Forum 4 - Change and Social Inclusion
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Prince Phillip Theatre, Architecture Building, University of Melbourne
What happened at this forum?
Over 100 participants attended the fourth Future Melbourne forum on 4 July 2007. The panel explored social issues that Melbourne currently faces and which will need to be addressed in the future. The concept of social inclusion was defined and was discussed in the context of the built form. The importance of measuring social inclusion with well developed indicators was reiterated. City Mission’s Front Yard Youth Services Program; as well as overseas students’ experience of social inclusion, or lack there of, illustrated the complexities of the issue. Lack of affordable housing was highlighted as one of the social inclusion problems facing the city. Public transport was recognised as a key investment for making the wider Melbourne more inclusive.
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Speakers
Adrian Burrage
Daniel Grollo
Anne Turley
Professor John Wiseman
Moderator
Dr Gael Jennings
Description
Melbourne has great strengths in its social cohesion and also in the capacity of people to work together. Will changes to the social fabric of the city affect social cohesion? How do we build a future that enhances our social cohesion?
Like all great cities Melbourne faces social changes and social issues, including the aging of the population; rapid population growth within the city centre, drawing in people from many parts of the globe, especially international students. Affordable housing is getting scarcer. Jobs are changing. What steps need to be taken in planning future Melbourne to ensure that society is inclusive? How can low income needs be catered for in housing and city arrangements? What new facilities are needed? - work/life balance, personal security, mobility, affordability, population growth – migration - safety.
Speakers
Adrian Burrage
Adrian Burrage is the Manager of Student Housing Services for the University of Melbourne. His interest in housing options for students extends beyond buildings, affordability and profit margins to focus on the community and cultural engagement experience for students. The current profile of inner city housing has the potential to offer many students a rich experience, yet there are others who find themselves isolated from this possibility. How the City of Melbourne and its universities approach solutions to this in the coming decade will shape the experience of the next generation of students.
Daniel Grollo
Daniel Grollo is Chief Executive Officer of Australia's largest privately owned development and construction company, Grocon Pty Ltd. Grocon was originally started as a concreting business in the late 1950s by Daniel’s grandfather, Luigi Grollo. In 1999 Daniel took over the business from his father, Bruno. Recently, Grocon has completed central Melbourne’s QV development, the distinctive Eureka Tower on Southbank and the Melbourne Cricket Ground redevelopment for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Daniel is a Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and in October 2006 he was appointed a non-executive Director of the Board of Bluescope Steel.
Anne Turley
Anne Turley is the Chief Executive Officer of Melbourne Citymission. She was appointed to this position in 2001 becoming first woman CEO in the organization’s 150 year history. Anne Turley is a key initiator of cross sector partnering, engaging the collaborative power of corporate, government and not for profit sectors to ensure that people have access to resources and opportunities that allow them to participate equally in community. She is currently working with a team from the Leader to Leader Institute, USA (formerly Drucker Foundation) to update and refine Peter Drucker’s self assessment tool for not for profits.
Professor John Wiseman
Professor John Wiseman is the director of the McCaughey Centre – the VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing. John has worked in a wide variety of academic, community and public sector settings and has published numerous books and articles on public policy and the impacts and implications of globalisation. Between 2003 and 2006 he was Professor of Public Policy at Victoria University. Earlier, 2000-2003 he was Assistant Director, Policy Development and Research in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.
