Melbourne Knowledge Week 2013

Overview

Melbourne Knowledge Week, presented by The City of Melbourne itself, is a celebration of the originality and creativity that fills our city. A total of 60 events will roam across Melbourne's knowledge sectors and fall into a range of broad categories: innovation and technology; design and urban planning; creativity and culture; community learning; health and medical; and big data and research. From medical advancements to cutting edge technology, Melbourne Knowledge Week lets you see inside the minds of some of Melbourne’s best thinkers. Here are a few of our highlights.

A session called An Insight Into The Technology and Creature Design of King Kong will teach you how King Kong's Kong was created, and Melbourne and Seoul: Connecting via Large Screens will give you an opportunity to see how our digital public spheres can connect our cities.

Guiding Melbourne’s Urban Growth sees the urban planning industry discuss just how our fine city will grow in the future, while Mirror of the World: Books and Ideas is a beautiful exhibition showcasing some of the most historically important books of our time and how they can have profound effects on our hearts and minds for generations.

The Etiquette of ‘E’: A New Way of Knowing will see Catherine Deveny, Lady Melbourne and Tim Dunlop guide guests through new media and the crucial dos and don’t of your online persona, and in the artsy category, Literature Lane: A Literary Street Party will look at the results of RMIT's study into literary landmarks around the world.

With so many events on it could be easy to get confused. If you're after a little guidance, just head along to The School of Life's session on November 3: Secular Sermon of Knowledge where they will be discussing and reflecting on the idea of knowledge itself. Not bad for a 90-minute session.

Check out the full program here.