The Games are not the legacy.
The city after the Games is the legacy.
A multi-year NXA Spotlight on the decade of decisions taken now around Brisbane 2032 — and the cities that host the world's largest events. Co-convened by Anupam Yog and Peter Hyland.
The choices being made now across South East Queensland — on venues and precincts, on land and capital, on brand and narrative, on governance across councils, state, federal, IOC, developers and anchor institutions — will define the city that the Games leave behind. NXA convenes that conversation across the arc, not the moment.
What gets built, where, and who carries the asset and operating burden after the closing ceremony.
How the city tells its story to itself and to the world — before, during, and for the decade after.
Public-private structures, land assembly, and the patient money required for legacy that outlasts a host cycle.
Holding alignment across councils, state, federal, IOC, anchor institutions and communities through changes of leadership.
The inaugural convening of the Legacy Cities Spotlight. A small, working luncheon at the edges of WCS week.
The inaugural room convenes a working delegation from South East Queensland — five mayors and three senior CEOs and officials travelling under the Council of Mayors (SEQ) — in conversation with Singapore-anchored urbanists, capital and institutional voices working across the Asia Pacific.
Roundtable 01 at WCS. Frame the four questions. Open the room across SEQ, Singapore and the Asia Pacific.
Rolling roundtables, field visits and private readouts across Brisbane, Singapore and host cities for the next Games cycle.
A final convening in Brisbane on the eve of the Games — the bridge from preparation to the city after.
The room itself is closed. A short non-attributed readout from Roundtable 01 will be published here in the weeks following 16 June 2026 — alongside dates for the next convenings.
Two decades as an urbanist, creative strategist and researcher working at the intersection of cities, capital and culture across Asia, Europe and North America. Trusted adviser to mayors, governments, developers and anchor institutions — with a client and partner list spanning the Mayor of London, the World Bank, India's Ministry of Urban Development, LSE's Urban Age, NUS Cities and Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities.
Forty years building and leading professional services firms across urban planning, urban economics and real estate strategy for public and private sectors. Regarded as one of the Asia-Pacific's most respected urban land-use strategists, with major projects led across Australia, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the United Kingdom — and a trusted advisor to private and public companies and all levels of government.