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Image: Milton Keynes growth - allocations plan (courtesy David Lock Associates): Future Cities Forum is releasing the second part of its report from our Milton Keynes City Council hosted discussion event 'New towns, innovation clusters and the Growth Corridor, with contributions from the Council, LDA Design, Urban&Civic, David Lock Associates and East West Rail. Today, the locations of seven new towns have been named for consideration as part of its housebuilding programme by

Image: view over ARC Oxford science and business park and housing at Cowley in east Oxford which is an area set to benefit from the public re-opening of the Cowley Branch Line (courtesy ARC Group) Oxford City Council – in collaboration with Historic England and Homes England – has published the findings of a study to unlock growth around the Cowley Branch Line. The study, which contains developer guidance, celebrates Oxford as a vibrant and growing city that has a major role 

Image: Ylva Williams, CEO Stockholm Science City foundation - by Andreas Namslauer Future Cities Forum is delighted that Ylva Williams, CEO of the Stockholm Science City foundation since 2009, will be contributing to our 'Global Science Cities' forum at The Oxford Science Park this April. Ylva has been CEO of the Stockholm Science City foundation (SSCi) since 2009. SSCi is an expert organization facilitating knowledge transfer and growth. This is done by strengthening relatio

Image: view over river to IDC, courtesy of... Future Cities Forum is delighted that Lene Rasmussen, Head of Secretariat at Innovation District Copenhagen (IDC) will join our 'Global science cities' discussion this April - which will be held at the The Oxford Science Park. Before her current role Lene was a Team Leader in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and this included project and funding support. Five research institutions

Image: contributors to Future Cities Forum's ' New towns and the OxCam Growth Corridor' (from left to right) Anna Wai Partner, Price & Myers, Peter Seaborn, Partner at Mills & Reeve LLP, Paul Thomas, Director of Planning and Place at Milton Keynes Council, Leader of the Council, Cllr Pete Marland, Will Gallagher, Strategy Director, Eat West Rail, Naomi Green, CEO, England's Economic Heartland, Julia Foster, Managing Partner, David Lock Associates, Heather Fearfield, Co-founde

Image: second panel discussion with seated from left - Anna Wai, Price & Myers, Dr Peter Leek, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Pete Wilder of Oxford science Enterprises, Artem Korolev, Mission Street, Eugene Sayers, Sheppard Robson (hidden),and Ed Hayden, Ridge and Partners. Future Cities Forum's second panel at our January 'Science Cities' discussion event at Jesus College, Oxford, continued the debate around best practice in the development of sustainable lab spaces, attracting

Image: contributors joining in the Future Cities Forum debate on 'Sustainable cities and tall buildings' at EY, with Marcus Richards, EY (standing) Future Cities Forum's 'Sustainability and tall buildings' discussion event was hosted by EY at its London offices, situated by the southern bank of the river Thames with views towards the City of London with its ongoing programme of tall tower building and the Tower of London, where planners are considering the impact of sky-scra

Image: view of Wijnhaven Rotterdam - courtesy Rotterdam Partners Emiel Arends, the City of Rotterdam's Urban Designer is expected to contribute to Future Cities Forum 'Sustainable cities and tall buildings' discussion this week hosted at EY by Marcus Richards. Emiel is a senior advisor on urban affairs in Rotterdam. He has worked on several masterplans in the city (such as the Wilhelminapier and RCD), wrote the last two high-rise visions of the city, was co-author of the inne

Image: The Open University at Milton Keynes - part of the campus (courtesy The Open University) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Dr Julia Cooke, Associate Dean -External Engagement and Enterprise in the Faculty of STEM - will be contributing to our OxCam Growth Corridor forum at the offices of Milton Keynes City Council. The Open University has its 48-hectare head quarters campus at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes and has satellite offices in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ir

Image: CityLife Milan - courtesy ZHA Future Cities forum is very pleased that Andrea Cottone, Sustainability Lead at CityLife Milan will join our 'Sustainable cities and tall buildings' forum discussion at EY in London co-hosted with Marcus Richards. Covering an area of 366,000 square metres, CityLife is one of the most important urban redevelopment projects in Europe, a balanced mix of private and public services including a business hub, a shopping district, a residential a