Regen Champions: City-Scale Adaptation (Series 1 of 6)

What could a more regenerative Sydney look like, and might we begin growing it together?

WHAT IS REGEN CHAMPIONS?

Regen Champions a 6-part masterclass and project-lab series funded through the City of Sydney’s Business Sector Support grant. Designed as a practical introduction to regenerative and systemic methodologies, the program strengthens capability building, activates innovation networks and deepens understanding of regenerative frameworks across sectors. It supports practitioners in shaping their approach and profile as regenerative leaders, while offering hands-on opportunities for upskilling.

Our inaugural event, City-Scale Adaptation, led by futurist and urbanist Tom Rivard, opens the series and sets the narrative foundations for the work ahead. This session is open to the public, with the option to continue into the full six-part masterclass as part of the first Regen Champions cohort.

The 6-Part Masterclass Series

1. City-Scale Adaptation
   Environmental city-making; climate resilience; designing in uncertainty

2. Funding and Capital Landscapes
   Regenerative finance; catalytic capital; power and leverage

3. Policy, Governance & Advocacy
   Institutional levers; civic influence; multi-level governance; vested interests

4. Bridging Inner and Outer Regeneration
   Leadership capabilities; cultural renewal; embodied worldview shifts

5. Paradigm Shifts in Measuring Progress
   Indicators; regenerative metrics; story and data

6. Building New Institutions
   Collective infrastructure; networks; platforms; alliances

Whether you join a single session or journey through all six, Regen Champions invites you into a growing movement of practitioners exploring how Sydney can become more resilient, connected and regenerative at the scale of organisations, precincts, and the city itself

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

You’ll experience:

• A live provocation by Tom Rivard (XXX) on radical coexistence and environmental city-making

• A guided sensemaking process to anchor the work in your own practice

• Co-design activities exploring:

  • What monocultures Sydney must let go of

  • What diverse, regenerative futures could replace them

  • Where your project, organisation or precinct fits in these futures

• Breakout conversations with other “positive mavericks” across Sydney’s innovation, creative, policy and sustainability ecosystems

This session is hands-on, imaginal and practical, designed to spark real collaborations and prepare the ground for the six masterclasses ahead.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?

Alongside the main session you can expect:

• Light food & refreshments

• Space for cross-sector networking

• A guided reflection wall to capture themes + insights

• A look at the upcoming year of masterclasses and project labs

• Early invitations to mentoring, walkshops and peer circles

Think of this as the opening chapter of a bigger collective story, one that continues across six themed masterclasses, a project incubation series, and a final public showcase.

WHAT YOU NEED

Bring:

• An open mind

• Curiosity about systems, city-making or regenerative practice

• A willingness to collaborate with people outside your usual silo

Before you arrive, we also invite you to complete a short Pre-Event Survey.
It takes less than 5 minutes and helps us understand what you care about, what you’re working on, and what capabilities you want to build. Your responses will help us shape the series and bring deeper purpose to the conversations we start at the launch.

No preparation is required beyond that, for everything else will be provided at the event!

WHO ARE WE WORKING WITH?

Regen Champions is led by Regen Sydney, in collaboration with practitioners and organisations driving regenerative change across the city.

This event is supported through the City of Sydney’s Business Sector Support program.

HOW TO REGISTER

1. Book your ticket

2. Join us at the launch event

If you want to commit to the full program (6 masterclasses + project labs + showcase), select the Full Program Pass.
If you’re here for the provocation and story only, book Single Event: Transformative City-Making with Tom Rivard.

WHERE IS IT?

The event will take place at Impact Story Lab, a creative hub in the City of Sydney.
Full address and access details will be provided upon registration.

ABOUT REGEN SYDNEY

Regen Sydney is a network of practitioners creating regenerative futures for the city. We convene cross-sector collaborations, design tools such as the Sydney Doughnut, support regenerative projects and build the capability of organisations and communities to work in complexity.

Regen Champions is our flagship program: cultivating leaders, incubating projects, strengthening networks and helping Sydney become a world leader in regenerative city-making.