PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Challenge and Change in Ports their Towns and Cities
Friday 10 November 2006 - 11.10am
A lively debate to encourage conference delegates to interact with a diverse panel of speakers who will address the challenges of change in ports and the impacts on their towns and communities.
The Australian and international speakers will provide varied perspectives - from planning and management to academic and political as well as views from port workers and indigenous communities. As session chair, Sheridan Burke will encourage speakers and delegates alike to tease out the tensions and pressures on the heritage assets of historic ports which arise from operational needs or adaptive re-use and how this impacts on people and communities involved. Fremantle Port will provide a focus for the wide ranging discussion.

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Monday 13 November 2006
Spatial Identity as the Design Theme: Workshop on Codification of Historic Cities
Workshop Leader: Dr Jacek Dominiczak
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: tbc dependent upon numbers/located in Fremantle
Min: 10 Max: 20
Cost: $55 per person (includes lunch and morning/afternoon teas)

The Workshop’s Mission
The issue of identity is the very focus of contemporary cultures. To professionally participate in this movement, town planning and architecture design practices require specific analytical architectural information regarding the urban identity of the built environment within which they work. Planners and architects themselves have to be fluent not only in processing and applying such information, but also in developing it for places that are still not fully appreciative of their local characteristics. The workshop’s mission is to support planners and architects with methodology for defining the identity of the existing urban context and reflecting it in new design.

The Workshop’s Structure:
The workshop takes 1 day and requires 8 hours of work at the studio. It is divided in three sessions. Each session begins with a heavily illustrated introductory lecture. It is followed by intensive training which involves such activities as hand drawing, analytical drawing, discussions and public presentations of both personal and team work done at the time of the workshop.

Thursday 9 November 2006
Welcome Reception
Western Australian Maritime Museum (Victoria Quay) 6.15pm
Please join us for a special opportunity to renew old acquaintances or make some new friends in this unique environment. at the mouth of Fremantle Harbour.
The Western Australian Maritime Museum overlooks the busy port of Fremantle making it the ideal venue for delegates to meet. Eminent Western Australian historian, Prof Geoffrey Bolton, will welcome delegates with an insightful look at the history of this port city and its place in Western Australia’s heritage.
Delegates are invited to view the exhibitions in the Museum from 5.15 pm.
Cost included for full delegates and students.
Additional tickets: $44.00 per person.

Friday 10 November 2006
Conference Dinner
Maria’s on the Terrace  (1st Floor, 14 South Terrace, Fremantle) 7.15pm
The dinner is a highlight of every conference and this one will be no exception. Maria’s on the Terrace, on Freo’s cappucino strip, is a perfect venue for the conference dinner as it celebrates the important contribution that Fremantle’s Italian community has made to the growth of the city in the post Second World War era. Dr Carmen Lawrence, Australia’s first woman state premier, has a strong interest in labour history and will provide an entertaining and thought provoking view of the place of workers in the heritage of Fremantle in her after dinner presentation. Max of 130 people.
Cost: $88.00 per person (Optional)