Events

IAP2 WA Hypothetical: Uranium Town 2020 - An IAP2/IPAA WA Joint Event

September 21, 2010

Experience community engagement in practice

A partnership event between IAP2

and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) WA

“How do you ensure the right stakeholders are engaged on contentious issues?”

Hypothetical: Uranium Town 2020
A Question of Community Engagement

Engaging the community and stakeholders can be a tricky thing, add to that an issue that has a diversity of views and passions. Watch ‘live’ time as an expert panel discusses and determines how it will navigate a engagement approach for one of the state’s most contentious issues, uranium mining.

Who do you engage? How do you engage? Who gets the most say? What is the government or proponent role? What about the community?

Event:	Morning seminar
Date:	Tuesday 21 September
Time:	9.00am - 12.30pm
Venue:	Hyatt Hotel, Perth
Cost:	$120 IAP2 Members $160 non-members
Registration:	IAP2 Members - register via the link below

“Community engagement' is a planned process with the specific purpose of working with identified groups of people, whether they are connected by geographic location, special interest, or affiliation to address issues affecting their well-being.”

Department of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Victoria

WHO should attend:
Anyone with an interest in the diverse range of stakeholders impacted by infrastructure projects, including:

• Local and state government agencies
• Industry
• Consultants
• Non-government agencies
• Students
• Project Managers
• Those involved with, or an interest in, community and stakeholder engagement

Why you should attend:

• Experience a creative, community engagement scenario in action
• Explore stakeholder engagement for contentious community issues
• Network with others with an interest or involvement in community engagement
• Find out more about community engagement and why it is ESSENTIAL
Panel Members:
• Erica Smyth  - Chair of Toro Energy Ltd
• Michelle Andrews - Acting General Manager, Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
• Vanessa Elliott – Senior Social Responsibility Advisor, Newmont Mining Corporation
• Dr Melissa Stoneham – Senior Research Fellow, Public Health Advocacy Institute WA
• Christine Moro – Team Leader – Communication & Community AECOM
• Pat Morris – Former Shire President (City of Gosnells)
• Ian Loftus - Principal Project Officer, Department of Mines and Petroleum

Facilitator:

• Joel Levin – IAP2 & Principal Consultant Aha Consulting

Registration:

IPAA will be managing the registrations for this event.

IAP2 members are eligible to receive the IPAA Corporate Member rate. Please see the bottom link for IAP2 members to register.

The direct link to the IPAA website for the event information and registration is:
http://www.wa.ipaa.org.au/index.php?page=434  

For queries about registrations, please contact IPAA on 9221 1177. For queries about the event content, please contact Amanda Thomas, IAP2 Regional Coordinator WA on 6467 5144.

• How to register as an IAP2 member. (32Kb)