What's on at Digital Harbour       Thursday 28 August, 6-9pm Life.Lab Launch and Melbourne Domain The Domain is the Networking Evening For The ICT industry, social commentator and journalist Brad Howarth will interview Tony Wheeler Founder of Lonely Planet "on the couch". details and registration>> Thursday 18 September, 5-6.30pm New Interactive Urban Art Seminar Speakers include: Troy Innocent, Artist of Colony; Liz Hughes, Artistic Director, Experimenta and David Napier, Executive Director, Digital Harbour To celebrate the launch of Colony, the new urban art environment for Life.lab this seminar will look at the work in detail. Colony features 36 totems surrounding the Life.lab building which are interconnected and express a fictional world. The interactive artwork that responds as you walk through the landscape up the stairs to the right. details and registration>>

Life.Lab Nears Completion    As life.lab nears completion interest in space for lease has accelerated. A range of companies have now committed to buy and occupy 40m2 and 80m2 strata office units and lease contracts are now being committed by tenants in investor owned offices. The building will be completed by the end of June 2008 and will be ready for occupation during July. A 40m2 office with space for up to 5 workstations can be leased from $300 per week while an 80m2 office with space for up to 10 workstations can be leased from $595 per week. For more details please call Paul Lachal, tel: 03 9009 8177. www.lifelab.com.au

Digital Harbour thinks big with new commercial development - 1000 LaTrobe Street   Digital Harbour, looks to the future with the unveiling of its latest commercial development, 1000 LaTrobe Street. With 1000 La Trobe Street, Digital Harbour intends to deliver a first class, sustainable facility for larger organisations. Employing features such as large open floor plates (approximately 2,350 m2), inter-floor open staircases, and the option of open ceiling voids for ready access to services, the building has been designed to offer flexibility of tenancy layout and enhance collaboration within the working environment. full story>>       What does it take to become an innovator?     Digital Harbour talks to three people who have developed innovative practices in their field of technology: Ruwan Weerasooriya, Chief Executive Officer of new media startup CafeScreen; Australian Customs Chief Information Officer Murray Harrison; and Thomas Mueller, the man behind Martha Stewart’s internet initiatives. Mr Weerasooriya says innovation is not necessarily about being ahead of the technology, but more about taking advantage of developments in technology. “We are getting ahead of the curve and waiting for devices (such as Wi-Fi enabled iPods, Blackberries, and Skype on mobile phones) to take hold.”  full interview>> Mr Harrison says there’s no point in innovating if you can’t relate the ideas to the tasks you are trying to achieve. “Innovation needs to meet the requirements of the business case.” full interview>> Mr Mueller likes to take a radically different approach to stimulate innovation, such as bringing acting instructors into the boardroom to coach creative directors in creative expression so they can “tell the story” of a product to test if it is a good idea. “This strikes a different chord than reading about it in a five page document.” full interview>>

Urban Artwork "Field of Play"   One of the most exciting new public art works of recent times Field of Play is an interactive game that you can play via your phone or website. Find out more about Field of Play here>> To play to game online go to www.fieldofplay.net       Photos and Podcasts from Digital Harbour Events and the Digital Harbour Facebook Group...   Facebook for Business - 30 October 2007, speakers included: Philip Phelen, Head of Communications Strategy for Medicom and Stephen Johnson, Founder and Managing Director of Mosaic Podcast>> Melbourne Domain: The Networking Evening For The ICT industry - 4 October, featured: social commentator and journalist Brad Howarth interviewing industry specialist Pete Williams, CEO of Eclipse. Photos and Podcast>> Join the Digital Harbour Facebook Group is a great way to keep up to date with the events program and meet the rest of the Digital Harbour community. www.facebook.com       1010 LaTrobe Street Wins Awards   1010 LaTrobe Street received the Commercial Architecture Award, at the 2007 Victorian Architecture Awards. The Directors and staff of Digital Harbour congratulate Ashton Raggatt McDougall Architects for their creative and innovative design approach to the 1010 LaTrobe Street building and for their dedicated contribution toward also achieving a 5 Star Green Star Certificate from the Green Building Council of Australia. 1010 LaTrobe Street designed by Ashton, Raggatt, McDougall receives Commendation for Outstanding Commercial Architecture at the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. full story>>    more about 1010 LaTrobe Street>>