ABP Symposium: 29-30 September 2022.
Hosted by Advanced Digital Design and Fabrication (ADD+F) Research Hub
Location: Hybrid, join us online or in-person.
In-person locations as follows:
- Thursday 29 September – Glyn Davis Building (MSD), University of Melbourne
- Friday 30 September – The Edge, Fed Square
Digital technologies offer new possibilities for contemporary design practice, construction industry and education. Research and development are strongly coupled with technological advancement and innovation. Informatics and automation have impacted all aspects of our lives and societies, in architectural design, landscape ecology, and construction; it opens up new potentials for creative thinking, experimentation, and exploration.
What does the future hold in terms of disruption and affordances for design research?
How does design research create synergies with industry to solve our environmental crisis? What are the new trajectories in design research through artificial intelligence and smart materials? What is the role of design research in education?
This symposium investigates how emerging creative practices can produce meaningful social and cultural transformations, technological innovation, and advancement in construction and fabrication.
Future Design Research in industry, practice and education will unfold over two days of presentations, round table discussions, and networking. With over 30 international and national speakers, thought leaders and educators from construction industry, creative practice and research institutions, the symposium aims to outline the potential for Design Research innovations in Education, Practice, and Industry in the digital age. The event will tap into new synergies for design as a research methodology through various forms of practices, pedagogical models, and R&D activities in the industry. We will discuss and debate the role of design research and, more critically, its implication and impact on our disciplines and society.
The symposium lays the theoretical grounds for the forth-coming exhibition on future prototyping in March 2023 at the Dulux Gallery at the Melbourne School of Design.
Co-convenors:
Leire Asensio, Dr Rochus Hinkel, and Dr Paul Loh.
Co-directors ADD+F research hub.
Symposium partners:
This Symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Robert Garland Treseder Fellowship and the Creative Futures Design Research and Education Fund.
Contact:
This hybrid event is free to attend. Tickets are available for in-person or online attendance.
Ticket options |
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In-person (Day 1 & Day 2) |
In-person (Day 1 only) - MSD |
In-person (Day 2 only) - Fed Square |
Online Only (Day 1 and 2) |
DAY 1, Thursday 29th September
08:30 - 09:00 am | Registration | Foyer of Glyn Davis Building (MSD), |
09:00 - 09:25 am | Smoking Ceremony | Concrete lawn, |
09:25 - 09:40 am | Welcome to Country Elder David Tournier (Senior Cultural Heritage Advisor, Boon Wurrung Foundation) | B117 Theater |
09:40 - 10:00 am | Opening and introduction Professor Julie Willis (Dean of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne) | B117 Theater |
10:00 - 10:15 am | Morning tea |
Time | Design Research and Industry Singapore Theatre B120 | Design Research and Practice Malaysian Theatre B121 |
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10:15 - 11:30 am | From Disruption to Control (and back) > Transforming your Project with Data Jerard Tinnin (Senior Associate, HASSELL) Linde Ryckeboer (Digital Engineering Lead, BESIX Watpac) Tim Goring (Siemens ecodomus Digital TWIN lead APAC) Moderated by Dr Dominik Holzer (ADD+F) and Dr Mehran Oraee (Lecturer in Construction Management, ABP, UoM) | Dr Kylie Soanes (Research Fellow, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, UoM) Associate Professor Katherine Dafforn (Macquarie University, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences (with contributions from the Reef Design Lab and others)) Moderated by Dr Stanislav Roudavski (ADD+F) |
11:45 - 01:00 pm | Maki Onishi (Architect, Professor of Yokohama National University, Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Architects) Miya Akiko (Architect, Professor of Japan Women's University, miya akiko architecture atelier) Translator: Eriko Watanabe (Senior Urban Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) Moderated by Dr Djordje Stojanovic (ADD+F) and Dr Shin Yokoo (Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore) | From Hybrid Environments to Altered Realities Associate Professor Uwe Rieger (Associate Professor Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland) Dr Anna Davis (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia) Moderated by Associate Professor Rochus Hinkel (ADD+F) |
