The 2024 Sydney Summit, held on Monday 5 February, will explore the question: what kind of city do we want to create for future generations?
Buy ticketsEamon Waterford is the CEO of the Committee for Sydney.
Eamon’s career has spanned the social, economic and urban needs of Sydney.
He started his career working side-by-side with people experiencing long-term homelessness in Penrith and Blacktown to understand their challenges, and undertook the first Homelessness Street Count in the Western Parkland City.
Prior to joining the Committee as CEO, Eamon was the Chief Strategy Officer of the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade, sitting on the Executive of the Department and leading strategic projects across the Investment, Industry and Trade, Arts and Culture, Sport, Tourism and Hospitality and Racing sectors.
Before this, Eamon was Deputy CEO and Policy Director at the Committee for Sydney, Director of Policy for Youth Action NSW, the peak body for young people and the services that support them across NSW, and worked in social services including UnitingCare and Marist Youth Care.
As the Committee’s Policy Director, Eamon delivered more than 40 reports, including work on Density Done Well, Benchmarking Sydney’s Performance, the Sandstone Mega-Region and Safety After Dark.
Eamon is also engaged in broader Sydney society as a member of the Monkey Baa Theatre Company board, and previously served as a Board Director of the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), Sydney Community Foundation, and Sydney Alliance.
Is increased cost of living and driving out future generations? How do we ensure Sydney remains a city that is attractive to future generations?
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It’s time to listen to dive into three Big Ideas for Sydney – inspiring, challenging ideas for our city’s future, submitted by the public and selected by our team and the Sydney Morning Herald!
The Hon. Rose Jackson MP is the NSW Minister for Water, Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Youth, and Minister for the North Coast.
How do we drive collaboration across parties, governments, and generations to achieve the changes we need to solve current and future challenges?
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NSW Government Secretaries explore the question: how do you hold the future of this city at the centre of your decisions beyond the political cycle? How do we address the polarities of short–term benefit vs long-term gain?
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