Join us for the placemaking event of the year!

Places are limited. Please email us to pre-register a place.

Ethan Kent, Gilbert Rochecouste and Emma Hall, some of the world’s leading placemaking leaders, invite you to an inspiring, transformative and practical masterclass. This day will explore the next evolution of placemaking, helping you to create loveable and thriving places for all.

Regenerative Placemaking provides a new approach to transforming our communities and places; giving voice and agency to local people be stewards in transforming their places.

In this masterclass we will provide you with:

A new world view and practical models to support your community, organisation and stakeholders to heal places and people.

We will present new revolutionary models, skills and practical frameworks to mobilise place leaders into creating regenerative action.

What the day includes:
Exploration of new and emerging trends in Placemaking, including:

Place Governance

Enlightened development

Precinct activation

Place tourism

Trauma-informed lens

Transformative engagement

Introduction of Regenerative Placemaking

Teach you to think regeneratively about people and place

Introduce Village Well’s five-pillar Model for place-led regeneration

Showcasing Village Well’s Place Pulse evaluating tool

Information and activities to help you apply Regenerative Placemaking directly to your work and city

Connection with a network of change-makers shaping the future of place.

Speakers

Ethan Kent: Special Guest and Keynote Speaker

Ethan Kent works to support public space organisations, projects, and leadership around the world to build a global placemaking movement. Ethan has travelled to more than 1000 cities and 65 countries to advance the cause of leading urban development with inclusive public spaces and placemaking.

In 2019, he co-founded PlacemakingX to network, amplify, and accelerate placemaking learning, leadership and impact globally. He builds on more than 20 years of working on placemaking projects and campaigns with Project for Public Spaces.

Ethan has been integral to the development of placemaking as a transformative approach to economic development, environmentalism, transportation planning, governance, resilience, social equity, design, digital space, tourism and innovation.

Gilbert Rochecouste: Founder and Creative Director at Village Well

Gilbert Rochecouste is the Founding Director of Village Well. Gilbert is a renowned expert in placemaking, recognised globally for creating vibrant and resilient places. Over 30 years, he has collaborated with over 2,500 cities and communities.

Former General Manager of Chadstone Shopping Centre, Gilbert pioneered applying shopping centre management principles to main streets, founding Village Well, Australia’s first placemaking consultancy.

Passionate about people, places, and the planet, Gilbert’s work spans Australia, the Middle East, Mauritius and more.

Gilbert’s focus is on regenerative placemaking and he has become one of the world’s most recognised placemakers.

Emma Hall: Director of Placemaking at Village Well
Emma is a strategic placemaker and innovator with experience in Architecture, Urban Design, Community Engagement, Social Programming, and Strategic .

As a innovator in placemaking movement, she has lead the Village Well team to curate the Regenerative Placemaking model and processes.

She has delivered city-shaping projects across Australia and internationally. A leader in placemaking for social housing and health and wellbeing, she brings a unique approach to the place world.

A talented facilitator and teacher, she aims to empower and build the capacity of those she works with, to provide the best outcomes for places and communities.

Agenda

We’ve curated an interactive and information packed agenda for you. This is masterclass you cannot miss!

8:00-9:00 | Registration and networking

9:00-9:15 - Introductions and key challenges - the call of the times

9:15-10:00 | From Placemaking to Place Leadership

Hear from Ethan Kent about the origins of placemaking and the regenerative movement and learn how placemaking is evolving over time

Learn key global, local trends that are evolving the Placemaking movement

Learn about Place Governance, Place-tourism and Place-led Enlightened Development Models

9:45-10:30 | Regenerative Placemaking

Learn about Regenerative Placemaking, its principles and Village Well’s model

10:30-11:00 | Coffee break

11:00-11:45 | Transformative Engagement

Transformative engagement

Case studies

Q&A What would transformative engagement look like for the City?

11:45-12:30 | Place-led Governance

Place-led Governance

Case studies

Q&A What would Place-led Governance look like for the City?

12:30-1:15 | Lunch break

1:15-3:30 | Tools for transformation

Through short presentations and group discussions, explore Regenerative Placemaking opportunities for your neighbourhoods and cities.

Presentations for this session include:

Healing the planet: Development’s role as stewards for nature

Facilitating culture activation: The new purpose of local governance as facilitators for local change and agency

Creating joyful people: Place-led strategies to support healthy lifestyles

From liveable to loveable: creating sticky places where “we love to be”

Stick, stop, stay and spend: Creating thriving and resilient local economies

3:30-5:00 | Exclusive Panel discussion

The day will end with a courageous conversation exploring the role of Placemaking in future for your city.

Facilitated by Ethan Kent, listen and learn from a panel of local placemakers as they discuss their work and the opportunities for Regenerative Placemaking to support their work.

For further information, please email or contact us:
Phone: +61 3 9650 0080
Email: admin@villagewell.org
Website: www.villagewell.org