This report mentions the outcomes of Melbournes CoMConnect Unconference.

1. A New Way of Making Strategies
…in the Making

2. The scope and
pace of growth of
the digital sphere
is rapidly
increasing.

3. Strategic Business-as-usual

4. There must
be a better
way…
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5. Technology-enabled co-creation
Linux
FutureMelbourne

6. Experts helped frame the co-creation
process (not write content)

7. Open Space Technology
The first step…

8. How will the world’s most liveable
city thrive in the digital future?

9. Social Media Campaign
melbournedigitalcity.tumblr.com twitter.com/cityofmelbourne

10. CoMConnect catches on
• 20+ CoM staff pledge to attend,
including the CEO and Deputy Lord
Mayor
• 400+ expressions of interest from the
community via eventbrite.com

11. CoMConnect Schedule
Launch Event Day 1 Day 2
Friday, August 10th 5pm – 7pm Saturday, August 11th 9am – 6pm Sunday, August 12th 10am – 5pm
at City of Melbourne at Hub Melbourne at Hub Melbourne
Bazaar
August 11-12th 10am – 5pm
at Hub Melbourne

12. Launch Event
Friday, August 10th 5pm – 7pm
at City of Melbourne
Estimated 100 attendees
Speakers
•Susan Riley, Deputy Lord Mayor
•Kathy Alexander, CEO
•Mark Stoermer, Dir. of Corporate Business
•Stuart Candy, ARUP Innovation & Foresight
•Mark Elliott, Collabforge

13. Day 1
Saturday, August 11th 9am – 6pm
at Hub Melbourne
Estimated 150-170 attendees
Program
•Introduction to process, context and theme
•Lightning talks to inspire
•28 participant-led sessions exploring the
core question
•Closing discussion

14. 11:30 am
Day 1 •SHARING THE AGENDA IN DECISION MAKING, Matthew Gordon
•THE FUTURE OF CBD RETAIL, Chris Seymour
•DIGITAL AGE & FUTURE OF WORK, @bradkrauskopf
Saturday, August 11th 9am – 6pm
•2D & 3D DATA VISUALISATIONS, Susan Kempson
at Hub Melbourne •DIGITAL PLAY & THE CITY, Floyd Mueller @exertiongames
•PAUSE DIGITAL/CREATIVE FESTIVAL MELBOURNE, George Hedon
28 Participant-led Sessions
1:15 pm
•NBN WTF, Matthew Wilcox
•ONLINE VOTING IDENTITIES, Chris Barnett
•KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MELBOURNE, Chris Watkins
•COMBINING ART, INTERACTIVE & NEW MEDIA, Jeszlene Zhou
•WHO'S IN MY 'HOOD, Marianne Doczi @KnowNow_KnowHow
•FROM IDEA TO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM, Danny Davis
•ENGAGING THE DISENGAGED Tegan Kop & Karen Arvidsson
2:00 pm
•THE SELF-AWARE CITY Austin Ley
•SERVICE DESIGN THINKING THROUGH ETHNOGRAPHY, Gavin Melles
•RESPONSIVE WEB & FUTURE READY CONTENT, David Hauser
•WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, Carolyn Anderson
•SUSTAINABILITY DATA, ARTISTS & SPACES FOR PRESENTATION, Jodi Newcombe
•ENCOURAGING DIGITAL INCUBATORS Rolf von Behrens
•I LOVE MELBOURNE SONG VIDEO, Mark Freeman
3:00 pm
•SWARM FUELLED ENGAGEMENT, Keren Flavell
•EDUCATION, TECH & MELBOURNE'S FUTURE Victor Brooker
•COMPLEXITY, EMERGENCE ROLE OF GOVT, John Baxter @johnsbaxter
•OPEN DATA, MAKING IT HAPPEN?, Patrick Sunter
•UX COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EXPERIENCE MAPPING, George Evans
•A LAB FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY Pierre Proske
•AGING IN PLACE, Marianne Doczi
•DIGITAL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL, Jade Wisely

15. Day 2
Sunday, August 12th 10am – 5pm
at Hub Melbourne
Estimated 80-90 attendees
Program
•Framing talks: coming back in, refocusing
the core question
•Group discussion about the role, structure
and process of the council
•19 participant-led sessions focused on
action
•Closing discussion, and commitment by CoM
to come back in 2 months

16. Day 2
Sunday, August 12th 10am – 5pm
at Hub Melbourne 11:30 am
•CITY AS API, Damon O'Sullivan
19 Participant-Led Sessions •BENEFITS FOR WHOM? MAPPING STAKEHOLDERS, Marianne Doczi
•DROP IN DIGITAL EDUCATION, Paul Breen
•PUBLIC SECTOR DECISION MAKING, Simon Weller
12:15 pm
•PLATFORM FOR BUILDING BETTER FUTURES, David Hood
•DIGITAL INCLUSION THROUGH POLICY, Tegan Kop
•DIGITAL PLAYING & MEETING VENUES, Tony Smith
•HELPING PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS, Mark Freeman
1:30 pm
•USING GAMES FOR POSITIVE CHANGE, Marigo Raftopoulo
•OPENING OWNERSHIP THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, [unrecorded]
•DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, Pat Gregory
•WHAT CAN THE MAKER COMMUNITY DO? Paul Szymkowiak
•DOTCONNECT - ITS ALREADY HAPPENING: EVENT MAPPING, Matt Wilcox
2:30 pm
•MAKING FEEDBACK EASY, Juan Caraza
•MAKING COMMUTING AWESOME, Brendan Graetz
•INCREASING SOCIAL COHESION, Damon O'Sullivan
•ENGAGING THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS, Mark Elliott & Erick Mitsak
•CONNECTING SUBURBAN HUBS, Claire Spencer

