Liveable City conference in London 18-20 June, 2018
More and more people live in ever-larger cities around the world. It creates a host of challenges, and it has put the question of how to create liveable cities for all on top of the international agenda.
To help further the discussion, the Danish Embassy in UK organises The Liveable City conference in partnership with leading Danish and British stakeholders within the private and public sector. The conference in June, 2018 in London was the 7th of its kind after successful events in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and London.
More than 800 people signed up for the 7 seminars and a reception under the headline The good neighbour. In total, 45 highly influential speakers and chairs at the forefront of their areas of expertise presented during the 3-day conference. They turned the Liveable City conference into a highly inspirational event for all with an interest in creating sustainable and thriving communities.
We hope that our Liveable City conference in Edinburgh in the autumn will be just as successful.
If your company wants to present at the conference in Edinburgh, please contact head of the trade section Mette Diego-Roll by telephone +44 (0)207 333 0220 or by email: metrol@um.dk.
Below you will find an overview of all speakers and chairs at the seminars, along with their presentations for personal use:
Architecture for all – how to increase gender equality in the future city
Chair:
Angela Brady OBE, Director, Brady Mallalieu Architects
Speakers:
Rita Justesen, Chief Planner and Architecture, Copenhagen City & Port Development
Anna Kerr, Head of International
Business, White Arkitekter
Caroline Buckingham, RIBA Vice President Practice & Profession, Caroline Buckingham Architects
Jane Briginshaw, Director, Design
England
Louise Wyman, Head of Strategy, Homes England
Anna Schabel, Chair of Women in Architecture and Director, Wilton Studio Ltd.
Climate Adaptation – creating flood resilient urban areas
Chair:
Pat Fitzsimons, Director, Thames Estaury Partnership
Speakers:
George Warren, Project
Manager - London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan, Greater London
Authority
Colin Thorne, Professor of Physical Geography,
University of Nottingham
Andrew Leadbetter, Sustainable Drainage, Petersborough City Coucil
Susanne
Toftegård Nielsen, CEO, FloodFrame
Mario
Hesse, City Architect, Aalborg City
Council
Chris Fry, Director of Infrastructure &
Regeneration, Ramboll
John Rumble, Head of Environmental Resource
Planning, Hertfordshire County Council
London on the way - transport-led development
Chair:
Lisa Taylor, Chief Executive, Future of London
Speakers:
Stephen Willacy, Chief City Architect, Aarhus City Council
Colin Wilson, Head of Regeneration - Old Kent
Road, London Borough of Southwark
Helen Fisher, Director
Housing, Regeneration & Planning, Lodon Borough of Haringey
Paul McGarry, Head of
Future Merton, London Borough of Merton
Alan Pauling, Market Director - Transport,
Ramboll
Kay Hughes, Director,
Khaa/Sarah Featherstone, Director, Featherstone Young
Heather Cheesbrough, Director of Planning and
Strategic Transport, London Borough of Croydon
More people, less space – how to plan for densification in our big cities
Chair:
Julia Park, Head og Housing Research, Levitt Bernstein and Chair of the RIBA Housing Group
Speakers:
James Murray, Deputy Mayor for Housing, Greater London Authority
Tobias Goevert, Head of Regeneration and Design,
London Borough of Harrow
Anna Kerr, Head of International Business, White
Arkitekter
Rita Justesen, Chief of Planning &
Architecture, Copenhagen City & Port Development
Pat Hayes, Managing Director,
BeFirst
Sripriya Sudhakar, Place Shaping Team Leader,
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Tom Shaw, Director for Buildings,
Ramboll
District Heating – delivering affordable heat
Chair:
Ian Manders, UK policy advisor, The Royal Danish Embassy in UK
Speakers:
Richard Long, Business Development Director, ENGIE
Peter North, Senior Manager - Programme Delivert,
Sustainable Energy, Greater London Authority
George Munson, Energy and Climate Change Manager, Leeds City Council
Jody Pittaway, Head of Project Development,
SSE
Crispyn Matson, UK Director, Ramboll Energy
Ruth Rule, Director, EnergyDirection
Jeff Laider, Head of Sustainability, Enfield Council
Young and old, rich and poor - social integration in urban development
Chair:
Euan Mills, Urban Future Team Lead, Future Cities
Catapult
Speakers:
Stephen Willacy, Chief City
Architect, Aarhus City Council
Susan Jayne Carruth, Sustainability specialist,
Partner, 3XN
Mathew Ryder, Deputy Mayor for Social Intergration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Greater London Authority
Tom Titherington, Executive Director of Property and Growth, Catalyst Housing
Indy Johar,
Co-founder, Project 00 & Dark Matter Laboratories