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About
Presented by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, Living Cities Forum is Australia’s flagship event for urban designers, thinkers and placemakers.
The global program features cross-disciplinary speakers who share inspiring, actionable ideas to improve the cities of today and tomorrow.
Common Interests
Open public spaces act as the great leveller in the contemporary city. While buildings often divide us, even public ones, open civic space is where diverse and competing interests meet. From the right to protest to the impacts of those protests on businesses and retail, and from the benefits of surveillance for safety to the infringement on privacy, these interests are often in active tension.
With Melbourne and Sydney on track to become megacities by 2050, examining and reimagining the role of these spaces amid population growth, increased densities and a warming planet has never been more vital.
Join us for a day-long series of international keynotes and conversations in Melbourne and Sydney, spotlighting progressive ideas and solutions from across the globe. From a landscape architect transforming neglected urban areas into thriving green landscapes in Catalonia to a coder and scholar democratising data to create more inclusive public spaces online, the forum will highlight innovative approaches and ideas, all trained on the future of the public realm.
SPEAKERS
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, value their knowledge and connection to Country, and continue to learn from the oldest living culture in the world.
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