Transforming Place: People, Processes and Practice
Adelaide and the Barossa Valley, South Australia
6-7th November 2019

Speaker: Mark McClelland: Cultural Placemaking on Wednesday 6th November

The theme of the 5th International Biennial Conference of the Institute of Place Management is Transforming Place - exploring processes and practice that shape the relationship between people and the place they live.

Trade, tourism and international relations are bringing countries closer together across the globe creating a brave new world of immigration, blended communities, and a mixing of cultures.  The result is also causing friction and factions that can often transform place, its identity and the sense of belonging for community.

Place management and development has a role to understand and facilitate the transformation of towns, cities and regions to improve their liveability, viability, tolerance and resilience to disruption. The challenge for place management policy and practice is leading the positive transformation of Place to improve its prosperity.