Urban Insights: Towards 2036

Join us for our first event of 2025, Committee for Perth’s Urban Insights: Towards 2036 on Monday, 10 February 2025. 

Tim Watts, a global leader in urban design and development with the renowned Gehl Studios, will share early insights into the City of Perth’s ‘Towards 2036’ project. This visionary initiative, between silver member City of Perth and urban strategy experts Gehl, will deliver a masterplan for the City’s future growth, set to be unveiled later this year.

For over 30 years, Gehl has advocated and tracked progress in the City’s ambitions and plans. Studies in 1994 and 2009 were critical in shaping the City’s public realm, including the realisation of Elizabeth Quay, development of Perth City Link, and a vision for a student-filled CBD.

With the City’s population expected to reach 55,000 residents by 2036, Gehl’s next instalment is set to shape our liveable Perth of tomorrow.

“This new project will develop a long-term vision for public spaces and public life to create a more liveable and sustainable city heart,” says City of Perth.

Committee for Perth’s Urban Insights are city learning journeys. These events explore transformations of precincts and regions, with insights from those driving ideas for change.

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Our speakers

Tim Watts
Director – Gehl
Tim comes from a background in urban design and development with 25 years public / private sector
experience designing and delivering city shaping projects across the United Kingdom and Australasia. His diverse portfolio of past work includes transit orientated development, high profile public realm projects, new settlement planning, numerous city centre masterplans and celebrated waterfront schemes. His particular skill is taking opportunities from an initial vision, through the design process and into delivery making use of his strong commercial sensibility throughout.

Karen Wright
Regional Director – Urbis
Karen Wright’s background is in greenfield, brownfield and infill planning. She specialises in large-scale industrial developments and activity centres that support economic and employment growth.

With her team and her clients, Karen emphasises clear communication, negotiation, conflict resolution and teamwork. She has many years’ experience preparing planning reports for structure plans, development applications, rezoning requests and subdivision applications, including for a number of industrial developments and structure plans.

Andrew Howe
Director & Strategic Counsel – element
Andrew believes that exceptional results stem from collaborative efforts involving all stakeholders. In an era of increasing complexity and heightened societal expectations, diverse skill sets are imperative for project success. Andrew strives to unite individuals and the emergence of artificial intelligence to catalyse positive change while steadfastly pursuing the societal advancements we aspire to achieve.