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Jo is a Director of progressive consuitancy SALT3, specialising in traffic and waste engineering solutions. With extensive knowledge of traffic and transport engineering, Jo has been involved in infrastructure projects across Australia. She is passionate about creating healthy workplace cultures.

As a founder of Orbit Solutions in 1999, Chris has developed a successful approach to architectural services. Chris brings experience gained through working closely with Directors of Australia's most successful Architectural and Planning practices. As an expert witness in visual amenity evidence, he has worked on hundreds of projects adjudicated at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal, Planning Panels Victoria and Land and Environment courts around Australia.

Brian is a best-selling author, futurist, thought leader and is regarded by corporate Australia as the leading economic and strategic advisor operating in the property sector locally and internationally. Brian established MacroPlan Australia (renamed MacroPlan Dimasi in 2012) in 1985 and specialises in business and property strategy, forecasting of future trends, facilitation of strategic outcomes and successful delivery of major projects and policy. Brian is also a leader in demographic analysis and property trends with extensive experience in forecasting demand for retirement living and aged care.

David Song and Daniel Bowden are Directors of Song Bowden Town Planning. They are both regularly engaged to provide advice on a variety of town planning matters and are both well recognised in the industry as they regularly appear at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) or Planning Panels Victoria as Planning Advocates or Expert Witnesses. This is the very first double interview by PX.

Nick has been a Barrister for more than 18 years. He practices mainly in the fields of planning and environmental law and regularly appears in VCAT, Panels and in major infrastructure hearings. Nick was appointed Senior Counsel in November 2013. Nick is from Western Australian, is an avid Dockers supporter and a Nick Cave fan and plays in a series of bands.

John is a planning icon of Australia and is of course the Founding Director of Essential Economics, he is an economist, a town and regional planner and has more than 40 years of consulting experience in the industry. He is a life fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and a fellow of the Victorian Planning Environmental Law Association (VPELA). John is an avid blues and roots music fan and has been involved with the revitalisation of Clarkesdale in Mississippi (the home of blues) and has worked across a number of cities across the world.