01:00 - 01:45 pm | Lunch | |
01:45 - 03:00 pm | Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change Brice Richard (Regional Head of Strategy, Arup) Jakob B. Strømann-Andersen (Director of Innovation and Sustainibility / Partner at Henning Larsen) Moderated by Leire Asensio Villoria (ADD+F) and David Mah (Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, ABP, UoM) | Frontiers: Artificial Intelligence, Materials and Systems Dr Immanuel Koh (Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design) Associate Professor Roland Snooks (Senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Design, RMIT) Moderated by Professor Paul Loh (Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University) |
03:00 - 03:15 pm | Afternoon tea | |
03:15 - 04:30 pm | Professor Trevor Cox (Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford) Kah-Fai Lee (Principal at JWA) Peter Fearnside (Founder of Marshall Day Acoustics Australia) Assistant Professor Tomás Méndez Echenagucia (Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington) Moderated by Dr Alberto Pugnale (ADD+F) and Dr Sofia Colabella (Lecturer in Architectural Design, ABP, UoM) | Professor Peter Petschek (Professor, OST University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil Switzerland) Thomas Chapman (National CAD Manager, Senior Landscape Architect, Realm Studios) Moderated by Dr Nano Langenheim (ADD+F) |
04:45 - 06:00 pm | Strategies for Innovation through Research Professor Rafael Sacks (Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) Associate Professor Julie Jupp (Associate Professor of Digital Engineering The University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and IT) Moderated by Associate Professor Ajibade Aibinu (Quantity Surveying & Construct, ABP, UoM), Dr Mehran Oraee (Lecturer In Building Information Modelling, ABP, UoM), and Dr Vidal Paton-Cole (ADD+F) | Digital World Building – Digital Social Spaces Helmut Kinzler (Associate Director / Head of VR, ZHVR Group) Eric Wong (Eric Wong Studio, Production Designer) Moderated by Leire Asensio Villoria (ADD+F) and David Mah (Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, ABP, UoM) |
06:00 - 06:30 pm | Break | |
06:30 - 07:45 pm | Public session Keynote 1: Inlays, Loose Fits, and Other Puzzling Forms of Assembly Jenny Wu (Robert Garland Treseder Fellow 2022 / Co-director, Oyler Wu Collaborative Inc. | Faculty, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_Arc)) | |
08:00 pm | Event concludes | |
DAY 2, Friday 30th September
Time | Design Research and Education The Edge, Federation Square |
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| 09:00 - 09:05am | Opening and Acknowledgment of Country Professor Alan Pert (Deputy Dean, ABP, The University of Melbourne) |
09:05 - 10:00 am | Keynote 2: What matters in design (secondary and higher) education now and for the future Carroll Go-Sam (Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Engagem, University of Queensland) Professor Lisa Grocott (Monash University, Design Education) Moderated by Dr Sarah Healy (Postdoctoral Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, UoM) and Dr Kathryn Coleman (Melbourne Graduate School of Education, UoM) |
10:00 - 10:15 am | Morning tea |
10:15 - 11:30 am | Creative Practice Research and its Messy Methods Professor Naomi Stead (Director of the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Capability Platform, RMIT) Professor Ana Miljacki (Professor of Architecture at MIT) Associate Professor Lilian Chee (Leader, Research by Design Cluster, Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore) Moderated by Professor Hélène Frichot (Director, Bachelor of Design, Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, ABP, UoM) |
11:45 - 01:00 pm | Overlapping Emergences: Design Education between Disciplines and the Digital Associate Professor James Birt (Assoc Dean Engagement, Assoc Prof Film Screen and Creative Media, Faculty of Society and Design @ Bond University) Professor Katja Holtta-Otto (Professor of Engineering Design, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, UoM) Professor Mónica Ponce de León (Dean and Professor School of Architecture, Princeton University) Colin Simpson (Education Innovation Designer, Monash University; Ed Tech Innovation writer, Campus Morning Mail) Moderated by Associate Professor Kate Tregloan (Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Director BEL+T, ABP, UoM) |
01:00 - 01:45 pm | Lunch |
01:45 - 03:00 pm | Learning from Making: Design and Prototyping Dr Scott Mayson (Interim Dean, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University) Professor Alisa Andrasek (RMIT Architecture, Professor of Design Innovation Technologies, Director, AIARCH & Biothing) Jack Halls (University of Melbourne Graduate, Fab Lab Coordinator) Moderated by Associate Professor Rochus Hinkel (ADD+F) |
