Program

Program

9:15 am to 9:30am

Location:
The Old Quad  

(Entry via the North Wing opposite the old Union House Building)

Event Welcome, Acknowledgement and Purpose

Event MCs:
Dr Alexei Trundle Assistant Director (International) & Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Sabina Andron,  Melbourne Centre for Cities

9:30 am  -  10:00am

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Keynote #1: University partnerships for impact, Indigenous perspectives
Keynote Speakers:

Inala Cooper, Director Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development

Jason Eades, Director Aboriginal Melbourne, City of Melbourne

10:00am to 10:45am

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Plenary Panel #1: University and City relationships for impact? Bridging the distance

Speakers:
Professor Nicola Phillips PROVOST
Professor Michele Acuto

Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece

Moderator:
Professor Sarah Bell, City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation, Melbourne Centre for Cities

10:45am  to 11:00 am

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Melbourne Centre for Cities Research Campaign

Presented by:
Professor Alison Young, Francine V Mcniff Chair In Criminology Social and Political Sciences, Melbourne Centre for Cities

Speakers:
Dr Sabina Andron,  Melbourne Centre for Cities
Jessica (Ika) Trijsburg,  Research Fellow in City Diplomacy

11:00am to 11:20 am

Location:
University Hall, Level 1
The Old Quad

Morning tea

11:30am to  12:15pm

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Keynote #2: Local to Global: Universities and Cities knowledge & diplomacy  for Impact

Professor Harriet Bulkeley, FBA holds joint appointments as Professor in the Department of Geography, Durham University, and at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University.

Daniel Pejic,  the Masterclass as an example of translating Centre research to city capacity.

Q  & A  with audience

Moderator: Professor David Bissell, Professor Of Human Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Melbourne Centre for Cities

12:20pm to 1:20pm

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Case study snap shots – Urban Research for Global Impact:

A series of short case studies and audience participation to develop a shared understanding on how to harness the knowledge from our cities, for global impact.

Session MC: Maya Costa Pinto, Visiting Fellow, Melbourne Centre for Cities

Goal 1: Actionable research: what works?
Centre fellows will share experiences from their research projects that are seeking change in governance or perspective across sectors.


  • Uly Faoziyah, Voices from the suburbs: facing large scale development in South Sulawesi Provinces, Indonesia
  • Sam Holleran, Greening the Cemetery: Care, Memorialisation, and Green Infrastructure
  • Merrick Morley, Experiences of ‘resilient communities’ in new apartment buildings; developing solutions for complex problems

Goal 2: Local, national, and global urban issues: how do we work across scales?
Centre Fellows will Reflect on the translation of urban issues and projects from the local to the international – research for city impact at global and local level.

  • Amelia Leavesley, Rubbish and Governance: How Australian Local Governments are Scaling Action on Waste
  • Sombol Mokhles, An 'Ordinary City' Lens on City Climate Action Comparisons
  • Rewa Marathe, Evaluating for change: lessons from Delhi 

1:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:
University Hall, Level 1 The Old Quad

Lunch

2:00pm to 2:30pm

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Plenary #3: International Students, Cities vs University Responsibility

Responding Plenary Panel #3 Speakers:

  • Professor Michael Wesley ,Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global, Culture and Engagement
  • Gary Lee, OAM, City of Melbourne
  • Professor Wendy Steele, Sustainability and Urban Governance at RMIT University

Moderators: Dr Sabina Andron,  Melbourne Centre for Cities

Sanskar Agarwal, President at University of Melbourne Student Union International

2:45pm to 3:45pm

Concurrent workshop sessions

How can we create impact from city and university partnerships?

Co-presented by City of Melbourne and collaborators

Reflecting on the theme of Universities and Cities’ partnerships to tackle impact on urban issues and using specific case studies of a success or failure (whole project, moment in time or stage in a process)

Speakers and audience will discuss the questions below:

How do we support a new generation of urban leaders?

This roundtable will consider what is needed in academia and in governance to develop resilient and well-informed urban leadership.

Location: The Library

Facilitator: Sam Miles

Speakers:
Tahlia Azaria
Rewa Marathe

What do we need from practice-ready education?


This roundtable will discuss the agendas of your institutions to create competitive urban education, as well as the needs these education programmes should be addressing.

Location: Ground floor,
Room 17

Facilitator: Loren Adams

Speakers:
Charity Edwards
Jessica (Ika) Trijsburg

Facilitating ‘city diplomacy’: How can universities enhance cities’ international relations?


This roundtable will convene ‘city diplomacy’ experts and city officials from the Centre’s programs aimed at supporting international action by cities, to reflect on how cities are engaging in global agendas, and how support like the City Diplomacy Masterclass could support cities in a time of complex geopolitics.


Location: Ground floor, Room 18 

Facilitators: Michele Acuto and Daniel Pejic

Speakers:
Rob Adams, City of Melbourne
Ynys Onsman,  City of Onkaparinga
Jac Torres-Gomez, City of Wyndham

3:45 pm to 4:00pm

Afternoon tea break

4:00 pm to 4:20pm

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Research Roundtable Wrap up 

Honorary Professor Louise Johnson
with moderators

4:20pm to 4:30pm

Location:
The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Final remarks

Event MCs:
Dr Alexei Trundle Assistant Director (International) & Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Sabina Andron,  Melbourne Centre for Cities

4:30 to 5:00pm

The Library, Level 1
The Old Quad

Sammy J for Lord Mayor

Q + A with Professor Sarah Bell, City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation, Melbourne Centre for Cities

5:00pm+

Networking  Event

The Melbourne Centre of Cities thanks the University of Melbourne’s Engagement and Partnerships department,  for their  contribution to help us deliver this symposium.


The University of Melbourne’s Engagement and Partnerships focus on co-design and delivery of diverse outcomes through partnerships, including for people in the city of Melbourne, Goulburn Valley and Northeast Arnhem Land.