FREE BREAKFAST TALK

London’s Knowledge Economy Friday 29 May 2015, 08:30 – 09:30 NLA, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

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Forthcoming events June 2015

NLA is an independent member-supported organisation open to any organisation or individual with an interest in London’s built environment. All members benefit from discounted and preferential access to NLA’s events. For more information on becoming a member please contact Sarah Johnson on 0207 636 4044.

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHAPE A BETTER CITY

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What is London made of? Free Pecha Kucha at Vision London Tuesday 2 June, Afternoon

How are new materials helping to deliver better buildings and projects for the capital? NLA presents a lively series of quick-fire pechakucha presentations hearing from London architects, designers and engineers on the new materials that are improving the efficiency, responsiveness and design of London’s buildings.

Free

Fresh Thinking in Public Realm DesignPecha Kucha Wednesday 8 June, Evening

A lively evening of PechaKucha presentations and networking drinks, in which architects, designers and planners are invited to come up with new ideas for activating unloved public spaces in the capital.

Ticketed

New London Tour: Olympic ParkBlue Badge Guide Walking Tour Saturday 13 June, Afternoon

Walking tour led by professional Blue Badge Guides, examinining new architecture, development and public realm in the Olympic Park.

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Never Mind the Bollards: The design and social history of our streets and public spacesSoapbox Talk Thursday18 June, Afternoon

Bring your lunch and debate and heckle our public space experts – each of whom has been given 15 minutes to talk about the history and design of telephone boxes, explain the social history of railings, their love of bollards and the rise of London’s street trees.

Ticketed, Members Free

What next for London’s Infrastructure?Half Day Conference Friday 19 June, Morning Sponsored by AECOM, BDB, TfL

NLA’s annual infrastructure conference will examine current thinking on the planning, funding and delivery of major infrastructure projects for London, looking at what the outcome of the general election might mean for infrastructure decisions affecting the capital.

Ticketed, Members Free

London BID Summit Half Day Conference Thursday 25 June, Afternoon Sponsored by GVA, Supported by British BIDs

The London BID Summit will examine the successes and challenges of the BID model for London, their increasing role in delivering public realm projects, and discuss how their role and fundraising powers might develop over the next decade.

Free

Royal Academy reimagined Free Breakfast Talk Friday 26 June, Morning In association with Royal Academy of Arts

Join us to hear from the Royal Academy and David Chipperfield Architects who will detail what the masterplan will mean for the expanded reach of Britain’s foremost artist-led institution.

Ticketed

Royal NLA’s Annual Lecture 2015 by Thomas Heatherwick Annual Lecture Monday 29 June, EveningThomas Heatherwick, one of Britain’s most innovative and influential designers, will give the NLA Annual Lecture 2015, focusing on designing spaces that encourage interaction between people.

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London is now a global leader for the knowledge economy, which covers medical and life sciences, creative industries, media and technology. It has been well documented that this sector has greatly helped pull London, and the rest of the UK, out of the recession. But is London’s economy balanced enough today? How does London stay at the top as a place for those contributing to the knowledge economy to come and work, and how can London’s property sector nurture this? Is London doing enough to build the relationship between science, technology, education and business to spur the sector on?

This free NLA breakfast talk will launch a GVA report into London’s knowledge economy and hear from key speakers on how London’s built environment is contributing to this sector’s success.

PROGRAMME

Peter Murray Chairman, New London Architecture Peter serves as the Chairman of NLA. Trained as an architect, he was an editor of Building Design and RIBA Journal before starting Blueprint in 1983. He has curated a number of major architectural exhibitions and is Chairman of the communications consultancy Wordsearch. He is founder of both NLA and the London Festival of Architecture and is author of various architectural books including “The saga of Sydney Opera House” and “A passion to build”. He is a visiting professor of IE University in Madrid and Hon. Sec. of the Bedford Park Society. @PGSMurray

Nick Searl Partner, Argent Nick’s main priority is leading the commercial team who deal with the definition, strategy, leasing and management of the office and retail components at King’s Cross and other new projects. At a corporate level, Nick is involved in securing new development opportunities for Argent Related and is jointly responsible for marketing and promoting this new business. Before joining Argent, Nick worked with Chelsfield and European Land at Paddington Basin where he delivered The Point and Waterside buildings for M&S and Orange respectively and was also the development manager responsible for obtaining planning permission for the 1.8 million sq ft Merchant Square development. @ArgentLLP

Chris Hall Senior Director, GVA Bilfinger Chris provides advice relating to planning and regeneration, and brings 25 years of experience to his assignments. His experience includes masterplanning, investment frameworks, development feasibility, spatial planning, economic sector strategy, policy planning, and stakeholder and community engagement. He has directed multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of large-scale regeneration schemes for regional growth areas, city regions, city centres, town centres and waterfronts; neighbourhood improvement plans, estate redevelopment masterplans and the re-use of brownfield sites. He draws on significant experience in London and the South East and also in the United States. @GVAViews

BIOGRAPHIES

8:30 Welcome from chair

Peter Murray, Chairman, New London Architecture

8:35 Launch of GVA report

Chris Hall Senior Director, GVA Bilfinger

8:45 How can planning policy support the knowledge economy?

Matthew McMillan Head of Inward Investment, LB Croydon

8:55 Developer viewpoint

Nick Searl Partner, Argent

9:05 Innovation and the knowledge economy

Joe Short Chief Executive, Demand Logic and Cognicity Challenge winner

9:15 Panel discussion

9:30 Close

Joe Short Chief Executive, Demand Logic Joe graduated in physics/philosophy, trained in journalism and has MScs in renewable energy technology and sustainability. As well as promoting Demand Logic and leading on creative design, he also works on development, including machine-learning techniques for discovering energy wastage. @DemandLogicUK

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Matthew McMillan Head of Inward Investment, LB Croydon Matthew has a strong track record working in private/public partnerships delivering innovative built environment solutions to transform the performance of key urban districts in London. Matthew works in the newly formed Central Development team for the London Borough of Croydon, responsible for working with private partners to bring forward a £5.25bn development portfolio across central Croydon. Matthew joined Croydon after a successful period as Chief Executive of Ealing Broadway BID having previously set up and run the award winning Camden Town Unlimited BID @yourcroydon