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To download the full program with all presentation details, click here.
Maps in the program are best printed in colour. All registered delegates will receive a hard copy of the program from the Registration Desk, located in the Art and Design Building, Level 1 Concourse, Monash University.


The brief outline for FUTUREGROUND 2004 is as follows.

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER
16:00 REGISTRATION DESK OPENS
Art & Design Building Concourse
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, Melbourne
18:00-20:00 WELCOME RECEPTION & COCKTAIL PARTY
Art & Design Building Concourse
 
DAY TWO: THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER
8:00 Registration Desk Opens
9:00 Arrival Tea
9:15 Welcome
9:30 Opening Address: Lynne Kosky MP
Minister for Education & Training
10:00 Clive Dilnot
"What Might be the Content of Design Research?"
11:00 Morning Tea
11:30 Richard Buchanan
"Design as Inquiry: Issues in the Formation of a Comprehensive Theory of Design"
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Parallel sessions
15:30 Afternoon Tea
16:00-18:00 Parallel sessions
18:00 Close
20:00 Optional evening event:
Tram car tour of Melbourne with three course meal
 
DAY THREE: FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER
8:30 Registration Desk and Arrival Tea
9:30 Dr John Armstrong
"The Eloquence of Silent Objects - research projects for design philosophy"
10:30 Morning Tea
11:00-12:30 Parallel sessions
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Parallel sessions
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30-17:00 The Third Degree
17:00 Close
19:30 Pre-dinner Drinks
National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road, Melbourne
20:00 Conference Dinner
National Gallery of Victoria
(smart dress)
 
DAY FOUR: SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER
10:00 Professor Mark Burry
"Convergent Design"
11:00 Morning Tea
11:30-13:00 Parallel sessions
13:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions
15:30 Afternoon Tea
16:00-17:30 Parallel sessions
17:30 Conference Close and Refreshments
20:00pm Optional evening event:
Rosati's Restaurant (to be booked on registration)
 
DAY FIVE: SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER - Special Interest Groups
Details to be confirmed
 
     
     

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