A Hypothetical Supercity, 2033

Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Thursday 08 November
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

Location

The Wheeler Centre

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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Australia's population hit 25 million this year and – if the forecasts are correct – it's heading to 38 million by 2050. Cities like Sydney and Melbourne are set to jump by up to 60% – from five to eight million. But what if that's a conservative estimate? Twenty years ago the experts said we wouldn’t get to 25 million until 2051. We’ve reached that target 33 years early!

For the last event in our popular This Is Not a Drill series, we’ll gaze into our crystal balls and puzzle through a hypothetical population explosion in Australia, 15 years in the future. Thanks to global crises and a sharp birth-rate rise, millions more will call Australia home – far more than the experts predicted. And there's no going back. Our major cities will rival many Asian urban centres in size.

So – what will our hypothetical metropolis of 2033 look like? Will it be sustainable, and will it be truly global … with global problems? And who gets to decide?

This event is presented in partnership with Asialink, the University of Melbourne.