FACILITATORS

Andrew's qualifications, combined with experience in the successful delivery of national and international projects, place him at the leading edge of urban planning. He is a leading advocate for urban design, as the Chairperson of Australian Institute of Urban Studies (QLD) and a founding member of the Urban Design Alliance (QLD).

He encourages excellence in these fields through teaching and research as Adjunct Professor (Planning) at QUT and has been invited to present papers at several national and international conferences. In 2001, Andrew was awarded the AV Jennings Churchill Fellowship for international research into sustainable development. His reputation as an urban designer is reinforced by a Master of Urban Design and his unique experience in government and as an Equity Principal of HASSELL and Principal of AKH Consulting.

Tony Holmes

Tony facilitates the Project Management unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Tony has gained significant experience as a Certified Management Consultant and Facilitator nationally and internationally (USA, UK, China, NZ), working with small to medium enterprises, large businesses, multinationals and micro-businesses. He works across a range of industries in the private and public sectors as well as with non-government organisations.

He has supplemented his career with part-time teaching at several universities and has the ability to translate this knowledge and experience into practical workplace solutions. Tony is a former commissioned officer in the defence force with experience as a logistics specialist throughout Australia as well as in the UK, PNG and South Vietnam (war service).

Annie Kentwell

Annie facilitates the Professional Ethics unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Annie has been employed with the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) for just over two years in the role as the ACT Division Manager and as the National Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator.

Prior to coming to PIA, Annie has had a diversified working life both within the Australian Government for 25 years and within private industry. She has worked extensively throughout urban, rural and remote areas in Australia in regards to community development, indigenous education, social research, staff development and training, and policy and program service delivery.

Recently, Annie was also engaged with the Swinburne University to facilitate 'Ethics and Fraud Awareness' training with the Federal Department of Treasury in Canberra.

Annie is a planner and holds formal qualifications in Regional and Urban Planning, Social Science, Social Ecology, and Vocational Education and Training.

Zoe Long

Zoe facilitates the Project Management unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Zoe provides a suite of Project Management services within corporate, government and training organisations with a key focus on effective change and long-term staff skill development. She is a specialist in providing advice on strategies for organisational improvement and change management to create solutions and run major project initiatives.

She focuses on customization and/or development of project management documentation and courseware for both corporate and training organizations, undertaking Training Needs Analysis for the purpose of skill gap, career development and succession planning and offers general consultancy and management services.

Zoe's background is in aviation and finance, in both Human Resources management and project work, managing across multi-site operations and refining communication, change and planning strategies. She is an effective coach and has solid grounding in quality assurance, SAP environments and audit needs. Zoe has held positions as an industry judge for the Brisbane Training Awards, and as a member of the Quality Steering Committee for the Southbank Institute of TAFE ISO9001.

Brian Roberts

Brian facilitates the Economics of Development unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Brian Roberts recently retired as Director for the Centre for Developing Cities at the University of Canberra where he is an emeritus professor. He is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and a Certified Practising Planner (CPP). He holds a PhD in urban and regional economic development and other qualifications in urban design, planning, surveying and business management. He is an Honorary Ambassador for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Chair of the ACT's Sustainability Expert Reference Group.

Brian has held senior positions with the United Nations, Queensland State government, QUT and Canberra University and consulting mainly in Queensland, NSW and London. He has worked as a professional planner, project manager and technical adviser on a wide range of projects in more than 20 countries. He is an Advisor to AusAID, the Asian Development and World Banks and undertakes regular assignments for these organisations. Over the last 30 years he has been involved with the detailed planning, management and development of several very large and complex multi-discipline urban development projects.

Brian has published in fields of planning, land administration, economic development, industry clustering and industrial ecology.

While Brian has extensive academic qualifications and wide experience in planning, his training philosophy, gained from working with people in many countries, is that training should include a mix of theory relevant in applying new ideas, concepts and tools for the workplace, practical and an interesting and memorable experience for participants. This philosophy will be applied to the delivery of the course on the Economics of Development for Planners.

Ken Salisbury

Ken facilitates the Effective Communication, Negotiation and Mediation unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Ken's diverse employment and academic background as a learner and Lecturer, combined with the broad range of client organisation development projects he has worked on, in a wide array of industry sectors in Australia and overseas, equip him well for his role. He has worked with the Aviation Industry, Brewing and Beverage, Local, State and Federal Government Departments, Energy, Building, Banking and Finance, manufacturing and others. He is focused on the solid business basics and is full of stories and anecdotes which make the concepts interesting and meaningful in human and business terms.

Invariably, each of his clients have gained a change advantage from the association they have formed with him: these advantages have sometimes been measurable in customer base increases, reductions in baseline costs, improvement in performance quality, or sometimes simply an improved understanding of people's role in a successful and sustainable business.

Wendy Sarkissian

Wendy facilitates the Professional Ethics unit in the Planning Practice Course.

Dr Wendy Sarkissian is passionate about our future: the future of work, of housing, of communities and of citizen participation. She is committed to finding spirited ways to nurture and support an engaged citizenry. Her successful career as consultant and academic in Australia and overseas has provided firsthand knowledge of many contexts, from developers' boardrooms to low-income housing estates. She holds a Masters of Arts in literature, a Master of Town Planning and a PhD in environmental ethics.

Building a career as a social planning consultant when there was no such discipline, she has pioneered innovative planning and development approaches in an astonishing variety of contexts. This work has earned her forty professional awards.

She has worked with senior managers and advisors to government departments and private enterprise, primarily in the urban, community, housing and development sectors.

Widely regarded as a leader in her profession and acclaimed as a humorous and thought-provoking speaker, Dr Sarkissian is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and a Member of the International Board of Global Urban Development.

She has served on Boards in South Australia and Queensland and is the award-winning author of several books on housing and community engagement. She lives in an intentional ecological community in northern New South Wales.