Sein-Way Tan

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One of the world's leading scholars and practitioners of urban policy, Dr. Edward J. Blakely has a more than 40 years of international experience in all aspects of urban and regional planning, disaster management and sustainable development. Dr. Blakely has held several national and international appointments including a Presidential Appointment by Bill Clinton as Vice Chair of the Presidio Trust. Dr. Blakely's extensive record of public service includes advising the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, state and federal governments in Australia and the United States, as well as governments in Korea, Japan, Sweden, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

Zheng Xiaoping is a leader in China's urban development and renewal. Xiaoping has advised 20 of China's city governments in over 1.400 square kilometers of urban development and large scale infrastructure projects, including the development of brand new hi-tech digital cities. XIaoping's book Creative China City sets new international standards for urban developments through its emphasis on a balanced process of positioning - planning - promoting - financing. Xiaoping graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (USA) with a professional degree in Architecture. He also serves as the Vice Secretary General of the China Commercial Real Estate Association. He has taught at the China Pudong Executive Leadership Academy where aspiring city mayors learn urban development theory; and at the Harvard GSD Executive Program for institutional investors on China investment.

Chris Johnson was NSW Government Architect and General Manager of the Government Architect's Office for 10 years. He is a member of the Heritage Council of NSW, the Central Sydney Planning Committee and the Board of Architects (NSW Chapter). Chris chairs the Sydney Harbour Design Review Panel and is an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. He has written a number of books including Shaping Sydney - Public Architecture and Civic Decorum, Australian Architecture Now, Celebrating Sydney 2000 and Greening Sydney.

A renowned name in Strategic Planning & Land Economics. When servicing as a Lieutenant-colonel in the Army, Robert Senior was responsible for Department of Defence's largest national estate region valued at $2.5 billion. After leaving the Army, he has conceived and initiated major master planning studies in conjunction with State and Local Government. This included development of strategies for the rationalisation of 420,000m2 exceeding $100million within the Sydney CBD. His proven high level conceptual and financial analysis ability has made him a well sought after person for financial feasibility and project delivery for value added rezonings by many government and non-government organisations.

Dr. Marc A. Weiss is Chairman and CEO of Global Urban Development. He previously served as the Coordinator of the Congressionally mandated Strategic Economic Development Plan for Washington, DC, as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration, as Director of the Real Estate Development Research Center and Associate Professor of Urban Development, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, and as Deputy Director of the California Commission on Industrial Innovation. He has been a consultant on sustainable economic and community development in cities and regions in the U.S. and throughout the world, including South Africa, China, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the Virgin Islands.