Mainstreet SA Conference 2024 Program
The full conference program is currently being finalised, below is the outline of confirmed elements for each day
DAY ONE – 17 SEPTEMBER 2024 @ NORWOOD OVAL
WELCOME
Mayor Robert Bria | City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Hon Andrea Michaels MP | Minister for Small and Family Business
Chair David West | Mainstreet SA
SESSION ONE
KEYNOTE | Bjorn Bergman - Private public collaboration creates stronger city centers in Sweden!
Dr Sunny Son - Quality Public Spaces: Placemaking Indicators and Benchmarks
MORNING TEA
SESSION TWO
Kerry Daly and James McInerney - Camberwell Junction Shopping Precinct – How it works for us
Louise Custance - Kangaroo Island Town Centres Project: Achieving More for Less
Robert Bria - Where Main Street meets Sesame Street: Understanding the economic impact of children and young people on The Parade, Norwood
Parade Walking Tour
LUNCH
SESSION THREE
Sara Della Verde - Investing in Mainstreet Promotion - How Rundle Street East has built its platform
James Hayter - Revitalisation of Victor Harbor main street
Robert Bria – Mainstreet events in Norwood: AFL Gather Round on The Parade
AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION FOUR
Richard Fowler- Mainstreets - Contemporary Issues Sentiment Survey by the Property Council
Panel: Investment in Mainstreets: from property owners to managers.
NETWORKING DRINKS
DAY TWO – 18 SEPTEMBER @ COMMUNITY HUB – UNLEY OVAL
WELCOME
Mayor Michael Hewitson, City of Unley
David West Chair, Mainstreet SA
SESSION ONE
KEYNOTE | Steven Burgess – People, Places Parking
Warwick Keates – Country Streetscapes
Jason Dunstone - Cultural insight into changing shoppers and how precincts are becoming irrelevant
MORNING TEA
SESSION TWO
Shelley Cox - Building Sustainable Mainstreets through Empowerment
Fleur Bowden and James Finnis - Main Streets Revitalisation for Hindley, Hutt, Melbourne, O’Connell and Gouger Streets – City of Adelaide
Ben Willsmore – Unley Central Precinct’s transformation
LUNCH and UNLEY ROAD SITE VISITS
SESSION THREE
Panel - Invest in Activations & Events: Diverse Strategies for Mainstreet Success with City of Unley Business leaders. Facilitated by Arman Abrahimzadeh, Chair of the City of Unley's Business and Economic Development Advisory Committee.
Governance and Sustainable Funding Masterclass (includes afternoon tea).
Facilitated by David West
Experts;
- Bjorn Bergman | Swedish Association of Towns and Cities
- Rania Fayad | Yellow Round Table
- Victoria Shute | Kelledy Jones Lawyers
NETWORKING DRINKS
