Welcome

A space for London’s regeneration community to come together, share ideas and best practice and enable the development of our Capital.

Future of London is a Borough led initiative that is focused on developing skills, sharing knowledge and best practice, and stimulating new thinking across the London practitioner network.

Urban regeneration policymakers across London are currently facing unprecedented funding and delivery challenges. Future of London provides them with a forum to engage with one another and other urban regeneration specialists to consider how major projects can be developed and delivered over the coming decade.

We will soon be updating the site with full details of our 2010 Conference. In the meantime, for more information on the topics to be explored on the day, the speakers confirmed so far, and how to book your place in advance, please visit the Future of London Conference site.

About Future of London

The idea for Future of London was originally launched by LB Hackney at a conference at the Institute of Directors in May 2007. The success of this launch led other interested Boroughs to come together and form the ‘Major Projects Delivery Group’. This group was created to support practitioners in the delivery of major schemes across London and has a breadth of knowledge and expertise in delivering complex regeneration schemes. It has proven invaluable in resolving issues, informing policy and driving forward the development of our Capital.

In 2009, Future of London expanded further and delivered a series of seminars which have explored emerging issues relevant to regenerating our Capital in the current economic climate, including seminars on Tax Increment Financing, Private Rental Sector Initiatives and the role of the HCA. These were well attended and have generated lively debate and new ideas at a time when we need to be considering innovative ways of delivering major schemes.

Our 2009 conference, held on the 8th October at the Design Centre in Islington, was a great success attracting nearly 500 delegates. The exceptional line up of speakers made for an informative and stimulating discussion rich in content and firmly cemented the event as London’s premier regeneration conference.

Throughout 2010, we have been building on this momentum, launching a series of initiatives including the Rising Stars Programme, The Single Conversation Seminar Series and the Future of London e-bulletin, which provides regular policy analysis to our members.