Innovation Talks
MAVlab Innovation Talks is a new event series that will act like innovation acupuncture by showcasing inspirational public sector work and the extraordinary practitioners leading it.
Monthly events will be hosted online, convening a collection of international luminaries with leading local practitioners sharing work from around Victoria and the world.
Talks will focus on themes of community health & wellbeing, climate futures, future gen, connected places, tomorrow’s infrastructure, local leadership and emerging tech and data practices.
Upcoming events
AI Innovation in Local Government - MAVlab Innovation Talks #3
Date: Wednesday, 30 April 2025
As part of MAVlab’s Advancing AI Innovation in Local Government program, we've been speaking with councils across the state to learn about current applications of AI and explore opportunities for AI adoption to help address some of the challenges our Victorian councils face.
In this Innovation Talks event, you’ll learn about an example of creative AI adoption in Victoria, with Lisa Ippolito, Continuous Improvement Project Specialist at Whitehorse City Council. She will share insights from their experiences using AI tools to support council staff and how they are continuing to explore new applications. You’ll also hear from Sahar Farzanfar, Project Lead for MAVlab’s AI in Planning project who will share a sneak peak of the upcoming report and the highly collaborative process the team undertook to deliver this groundbreaking work.
Past events
Digital Storytelling for Community Conversations - Innovation Talks #2
- Date: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Catch up on an exciting discussion we facilitated with Kelly Henderson, Team Leader Digital Innovation at City of Wellington and Helen Walpole, who leads a data design studio at City of Melbourne, exploring innovative examples of digital tools for storytelling to drive community trust and involvement with council projects.
See the Our Changing City video that was shared during Kelly Henderson’s presentation:
MAVlab Innovation Talks: Connected Places with Nathalie de Vries and Jocelyn Chiew - Innovation Talks #1
- Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Catch up on a conversation we hosted between two living legends of public sector design, visionary architect Nathalie de Vries (the DV from the world-renowned Dutch architecture practice MVRDV) in conversation with Jocelyn Chiew, Director of City Design at the City of Melbourne.