put us in a positive frame of mind to look for the opportunities.
For our Shire, this is the start of a process to rethink our Vision out to 2025. For our visitors, we trust that the forum will assist them in planning for their future.
For our Shire, this is the start
of a process to rethink our Vision out to 2025.
The Forum has a fantastic array of speakers to stimulate our thinking, and then
an innovative workshop on the second day to apply those ideas
to a local framework.
Dr Peter Ellyard
Dr Peter Ellyard is a futurist, strategist and a leading international conference speaker. He is a graduate of Sydney University (BSc.Agr) and of Cornell University
(MS , Ph.D).
read more »»Maarten Stapper
Dr Maarten Stapper has lived, studied and worked in the Netherlands, Canada, USA,
Iraq, Syria, and since
1982 in Australia.
read more »»John Mongard
John Mongard specialises in community planning and has been focussed over the last twenty years on regional sustainability.
read more »»
"Our Place" Country Town Living 2025
A
Forum for our future
Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 February 2010
at The ROXY Theatre and Bingara RSL Club, Bingara
The forum is jointly hosted by
Gwydir Shire and Vision 20/20
and sponsored by:
New England Mutual
Department of Industry and Investment
Upper Gwydir Landcare Association
Country Energy
Bingara Central School
Program:
Wednesday 24th February
9:30am – Welcome and Registration, Morning Tea
MC Rick Hutton
Welcome to Country, Bingara Central School student
Welcome with Cr Catherine Egan – Deputy Mayor of Gwydir Shire
10:00 am –
Presentation 1- Futurist, Dr Peter Ellyard,
"The Country Town of 2025"
11:30 am –
Comfort Break
11:40am –Presentation 2 – Agricultural Scientist
- Dr Maarten Stapper - “Future Farming Challenges & Opportunities”
12:30pm – LUNCH at the Roxy
1:30pm –Presentation 3 – Award winning Landscape Architect,
John Mongard - “Feeding, Greening, Caring”
2:20pm –Presentation 4 – “Snap Shot Presentations” –
"The Future of Regional Banking" New England Mutual
“The Gwydir Learning Region and Trade Training Centres” –
with
Rod Smith Gwydir Shire Council
“Mungindi Regenerated” with Cr Sue Price – Deputy Mayor Moree Plains Shire Council
“Future Regional Tourism” with Bill Mabey – NSW Department of Industry & Investment.
3:20pm – Afternoon Tea
3:40pm –
Open Forum – Garry McDouall Chairman. All presenters
4:30pm – Close of Sessions
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm -
Optional visit to “The Living Classroom” site
6:30pm –Cocktails at The Roxy
7:30pm –
Dinner at the Roxy
8:30pm –
Dinner Speaker - “The ROXY Story – Past, Present and Future” with Ms Sandy McNaughton
Dessert – Tea/Coffee
Thursday 25th February
7:30am –Breakfast – Bingara RSL –
Welcome – Frances Young – President V2020
Guest Speaker – Margaret Bridgeford – CEO Resource Consulting Services – “Why is it so difficult to Change?”
9:30 am – Workshop Session #1
10:30am – Morning Tea
11:00am – Workshop Session #2
12:00 noon – Summary Summary with Peter Verasdonck,
NSW Department of Industry & Investment
12:25 noon – Close with Gwydir Shire Council
Mayor Cr John Coulton.
12:30pm Light lunch and Depart.
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CONTACT:
Bingara Tourism
Locked Bag 5
Bingara NSW 2340
Phone: 02 6724 0066
Fax: 02 6724
email Bingara Tourism
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