Conservation, sustainability and challenges of liveable cities today – Elizabeth Vines

About: Elizabeth Vines, Elizabeth Vines is an award-winning conservation architect, urban designer, author and experienced public speaker. She is a past President of Australian ICOMOS, visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, and an Adjunct Professor at the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia & the Pacific, Deakin University, Melbourne. She studied architecture at Melbourne University, Australia and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She is a partner in the firm McDougall & Vines, a heritage practice based in Adelaide, Australia, which has built up extensive experience and a record of achievement in conservation architecture and heritage town rejuvenation throughout Australia and Asia. Elizabeth Vines consults to a wide range of Government authorities and local councils throughout the region and is a consultant to UNESCO, the European Union, the Getty Institute and the World Bank. She works on urban revitalisation programs for historic precincts and restoration projects on significant historic buildings throughout Australia and Asia. Elizabeth Vines is committed to the practical reuse, improvement and rejuvenation of town centres and historic buildings and is a passionate advocate for heritage conservation issues. Her key focus now is heritage activism, using her voice through teaching, public speaking, involvement in key heritage legislation change and community engagement to create a better society which is committed to retaining its own unique cultural heritage values.