In the Wisdom Forum, we ask courageous opinion leaders who have 'walked in wisdom' in ground breaking ways to share their experiences; how they found their way through the controversies; what were the pressures, the dilemmas, the ethical issues, the signals that paved the way to the path they chose.

This panel discussion, the first of two we are holding this year, focuses on "Responding to Environmental Change". 

The greatest issue confronting the future of our planet is that of sustainability. In an age when the leader of the free world withdraws his support for the Paris Climate Accord; when Alan Finkel and Elon Musk revolutionise the approach to clean energy in Australia; and at a time when issues surrounding Climate Change and the treatment of carbon threaten to divide our Federal Government, the notion of sustainability is proving to be a critically sensitive political force.

The 2017 Wisdom Forum will feature three prominent Australians at the forefront of the sustainability debate in this Country:

• Professor David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and Co-Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, is joined by
• Caroline Pidcock, Director of PIDCOCK - Architecture + Sustainability, ambassador for the AL Gore Climate Change project and past President of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, and
• Damien Giurco, Director of Innovation at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology in Sydney, past coordinator of the Sustainable Digital Cities Network and past Chair of the AusIMM Sustainability Committee.

Join this esteemed panel for an evening of revelation and insight, as we examine an issue that will shape our destiny.

Guests may arrive for refreshments from 6:30pm.  The panel discussion will commence at 7pm and is expected to be finished by 8pm, with an opportunity to continue informal discussions until 8:30pm