Smart Regional Spaces: Ready, Set, Go!
📅 Date: 4 June 2025
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM AEST
💲Cost: Members: $15 | Non-Members: $45
Join Parks and Leisure Australia NSW/ACT for an insightful webinar featuring Associate Professor Nancy Marshall PhD MPIA from the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. A/Professor Marshall is renowned for her expertise in urban and regional planning, focusing on smart cities, placemaking, and community engagement.
The Smart Regional Spaces project was developed through a collaborative research partnership with Lithgow, Parkes and Armidale Regional Councils. These partnerships helped shape practical, on-the-ground tools that respond directly to the needs of local government professionals managing and monitoring public spaces across regional Australia. The state government partner was Regional NSW.
What You Will Gain:
- 12 Start Smart Modules offering foundational knowledge
- 21 Smart Precedent Projects showcasing real-world examples
- Smart Readiness Tool to assess public spaces
- Smart Places Strategy Template to guide councils
What the Webinar Will Cover:
- How to use smart technologies to improve public space management and monitoring.
- Case studies demonstrating successful smart projects in regional and rural areas.
- Insights into developing tailored smart strategies for local government needs.
- Opportunities to engage with other regional professionals and share experiences.
Explore how smart technologies and strategies can enhance your community spaces. All resources are free and downloadable at www.smartregionalspaces.net.au.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from experts, share your experiences, and take your public spaces to the next level.
👉 Register Now!
Nancy Marshall is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Sydney. Before coming an academic 20 years ago, Nancy worked as a parks planner in a local council in Canada. Her research and practice focus on people and place, with a particular concentration on re-imagining smart cities and rural areas, redesigning parks and plazas, and rethinking community engagement.