Forums & Conferences
Victoria Walks hosts professional development events that provide inspiration and best practice examples of urban planning, design and programs to support more walkable, liveable communities.
Changing streets
Changing Streets is a free, annual online forum for council staff working in Victoria, supported by VicHealth.
The forum showcases projects and strategies that engage communtiies and support residents to walk more.
In 2023 forum attendees heard about projects and strategies from City of Casey, City of Kingston and Maroondah City Council. More information here.
Smart Urban Futures conference
Each year between 2014 and 2023 Victoria Walks collaborated with the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) to host the Smart Urban Futures conference on liveable, walkable, sustainable communities.
The most recent conference was held in Melbourne on 4 and 5 May 2023.
The program included:
- Adetokunbo 'Toks' Omishakin, Secretary (CEO) of the California State Transportation Agency
- Etienne Krug, head of injury prevention and road safety at WHO (Switzerland, online)
- Bridget Doran, Principal Researcher at MRCagney (NZ) and Chair of Engineering New Zealand's Transportation Group (in person)
- Professor Jenny Roe, Director of the Center for Design and Health, University of Virginia and co-author of Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing (online).
Previous Victoria Walks events
- Smart Urban Futures 2022
- Smart Urban Futures 2021
- Smart Urban Futures conference 2019
- Active Travel to school workshop
- Smart Urban Futures Conference 2018
- Smart Urban Futures Conference 2017
- Smart Urban Futures Conference and related events, March 2016
- Walking Tall - getting children on their feet, 2015
- Smart Urban Futures Conference 2015
- Smart Urban Futures Conference 2014