inSight: a sneak peek into our future
How will our town shape us – and how will we shape our town? Is it a question of reinvent or die? inSight 2017 answers the question: How will we live in the future?Catalyst Trust presents experts looking at the big issues – like technology, health, education, the resort lifecycle and how we can design […]
Reinvent or Die? The life-cycle of resorts (inSight)
Life cycles of resort towns have been researched extensively. As visitor numbers grow, destinations reach a tipping point at which key decisions determine its future. Dr Julia Albrecht from the University of Otago’s Department of Tourism explores possible choices for resorts to avoid ‘being loved to death’. Dr Albrecht is a Senior Lecturer at […]
Urban Design: How would you build your town? (inSight)
Landscape architect and urban designer Henry Crothers has been involved in some of NZ’s most significant urban renewal and public realm projects and is now helping define design options for Queenstown’s CBD. He’ll discuss how to design towns for the best human experiences and interactions. Henry works at LandLAB. He has been involved in some […]
Smart Cities: Using technology to improve our town (inSight)
How will future technologies change the way we interact both with our towns and with each other? Beca business director Matt Ensor is a recognised leader in smart city technology application and predicts technology will remove barriers and open doors – disruptively. Matt Ensor applies smart city technologies to infrastructure and asset operations, including […]
Snow Future? New eyes shed new light on snow (inSight)
Snow has been a key part of our town’s past, and we need to know whether we can rely on it in the future. Dr Pascal Sirguey shares the latest developments in understanding snow. Dr Sirguey works at the University of Otago’s School of Surveying, teaching and researching in areas of remote sensing, photogrammetry, […]