Melbourne Innovation Districts (MID) is a partnership between the City of Melbourne, RMIT University and the University of Melbourne to develop urban innovations for the benefit of the whole city.

Join us for a full day of programming examining the five streams the MID: enterprise activation, social innovation, digitally-enabled technology, public realm and institutional design.

Thinkers and doers of all ages are always welcome at Melbourne Knowledge Week, but on the final day of the festival, the Hub will become more playful than ever. We’ll have AI robots, a craft experience for kids and their carers and an all-ages democracy expo. Join us for a Sunday playdate with a futuristic twist!

Melbourne will double in population over the next 15 years. Let’s look beyond high-rise towers and our sprawling outer suburbs to see what solutions we can find to make our city more liveable and welcoming for all Melburnians. Delve into a day of programming on Living closer together.

If the headlines are to be believed, democracy is under threat around the world. When we feel our governments no longer represent us – or never did – what actions can we take to right our course? Come along to a day of workshops and discussions and give your two cents on the future of democracy in Australia.

The Melbourne 02050 forum is a day focused on the future of our city brought to you by Melbourne Speculative Futures.

The future is filled with complex challenges which require us to create a resilient city. What will Melbourne look, feel, touch, taste and sound like in 02050? What do we need to do to get to this future? Who helps us shape it and why? How do we hold in balance that your preferred future is not our preferred future?

Diverse themes include the exploration of indigenous and non-binary futures, human/machine interaction as well as the future of the home, food and cultural expression. Spend the day exploring these questions with a series of workshops, interactive, immersive and experiential events where we focus on Melbourne realities for 02050.

By attending this day, audience members will learn, contribute and define the future we create together.

Melbourne Innovation Districts (MID) is a partnership between the City of Melbourne, RMIT University and the University of Melbourne to develop urban innovations for the benefit of the whole city.

Join us for a full day of programming examining the five streams the MID: enterprise activation, social innovation, digitally-enabled technology, public realm and institutional design.