Planning 2012: Making It Work!
Convention Speakers
Andrew Altman  |
Andrew Altman is Chief Executive at the Olympic Park Legacy Company which he joined shortly after it was set up in 2009.The Legacy Company is tasked with delivering a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games within and around the Olympic Park in East London. London's most important regeneration project for the next 25 years, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open after the Games as a focal point for London's growth, a centre for high quality family housing and a new destination for sport, leisure and events. It will be at the heart of the local community and a catalyst for regeneration. Previously Andrew was the City of Philadelphia's first Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Director of Commerce - tasked with bringing together all of its planning and economic development functions. Prior to this Andrew ran his own company that led large-scale, urban development projects in New York and was the first President and CEO of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation in Washington D.C., established to guide the revitalisation of over 2,800 acres of urban waterfront. Andrew has also led the planning agencies of Washington D.C and the City of Oakland, California. |
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Jake Berriman |
Jake Berriman Head of Local Community Resilience, Shropshire Council |
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Richard Blyth  |
Richard Blyth has been Head of Policy and Practice at the Royal Town Planning Institute since September 2011 where he has been leading on the response to the National Planning Policy Framework. Richard has held a variety of planning roles but a consistent characteristic of his career has been to work as an advocate for planning in a wider context. He came to the RTPI from Capita Symonds where worked on infrastructure planning to support core strategies, and for a number of private clients on regeneration schemes. He spent over four years in the Civil Service, including being responsible for the streamlining of LDFs work stream, in response to recommendations by Kate Barker in her review of land use planning. |
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Professor Ricky Burdett  |
Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age programme. He is a Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. He was Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics and now advises the Olympic Legacy Park Company. He was architectural adviser to the Mayor of London from 2001 to 2006. In addition to leading innovative research on global cities, Burdett has curated numerous exhibitions including "Global Cities" at Tate Modern, was Director of the 2006 Architecture Biennale in Venice and chairman of the Jury for the 2007 Mies van der Rohe Prize. He is architectural adviser to the cities of Genova and Parma, and a member of the Milan Expo 2015 steering committee. He is a Council member of the Royal College of Art and sits on the Mayor of London's Promote London Board. He is co-editor of "Living in the Endless City" and a regular contributor to journals, books and media programmes on contemporary architecture and urbanism. |
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Professor Bob Evans  |
Professor Bob Evans is Professor of Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has worked as a town planner in local government, the private sector and for community organizations and was previously Professor and Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He holds degrees in politics, town planning and sociology and has a PhD in environmental planning. He has published widely on local sustainable development, land use and environmental planning, with an emphasis upon issues of governance and environmental justice. His most recent book is Governing Sustainable Cities. He has undertaken numerous major research projects into sustainable development for the European Commission and for other funding bodies, and has worked on research projects in Japan, China and New Zealand in addition to Europe. Recent research has included work on local governance for sustainability; civic engagement in renewable energy projects; and the development of soft infrastructure for urban sustainability. |
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Piers Gough CBE  |
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Piers Gough CBE is a Partner at CZWG Architects Piers established CZWG with his partners in 1975. He is widely recognised as an innovative architect, writer and leader in the profession and has designed a number of acclaimed buildings and master plans. He was involved with English Heritage for 12 years, first as a member of the London Advisory Committee and the Urban Panel then latterly as a Commissioner, then he was, until recently, a Commissioner of CABE. Principal buildings include: China Wharf, The Circle, West Ferry Studios and Tunnel Wharf in London's Docklands; Bankside Lofts, Bankside Studios and The Glass Building; the Westbourne Grove Public Lavatories and flower kiosk; new galleries at the National Portrait Gallery; Steedman Street at Elephant & Castle and the "Bling Bling" building in Liverpool as part of the Liverpool One Master Plan. The master plan for the Gorbals in Glasgow has won universal acclaim as an exemplar of inner city regeneration. Master plans for a City Science quarter in Glasgow; Brewery Square Qaurter, Dorchester, including the listed buildings of the Eldridge Pope Site; Phoenix Quarter, Lewes and areas around the Arsenal Stadium in Holloway have followed. Recent acclaimed public buildings are a new Library and Cultural Space at Canada Water in Rotherhithe and a Maggie's Centre in Nottingham. Piers was appointed a CBE for services to architecture in the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honour List. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2002. |
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David Hill  |
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Chief Executive, Milton Keynes Council David was Director of Organisational Development at Suffolk County Council from 2000-2002, during which period the council was named Local Government Chronicle Council of the Year. He has also held senior civil service posts within the Department of Social Security and the Northern Ireland Office, and was Secretary to the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords. |
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Alexandra Jones  |
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Alexandra Jones has been Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities since summer 2010. Alexandra has managed projects with a range of public and private sector clients on issues including the knowledge economy, public service reform, management and human capital. Previously, Alexandra worked as a private secretary for the Permanent Secretary at the former Department for Education and Skills and as a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research. |
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Jon Rouse  |
Jon Rouse is Chief Executive of Croydon Council, having been appointed in July 2007. Formerly Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation, he was previously Chief Executive of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Prior to that Jon was Secretary to the Urban Task Force and Policy & Communications Manager at English Partnerships. He spent 5 years at the Department of the Environment, including a spell as Private Secretary to the Minister for Housing & Local Government |
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Mark Southgate  |
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