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Dr. Nathaniel Bavinton
Dr Nathaniel Bavinton has been researching, planning and implementing urban and social innovation for over twenty years. His industry, government and academic experience sits at the intersection of urban strategy, innovation and technology, and social behaviour.
Nathaniel is an Associate Director at Urbis, working in the Smart and Sustainable Places team within urban planning. He is focused on helping clients across the public and private sector to tackle the complex challenges of creating technology and data-enabled places, and innovative, sustainable, and future-focused places and communities.
He is Chair of the UDIA NSW’s Sustainable Development Committee, and sits on the Board of the Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA). He is the lead author of the recently published Accelerating Smarter Development report.