Future Melbourne

A free public exhibition will be held showcasing artists interpretation of future Melbourne.

This forum provides a chance for our secondary schools to provide their input into our plan

Are you a Y Generation Melburnian passionate about the future of our city?

Free Entry, No Booking Required

FREE ENTRY- NO BOOKINGS

Forum for the Future Melbourne Leaders to discuss and input into the Future Melbourne 10 year Plan.

Turn out your lights- see the difference you can make

Additional information about this event including the venue and confirmation of the running time will be updated shortly.

The leadership group of the Future Melbourne Project combine to discuss the project.

The Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities.

EcoEdge conference will engage the worlds leading sustainability experts

For the first time in human history more than half of the world's population lives in cities. As Australia and the globe experience rapid climate change, the design industry faces an urgent challenge on how better urban planning and densification of our cities can significantly reduce our impact on the environment.

More Information regarding this event will be added to this site as it becomes available.

This documentry celebrates multiculturalism and the contribution of migrants and refugees to the city.

Presentation on the challenges and opportunities for the property sector. 

The stakeholder forum for Talk Environment- Adapting to Climate Change, will explore the environmental, social and economic impacts associated with projected climate change impacts.

This is the fourth of five forum discussions about the Arts in our City. The knowledge and ideas collected from the discussions will inform Future Melbourne and the development of a new Arts Strategy for the City.

This event was the fascinating finish to the Sustainable Cities Round Table

Discussion on Knowledge and its importance to culture, innovation and prosperity in our city.

The City of Melbourne in conjunction with the Melbourne Business Festival has invited approximately 400 key stakeholders to this Events Industry Forum which will focus on the environmental impacts on events in Melbourne.

The City of Melbourne has invited over 100 small to medium sized businesses to attend an entertaining and stimulating discussion about future business in Melbourne.

What kind of a city will Melbourne be in the next 20 years? How can we balance the needs of local residents and the needs of other city users? The City of Melbourne invites you to share your ideas about the liveability of our city. To fill out the questionnaire download it here or pick up a copy of Melbourne News.

A documentary showcasing how leading transport and urban development thinkers envisage we might be living and working in a post- peak oil and climate change future.

Stakeholders will consider the implications of the challenges confronting Melbourne's built form, public spaces and urban design.

Stakeholders considered the implications of the challenges confronting Melbourne's built form, public spaces and urban design.

The goal of this Talk Environmentally Sustainable event was to enhance collaboration between key stakeholders in urban sustainability and to brainstorm new ideas for furthering sustainability in Melbourne.

Are suitable venues and spaces for art drying up or will artists always find a way? What are the possibilities for individual artists in the city? Other than housing, what sort of support and structures do artists and artists run initiatives need to thrive in the city? Who's not getting a chance to present their art in the city and why? Are there local and state government policy settings or barriers that need adjustment or removal?

Stakeholders considered the implications of the challenges confronting Melbourne's built form, public spaces and urban design.

How clear are the boundaries and responsibilities for artists, arts bodies and community organisations that create controversial artworks or engage in cultural development projects that seek to effect social outcomes? A diverse panel engaged in an important discussion for the future of the arts in Melbourne.

When Melbourne’s public transport franchises expire, what opportunities are there to make public transport grow?  We found out some answers at this event. 

Many large western cities across the world are experiencing the exodus of artists and their studios to the suburbs. Panellists debated what can be done to ensure that artists have a more prominent presence in Melbourne?

How do we balance the global and the local?  Where does Melbourne fit in Australia’s global identity and what are our strengths?

A facilitated backcasting workshop with Melbourne’s leading urban development and transport thinkers and professionals on the preferred future of Melbourne’s urban form and transport and how this vision can be achieved.

Can our built environment support the future conditions we face? What changes are needed to respond to the shocks identified in the series? How are we going to plan for the future we want?

Melbourne faces severe environmental shocks: lack of water, environmental pollution, risings sea levels, climate change. Are we set up to deal with this? Do we have sufficient social capital?

The traditional base of business in Melbourne, finance and manufacturing has been sharply eroded. What business future should we try to create?

The first Future Melbourne forum explored what we value about the cultural identity of Melbourne and raised questions about how we see the city now and in the future.

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?