FUTURE CITIES FORUM

Painting of the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich by artist-in-residence Rob Pointon 2018 (Courtesy ORNC) Our cultural tourism and heritage round table on 6th July at the London offices of Historic England will be looking at how we protect our heritage from the negative effects of tourism while creating new and exciting visitor experiences at sites both in the UK and around the world. Historic England's Director of Planning, Ian Morrison, will be speaking about the importance

Future Cities Forum 9 ‘Intelligent Cities’ will take place at The WestWorks, White City Place, London on 3rd July 2018, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. We will be discussing how the use of data is becoming crucial in informing our decisions about city planning and transport. We will also debate best practice in the creation of new urban neighbourhoods, with a focus on work / live / learn knowledge hubs and how new models for workspace are changing the way we develop and design cities. T

We are very pleased that the Managing Director of Bexley Co (the London Borough of Bexley's private development company), Huw Lewis, will join our final panel discussion at "Intelligent Cities" at White City Place on 3rd July. Huw says that Bexley Co expects to invest £630 million to help sustainable growth and development in the borough, achieving a 7% return for the council, in addition to its wider social and economic contributions. Huw has over 27 years’ senior director e

Mitsui Fudosan's Director of Planning and Engineering, David Height has been speaking about the vital role of design and place-making in creating world-leading knowledge hubs, ahead of our forum at White City on 3rd July. Mitsui Fudosan, Japan's leading private real estate company and partner of Stanhope PLC, which has been working on the redevelopment of the West London BBC Television Centre and the adjoining White City Place will join our discussions at the WestWorks studio

We are very pleased that Deloitte’s Global Transportation Sector Leader, Simon Dixon will join our “Intelligent Cities” forum on 3 July at White City Place. Simon is a Partner in Deloitte’s Public Sector Practice, specialising in the delivery and commercial management of large complex business-critical transformational programmes with a track record of putting government policy into practice. He is currently leading Deloitte’s initiatives into the Future of Mobility and Smar

Wembley Park image courtesy of Savills Anne Clements, Planning Director at WYG, the global professional services firm, will join the ninth Future Cities Forum at White City Place on 3 July. Anne will be on a panel discussion with developer Mitsui Fudosan’s Director of Planning and Engineering, David Height and the Managing Principal of HOK Architects’ London practice, Daniel Hajjar. In her previous role at developer Quintain, Anne was responsible for the much of the planning

Where will the next important tech and creative hub be in London and what are the essential ingredients that will make it last for years to come? The new partnership of Hammersmith and Fulham Council with Imperial College London - Upstream - which is moving to create the next leading destination for the tech and creative industries, will be featured at our next Future Cities Forum on 3rd July at White City Place, London. Prema Gurunathan is Joint MD of Upstream and her role i

Cross River Partnership and Arup joined our recent electric vehicle and mobility round table to discuss the difficulties for freight lorries switching to electric power and how our cities will cope with the disruption of retro-fitting new electric infrastructure. Tom Linton Smith, Transport and Sustainability Officer, from Cross River Partnership said switching to electric power for freight vehicles poses a host of challenges: ' The whole logistics sector isn't going to go el

RCA PhD researcher Kyung Hwa Shon's art work at White City Place, London The Royal College of Art will be contributing to our next Future Cities Forum, 'Intelligent Cities' on 3rd July, about its move to White City Place, London, to set up an important campus, while creating strong links with the surrounding community. Dr Tarsha Finney will join our discussions and is an architect and urbanist, Senior Research Tutor and Programme Lead on the City Design MA in the School of Ar

We are delighted to be welcoming Daniel Hajjar, Managing Principal of the HOK architectural practice - London Studio - back to Future Cities Forum, to speak at our next event at White City Place, London on 3rd July. Daniel spoke at our inaugural forum at RIBA in 2016. See the video below of him speaking at the event with Professor Peter Rees of the Bartlett, Bert Martin of Land Securities and Kate Brown of Grosvenor among others. Daniel's experience has been in developer-led