[csaa-forum] Transit Labour - Sydney Platform

[Ned Rossiter]

We are pleased to announce the program for the Sydney platform of Transit Labour, which will run from 3-11 July.

Planning for this platform has been underway the past year, and has included background research and a digital visualisation of land-side and water-side operations at Port Botany. Our interest in this visualisation was to translate publicly accessible datasets into a design concept that began to register the impact upon labour of productivity measures within the Port over the past 10 years. The digital visualisation can be found at: http://transitlabour.asia/documentation/

A range of events are scheduled for July, including seminars and site visits of Port Botany and various intermodal terminals, warehouses and container facilities. A concluding workshop will reflect on the Sydney platform in relation to our collective research in Shanghai (2010) and Kolkata (2011). This will be followed by three panels on Zones, Corridors and Circuits at the Knowing Asia conference, held at the University of Western Sydney.

Unfortunately participation in the site visits and some seminars is restricted. For those interested, the Transit Labour Workshop on the 10 July will be an open session and all are welcome.

The platform schedule is pasted below, with full details of all activities at: http://transitlabour.asia/events/

Brett Neilson, Ned Rossiter, Katie Hepworth

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Transit Labour Sydney Platform - Program
3 – 11 July 2012
Tuesday 3 July

14.00 – 16.00: Seminar on military robotics by Patrick Crogan, Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of West England. (This event is open)

Thursday 5 July

14.00 – 16.30: Visit to Intermodal Terminal

Friday 6 July

10.00 – 12.00: Drive to western Sydney to tour intermodal terminals and distribution centres.

14.30 – 16.30: Seminar at NICTA (National ICT of Australia) offices with logistics industry representatives
Dr Glenn Geers, Director of Intelligent Transport Systems Technologies, NICTA
Simon Hemli, Manager - Transport and Logistics Industry Sectors, Department of State and Regional Development, NSW
Michael Bourari, General Manager, 1-stop

Venue: Future Logistics Living Lab, NICTA, Australian Technology Park, Level 5, 13 Garden Street, Eveleigh NSW

Saturday 7 July

10.00 – 13.00: Visit to Flemington markets to observe informal logistics networks.

14.30 – 15.30: Visit to Bunnings in Alexandra and to the St Peters logistics zone, stopping at key sites for discussion.

Sunday 8 July: Rest

Monday 9 July

10.30 – 12.00: Port Botany visit. Presentation from Micah Clark (PBLIS) and driving tour of Port Botany to note key tenants and activities.

14.00 – 16.30 Seminar at Trades Hall with union representatives.

Tuesday 10 July 10.00 – 17.00

Transit Labour Workshop  (This event is open)

Venue: Institute for Culture and Society, Parramatta Campus, University of Western Sydney

Wed 11 July: Knowing Asia Conference (3 panels on Zones, Corridors, Circuits)

Venue: University of Western Sydney

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