03:00 - 03:15 pm | Afternoon tea |
03:15 - 04:30 pm | Speculating on the Present: Risky Encounters in school-based Design Education Professor Lisa Grocott (Professor, Monash University) Adam Douglas Hill (Ambassador, Blak Douglas Inc.) Colin Chapman (Victorian Academy Teaching Excellence Program) Moderated by Dr Kathryn Coleman (Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, UoM) |
04:30 - 05:00 pm | Break |
05:00 - 06:15 pm | Keynote 3: Towards the Certainty of Uncertainty Professor Theodore Spyropoulos (Director, Architectural Association DRL / Minimaforms) |
06:30 - 07:45 pm | Concluding Plenary Session Round table discussion with: Professor Theodore Spyropoulos (Director, Architectural Association DRL / Minimaforms) Professor Hélène Frichot (Director, Bachelor of Design, ABP, UoM) Associate Professor Kate Tregloan (Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), BEL+T, ABP, UoM) Associate Professor Rochus Hinkel (Associate Professor in Architecture and Design, Co-covenor & Co-director ADD+F Research Hub, UoM) Moderated by Dr Paul Loh and Leire Asensio Villoria (ADD+F) |
07:45 pm | Event concludes |
Opening and Welcome to Country
Co-convenors
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Leire Asensio-Villoria
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, Co-convenor and Co-director ADD+F Research Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Rochus Hinkel
Associate Professor in Architecture and Design, Co-convenor and Co-director ADD+F Research Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Paul Loh
Head of the Abedian School of Architecture, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Co-convenor and Co-director ADD+F Research Hub
Keynote speakers
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Professor Trevor Cox
Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford
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Carroll Go-Sam
Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Engagem, University of Queensland
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Professor Lisa Grocott
Monash University Design Education
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Professor Peter Petschek
Professor, OST University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil Switzerland
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Professor Theodore Spyropoulos
Director, Architectural Association DRL / Minimaforms
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Jenny Wu
Robert Garland Treseder Fellow 2022 / Co-director, Oyler Wu Collaborative Inc. / Faculty, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_Arc)
Panellists
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Associate Professor Ajibade Aibinu
Associate Professor - Quantity Surveying and Construct, Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Miya Akiko
Architect, Professor of Japan Womens University, miya akiko architecture atelier
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Professor Alisa Andrasek
RMIT Architecture, Professor of Design Innovation Technologies, Director, AIARCH & Biothing
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Amalia Athanassopoulos
Executive Director - Resolve Insight
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Associate Professor James Birt
Assoc Dean Engagement, Assoc Prof Film Screen and Creative Media, Faculty of Society and Design @ Bond University
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Colin Chapman
Victorian Academy Teaching Excellence Program
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Thomas Chapman
National CAD Manager, Senior Landscape Architect, Realm Studios
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Associate Professor Lilian Chee
Leader, Research by Design Cluster, Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore
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Dr Sofia Colabella
Lecturer in Architectural Design, ABP, UoM
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Dr Kathryn Coleman
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Katherine Dafforn
Macquarie University, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences (with contributions from the Reef Design Lab and others)
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Anna Davis
Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
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Daniel Davis
Senior Researcher HASSELL
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Adam Douglas Hill
Ambassador, Blak Douglas Inc.
