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Transforming London Streets
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22 September 2016: pre-conference site visits
Southwark Council invites you to explore its latest innovative streetscapes in advance of the conference, offering a choice of guided walking tours on the afternoon and early evening of the 22 September, from 16.00 until 20.00.
You must register to attend the site visits in advance.
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Programme - 23 September 2016
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10.00
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Nave - Southwark Cathedral
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Registration
Refreshments in the main Cathedral exhibition area
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10.30
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Nave
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Morning Plenary: The politics of transformation
Chair: Joe Seymour, Head of Traqffic & Local Roads;AECOM
Experts deliver keynote presentations
Cllr Peter John, Leader, Southwark Council
Patricia Brown, Change Expert & CEO, Central Consulting
Roger Madelin, Head of Canada Water Development, British Land
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11.30
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Nave
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Morning Break
Delegates enjoy refreshments in the main cathedral exhibition area
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12.00
Delegates choose from 1 of 4 workshops or a site visit
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1. Garry Weston Library
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2. Chapter Room
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Placemaking & Urban Realm
Chair: Matthew D'Archambaud, Regional Director, AECOM
Streets for everyone and new public spaces: the mini Holland programme
Councillor Clyde Loakes, Deputy Council Leader & Cabinet Memeber For Environment, Waltham Forest
City public realm: people, places, projects
Simon Glynn, Assistant Director (Public Realm), City of London Corporation
Creating new places: North West Cambridge masterplan
Warren Osborne, Director, Design & Planning, AECOM
Walworth Road Phase 2 design: the challenges of bus and cycle infrastructure
David Moores, Director of Public Realm, Project Centre
Better places through BIDS: Bankside case studies
Valerie Beirne, Bankside Urban Forest Manager, Better Bankside
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Behaviour change
Chair: Graham Marshall, Director & Fellow, Prosocial Place & Heseltine Insitute for Policy & Practice
Putting people before place
Professor Rhiannon Corcoran, Co-director, Institute of Public Policy and Practice, University of Liverpool (Health and Wellbeing lead), & What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Supporting collective action: practical solutions to social issues
Edward Gardiner, Behavioural Design Lead, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Managing social change
Amy Boyle, Director of Strategy, DIVA Creative
King's Cross: Users leading designers
Nuno Coelho, Design Theorist, Lecturer & Curator, Central St Martin's College of Arts & Design
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3. John Trevor Williams Room
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4. Queen Elizabeth Room
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Regeneration and investment
Chair: Roger Madelin, Head of Canada Water Development, British Land
Lean urbanism: creating place-based wealth and enterprise
Hank Dittmar, Director, Hank Dittmar Associates and Special Advisor, the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
Transforming Southwark
Dan Taylor, Programme Manager, Southwark Council
Elephant & Castle regeneration case study
Artur Carulla, Partner, Allies and Morrison
Walthamstow's ‘The Scene’: joined-up holistic regeneration
Sam Neal, Project Director, Major Projects and Regeneration, Project Centre
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Civilised streets
Chair: Cassiem Jeppe, Regional Director, AECOM
Short presentations, followed by a panel discussion
Traffic and parking – removing conflict: the Southwark example Chris Durban, Associate Director, AECOM
Learning from the Dutch 'Sustainable Safety' approach: Peter Siemensma, Senior Transport Planner, Arcadis
Southwark's slower streets: Jeremy Leach, London Campaign Co-ordinator, 20's Plenty for Us
Bring Fronts Back – gardens working for London’s streets: Rob Cowan, Director, Urban Design Skills
Transformation through urban lighting strategies: Nevena Kovacevic, Co-founder, Light Follows Behaviour
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5. Site Visit: Guided cycling tour of London's Cycle Super Highways, led by TfL
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Transport for London will be leading two cycling tours that show the innovative designs and infrastructure that have been implemented on the Cycle Superhighways.
The tours will be led by designers from Transport for London who have developed these techniques and will explain the background and design philosophy.
