Past Lectures
24th June 2010 - Green Infrastucture: a survival tool for business and communities John Dover (Professor of Ecology at Staffordshire University)
27th May 2010 - Regeneration post-election: is it sustainable? Robert Napier (Chairman of the Homes & Communities Agency, previously Chairman of English Partnerships)
29th April 2010 - Cultural masterplanning: the remaking of cities Dan Dubowitz (specialist public arts project manager)
7th November 2008- Market-led regeneration:the key to sustainable communities Jackie Sadek (President, British Urban Regeneration Association)
30th October 2008 - Cities for people: the changing nature of public space Oliver Shulze (Gehl Architects, Copenhagen) and Kevin Logan (Maccreanor Lavington, Rotterdam)
24th September 2008 - A low-carbon, high well-being future: a new model for local economic development Elizabeth Cox (Head of Connected Economies, The New Economics Foundation)
26th June 2008 - How to achieve city transformation: the dynamics of city turnaround Professor Stuart Gulliver (Prof. of City Development at Glasgow University and previously CEO of the Glasgow Development Agency).29th May 2008 - Let's get real about buildings! Adrian Leaman (MD of Building Use Studies and Secretary of the Useable Buildings Trust).
24th April 2008 - Personal Rapid Transit Networks: a transport system whose time has come? Malcolm Buchanan (Chairman of Colin Buchanan, London).29th November 2007 - The Urban Environment: complexity and sustainability Sir John Lawton (Chairman of the Royal Commission into Environmental Pollution).
25th October 2007 - New Islington - a short story about why we should throw away the rule book Nick Johnson (Deputy Chief Executive of Urban Splash).27th September 2007 - Sustainable Urbanism – the approach of John Thompson & Partners Marcus Adams (Managing Partner of John Thompson & Partners - Architects and Urbanists based in Hatton Garden, London).
16th May 2007 - Regeneration….don’t leave it to the so-called experts Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design. Wayne co-founded the fashion label ‘Red or Dead’ and ‘Hemingway Design’ which specialises in housing and product design.26th April 2007 - Placemaking: beyond architecture George Ferguson of Acanthus Ferguson Mann Architects. George is a past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a current National Council Member of the RIBA.
29th March 2007 - Green roofs for healthy UK cities: how it can be done, from the city-scale to the backyard Dr Nigel Dunnett of Sheffield University’s Landscape Department.