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Data Cities Modelling Movies @ Metropolis’ Connecting Cities Congress :: October 22-25, 2008 :: Sydney, Australia :: Call for entries.

Research leaders from all disciplines relevant to the data modelling revolution in planning, designing and managing cities are invited to present their latest achievements to senior government delegates from more than 100 cities attending the Metropolis Connecting Cities Congress in Sydney.

d_city is working with the Metropolis to showcase well-researched concepts and discoveries which can inform government planners, administrators and politicians about more eco-intelligent ways to plan, design and manage cities. Selected entries will be exhibited at the Congress and published via the d_city website.

Movies should demonstrate innovative approaches to the representation and/or modelling of dynamic data via graphic interfaces, and be preferably less than five minutes and no more than 20 minutes in length. Submissions will be selected by a Panel of Curators and confirmed by a Review Panel. Selected movies will be professionally edited for exhibition to incorporate titles, introductions and end credits.
As well as being presented to delegates attending Metropolis in Sydney, selected movies also will be promoted and distributed online to highlight the launch of the d_city global online research network.

d_city is an emerging international research network which aims to develop advanced digital technologies to accelerate environmental solutions in the planning, design and management of future cities.

Major potential benefits are to minimise risks and resource and economic wastages on large urban development projects by pre-testing and predicting the performances of data modelled designs for environments. The goal is to exploit the calculation powers of computers to correct potential real-world errors before construction.

With recent advances in digital communications, including use of sensor and satellite positioning technologies, the planning, property and construction sectors can begin to resolve past inefficiencies by making better use of smart technologies to improve the social and environmental performance of urban habitats.

Read more: D_CITY: NETWORKING THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN PLANNING, DESIGNING AND MANAGING CITIES by Davina Jackson.