Catherine Simpson

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About Catherine Simpson

Director of Circ Design - we design spaces with people inclusive of healthy urban design, walkable urbanism, placemaking and green cities. Cat is a keynote speaker since 2016 at Milan Expo 'The Future of Health' alongside Design Canberra and many other conferences.Formerly worked across the world in international studios in Copenhagen, London, Brisbane and New Zealand.Committed to regeneration and climate change adaptation, Cat is the Co-founder of Green the Street, an initiative dedicated to making Australia's streets greener, shadier, walkable and cyclable places - both for the health of the city and for the planet. Catherine also works within the future cities sphere and speak internationally on the future of cities, health and the street, was the lead designer for the award winning Future Street in 2017 (with partners AILA, SCANZ, Place IOTAA) and designed the winning Power to the Park in 2014 with HLM. I also speak on the benefits of Greening the City and how this can be achieved, through new developments and regeneration at RobertsDay to collective design in the Green the Street model. At Queensland University of Technology:Expertise• Urban Design and Placemaking• Project management and design on large scale builds in Scandinavia, Australia, Africa, Asia, U.K• Hospital and Education master planning• Town Centre planning• Urban regeneration• Strategic planning• Coastal and Indigenous consultation• Design process and thinking• Other sector experience: Transport, Military, Parks, Plazas, Playgrounds and SkateparksSpeaker:• Canberra Design Festival 2020• International Urban Design Conference 2020• Greening the City Brisbane, 2019• International Healthy City Design London, 2018• Pecha Kucha Caloundra, 2016• European Healthcare Design Conference London, 2016• Vision Conference, London, 2016• China UK Design in Health Conference, 2015 • UK GOV: Future of Healthcare, Milan Expo, 2015