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25.01.2022 Register now for October's Melbourne Conversations as we invite inventor, innovator and entrepreneur Tan Le to help unpack technology's role and responsibilities in a pandemic.

25.01.2022 Having dinner guests over this weekend? Social Food Project founder and chef, Ben McMenamin, shares a zero-waste risotto recipe guaranteed to impress your friends. Learn more tricks on how to have a sustainable kitchen at Ben's zero-waste cooking workshop > https://www.facebook.com/events/2651021195177108/

25.01.2022 Join Ben Mac from the Social Food Project for a zero-waste cooking demonstration to give you all the tools and tips for zero-waste cooking at home. In this session, chef Ben Mac will teach you how to be creative with leftovers, how to shop affordably and reduce waste at the same time, cooking with recipes when you dont have all the ingredients and pickling, preserving and fermenting fresh produce. This event is part of a series of free digital events hosted by Knowledge Melb...ourne to connect the community with some of Melbournes best thinkers and doers to drive conversations, explore questions, discover big ideas and imagine our future together. Running online from May to July, visit the or the full program >> https://tinyurl.com/ycsqyhok All events are free, with registration required as some events have limited capacity. Sign up to the Knowledge Melbourne newsletter for event updates and behind-the-scenes insights > https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/subscribe/

23.01.2022 We're live! Join the conversation >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cit/virtual-events

22.01.2022 Heres your chance to take part in a free service design workshop hosted by #melbourneconversations and delivered by #pitchportal. This playful, subversive service design workshop will deliver a strategy for tackling the climate emergency. Register here:

21.01.2022 In this three part series youll gain the tools to conduct a live waste audit at home and learn tips for reducing your household waste. Join Regrounds Kaitlin and Ninna live from their homes as they audit their own household waste, teach you how to do the same, and share the value of data to lead better behaviours in our daily lives. Reground is a sustainable waste education service that exists to see waste as a resource, diverting over 7 tonnes of coffee, chaff and soft pla...stics every single week from landfill to the local community and recyclers. This event is part of a series of free digital events hosted by Knowledge Melbourne to connect the community with some of Melbournes best thinkers and doers to drive conversations, explore questions, discover big ideas and imagine our future together. Running online from May to July, visit the or the full program >> https://tinyurl.com/ycsqyhok All events are free, with registration required as some events have limited capacity. Sign up to the Knowledge Melbourne newsletter for event updates and behind-the-scenes insights > https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/subscribe/

20.01.2022 Has the crisis changed your perspective on things? Were looking to uncover what people value most about the city. Reflecting on recent months, we are asking you to tell us how COVID-19 has influenced your future or changed your perspective >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/city-future

20.01.2022 For the third and final instalment of our series of events with Reground, we will be talking about household waste in small houses and apartments. If you missed the previous sessions you can still learn essential tips and tricks for reducing household waste at tomorrow's event. Book your ticket now.

19.01.2022 Weve all had a crash course in living our lives online. How can we turn this moment into a digital awakening and reshape the internet into a space built on human connection, rather than corporate greed? Join Lizzie OShea (Chair of the Board, Digital Rights Watch; author, Future Histories), Rashina Hoda (Associate Dean, Monash University) and Vanessa Toholka (Triple R Tech broadcaster) as they discuss digital rights and what we can do to make the internet a better space for all? Register now >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKMLA

18.01.2022 Don't miss tomorrow's Melbourne Conversations: Imagining other realities kicking off at 12.30pm. Featuring an in-depth discussion with three authors from the book 'After Australia', the panel will unpack how writers from diverse backgrounds imagine other realities as a form of survival. Book now >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKYYB

18.01.2022 Due to demand, we've just added some additional tickets for our Melbourne Conversations: Earth x Empathy. Register now to avoid disappointment >> https://www.trybooking.com/BJUFG

17.01.2022 How do you prepare for such an uncertain future? As a former director of preparedness, who predicted the current pandemic Cheryl Durrant has many of the answers. Join Cheryl in our latest Melbourne Conversation so you are ready for what comes next

