Conversation Quarter is State Library Victoria’s contemporary event forum inside the historic Swanston Street library. The official venue site lists a 495 m² space for 320 theatre, 156 banquet or 350 cocktail attendees, with natural light, a five-by-2.8-metre digital media wall and integrated audiovisual and live-streaming technology. Its historic bluestone courtyard walls and nearby conference rooms give the venue a distinctive character for keynotes, discussions and professional events. The room is event-hire space rather than an everyday public reading room; staffing, catering and livestream requirements should be included in the venue quotation.