Speaking, Education and Facilitation Services

Whether its board-level strategy engagement, employee training, conferences or company retreats, we have the ability to tailor our speaking facilitation and education services to leave our clients inspired and ready to take on the future. Jason is also a regular keynote speaker and lecturer at multiple Australian and international universities.

For more discerning clients seeking to experience and learn from world-leading projects and urban vanguards, we offer bespoke, international study tours through The City Makers’ Guild.


Frequently Requested Talks:

  • Collaborative Urbanism: City Making in the Age of the Sharing Economy

  • Becoming a Regenerative Practitioner: Introduction to Regenerative Development & Design

  • Project Managing Transformation Development

  • Community-led Housing and the Future of Urban Life

  • Community Wealth Building and the New Economy of Cities

  • The History of New York City (In a New York Minute)

  • Fostering a Culture of Sustainability

  • Indigenous Urbanism: The Cultural Expression of Cities (with Chels Marshall)

  • Biophilic Design and the Neuroscience of Cities

  • Harnessing the Power of Sport: The Story of the Green Sports Alliance

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Jason leaves attendees really excited about what the future could hold for their communities. His knowledge, passion and commitment to culturally expressive and equitable city making is infectious and leave people feeling excited and motivated!
— Kerry Henderson, Project Team – Sponsorship and Programme National Māori Housing Conference, Aotearoa New Zealand

Previous speaking engagements include:

Green Building Council Australia Members Workshop and Webinar, Introduction to Regenerative Development and Design, Sydney 2020 (Speaker/Facilitator)

Sydney Opera House, Antidote Festival, Future of Housing. Sydney 2019 (Panelist)

Design Futures Council Regenerative Design Forum, Becoming a Regenerative Practitioner, Sydney 2019 (Keynote/co-Facilitator)

The Urban Land Institute, Nightingale and Alternative Housing Models Emerging Business Models in Housing. Sydney 2019 (Speaker/Moderator)

Green Sports Summit, Toward a Regenerative Paradigm in Sport, Philadelphia, 2019 (Opening Keynote)

New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Planning the Future of Wollondilly Shire Growth Corridor, Wilton 2019 (Keynote/Facilitator)

Green Building Council Australia. Transform Conference, Indigenous Urbanism. Sydney 2019 (Curator/Moderator)

Design Futures Council, Emerging Business Models in Housing. Sydney 2018 (Keynote)

New South Wales Ministry of Education Sustainable Schools Symposium, The Future of Sustainability Education. Parramatta Australia 2018 (Curator/Speaker/Facilitator)

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Sherman Centre for Art & Architecture, Ethical Architecture Series, Affordable Housing: Dream or Reality. Sydney 2018 (Panelist)

Kyoto Smart Cities Expo, Sports-oriented Urban Regeneration and Smart Cities. Kyoto 2018 (Keynote)

City of Port Phillip Big Picture Thinkers Series, The Changing Nature of Cities. Melbourne 2018 (Keynote/Facilitator)

University of Technology Faculty of Business, Rethinking Design and Planning in the Anthropocene. Sydney 2018 (Panelist)

New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage Executive Leadership Symposium, Urban Livability and the Future of Cities. Sydney 2018 (Keynote)

City of Canberra, Canberra Talks, Indigenous Urbanism and Cultural Reciprocity. Canberra 2018 (Panelist)

Planning Institute of Australia Emerge Series, Living Small. Sydney 2018 (Panelist)


If you’re interested in booking Jason to keynote one of your events, host EDUCATIONAL seminars, or facilitate your next retreat, please fill out the form below.