FUTURE CITIES FORUM

We are extremely pleased that the highly experienced planner, Sharon Strutt, working in the London Borough of Redbridge, will be speaking at our Future Cities Forum on 18th September to be held on the Greenwich Peninsula at Ravensbourne University London. A Chartered Town Planner, Sharon has a wealth of expertise developing and delivering large and complex regeneration projects, with over 10 years’ experience as a Head of Service in north and east London. Sharon led producti

RIBA North's black façade rises up against the famous Liver Building (above) We are delighted that Mark Kitts, Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool Foundation Homes, the city's new ethical housing company, will be speaking at our Future Cities Forum at RIBA North in February. The forum will look at regeneration in the north of England with discussions on housing, culture and tourism developments, place-making, sports stadiums as catalysts and transport. Mark has worked for Li

We were delighted to invite the MD of Bexley Co, Huw Lewis, to Future Cities Forum's 'Intelligent Cities' to discuss the plans for a programme of multi-million pound developments in the London borough. Bexley Council has kick started its private development company with £120 million prudential borrowing scheme and has handed over land along the river frontage for the development of housing and employment opportunities. Bexley has the longest river frontage of any London borou

We are delighted to welcome Rachel Fisher, Deputy Director for Regeneration and Infrastructure in the Cities and Local Growth Unit at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, to speak at our 'Intelligent Cities' forum at White City Place, London on 3rd July. Rachel is responsible for the built environment elements of the growth and devolution agenda, from housing and planning to transport and digital infrastructure. Prior to this she has held a variety of role

Future Cities Forum is beginning a new series of research round tables on infrastructure, regeneration and investment. It follows Future Cities Forum’s event at City Hall, London on 8th May, ‘The Making of the Modern City’ where the National Infrastructure Commission’s Chief Executive, Phil Graham, made our opening speech. Please read our blog and listen to the podcast:https://www.futurecitiesforum.london/single-post/2018/05/10/NICs-Phil-Graham-on-joined-up-transport-and-hous

Medway Council is looking to its high speed connectivity through HS1 enabling journey times of just an hour to the City of London and its housing regneration programme, to help attract both London workers to settle in the area and encourage significant firms to invest around its five towns. House building is taking place on the brown field sites around the Rochester riverside and a brand new station is to be built to serve commuters. There are also moves to campaign for city

Head of Regeneration at Newham Council in London, Robin Cooper, will be speaking at our Healthy Cities forum at The Crystal Building in Docklands. We are delighted to invite Robin back after he spoke at our March IET event in which he described how the regeneration of the Olympic Park site has been very good for Newham and wider London, by opening up previously inaccessible land to everyone. This project provided the catalyst to create the Lea Way, a three mile green "lung" w

Broad understanding of what makes for shared identities within city communities with reference to heritage, is at the heart of research undertaken by the RSA. Dundee for example can trace its built form, and its image as a booming industrial city back to Victorian times, Jute mills, which numbered 130 at the peak of activity, was the largest employer for nearly a century, with the largest of the mills employing 5,000 workers. In current times, with the arrival of City of Desi

Swansea may have a new 'port city' built out of shipping containers in an effort to provide affordable start ups for businesses. £300 million of investment will see the University of Wales Trinity Saint David development on the SA1 waterfront take off. It is hoped that it will bring business and the students from the university together to share ideas and create links to the university's academic programme. Professor Andrew Harrison, Director of Spaces That Work and Professor

This summer Future Cities Forum will be looking at the impact of museum design as well as the development of luxury city destinations as part of our regeneration event at Burlington House, London. Zurich must surely be one of the most luxurious city breaks, with its stunning lake, view of the snowcapped Alps on the horizon, 100 art galleries, 17th century old town to explore and hiking expeditions on the Uetliberg mountain. Prehistoric settlements have been discovered on the