Posted at : 2009-02-01
University of Melbourne, Osaka City University and Victoria University: Joint Conference February 2 & 3, 2009 City, Culture & Society: Pursuing Global Inclusive Society and Reinventing Urban Culture
Beginning with lunch meeting, Karageusian Room
First Floor University House 12 noon-2pm February 2ndProf. Masayuki Sasaki (Director, URP) : Opening speech
Professor Danny Samson, Director, Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development (local host)
2.00-5.00 pm presentations of papers
Babel building, room 4.07, fourth floor Parkville campus.
Presenters:
- Prof. Toshio Mizuuchi (Associate Director, URP) Moderator of Roundtable on Social Inclusion in Osaka and Melbourne
- Prof. Hiroshi Okano (Head of Global Promotion Unit, URP) Speech on the possibility of new International journal on urban research.
- Prof. Hiroshi Yahagi (Graduate School of Creative Cities) : “Shrinking Cities and Social Inclusion: Nagasaki’s Challenges.”
- Prof. Katsuhiro Miyamoto (Graduate School of Engineering) Speech on “Recent Architectural Works Including Sugimoto-cho Station Project in Osaka”
- Ms. Kuniko Shibata (Research Fellow, URP & LSE) Speech on “Neoliberalism, risk, and spatial governance in the developmental state: Japanese planning in the global economy”
- Professor Kevin O’Connor ‘Logistics as a Creative Activity”
- Dr Darko Radovic: “The World City hypothesis revisited – the concept of eco-urbanity”.
- Mr. Shinya Kitagawa (URP) “An Impossible “Offshore” Camp for Immigrants at Lampedusa in Italy”
- Professor Danny Samson & Ms S Goldsmith: “Sustainable Development Concepts”
Participants from OCU:
- Mr. Koichi Suwa (URP)
- Mr. Taku Fukumoto (URP)
- Mr. Junichi Kondo (URP)
Then we move to Victoria University for the following project framing exercise:
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
- To consider existing activities in the Western Region of Melbourne (the municipalities of Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Melton, Wyndham and Hobsons Bay) which are fostering social inclusion, with a view to extending and deepening these activities through the assistance of the Universities’ (VU & MU & OCU) Urban Plazas Project.
- To select from amongst these activities those which, with further development through the support of the universities, will demonstrate innovative and feasible models of social inclusion for further development and study.
Timetable
Meet from 6.30 at The Toniq Tavern Victoria University, Footscray (Building M, Lv0)
Monday evening
6.30 Introductions and briefing
6.45 Worksheet 1
7.45 Group reports
8.0 Worksheet 2
8.45 Group reports
9.0 Conclude Day One
Tuesday
8.30 Reflections on Monday evening
8.45 Worksheet 3
9.35 Worksheet 4
10.55 Morning Tea
11.25 Group reports
12.00 Worksheet 5
1.00 Lunch
1.45 Worksheet 5 continues
2.15 Group reports on social inclusion
2.45 Dotting
3.00 Afternoon tea
3.30 Uni representatives respond
4.00 Final discussions, where to from here?
4.30 Close
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
February 2009
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
- To consider existing activities in the Western Region of Melbourne (the municipalities of Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Melton, Wyndham and Hobsons Bay) which are fostering social inclusion, with a view to extending and deepening these activities through the assistance of the Universities’ (VU & MU & OCU) Urban Plazas Project.
- To select from amongst these activities those which, with further development through the support of the universities, will demonstrate innovative and feasible models of social inclusion for further development and study.
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 1
Information Exchange
(Mixed groups including two University Representatives per group)
Purpose: To brief the table group on the origins of the Urban Plazas Project and its achievements so far in Japan and other countries.
Step One
The Uni Reps at each table brief the table group on the origins, achievements so far inJapan and other countries of the Urban Plazas Project. (20 minutes)
Step Two
The table group then answer the question – What we understand the Urban Plazas Project to be about and how it could benefit the Western Region. (40 Minutes)
Step Three
Table Group reports (15 minutes – 5 groups x 3 mins each)
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 2
Purpose: To begin the creation of an agreed definition of ‘Social Inclusion’.
Step One
Table Groups discuss – What does your group understand by the term “social inclusion”? Prepare a brief statement and identify some examples from your own knowledge and experience in the Western Region. (45 minutes) Each group to choose a representative to work with other group representatives on the integration of the group reports to create a common definition of ‘Social Inclusion’.
Step Two
Table Group reports (15 minutes – 5 groups x 3 mins each)
End of Day One.
Representative from each group to work together to produce an agreed/integrated statement to be reported back on Tuesday morning.
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 3
Purpose: To agree on a working definition of Social Inclusion
Step One
Presentation of the work of the group that drafted an integrated definition of Social Inclusion (20 minutes)
Step Two
Plenary discussion toward agreement (30 minutes)
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 4
(New mixed groups plus one group of university representatives)
Purpose: to share our hopes for how the Western Region will develop over the next decade.
Step One
As a group discuss and record your ideas as to what the region would be like in 10 years time if it were the most socially inclusive in the country. Address all aspects of life which the group members think are important. Build on incidents or moments in your experience when people in this region have acted in ways which demonstrate your best hopes.
At the same time, university representatives discuss and record their best hopes for how the universities will be contributing to the community of the Western Region in 2019. (80 minutes)
Step Two
Groups report on their visions for the Western Region (25 minutes, 5 groups x 5 minutes)
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 5
(The new mixed groups, but with University representatives included)
Purpose: To examine current social inclusion activities in the Western Region
Step One
Groups discuss: Given our visions of what we hope for, what are the socially inclusive activities going on in the Western Region already which we can celebrate and extend?
What are the things which foster exclusion that we need to overcome?
What entirely new things could we do that will promote social inclusion in the Western Region? (90 minutes)
As you prepare your group report produce separate pages for the activities which:
- Maintain & extend social inclusion
- Tackle & overcome forms of exclusion
- Create and promote innovative forms of social inclusion
Step Two
Group Reports (30 minutes, 5 groups x 6 minutes)
Melbourne Western Region/Universities’ Urban Plazas Project
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet 6
Purpose: to establish which activities are most strongly supported by the group and how the universities could contribute in the future.
Step One
The group reports will be clustered under the three categories;
- Maintain & extend social inclusion
- Tackle & overcome forms of exclusion
- Create and promote innovative forms of social inclusion
Each person will have 5 coloured dots to place on the activities which they think will best promote social inclusion in the Western Region. At least one should be placed on each of the three categories. (20 minutes)
Step Two
In plenary session the university representatives will respond to the results of the ranking of activities and indicate how the universities could help the Region foster social inclusion. (40 minutes)