Festival of Ideas, 15-20 March 2009

wednesday 17 june
Urban and Suburban Responses to Climate Change


All sessions are being recorded and will be available on the festival website in the week following the festival

10.00am -12.00noon
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, basement Sidney Myer Asia Centre

duration: 123 mins 00 secs

The Architect and the Art of Architecture: Victims or Heroes of Climate Change?

  • Can architecture re-tool itself as a discipline and shape the clean, green, responsible environment?
  • Do the imperatives of climate change spell the end of of an architecture individuality and expression?

Speakers:
Professor Rob Adams, Director Design and Urban Environment, City of Melbourne
Dr Gregory Burgess, Principal of Gregory Burgess Architects
Mr Ian McDougal, Principal, Ashton Raggatt McDougall
Professor Tom Kvan, University of Melbourne

Chair:
Ms Shelley Penn, Associate Victorian Government Architect

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12.15pm - 1.15pm
Campus Tour

** Special Festival of Ideas Lunchtime Activity – Alumni led campus tour
Festival of Ideas Patrons and Alumni are invited to join a special guided tour of the University's Parkville campus led by University alumni that will showcase and highlight some of the places of cultural and historical significance on campus.

Please follow the 'tickets' link on the menu at left to book for this event.

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1.30pm – 3.00pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, basement Sidney Myer Asia Centre

duration: 86 mins 31 secs

The Suburb Redeemed and the End of the Quarter Acre Dream

  • How do we create in the suburbs centres of interest, excellence and exchange?
  • How do we make them productive?
  • How do we give them a touch of 'urbanity'?

Speakers:
Associate Professor, Andrew May, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne
Dr Peter Christoff, Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation and coordinator environmental Studies, Melbourne School of Land and Environment at the University of Melbourne
Professor Philip Goad, Director of the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne

Chair:
Professor Lee Godden, Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Melbourne

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3.30pm- 5.00pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, basement Sidney Myer Asia Centre

duration: 99 mins 04 secs

The New Generation and Climate Change: Repairing the Ills of the Old

  • What are the perspectives of future leaders to current issues and challenges of climate change?
  • What cultural changes might we learn from our young people who have visions for a sustainable future?
  • How do we remedy our current status from ills of the past?

Speakers:
Matthew Wright, Climate and energy campaigner, Beyond Zero Emissions
Arron Wood, 2007 Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year and Former Young Australian of the Year
Linh Do, Victorian VCE Young Achiever of the Year and Climate Change Advocate

Chair:
Professor Ruth Fincher, Director of its Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and Professor of Geography, University of Melbourne

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7.00pm – 8.15pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, basement Sidney Myer Asia Centre

duration: 82 mins 00 secs

Keynote Lecture: The Future of the West and The Rise of the Rest

Speaker:
Dr. Don Russell, Global Investment Strategist, BNY Mellon Australia

Chair:
Prof The Hon Dr Barry Jones, University of Melbourne

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