12-1.30pm
Friday, 29 November 2024
TSB Space, Tūranga Public Library, Christchurch
Alongside Christchurch City Council and Christchurch NZ, we are pleased to be hosting Building a Wellbeing Economy From The City Up with international expert Dr Katherine Trebeck exploring the role of cities and regions in creating an economy fit for the 21st century.
Dr Trebeck will share with Cantabrians how cities and regions around the world are reshaping their local economies. She will examine what different sectors and levels of government need to do to help build a wellbeing economy.
Katherine is a political economist, writer and advocate for economic system change. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and also WEAll Scotland, its Scottish hub. She is writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh’s Edinburgh Futures Institute and a Strategic Advisor to Australia’s Centre for Policy Development. She sits on a range of boards and advisory groups such as The Democracy Collaborative, the C40 Centre for Urban Climate Policy and Economy, and the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity.
She will be alongside guest speakers:
Councillor Sara Templeton, Christchurch City Council
Ali Adams, CE of Christchurch NZ
Gareth Hughes, Director of WEAll Aotearoa
Professor Paul Dalziel, Patron of WEAll Aotearoa
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