2015 Research Summit
In its second year the full day Research Summit will bring together students, researchers academics and practitioners to explore the Festival theme This Public Life through the lenses Life + Death, Love + Longing and Participation + Spectacle. The Summit will encourage audience participation and discussion, and will conclude with the Student Design Competition Exhibition.
Date: Thursday 15 October 2015
Time: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Venue: The Dulux Gallery, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Parkville. See map here.
Schedule
Thursday 15 October
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9.00am – 9.30am
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Introductions
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9.30am – 10.00am
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Keynote address
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Ana Abram & Maj Plemenitas
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10.00am – 11.30am
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This Public Space Design Competition Pitches
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11.30am – 12.00pm
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Morning break
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12.00pm – 12.15pm
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Presentation: Decolonising Practices in Contemporary Landscape Architecture
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Fiona Johnson
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12.20pm – 12.35pm
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Presentation: Quick Sinking: A Pacific Solution for Climate Refugees
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Natalie de Sousa
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12.40pm – 1.00pm
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Presentation: Growing Islands Growing Nations
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Lukas Pauer
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1.00pm – 2.00pm
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Lunch
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2.00pm – 2.30pm
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Panel discussion: NEW/TERRITORIES
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2.30pm – 2.45pm
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Presentation: The Design Potentials of the Digital Model: New Modes of Design and Making
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Jillian Walliss
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| 2:45pm – 3:00pm |
Presentation: Enhancing The Human―Nature Connection Through Biophilic Design
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Stephen Perry
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3:00pm – 3:15pm
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Presentation: The New Public Life of Death |
Kirsten Bauer
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3:15pm – 3:30pm
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Presentation: Beirut’s Dalieh
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Susan Molesky
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3:30pm – 4:00pm
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Panel discussion: Welcome to the Postmodern Sublime
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| 4:00pm – 4:30pm |
Afternoon break / Jury deliberations
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4:30pm – 4:50pm
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Competition announcements |
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4:50pm – 4:55pm
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Closing comments |
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4:55pm – 5:30pm
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Design Competition Exhibition |
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Australasian Student Competition: This Public Space
This Public Space calls on students across Australia and New Zealand to work in teams to develop innovative design and programming strategies that make public spaces more inclusive. Drawing on Van Alen Institute’s multi-year exploration of the theme Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape and its recent series of public programs about ‘hangouts’ in New York City, This Public Space asks participants to consider: why do we seek escape from the city, and what forms of escape can we find within the urban environment? Read more.