15.01.2022 It's your last chance to register for tomorrow's Melbourne Conversations with innovator, inventor and entrepreneur Tan Le hosted by writer, journalist, critic Jane McCredie >> https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=649812&

14.01.2022 Whats in a word? Pip Williams debut novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words, reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a dictionary written by men. In this talk, Pip Williams will discuss the inspiration for this story, the unexpected joy of reading the Oxford English Dictionary, the importance of anchoring a story (and words) to their time in history, and and the process of turning archival research into a story that moves with emotional truth. Pip Williams is co-a...uthor of the book Time Bomb: Work Rest and Play in Australia Today (New South Press, 2012) and in 2017 she wrote One Italian Summer, a memoir of her familys travels in search of the good life, which was published with Affirm Press to wide acclaim. In her book The Dictionary of Lost Words she combines her talent for historical research with beautiful storytelling. The live stream will begin at 12.30pm on 3 June. Closed captioning will be available after the event. / This event is part of a series of free digital events hosted by Knowledge Melbourne to connect the community with some of Melbournes best thinkers and doers to drive conversations, explore questions, discover big ideas and imagine our future together. Running online from May to July, visit the or the full program > https://tinyurl.com/ycsqyhok All events are free, with registration required as some events have limited capacity. Take five to share your feedback here: https://surveys.melbourne.vic.gov.au/anon/733.aspx Sign up to the Knowledge Melbourne newsletter for event updates and behind-the-scenes insights > https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/subscribe/

13.01.2022 Gaming brings people together but what changes during a pandemic? Join local developers, designers and programmers as they discuss what theyre playing, how theyre staying connected and what can be created during COVID-19.

13.01.2022 Do you have what it takes to inspire big ideas that will help regenerate our future city? Apply now to be part of Melbourne Knowledge Week 2021, our week-long festival for a smart and innovative city. Entrepreneurs, academics, startups, creatives, organisations big and small - apply now. https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

11.01.2022 She's the co-creator of SBS Australia's Homecoming Queens and the writer behind the hilarious play 'Single Asian Female'. Join Michelle Law and three fellow writers at next week's Melbourne Conversations: Imagining other realities. Register now >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKYYB

11.01.2022 The Startup Summit with Startup Victoria starts tomorrow. Join the full day program for talks on everything from building a successful team to maintaining wellbeing.

11.01.2022 We're live! Tune into Melbourne Conversations: Imagining Other Realities streaming on YouTube now >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCSVVt9724

10.01.2022 Jump into the world of startups and find out how to set your new venture (and yourself) up for success. Got an idea for a startup but not sure where to start? Or maybe youve got your idea off the ground but need help taking it to the next stage? Co-hosted by Startup Victoria and City of Melbourne, the Startup Summit provides early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs with fundamental knowledge to set you up for success. Learn about your investment and funding options, s...Continue reading

10.01.2022 What do you value most about Melbourne? Melbourne Conversations is bringing together industry experts from around the globe to discuss the crucial topics that will impact the way our city emerges from this pandemic. We are inviting our community to join the discussion via two digital events focusing on the future of business, transport, data privacy, democracy, and community wellbeing >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/city-future

09.01.2022 Take five to let us know what you thought of today's event https://surveys.melbourne.vic.gov.au/anon/715.aspx In this third and final part of our series of our events with Reground youll gain the tools to conduct a live waste audit at home and learn tips for reducing your household waste. Join Regrounds Kaitlin and Ninna live from their homes as they audit their own household waste, teach you how to do the same, and share the value of data to lead better behaviours in our d...aily lives. Reground is a sustainable waste education service that exists to see waste as a resource, diverting over 7 tonnes of coffee, chaff and soft plastics every single week from landfill to the local community and recyclers. This is the final event of our series of free digital events hosted by Knowledge Melbourne to connect the community with some of Melbournes best thinkers and doers to drive conversations, explore questions, discover big ideas and imagine our future together. Sign up to the Knowledge Melbourne newsletter for future event updates and behind-the-scenes insights >> https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/subscribe/

