International Specialised Skills Institute

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, February 13 2012

kdent — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:00:15 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of February 13 2012 can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute December 2011 Roundup

kdent — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:00:17 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute December 2011 Roundup can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, December 06 2011

kdent — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:00:29 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of December 06 2011 can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, October 27 2011

kdent — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:00:47 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of October 27 2011 can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, September 27 2011

kdent — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:24 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of September 27 2011 can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, August 31 2011

kdent — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:40:56 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of August 31 2011 can be read here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, August 02 2011

kdent — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:00:27 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of August 02 2011 can be read here.

Social Media for your Business – encore presentation

jirvine — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:11:45 +0000

Are you interested in using social media as a marketing device? This information session is focused on Twitter, Facebook and blogging, and how to use these platforms to promote small businesses, increase web traffic and create valuable networks.

ISS Institute is pleased to be partnering with Craft Victoria in this presentation, which is back by popular demand! Monday 8 August, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne from 6.00pm – 7.30pm.

See http://craftvic.org.au/craft-cubed/professional-development/social-media-for-your-business for details and to book. We hope to see you there!

Professor Kent Larson Director of the Changing Places Research Group, MIT Media Lab

jirvine — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:29:36 +0000

Changing Places: Responsive housing, mobility systems, and networked intelligence for future cities

Friday 22 July 2011, 6.15pm-7.15pm
Prince Philip Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
The University of Melbourne

To meet the profound sustainability, demographic, and health challenges of the future, new strategies must be found for creating responsive places where people live and work, and the mobility systems that connect them.

Professor Kent Larson will present the work of his MIT Media Lab research group to explore the intersection of high-performance housing with urban mobility-on-demand systems, including persuasive electric bike-lane vehicles to encourage exercise, the transformable live-work “CityHome” that functions as if it were much larger, and autonomous parking/charging technology. He will also review the group’s “Living Lab” experiments to better understand and respond to human activity in natural environments including sensing, algorithms, and interfaces for proactive health and energy conservation.

Professor Larson brings his insights as an architect, researcher and academic at the renowned MIT Media Lab to this lecture. The MIT Media Lab applies an unorthodox research approach to envision the impact of emerging technologies on everyday life. Professor Larson’s current research is focused on three related areas: Responsive Urban Housing; Ubiquitous Technologies; Living Lab Experiments.

Professor Larson practiced architecture for 15 years in New York City, with work published in Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Global Architecture, The New York Times, A+U, and Architectural Digest. His book, Louis I. Kahn: Unbuilt Masterworks was selected as one of the Ten Best Books in Architecture, 2000 by the New York Times Review of Books. Related work was selected by Time magazine as a “Best Design of the Year” project.

The lecture is presented by the City of Melbourne (Melbourne Boston Sister Cities), The University of Melbourne and International Specialised Skills Institute. Professor Larson is the City of Melbourne Boston International Fellow and recipient, University of Melbourne William J Mitchell Professorship.

To register click here.

International Specialised Skills Institute Update, June 23 2011

kdent — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:30:55 +0000

The International Specialised Skills Institute Update of June 23 2011 can be read here.