Why attend?

Transforming Cities Leicester: a blueprint for city success

Successful city regeneration projects offer diversity and lots of possibilities for human interaction and transaction in a high quality, activity-friendly public realm; a mixture of night-time and daytime uses, retail, commercial, educational, residential and community amenities, all served by accessible and connected transport infrastructure. This involves insights from professionals from many disciplines – but all are united by their commitment, passion and drive for positive change.
 

If you work in active travel or transport:

Transport is not an end in itself, but is one of a combination of factors contributing to sustainable economic growth. Expert speakers will outline how transport plans, including input from regeneration, infrastructure planning and development, are delivering better environments:

• understand how cities have successfully planned for people not cars

• develop and deliver a strategy to sustain long-term investments across the public realm

• increase bus patronage and cycling and reduce road accident casualties

• see how Leicester has lessened road dominance and is creating an attractive, pedestrian-friendly environment

• hear how to link together and showcase unique heritage, retail, leisure and cultural assets to revitalise tourism income

• hear best practice in demonstrating the vital role of a high quality and active public realm

• understand how to use Transforming Cities and other funds to create connected communities

• relieve pressure on roads by boosting active travel and public transport

• learn form cities that are pioneering congestion and pollution reduction

If you're a spatial or urban planner, a masterplanner or a developer

Successful city regeneration involves stakeholders getting behind a vision that tells the city’s special story. Expert speakers will show how delivering physical interventions supports this vision and makes it reality, including:

• using public realm improvements to attract businesses investment and retain residents

• kickstarting major regeneration using seed capital funding 

• staying unique: avoiding generic regeneration by creating a city narrative

• building town & gown partnerships: universities are helping to re-shaping city public realm

• creating stakeholder buy-in to incremental change across regeneration zones

• lessening road dominance and creating healthy, active travel-friendly environments

• following a vision: improving connections between key city hubs, assets and amenities

If you work in the visitor economy, tourism and the travel trade:

Tourism is a key element of many city regeneration plans: Leicester’s tourism income, for example,  is projected to increase to £590 million by 2020. Hear expert speakers outline how this is being achieved by:

• understanding the link between development and conservation, and avoiding generic regeneration

• following a vision: improving connections between key city hubs, assets and amenities

• creating a connected and welcoming public realm that is easy to navigate and visit

• avoiding congestion and car domination by providing better city gateways, coach drop off, pick up and suitable parking facilities

• providing a safe, secure and clean environment through ‘Legible Leicester’ and ‘Connecting Leicester’ strategies

• using tourism as a driver to align key city and regional stakeholders behind a common growth vision

• supporting retail reinvigoration at all scales, on-street and off-street

• lessening road dominance and creating healthy, active travel-friendly environments

Your delegate pass for Transforming Cities Leicester 2018  includes access to:

• A number of exclusive study tours around flagship schemes in Leicester on 12 April

• An extended networking event including drinks and networking on the viewing terrace of the Vijay Patel Building from 17.30 on 12 April

• Access to all plenary, workshop and seminar sessions

• Post-event summary and speaker slides

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