Shaping Canberra's Second Hundred Years Forum

As Canberra enters its second hundred years, the city faces a growing range of challenges associated with hotter summers, more frequent extreme weather, changing environmental conditions and increasing pressures on infrastructure, services and communities. Addressing these challenges will require more than technical solutions. It will require ongoing learning across government, science, industry and the community about what is working, what is not, and where new approaches may be needed.

CSIRO invites senior leaders, practitioners and researchers to the inaugural Shaping Canberra's Second Hundred Years forum. This new engagement series is intended to support practical, candid and forward-looking conversations about Canberra's future. We hope it will provide a trusted space where participants can test assumptions, share evidence, reflect on lessons from implementation, and explore where collaboration might help address complex challenges facing the ACT.

Our first discussion will focus on:

Living well through Canberra's hotter summers: what could we do differently?

The session will bring together perspectives on urban heat, infrastructure resilience, and emergency preparedness, drawing on experience from government, research and practice. We do not expect to have all the answers. Instead, we hope to learn from different perspectives, identify emerging questions, test assumptions and explore where future collaboration may be valuable.

The event will be a small, facilitated gathering of approximately 25–35 participants, featuring several short provocations followed by an interactive discussion. We anticipate hosting a forum about every six months, with future sessions shaped by what we learn and by participants' interests and priorities.

Join us and contribute your insights to an important conversation about Canberra's future.

Header image: Photo by Seona Meharg

Pricing

• Free

Dates and Times

Contact

Seona Meharg

More information

Map: The Synergy Building is marked in dark blue, with free parking marked in light blue (push the button to talk to reception) - download the map (PNG, 463KB)

Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information please contact: Seona.Meharg@csiro.au