Richard has had the opportunity to present papers at over 70 conferences and lecture events on a wide range of relevant topics at conferences across Australia and overseas.  Some of the highlight sessions are referenced below.

 

INTERNATIONAL

2018     Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin, Germany - Presentation title: Strategic Opportunism – releasing creativity and innovation,

2014      Harnessing the collective imagination of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan - Presentation title: Creative Bureaucracy –  (with Charles Landry & Margie Caust)

2013     49th International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress - Cape Town, South Africa - Presentation title: Intercultural Landscapes: An                                  Australian Approach to Cultural Literacy

2012     EthnicA 2012 - Office of Ethnic Affairs Christchurch, NZ – Keynote presentation title: Intercultural Cities - culturally relevant urban design for the                                      Christchurch Earthquake re-build

2008     ArkiPARC 2008 - Istanbul, Turkey - Keynote presentation title: Vitality & Viability

2008     The Intercultural Cities Conference - Liverpool, England - Presentation title: City planning with intercultural competence

2007     Norwegian lecture series: Oslo, Kristiansand, Risor, Trondheim, Tromso - Presentation title: Thinking about Cities

2004     Public Art – Public Places Symposium, Wellington, NZ - Keynote presentation title: Culture, Creativity & City Life

2004     International Conference on Cultural Policy Research - Montreal, Canada - Presentation title: Reflecting Culture: the people, the feel & the style of Brisbane

2004     Creative Clusters Conference - Brighton, England - Presentation title: Creative Cities & People: Building a culture of creativity in Australian cities

2001     Waterfronts of Art - Barcelona, Spain - Presentation title: Public Art Policy and Planning: the Australian way

2001     pARTicipate, Americans for the Arts Pre-conference, New York, USA - Presentation title: Design Teams and Integration [with Mark Spitzer]

1997     Artwork in Public Spaces, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art - Prague, Czech Republic - Presentation title: Celebrating Diversity - Politics, People, Place

 

AUSTRALIAN

2020     University SA, Adelaide - Lecture title: Culture as an Urban Planning Tool

2019     PIA SA State Conference, Adelaide - Presentation title: Is it possible for a bureaucracy to Innovate?

2019:    University of SA, Adelaide - Lecture title: What is a city but its people?

2016     PIA National Congress, Brisbane - Presentation title: Essence of a Creative City: inspiration, innovation & implementation

2013     International Cities and Towns Conference, Mandurah - Presentation title: Conceiving and delivering CREATIVE HOBART (With Jane Castle)

2013     6th Making Cities Liveable Conference, Melbourne - Presentation title: Vitality & Viability: recipe for a liveable city

2011     Cities With people in Mind - International Cities and Towns Conference, Hobart - Presentation title: Public Art Planning and Policy

2011     Critical Mass PIA National Congress, Hobart - Presentation title: Cultural Literacy: A tool for Urban Planning

2011     Transform – 2011 AILA National Conference, Brisbane - Keynote Presentation title: artFORM – transFORM

2010     3rd International Urban Design Conference, Canberra - Presentation title: Planning for Culture & Creativity in Australian Cities

2009     2nd International Urban Design Conference, Surfers Paradise - Presentation title: Commitment or Requirement: commissioning art for the public realm

2008     Subtropical Cities, QUT, Brisbane - Presentation title: Interstitial Spaces: Conceptualising Public Art in the Subtropical City [with Beth Jackson]

2007     Sight>Lines<Site, PIA National Convention, Perth - Keynote presentation title: Planning & Design in the Intercultural City

2006     Transformations - Canberra - Presentation title: The Intercultural City: Multiculturalism and beyond

2006     International Cities and Towns Conference, Newcastle - Keynote presentation title: The Intercultural Challenge: Planning and Design for Diversity

2005     International Cities and Towns Conference, Yeppoon - Presentation title: Culture & Place: exploring the role of Cultural Planning & Public Art in cities & towns    

2005     Transformations - Canberra - Presentation title: The Intercultural City: Diversity and Productivity

2003     Cities Summit, Property Council national conference, Newcastle - Keynote presentation title: What makes Great Cities? [with Charles Landry]

2002     People+Places - AILA national conference, Darwin - Presentation title: THIS PLACE - THIS TIME –THIS CULTURE

2001     20th Century Heritage: Our recent cultural legacy, ICOMOS, Adelaide - Presentation title: The City of bits ….. and pieces

1997     Cultural Crossroads, Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Sydney -Presentation title: My Place - Your Place or is it Their Place?

1996     Intersection: A Meeting of Art and Architecture, RAIA, Adelaide - Presentation title: Sandcastles of the Mind; Imagining the Future