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Peter Fearnside
Founder of Marshall Day Acoustics Australia
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Professor Hélène Frichot
Director, Bachelor of Design Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, The University of Melbourne
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Tim Goring
Siemens ecodomus Digital TWIN lead APAC
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Jack Halls
University of Melbourne Graduate, Fab Lab Coordinator
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Dr Sarah Healy
Postdoctoral Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, UoM
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Professor Katja Holtta-Otto
Professor of Engineering Design, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Dominik Holzer
Associate Professor in Digital Architecture and Associate Dean (Academic Resources), The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Julie Jupp
Associate Professor of Digital Engineering, The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT)
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Helmut Kinzler
Associate Director / Head of VR, ZHVR Group
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Assistant Professor Immanuel Koh
Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
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Dr Nano Langenheim
Lecturer In Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Kah-Fai Lee
Principal at JWA
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David Mah
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Scott Mayson
Interim Dean, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor Tomás Méndez Echenagucia
Assitant Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington
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Professor Ana Miljacki
Professor of Architecture at MIT
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Maki Onishi
Architect, Professor of Yokohama National University, Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Architects
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Dr Mehran Oraee
Lecturer In Building Information Modelling, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Vidal Panton-Cole
Lecturer in Construction Management, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Mónica Ponce de León
Dean and Professor School of Architecture, Princeton University
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Dr Alberto Pugnale
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne
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Brice Richard
Regional Head of Strategy, Arup
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Associate Professor Uwe Rieger
Associate Professor Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland
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Dr Stanislav Roudavski
Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne
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Linde Ryckeboer
Digital Engineering Lead, BESIX Watpac
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Professor Rafael Sacks
Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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Colin Simpson
Education Innovation Designer, Monash University
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Associate Professor Roland Snooks
Senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Design, RMIT
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Dr Kylie Soanes
Research Fellow, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Naomi Stead
Director, Design and Creative Practice Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT
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Dr Djordje Stojanovic
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne
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Jakob B. Strømann-Andersen
Director of Innovation and Sustainibility / Partner at Henning Larsen
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Jerad Tinnin
Senior Associate, HASSELL
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Associate Professor Kate Tregloan
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), BEL+T, The University of Melbourne
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Eric Wong
Architect, Senior Lecturer, Production Designer, Eric Wong
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Dr Shin Yokoo
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
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How do I register my attendance?
Registration will be taken through Eventbrite. Register now.
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How much does it cost to attend the symposium?
This hybrid event is free to attend. Tickets are available for in-person or online attendance.
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Can I register for only one day?
The symposium offers one day registrations for in person only tickets. Online tickets are both days, we encourage participants to attend the full program, but of course you can just join when you can.
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What platform is being used?
We will inform you on how to access the online symposium closer to the event date.
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Will the sessions be recorded?
Keynote ‘public sessions’ will be recorded, main plenary and breakout rooms will not be recorded.
You'll be able to access the ‘public sessions’ after the live event on the Melbourne School of Design YouTube channel.
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What time zone is shown on the program?
The program shows Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
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What is the Advanced Digital Design + Fabrication Research Hub (ADD+F)?
ADD+F is a research hub that explores the relationship between design and technology and its impact on the built environment, following a multi-disciplinary approach including data-driven design, 3D printing, robotics, and mixed reality environments.
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Who are the key partners and supporters?
This Symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Robert Garland Treseder Fellowship and the Creative Futures Design Research and Education Fund.
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Who can I contact if my question is not answered here?
Please email: msd-symposium@unimelb.edu.au
Details on the Symposium Event Platform
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How do I login to the event platform?
You will receive an event password to enter the platform one week prior to the event. You are not required to re-register.
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What do I do if I am having technical difficulties?
- First head to the ‘Technical Support’ button that will appear in the bottom right of the platform
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Who do I contact if I have an event question?
You can contact us via email at msd-symposium@unimelb.edu.au
