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 What's the Focus of the Conference?
Our cities face enormous economic, environmental and social challenges over the coming decade as they strive to improve their productivity, environmental sustainability and liveability. Research and information about our cities will be critically important for us to succeed. We need to start thinking about…
- How are we measuring our cities' progress toward these goals and objectives?
- What new things would be possible if we could improve the availability, quality and consistency of city data and information to all levels of government?
- Where are the new and exciting opportunities for city research and how can we get started?
- What could we achieve collaboratively that is beyond individual cities?
These questions will be at the heart of the conference.
Program Schedule
Wednesday 27 May 2009 |
7.00pm |
Cocktail Reception
Yarra Room, Melbourne Town Hall, Cnr Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne
Meet your fellow delegates at our cocktail reception in the beautiful and historic Melbourne Town Hall. You'll be welcomed to the City by Councillor Carl Jetter.
Dress code for the dinner is Lounge suit. |
Thursday 28 May 2009 – Conference Day 1
Corryong Room, Melbourne Convention Centre
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| 8.00am |
Registration
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| 8.40am |
Welcome and Opening
Cr Susan Riley, Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne
Setting the Scene
Mr Austin Ley, Manager City Research, City of Melbourne
Why do we need to unlock the data? A local government perspective.
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Key Thinker Session 1
Session Host – Mr Marcus Spiller, Director SGS Economics and Planning
Professor Peter Newton, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
The future of cities – drivers for city data
Ms Kate Scrivens, Global Initiative on Measuring Progress, OECD, Paris
An international perspective
Table reflections and questions |
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| 10.35am |
Morning tea break
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| 11.00am |
This session is sponsored by:
Key Thinker Session 2
Session Host – Mr Scott Chapman, Director Commerce and Marketing, City of Melbourne
Ms Dorte Ekelund, General Manager, Major Cities Unit
A Federal Government perspective
Mr Halvard Dalheim, Director State Strategy, Department of Planning and Community Development
A State Government perspective
Mr Rob Knox, Mercer
A business perspective
Table reflections and questions |
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| 12.30pm |
Lunch and Symposia
Presentations by:
Dr Deborah Edwards, UTS
Dr Bill Randolf, UNSW and Prof Paul Maginn, UWA
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| 1.25pm |
Key Thinkers Panel Session
An opportunity to explore possible futures with our speakers. What insights can we glean that we can carry forward into our “Future Thinking” session?
Session Host – Michael Chappell, Director Pracsys
Panelists:
Mr Austin Ley
Ms Dorte Ekelund
Professor Peter Newton
Ms Kate Scrivens
Mr Rob Knox
Mr Halvard Dalheim
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| 3.00pm |
Afternoon tea break
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| 3.25pm |
Future Thinking
Join our World Café and explore a successful and exciting future. Facilitated and graphically recorded by Ms Jenni Dunn and
Dr Erin Jancauskas, Now for Future Pty Ltd.
Imagine a future where city data is successfully unlocked.
What do you see? What's different? Who's involved?
Incorporates afternoon tea break
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| 4.40pm |
Day 1 Close |
| 7.00pm |
Conference Dinner
Melbourne Aquarium, Cnr Flinders and King Streets, Melbourne
Relax with your colleagues at our conference dinner in a unique venue – the Melbourne Aquarium. Enjoy our speaker,
Professor David Wilmoth,
Managing Director, Learning Cities International. Dress code for the dinner is Lounge suit. |
Friday 29 May 2009 – Conference Day 2
Corryong Room, Melbourne Convention Centre
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| 8.45am |
Welcome and Introduction to Day 2
Mr Austin Ley, Manager City Research, City of Melbourne
Key Thinker Session 3
Session Host – Mr Michael Lockwood,
Council of Capital City Lord Mayors
In this session, we'll explore how we might measure our cities progress towards the triple bottom line challenges of prosperity, liveability and environmental sustainability.
Professor Jane Marceau, City Futures, University of New South Wales
The prosperity dimension
Professor John Wiseman, Director McCaughey Centre, The University of Melbourne
The liveability dimension
Mr Jon Ward, Manager Environmental Policy, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd
The environmental sustainability dimension
Table reflections and questions
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| 10.10am |
Measuring Progress
Using our key thinkers' presentations as a springboard, we'll work together to explore how we might measure our progress towards the triple bottom line challenges of the future. Will include interaction with and observations by our third group of key thinkers.
Incorporates morning tea break
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Getting Ready for Action
Reflection and Engagement Session - Preparing for this afternoon.
Let's reflect on what we've heard. What new insights have we gained? What's most important? What's possible? What's possible if we work collaboratively? |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch and Symposia
Presentations by:
Mr Krishna Nadimpalli, Geosciences Australia
Prof Geoff Woolcock, Griffith University |
| 1.55pm |
Making a Difference – Be Part of the Solution
What can we successfully accomplish together? How can we give wings to our ideas for the future? What are the critical things that we can commence/continue over the next couple of years?
Incorporates afternoon tea break
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4.05pm |
Concluding Remarks
Ms Dorte Ekelund, General Manager, Major Cities Unit
Dr Kathy Alexander, Chief Executive Officer, City of Melbourne |
| 4.30pm |
Conference Close
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