17. Bazaar
August 11-12th 10am – 5pm
at Hub Melbourne
Open to all CoMConnect participants
Live, hands-on examples of digital innovation in
Melbourne

18. Event awareness
The conversation continues

19. This “Word
Cloud” was
generated
using notes
and ideas
submitted
online by
CoMConnect
participants

21. Event outputs
Sessions Session Notes Projects
Session Schedule Session Notes Project Ideas

22. What CoM Was Seeking
In undertaking CoMConnect,
CoM wanted to learn about:
The next best
step CoM can
The key themes, take with the
The community’s trends and community, and
interests for the interests on the the role CoM
engagement community’s mind should play

23. Community’s Interests in Engagement
Excited
Interested
Serious
Eager

24. Community’s Interests in Engagement
Participant takeaways:
Had Fun
New
Relationships Felt
listened to
and valued
Empowered to Deeper
build new Understanding
solutions of CoM
Structure

25. What’s on the Community’s Mind
Three broad themes of community knowledge
and interest surfaced:
New Modes of
The future of The Digital
Community
Melbourne and future more
Government
its Community generally
Engagement

26. Theme 1
Working better: a connected, enabled community
•THE FUTURE OF CBD RETAIL, Chris Seymour
The future of •DIGITAL AGE & FUTURE OF WORK, @bradkrauskopf
•UX COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EXPERIENCE MAPPING, George Evans
Melbourne and •SUSTAINABILITY DATA, ARTISTS & SPACES FOR PRESENTATION, Jodi Newcombe
•KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MELBOURNE, Chris Watkins
its Community •CONNECTING SUBURBAN HUBS, Claire Spencer
Living better: a connected, empowered community
•AGING IN PLACE, Marianne Doczi
•BENEFITS FOR WHOM? MAPPING STAKEHOLDERS, Marianne Doczi
•EDUCATION, TECH & MELBOURNE'S FUTURE Victor Brooker
•WHO'S IN MY 'HOOD, Marianne Doczi @KnowNow_KnowHow
•THE SELF-AWARE CITY Austin Ley
•HELPING PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS, Mark Freeman
•DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, Pat Gregory
•MAKING COMMUTING AWESOME, Brendan Graetz
•INCREASING SOCIAL COHESION, Damon O'Sullivan
Playing more: integrated with living & working
•DIGITAL PLAY & THE CITY, Floyd Mueller @exertiongames
•PAUSE DIGITAL/CREATIVE FESTIVAL MELBOURNE, George Hedon
•I LOVE MELBOURNE SONG VIDEO, Mark Freeman
•WHAT CAN THE MAKER COMMUNITY DO? Paul Szymkowiak

27. Theme 1
Participant Comments & emerging themes
Living better: a
Working better: a connected,
connected, enabled empowered
community community
Playing more:
integrated with
living & working

28. Theme 2
Work: new business opportunities
The Digital •ENCOURAGING DIGITAL INCUBATORS Rolf von Behrens
•A LAB FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY Pierre Proske
future more •2D & 3D DATA VISUALISATIONS, Susan Kempson
•RESPONSIVE WEB & FUTURE READY CONTENT, David Hauser
generally •SERVICE DESIGN THINKING THROUGH ETHNOGRAPHY, Gavin Melles
•OPENING OWNERSHIP THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, [unrecorded]
•ENGAGING THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS, Mark Elliott & Erick Mitsak
Live: imagining new ways-of-living
•FROM IDEA TO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM, Danny Davis
•DROP IN DIGITAL EDUCATION, Paul Breen
•PLATFORM FOR BUILDING BETTER FUTURES, David Hood
•DOTCONNECT - ITS ALREADY HAPPENING: EVENT MAPPING, Matt Wilcox
Play: more integrated with living & working
•COMBINING ART, INTERACTIVE & NEW MEDIA, Jeszlene Zhou
•DIGITAL PLAYING & MEETING VENUES, Tony Smith
•USING GAMES FOR POSITIVE CHANGE, Marigo Raftopoulos

29. Theme 2
Participants comments & emerging themes
Work: new
business Live: imagining
opportunities new ways-of-
living
Play: more
integrated with
living &
working

30. Theme 3
Consultation & engagement: open & transparent
New Modes of •SHARING THE AGENDA IN DECISION MAKING, Matthew Gordon
•PUBLIC SECTOR DECISION MAKING, Simon Weller
Community •COMPLEXITY, EMERGENCE AND THE ROLE OF GOVT, John Baxter @johnsbaxter
•DIGITAL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL, Jade Wisely
Government •WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, Carolyn Anderson
•SWARM FUELLED ENGAGEMENT, Keren Flavell
Engagement
Government as platform: enabling open innovation
•MAKING FEEDBACK EASY, Juan Caraza
•ONLINE VOTING IDENTITIES, Chris Barnett
•OPEN DATA, MAKING IT HAPPEN?, Patrick Sunter
•CITY AS API, Damon O'Sullivan
Inclusion: deepening & broadening the base
•NBN WTF, Matthew Wilcox
•ENGAGING THE DISENGAGED Tegan Kop & Karen Arvidsson
•DIGITAL INCLUSION THROUGH POLICY, Tegan Kop

31. Theme 3
Participants comments & emerging themes
Government as
platform:
Consultation & enabling open
engagement: open innovation
& transparent
Inclusion:
deepening &
broadening the
base

32. CoM Next Step & Role:
Cultivate collaborative community

33. Government as
platform for
participation

34. A new approach: integrated

35. The Key: continuity

36. The Vision:
Realising our
digital future
together

37. This outcomes brief developed for City of Melbourne by:
Illustrations and narrative support compliments of: Damien Melotte, @ecoresonance