Introducing Black Sky Melbourne 2028

Black Sky Melbourne joins the 2028 pipeline, completing the Australian programme alongside Brisbane and Sydney.

Why Melbourne

Melbourne concentrates energy, transport, manufacturing, health, higher education, and utilities in one operating region. Those sectors share suppliers, workforce pools, and physical infrastructure, which means disruption rarely stays inside a single organisation. Melbourne is where the interdependency conversation becomes practical: what breaks next, who owns the decision, and how long the region can absorb it.

What the programme will cover

• Infrastructure interdependency across energy, water, transport, and telecommunications.
• Continuity of essential services when primary systems are unavailable for days rather than hours.
• Operational technology and industrial environments where recovery cannot be rebooted.
• Regional coordination between operators, government, and emergency management.
• Recovery at scale: sequencing restoration, managing backlogs, and returning to a defensible steady state.

Format

The summit will run keynotes, main-stage panels, and closed working groups, with scenario work built around severe but plausible regional failure.

Dates, venue, keynote topics, and faculty are not yet confirmed. Registration and partnership information will follow as the 2028 programme is set.