Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine May 2015 | Page 64

GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

The theme for this year ’ s Green Cities conference , held 17- 19 March in Melbourne , was ‘ connect ’ – and it proved a chance to connect both physically , through incredible networking opportunities , and intellectually – to new ideas that will help us move beyond business as usual .

We now operate in a borderless world of technological wizardry – a place where people , ideas and capital are unrestricted . This has far-reaching implications for our cities – and for our industry .
As our keynote speaker , acclaimed urbanist Larry Beasley said : “ it ’ s a dog eat dog competition among
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