Roger Swinbourne

Australasian Sustainability Lead at Arup

Biography

Roger is a Sustainability Consultant with 20 years of experience in sustainability planning, urban development, and infrastructure in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. He leads the Sustainability Team at Arup in Australia, a team focused on facilitating improved sustainability, carbon and resilience outcomes from major programs and projects. Roger has experience working closely with both industry and governments in setting strategies and delivering improved social, economic and environmental outcomes for clients and their projects. Roger has specific experience in practical applications of the UN SDG’s in addressing land use and infrastructure planning problems and will share his experience with the Symposium.

Session details

Thursday 1 October

10:00 am

Responding panel to Keynote

SDGs and Cities - Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

Moderator:

Michele Acuto, Director - Connected Cities Lab

Panellists:

Director General Chingyu Yao, City of New Taipei

Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings

Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

Roger Swinbourne, Associate Principal - Arup

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