09.01.2022 As we enter another lock down in Victoria, it's more important than ever that we take the time to plan for how Melbourne can recover from the pandemic. Join us online at 3pm today to discuss how Melbourne can emerge from this crisis >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cit/virtual-events

08.01.2022 Were live! Melbourne Conversations: Predicting the unpredictable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFNEgiod_E

07.01.2022 Register now for November's Melbourne Conversations to get an understanding of how truth and reconciliation processes work around the world.

06.01.2022 Tune in to Wednesday's Melbourne Conversations: Imagining other realities featuring Hannah Donnelly. Hannah is the Head Curator of Aboriginal Programs at Carriageworks and an award-winning Wurundjeri writer interested in Indigenous futures and speculative fiction. Register Now >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKYYB

06.01.2022 Ahead of tomorrow's Startup Summit, CEO of Startup Victoria, Judy Anderson shares five things to think about before you start your startup > https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au//five-things-to-think-abo

06.01.2022 Ready to kick-start your startup? We've joined forces with Startup Victoria and some of the brightest minds in business to bring you the Startup Summit a full day program covering everything from building your team to investment 101.

05.01.2022 How can we shape our future in the time of #Covid-19? From policy and government to mental health, our next Melbourne Conversations will discuss how we can all play a part.

05.01.2022 After NAIDOC Week 2020 wraps up on Sunday, we're continuing to open up dialogue on a topic important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at next week's Melbourne Conversations: Truth-telling and Reconciliation. Register now for Wednesday's event >> https://tinyurl.com/yygz7sg2

04.01.2022 Apply by 1 November to be part of Melbourne Knowledge Week 2021, our week-long festival for a smart and innovative city. Entrepreneurs, academics, startups, creatives, organisations big and small - apply now https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

04.01.2022 We're about to kick off Melbourne Conversations: City of the Future. Industry experts from around the globe will be discussing how Melbourne might emerge from COVID-19. Join the conversation >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/city/city-future-1

04.01.2022 What if the internet was built on human connection, rather than profit? Join Rashina Hoda, Lizzie O'Shea and Vanessa Toholka at this month's Melbourne Conversations: Democratise the Internet. Streaming LIVE on YouTube, this Thursday at 12.30pm. Register now >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKMLA

03.01.2022 "Great writers never do what theyre told." Ahead of next week's Melbourne Conversations: Imagining other realities we touched base with the event's host award-winning novelist and founding director of SWEATSHOP Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Read the full q&a >> https://mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au//5-questions-michael-moh/

02.01.2022 How do writers from diverse backgrounds imagine other realities as a form of survival? Join the next Melbourne Conversations hosted by award-winning novelist and founding director of SWEATSHOP, Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Register now > https://www.trybooking.com/BKYYB

02.01.2022 It's not too late to join the conversation. Melbourne Conversations is bringing together industry experts from around the globe to discuss how Melbourne might emerge from COVID-19. Register now >> https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/city/city-future-1

02.01.2022 What kind of habits can you pick up to make a greener future for Australia? Join former state cabinet minister John Thwaites to better understand how we can better respond to climate change. https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au//predicting-the-unpredict

01.01.2022 Joining next week's Melbourne Conversations: Imagining other realities is Khalid Warsame a writer, editor and arts producer based right here in Melbourne. Khalid's essays, fiction, and criticism have appeared in The Lifted Brow, The Saturday Paper, Overland Literary Journal, Thebigissue and Meanjin Quarterly. Register now for Wednesday's event >> https://www.trybooking.com/BKYYB

01.01.2022 Be aware of your rubbish, manage food waste and tackle soft plastics. Kaitlyn from wasted education service Reground shares her top tips for avoiding waste at home. Want to learn more? Join Reground's free workshops starting next week >> https://www.facebook.com/events/237790204134866/