John  O’Callaghan - Idea Bombing Sydney

John is an urban planner passionate about liveability and culture in our cities. He specialises in activation, engagement and new media and has experience facilitating events and delivering strategies focused on people and their relationship with place. John finds opportunities at a ‘grass roots’ level and adopts global best practice to the local context. He is also the founder of Idea Bombing Sydney, Sydney’s creative exchange, and Trending City, a collaborative blogging platform sharing the latest design, architecture and cultural news from across the globe.

John will be interviewed by our segment editor, Arrnott Olssen

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Desley Casey - (EDP) Every Day People Communications

Desley has worked in the mental health sector for nearly 20 years. She is a trainer, public speaker and consultant. Desley established (EDP) Every Day People Communications in 2009 to support training the small business on how to enable their employees to maintain their mental health well-being.
As Desley says ‘it’s easier to maintain mental health wellbeing than to regain it’!
Desley is also working on hosting 3 hour well-being workshops for the general community hosted at local community venues.
She is also pioneering hosting webinar consultations utilising the webinar platform to consult with a broad range of people on various issues. Webinar consultations are an added benefit for any business to find out what their customers think about their products and services. In the mental health sector webinar consultations allows services and organisations gain a broad amount of ideas, suggestions, ideas and concerns to input in the policy and planning processes. Webinar consultations can be undertaken from the comfort of the person’s home or office – no need to travel or for organisations to pay expensive function venues, travel and accommodation. This is utilising online technology to its full capabilities.

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Peter Hackney - City News

The editor of Sydney’s independent inner city weekly newspaper City News, Peter is an expert on inner city politics and an experienced reporter of local community, government and business issues.

A Queenslander by birth, Peter was drawn to Sydney by the Olympic flame in the year 2000 and has been in love with the city ever since.

“Nowhere else offers the same unique combination of vibrant economy, natural beauty, pumping street life and quirky, independent culture,†he says. Although that doesn’t stop him going for Queensland in the State of Origin!

He is particularly passionate about the multicultural, multi-ethnic nature of Sydney and the way it’s become a true crossroads of the world.

When not reporting on Harbour City happenings, Peter might be found bushwalking in the Blue Mountains, snorkeling at Clovelly, browsing one of Newtown or Glebe’s bookshops, or maybe having a Scotch and Soda in one of Sydney’s cosy small bars.

His favourite book is Sydney by Jan Morris.

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