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Image: Roz Bird courtesy of Anglia Innovation Partnership Future Cities Forum is delighted that Roz Bird, Chief Executive of Norwich Research Park, will be speaking at our 'Science Cities' discussion event in June, hosted by the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. A Chartered Surveyor, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Roz joined Norwich Research Park as Chief Executive Officer, for Anglia Innovation Partnership, the campus management company,

Image: Vicky Stanbury, courtesy of Imperial War Museums Future Cities Forum is delighted that Vicky Stanbury, Executive Director, IWM, responsible for Commercial, Operations, Visitor Experience, Volunteering & Engagement, Digital Transformation, and Vision & Purpose across Imperial War Museum's five branches will be speaking at our 'New model science and innovation districts' event at Wellcome Genome Campus this June . She will also be joined at the event by Jo Saunders, Hea

Image: view of the White Tower and inner keep of the Tower of London with 'Walkie Talkie' tall building at 20 Fenchurch Street City of London in the distance - March 2026 At our recent 'Cultural Cities' forum hosted by Historic Royal Palaces at the Tower of London, both the City of London Corporation and Historic England spoke about the need to enable growth while preserving heritage. The Corporation of London's Design Lead Tom Nancollas joined the Co-CEO of Historic England

Image: courtesy of Ridge & Partners Future Cities Forum's part three of its 'Sustainability and tall buildings' report from a discussion event hosted at EY in London, looks at the tragedy of Grenfell and the Building Safety Act. Ridge, Pilbrow & Partners and LDA Design all comment in this report about improvements in construction as well as consulting the community about the design of new homes and place-making. Partner at Ridge, Austin Wikner was asked about how construction

Image: courtesy of Scott Brownrigg Tech Foundry 3 has completed at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus - a new 70,000 sq ft speculative laboratory, advanced manufacturing and office building designed to support the growing community of scientists, engineers and innovators within the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor. Designed by Scott Brownrigg, the scheme brings six flexible mid-tech units to the market, each with its own private entrance, grade-level loading access and vie

Image: courtesy of Wellcome Genome Campus One of the UK’s first autonomous vehicle routes could arrive in Cambridgeshire, as the Wellcome Genome Campus embarks on a ‘game-changing’ study to help boost connectivity and growth in the region. The world-renowned Campus is investigating the potential for a dedicated route for electric autonomous vehicles between the Hinxton-based site and Whittlesford Parkway railway station. This would create a safe, sustainable and reliable way

Image: View of Anglesey, where LDA Design is working at Wylfa on GBE - N's first small modular reactor (SMR) pathfinder project, joining a team with Arup, TÜV SÜD Nuclear Technologies, Mace and Gleeds - courtesy Great British Energy - Nuclear / GBE - N. Introduction Following the King's Speech on 13th May, Future Cities Forum is releasing its 'Infrastructure 2026' report part one, with contributions from the National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority's Directo

Image: Tim Reeve, Deputy Director V&A, with view of the Weston Collections at V&A East Storehouse - credit David Parry for PA Media Assignments How can museums engage with their audiences more effectively? How can local communities reflect their own experiences and voice in cultural attractions? These were questions that Future Cities Forum asked Tim Reeve, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, V&A Museums, at our Tower of London 'Cultural Cities' discussion event. The

Image: western approach to the Tower of London Future Cities Forum was delighted to be hosted by Andrew Jackson, CBE, Historic Palaces' Tower Director, for its 'Cultural Cities' discussion event. Part one of this report records Andrew's contribution to the themes of the conference and the his ambitions for this ancient fortress visitor site. The Tower of London is facing the need to build itself as a tourist attraction that can welcome new and broader audiences, while funding

Image: The Beatles - with keyboardist Billy Preston - playing on rooftop of 3 Savile Row, courtesy of Apple Corps The fabled rooftop where The Beatles played their last-ever concert is to become part of a new seven-floor museum dedicated to the band, reports the Museums Association. Once the headquarters of Apple Corps, the building at 3 Savile Row in Mayfair, central London, housed the recording studio for the band’s 1970 album Let it Be. Apple Corps Ltd, a multimedia compan