The two tours offered are:
1. Parliament Square and St Georges Circus (Cycle Superhighways CS3 and CS6)
2. Tower Hill and Whitechapel (Cycle SuperHighways CS3 and CS2)
Download the outline of the tours
Click here to register for this site visit
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13.30
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Nave
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Lunch
A selection of sandwiches and refreshments are served in the main Cathedral exhibition area
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14.30
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Nave - Southwark Cathedral
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Afternoon Plenary: Streets are places too
Experts deliver afternoon keynote presentations
Cllr Ian Wingfield, Cabinet Member for Environment and the Public Realm, Southwark Council
Linda Thiel, Director, London studio, White Arkitekter
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15.25
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Delegates leave the Nave
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Short comfort break to allow time to get to the day's final sessions. Refereshments are served in the breakout rooms
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15.30
Delegates choose from 1 of 4 workshops or a site visit
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1. Garry Weston Library
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2. Chapter Room
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Cycling in London
Chair: Lilli Matson, Head of Strategy & Outcome Planning, Transport for London
Barriers to investing in cycling: the evidence
Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster
Cycling and walking superhighways
Helen Adlington, Design Manager, Transport for London
Southwark case studies
Matthew Hill, Head of Highways, Southwark Council
Bringing Danish design to London
Phil Jones, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Transport & Planning, Camden Council
Inclusive cycling
Kevin Hickman, Trustee, Wheels for Wellbeing
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Gaining grassroots and stakeholder support
Chair: Rob Cowan, Director, Urban Design Skills
Crowdsourcing engagement: Peckham Coal Line
Nick Woodford, Instigator, The Peckham Coal Line
For a healthy and prosperous city: re-booting a walking strategy for London
Jim Walker, Founder and Strategic Director, Walk 21 & Martin Wedderburn, Associate, Walk 21
Getting grassroots support for active travel – from everyone
Peter Wood, Visiting Fellow in Geography / Coordinator, Open University / Southwark Cycling Joint Steering Group
Securing political support for walking and cycling
Esther Kurland, Director, Urban Design London
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3. John Trevor Williams Room
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4. Queen Elizabeth Room
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Trends and technology
Chair: Peter Hartley, Chair, Westmister Living Streets
Autonomous vehicles and long-term city mobility
James Long, Principal Consultant, Steer Davies Gleave
Making the best use of apps and data
Daniel Kofler, CEO & Founder, Bike Citizens
Understanding the benefits and impacts of cycling: new tool
Brian Deegan, Principal Technical Planner, Transport for London
Electric vehicles & low emission car club networks
Matt Croucher, Associate and Sustainable Transport Lead, WSP| Parsons Brinckerhoff
Kicked to the kerb? A sideways look at Southwark’s forgotten spaces
Kate Tiernan, Consultant, Southwark Council
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Improving air quality
Chair: Oliver Lord, Principal Policy Officer, Air Quality & Green Transport, Greater London Authority
Low emission neighbourhoods – improving air quality through innovation
Glenn Higgs, Associate Director, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
Air quality and wellbeing: Tower Bridge anti-idling
Paras Shah, Principal Consultant, AECOM
Green infrastructure and the benefits of small-scale planting
David Moores, Director of Public Realm, Project Centre
Indicators of healthy street environments
Lucy Saunders, Public Health Specialist, Transport for London
Developing urban logistic services
Gary Armstrong, Outspoken Delivery
Plus panellist Cllr Ian Wingfield, Cabinet Member for Environment and the Public Realm, Southwark Council
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5. Site Visit: Guided walking tour of Bankside area, led by Better Bankside
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A walking tour of Bankside taking in a range of initiatives aimed at boosting cycling and walking.
Meeting point : Millennium Courtyard (outside the Refectory Cafe).
If it is raining : The back of the Nave.
Led by the local Business Improvement District, Better Bankside, this will include:
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Bankside Urban Forest – long-term place-shaping programme in partnership with local landowners, Southwark, delivering a range of large- and small-scale projects to transform streets and spaces in Bankside (Sumner Street, Flat Iron Square, Great Suffolk Street)
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The Hope Exchange & Colourful Crossings – using art to change the perception of streets whilst on foot
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Pocket parks and raingardens – how small scale planting and greening can transform streets for walking and cycling
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The Bankside Boardwalk – plans for creative and innovative structure to enable streets to be temporarily altered and extended to enable greater footfall
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The Pink Pitstop – cycle repair infrastructure on street
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Better Bankside Cycle Delivery Service – business to business service for local deliveries using e-assisted cargo bike
Click here to register for this site visit
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17.25
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Depart Southwark Cathedral
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Delegates head across the road to Glaziers Hall for the Transforming London Streets drinks reception which includes the Cycle Planning Awards Winners Announcement Ceremony
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17.30
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Glaziers Hall - River Room
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Please note that the above programme is subject to change.
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