From NZ to Australia
Featured Speakers
Emission Impossible, NZ
Dr Gerda Kuschel lead author of the landmark study, Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (HAPINZ 3.0), presents the methods, findings, and key implications for Australia.
The globally peer-reviewed study highlights the importance of including both nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter when accounting for the economic and health impacts of air pollution.
For policymakers, this means current Australian estimates are lacking fundamental inputs to appropriately measure the health and economic trajectories of numerous policy positions.
VEHICLE
POLLUTION
FORUM
FEBRUARY 24
Graduate House
University of Melbourne
Highlighting the unaddressed health impacts of traffic pollution in Australia.
This invite-only event will bring together health organisations, federal and state policy makers, industry and academics in fields of energy, decarbonisation, transport, health, and economics to consider the current evidence and its relevance to Australian government policy.
Do you know how many premature deaths can be attributed to traffic emissions each year?
Welcome
8:30am for 9am start
Doors Open
Graduate House
University of Melbourne
220 Leicester Street
Parkville, Melbourne 3053
Session One
9am - 10am
10am - 10:30am
"Current state of play in Australian context: Health and economic impacts" – what we know and what we don’t (Dr. Kelvin Say & Clare Walter, Melbourne Climate Futures)
Key roadblocks from and industry perspective (Behyad Jafari, CEO, Electric Vehicle Council)
Pathways to active transport modes (University of Melbourne)
Session Two
10:30 - 11am
11am - 1pm
Discussion forum that brings
together leader in health, federal and state policy, industry and academia to explore the new evidence on traffic emissions and health and consider how it best informs Australian government policy.
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Research priorities
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Practical constraints
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Policy blockers & enablers
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Useful narratives & dissemination
1pm
Lunch
Other Speakers
Dr KELVIN
SAY
Research Fellow & Lecturer
University of Melbourne
Melbourne Climate Futures
Kelvin Say is a researcher at the University of Melbourne. He focusses on the effect of customer-scale renewable energy technologies on the socio-economics of electricity markets. Kelvin’s broader research interests include sustainability, complexity, economics and policy development. He is an experienced control systems engineer and computer scientist with over a decade of experience in bulk-materials handling within the mining sector.
CLARE
WALTER
University of Melbourne
Melbourne Climate Futures
Clare's research focuses on closing the
gap between research and policy
related to the health and
environmental impacts of air pollution
in Australia. She is currently
investigating the implications of
continued car-centric city design and
urban design practices to children's
respiratory health (asthma) and
examining policy responses.
BEHYAD
JAFARI
Electric Vehicle Council
Chief Executive Officer
Behyad Jafari works with industry, government and the media to accelerate the electrification of road transport, for a more sustainable and prosperous Australia. With experience advising politicians, businesses and non-profits, Behyad has a strong understanding of Australia’s political, corporate and media landscape.
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Prof MARK
STEVENSON
FAHMS
University of Melbourne
Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health
Director, Transport Health and Urban Design Research Lab (THUD)
Chief Investigator | ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
Melbourne Schools of Design| Engineering| Population and Global Health
HOST / M.C.
University of Melbourne
A/Prof
LOUIS IRVING
Clinical Director Lung Health Research Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne;
Respiratory Physician, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre;
Director of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and Director of Clinical Training, Royal Melbourne Hospital
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