FUTURE CITIES FORUM

Las Arenas in Barcelona - a former bullring now a new retail and leisure development designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour with links to the Espanya Metro station. With the BBC reporting that the department store, John Lewis, has fallen to a half-year loss with a warning that a no-deal Brexit will have a significant impact, the current and future model for retail in the UK and Europe, will be discussed at our September forum next week. Research from PwC and the Local Data Company

Future Cities Forum is delighted to be holding its September discussion event at Ravensbourne University London, where our debates will be taking inspiration from the surrounding district as it continues to undergo major regeneration. Greenwich Peninsula is an emerging new residential area of London built on former gas works land and an exciting new design district is being built. It is served by the Jubilee Line which the Mayor of London describes as nationally important inf

At our recent transport, planning and housing forum, we were fortunate to have the very experienced Alex Williams, Head of Planning at Transport for London, open discussions with a review of some of the mobility challenges facing the capital through population growth. For our full report on the event discussions, click on the Bakerloo tube sign above. Commenting on how TfL has been working to integrate the Mayor’s Transport Strategy with the London Plan and the Environment St

We are very pleased to welcome Dr Sarah Owen-Vandersluis, Partner and Head of Infrastructure Strategy, KPMG UK, who will be speaking at our next Future Cities Forum, 'The Making of the Modern City' on 8th May at City Hall, London. Sarah leads KPMG UK's advice to public authorities on the future of infrastructure, with a particular focus on the challenges and opportunities offered by Smart Cities and future mobility. She looks at strategy. implications for infrastructure and s

Head of Strategy and Place for TfL, Lilli Matson, lead our transport discussion panel at Healthy Cities on 9th October 2017. Lilli laid out TfL’s new strategy which concentrates on improving the health of those travelling in London. Through research, TfL has identified that the average person travelling spends 10-12 minutes walking to enable their journeys morning and evening, which is the minimum required to improve their health. By 2041, TfL wants to see 80% of journeys inv

University College London has been inviting research papers exploring transport and mobility around the night time economy for a symposium that is due to take place on 17th October 2017. The quality of research is often in the standard of questions asked and UCL is exploring further than before in this area of the economy with debate on topics such as: day/night variation in crime by transport modes, cultural and ecological relationship with darkness and travel (speed, senses

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