Founding Partner at New Industry Development | Rotterdam, The Netherlands Vincent Taapken is all about creative development, consultancy, and inspiration in the field of urban and real estate development. He inspires people with creative ideas and insights, which he uses to enforce change in the way we develop cities of the future. Vincent’s focus is on radical behaviour change in urban mobility and finding new financial methods and collaborations for sustainable development.

Viggo is Partner and Design Director at Henning Larsen, operating globally. Having established several projects in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia, Viggo has been instrumental in Henning Larsen’s success setting up its Sydney studio. In his role, Viggo facilitates collaboration within the global Henning Larsen design community, and works as partner in charge with Australian partners and clients to deliver innovative design solutions that shape the practice’s life-centric approach to the built environment.  With over 15 years of experience, Viggo has a broad global perspective, and he oversees projects of many typologies, including cultural institutions, commercial and higher education projects across Europe, Asia, and Australia. His ability to create clear concepts and guide projects with an understanding of the local context has been at the root of many significant contributions to Henning Larsen’s international portfolio. Recently, Viggo led the winning proposal for the Canberra Theatre Centre, the new home for Australia’s capital of culture. He is also the partner in charge of Sydney’s city-shaping mixed-use waterfront development, Lighthouse at Darling Park, and 101 Albert Street, a biophilic high-rise in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD. Viggo’s contributions to the design of the award-winning SDU Campus Kolding, featuring a dynamic, climate-responsive façade, resulted in one of the world’s first low-energy universities. Since 2021, Viggo has served as a board member at Fritz Hansen, a renowned Danish design company.

Dr Paul Toyne has a diverse background, having worked all over the world as an environmental campaigner, conservationist and sustainable built environment specialist. Within the fields of property and construction, he has held Group Sustainability and Environment Director roles at LendLease, WSP and Balfour Beatty. His project experience includes all elements of the built environment, from flagship buildings and developments to infrastructure. Paul is a London Sustainable Development Commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London in 2010 and a member of the UK Government Green Construction Board’s infrastructure working group. He is also a non-executive director and independent advisor to business and government including clients such as Volvo, Polypipe, Anglian Water, Skanska and Cory Riverside Energy. From 2010 until 2018, he was chair of the sustainability group at Constructing Excellence. Paul has a PhD from Imperial College London and is a fellow at both the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment and the Royal Society of the Arts. He also has a species of butterfly, one of several he has discovered, named after him.

Practicing globally, Adrian McGregor is a Biourbanist, Adjunct Professor, and author of the book Biourbanism :: Cities as Nature. He is the Founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall, an interdisciplinary firm of Biourbanists that delivers prosperity by design. Propelled by research from its Biourbanism Lab, the firm provides data led urban design, landscape architecture and environmental services from 5 studios across Australia and the UK. Nominated as one of Sydney’s 100 most creative people, he master plans new cities and helps existing cities and places enhance prosperity by planning for climate resilience. He received the Prime Minister of Australia’s award for Urban Design and has helped McGregor Coxall receive more than 200 international design awards.

With over 17 years of experience as a Landscape Architect and Project Manager, Nadia has played an integral role in the successful completion of a diverse range of projects in Australia and overseas. With a strong commitment to creating inclusive and innovative solutions that benefit all members of the community, Nadia’s expertise includes strategic planning, landscape infrastructure, urban revitalisations, health and community infrastructure, public domain placemaking, and design. Nadia's commitment to quality assurance and team operations has enabled her to lead and manage teams to deliver multiple award-winning strategic planning, placemaking and play-focused projects. Her passion for grass-roots community assistance is demonstrated through involvement in numerous pro-bono projects with not-for-profit organisations developing landscape master plans and concept designs for play, health, and education projects in disadvantaged communities in Australia and internationally. Nadia remains actively engaged with the education sector through guest lecture roles at UNSW focused on Landscape Infrastructure and Inclusive Design. Her dedication to inclusive design underlines her belief that creating innovative and resilient solutions that equitably benefit all members of the community requires collaborative engagement throughout the process of design.