Impact Panel 4: Contemporary Thinking on Integrating, Planning, and Creating Spaces and Places

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Sports Surfaces
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Courtyard 2

Speaker

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Georgina de Beaujeu
Climate and Biodiversity Strategist
Tract Consultants

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Biography

Georgina de Beaujeu has a background in strategy, innovation and business improvement in for and not for profit sectors. Georgina transitioned into Landscape Architecture in 2018. Georgina completed a PhD in 2024 that considered how to create win-wins for nature and people in partnership with a NSW Council. The PhD won an Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award in 2024, alongside a project Georgina led to improve urban greening in the Hawkesbury region. As the Climate and Biodiversity Strategist at Tract Consultants Georgina drives the Climate and Biodiversity Committee to support the organisation and industry to embrace nature and climate positive design.
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Michael Jones
Studio Lead, Design
AJC Architects

Impact Panel 4: Contemporary Thinking on Integrating, Planning, and Creating Spaces and Places

Biography

As a registered architect and Studio Lead at AJC, Michael is committed to design solutions that are pragmatic, joyful, and meaningful. Over 18 years at AJC, Michael has contributed to award-winning projects across a range of domains and at a variety of scales, including indoor sports centres, education facilities, community centres and public buildings. He is deeply passionate about creating buildings and environments that make a positive contribution to human and natural systems. Sustainable and regenerative design are central to Michael’s design process. He promotes evidence-based design solutions that respond to global and local issues. His work demonstrates a robust consideration for material life cycles, upfront embodied carbon and building energy performance. In 2024 Michael authored the AJC Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) and leads AJC’s Sustainability Working Group whose remit is to improve the sustainability of AJC’s portfolio of projects.
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Pete Spence
Associate
Carabiner Architects

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Biography

Architect Pete Spence leads Carabiner’s design team for many Sport and Recreation projects. Pete has extensive experience in the design and delivery of world-class facilities for Community participation and High-Performance athletes. His recent projects including the Sam Kerr Football Centre (2023), and the East Fremantle Community Park (2024) offer creative design solutions to encourage engagement through imaginative and strategic use of space and co-location. Carabiner works to improve the lives of the people who work, play and live in the buildings we design, and believe that sport and recreational facilities play a key part in healthier, happier communities.
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