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  FUTURE OF LONDON CONFERENCE 2008

TIMETABLE

BREAKFAST AND INTRODUCTIONS

  • 08:45 to 09:15
 - Registration commences
  • 09:15 to 10:00
 - Breakfast Networking Session in the Exhibition Halls
  • 10:00 to 10:15
 - Commences in the London Room - Sponsored by the London Development Agency
  • 10:00 to 10:15
 - Introduction from Conference Chair Cllr Jamie Carswell - Deputy Mayor of Hackney Council and Chairman of the Future of London Organisation

SESSION 1 - GOVERNMENT CONTEXT

The Government Context session provides a platform for key Government figures to set out current thinking on the policy agenda for major regeneration schemes in the capital. This will be followed by a Question and answer session.

  • Session Chair
 - Cllr Jamie Carswell - Deputy Mayor
  • 10:15 to 10:35
 - Robin Smith - Programme Director Woodberry Down Regeneration Scheme
Future of London Major Projects Delivery Group Update
  • 10:35 to 10:55
 - Iain Wright MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Department of Communities and Local Government
  • 10:55 to 11:15
 - David Lunts - London Regional Director - The Homes and Communities Agency
  • 11:15 to 11:25
 - Panel Question and Answer Session

SESSION 2 - THE EUROPEAN SITUATION

This session will provide delegates with the chance to gain an insight into two of Europe's leading cutting edge regeneration schemes and provide the chance to compare and contrast with major regeneration in the capital. Leading figures from the French Government and the Hamburg regional government lead the debate.

  • Session Chair
 - Charlotte Graves - Chief Executive Hackney Homes
  • 11:50 to 12:15
 - Mr Juergen Bruns-Berentelg - Chief Executive Officer - Hafencity Hamburg GMBH
  • 12:15 to 12:40
 - M. Yves-Laurent Sapoval - Délégation Interministérielle à la Ville (French Government)
Ms Colombe De Lastours - Etablissment Public d'Aménagment Seine-Arche
  • 12:40 to 13:00
 - Panel Question and Answer Session

SESSION 3 - FRESH THINKING

This session has been designed to stimulate debate in the industry and provide a platform for speakers to highlight their current thinking and raise fresh ideas. Our speakers three of the regeneration industry heavy weight commentators and biggest personalities have been given a brief to set out their emerging thinking and offered the platform to float new ideas for major projects in London but also to be fun and irreverent, thought-provoking and stimulating.

  • Session Chair
 - Cllr Terry Stacy - Lead Member Regeneration - LB Islington
  • 14:35 to 14:55
 - Sir Richard MacCormac - Chairman of MJP Architects
  • 14:55 to 15:15
 - Professor Sir Peter Hall - Bartlett Professor Planning and Regeneration UCL
  • 15:15 to 15:35
 - Dr Tim Williams - Government Advisor / Director of Navigant Consulting
  • 15:35 to 15:45
 - Panel Question and Answer Session

SESSION 4 - LONDON CONTEXT

The GLA and LDA will set out their current thinking for Major Regeneration in the capital. This will be followed by an extended London Regeneration Question Time.

  • Session Chair
 - Michael Burton - Editor of the MJ
  • 16:00 to 16:15
 - Jerome Frost - London 2012 Update by the Olympic Delivery Authority
  • 16:15 to 16:35
 - Peter Bishop - Group Director - Design, Development and Environment - London Development Agency
  • 16:35 to 17:00
 - Boris Johnson - Mayor of London
  • Conference closes