Jeanette Kwek is the Head of the Centre for Strategic Futures. Jeanette joined the civil service in 2005, starting her career at the Ministry of Defence, where she worked on Singapore’s defence relations with international partners. In 2009, she became one of the founding members of the Centre for Strategic Futures (CSF). Since then, she has worked in roles connecting foresight with geostrategic issues. In her current role, she oversees the Centre’s research agenda, its extensive international networking efforts, and work in growing foresight capabilities across the Singapore Public Service. Jeanette is a political scientist and economist by training, having graduated with honours from the University of Chicago in 2005. She continues to stay current in the field as an alumna of the Munich Young Leaders, International Institute of Strategic Studies’ Southeast Asian Young Leaders Program and the Young Strategists Forum. She is married with two young children. In whatever spare time the children leave her with, she nurses a dangerous addiction to caffeine and the written word.

Dan has been an employee of Nightingale Housing since its earliest days, having seen the company through all stages of its evolution and myriad of challenging situations. With experience at Nightingale in various roles and a proven track record in developing a strong team culture, Dan was appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer in 2022. The position allows him to steer the direction of Nightingale’s future whilst also providing the opportunity for a generational leadership change, to build on the learnings of the past six years and consolidate the gains as the organisation plans a large slate of new developments across the country.

Dan previously worked at Breathe, and was a member of the design team on the first Nightingale project, Nightingale 1. Hence, Dan has a detailed understanding of the architectural aspects that are so broadly associated with Nightingale, as well as the social, financial and managerial aspects.

Kate is a passionate urbanist and place maker with more than 30 years of international experience working throughout Australia, Asia, Europe, Middle East and the USA. She is globally respected for her expertise in visioning and positioning city scale precincts, working sensitively with stakeholders and the community to co-create powerful new futures for well-loved places. She has been influential in shaping thinking about the global competitiveness of Australian Cities, their future identity and quality of life. A regular key-note speaker, panellist, conference moderator and writer; Kate is recognised as a thought leader in relation to urban performance, city shaping precincts and places and rail-led regeneration. Kate thrives on collaboration and works effectively in partnership with government, community, non- profit and private sector stakeholders. She has strong experience in conceptualising and delivering complex urban projects: working with a diverse mix of stakeholders to curate a bold and innovative vision for future urban life that will deliver enduring shared value outcomes.

Professor Barbara Norman is Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Canberra and an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, Australia. She is Chair of the Urban Policy Forum advising the Australian Government and National Chair of the Australian Coastal Society. Barbara is also Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network Oceania Hub (Columbia University, USA) and co-chair of Planners for Climate Action (UN Habitat). Professor Norman is a global expert in sustainable cities and regions, smart infrastructure, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance. Professor Norman has a combined professional and academic background, having worked at all levels of government and run her own practice. She is a former national president of the Planning Institute of Australia, and an honorary member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK). Recent international research includes Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions: planning within planetary boundaries (Routledge, 2018); Are autonomous cities our urban future? Comment in Nature Communications (Nature Communications, 2018) and Apocalypse Now: Australian Bushfires and the future of Urban Settlements (Nature Urban Sustainability). Professor Norman’s recent book is Urban Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, October 2022).

Tess is an experienced and energetic planner, passionate about delivering placed based planning outcomes that make a real impact – shaping Queenslander’s lives now and for the future. Tess embraces the big challenges with a focus on collaboration, taking inspiration from working alongside people with the confidence to push boundaries, contribute ideas and come up with solutions together. Particular focus has been on greener and cooler streets, enabling people to live more locally, more affordable homes and engaging with our First Nation peoples better in the planning framework. Returning home to Queensland after five years in Melbourne working for the Victorian Planning Authority, Tess is committed to plans that promote inclusivity while accommodating growth and embodying our distinctly Queensland lifestyle. Since being back in Queensland, Tess has overseen the delivery of ShapingSEQ 2023, a bold plan that aims to provide access to the types of homes that South East Queenslanders want, and where and when they want them. Her attention now turns to leading the delivery of the government’s ambitious planning agenda with key partners and stakeholders – one that includes a statewide regional planning program, and responsibilities under the newly released ‘Homes for Queenslanders’ to ‘build more homes, faster’.