Beyond Adaptation - Future Building, Innovation & Game-play
Tracks
Beyond Adaptation
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 |
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Speaker
Mr Donovan Burton
Director
Informed.city
Build Your Own Future: The Climate Scenario Workshop
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Donovan is the Director of Informed.City and has 20 years of climate change adaptation experience. Donovan specialises in integrating climate change needs into strategic planning and policy advice. Donovan is also an expert in the Infrastructure and Human Settlements theme of the UAE-Belem indicator program
Dr Nooshin Torabi
Lecturer
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Co-creating adaptive narratives: a hybrid workshop on building capacity to make sense and address climate risk through interactive scenario-based game-play
4:30 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr Nooshin Torabi is an interdisciplinary social scientist at RMIT, specialising in adaptive governance, climate change responses, sustainability communication, and energy justice. She researches climate change education in universities and sustainable consumption to end food waste. With extensive teaching experience in climate change responses, she brings a strong commitment to impactful, interdisciplinary learning.
Mr Donovan Burton
Director
Informed.city
Build Your Own Future: The Climate Scenario Workshop
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Donovan is the Director of Informed.City and has 20 years of climate change adaptation experience. Donovan specialises in integrating climate change needs into strategic planning and policy advice. Donovan is also an expert in the Human Settlements theme of the UAE-Belem indicator program
James has a 20-year career in the infrastructure and environmental sectors. He has been involved in a wide range of important projects over recent years, including the first National Climate Risk Assessment, MfE’s Climate Adaptation Technical Working Group, the development of the Health Sector Climate Scenarios, and a variety of climate risk and adaptation projects across NZ.
Dr Neeraj Shankar
Disaster Management Consultant • Strategic Consulting
Tonkin + Taylor
Build Your Own Future: The Climate Scenario Workshop
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
James has a 20-year career in the infrastructure and environmental sectors. He has been involved in a wide range of important projects over recent years, including the first National Climate Risk Assessment, MfE’s Climate Adaptation Technical Working Group, the development of the Health Sector Climate Scenarios, and a variety of climate risk and adaptation projects across NZ.
Annette Kroen
RMIT University
Co-creating adaptive narratives: a hybrid workshop on building capacity to make sense and address climate risk through interactive scenario-based game-play
4:30 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr Annette Kroen is a Senior Research Fellow at RMIT’s Centre for Urban Research and is the research coordinator of the NHRA-funded project on Natural Hazards and Resilience in Complex Urban Systems.
Dr Leonardo Nogueira de Moraes
Research Fellow, Disaster Resilience
RMIT University
Co-creating adaptive narratives: a hybrid workshop on building capacity to make sense and address climate risk through interactive scenario-based game-play
4:30 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr Leonardo Nogueira de Moraes is a Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience at RMIT’s Centre for Urban Research. His contribution to the NHRA-funded project on Natural Hazards and Resilience in Complex Urban Systems is focused on “assessing and mapping vulnerabilities and resilience within urban systems at local scales”.
Dr Nooshin Torabi
Lecturer
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Co-creating adaptive narratives: a hybrid workshop on building capacity to make sense and address climate risk through interactive scenario-based game-play
4:30 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr Nooshin Torabi is an interdisciplinary social scientist at RMIT, specialising in adaptive governance, climate change responses, sustainability communication, and energy justice. She researches climate change education in universities and sustainable consumption to end food waste. With extensive teaching experience in climate change responses, she brings a strong commitment to impactful, interdisciplinary learning.
Prof Janet Stephenson
Research Professor
University of Otago
Who are the innovators in climate adaptation?
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Janet is a research professor and social scientist. Recent adaptation research includes working with Māori communities and councils that are leading innovative responses to climate change challenges, and working with rural Māori communities who are developing their own plans for climate adaptation.
