MIPIM UK Summit: Futurecity is the First Cultural Placemaking Partner
Old Billingsgate Market, 14-15.10.19
MIPIM UK Summit, the UK’s leading property event, is partnering with a number of organisations that embody the dynamic, contemporary world of real estate.
As cultural placemaking is becoming a crucial element for successful development, we are excited to announce that Futurecity will be the 2019 Content Partner for MIPIM UK.
Futurecity will also be curating contributors across panels that cover topics like commercial property investment trends, development challenges and opportunities between Oxford and Cambridge, and development trends post-Brexit. The partnership brings culture, arts, and creative placemaking to the heart of MIPIM UK Summit.
Monday, 14 October 15:15-16:00
Brexit Resilience: Examining the Strengths of Higher Education, Creativity and Innovation in the UK
Place: Sir Horace Jones Stage, Old Billingsgate
Speakers:
Amanda Clack, Senior Strategy Advisor, CBRE
Dan Hanson, Senior UK Economist, Bloomberg
Erik Sondén, Senior Advisor, DTZ Investors
Moderator: Mark Davy, Founder, Futurecity
The UK is in a position of uncertainty: no-one can predict what will happen with Brexit. All this uncertainty is having an impact on the UK real estate sector. This session will explore the latest events, what it all means for the industry and assess what strengths the UK has that will enable it to weather the storm of uncertainly towards a prosperous future. To do this it will in particular focus on higher education, creativity and innovation.
Tuesday, 15 October
14:00-14:20
Finding Britain’s Best Start-up City
Place: Rosemary Sutcliff Stage, Old Billingsgate
Speaker: Mike Jackson, Entrepreneur Success Director, Tech Nation
Interviewer: Ali Hossaini, National Gallery X, Futurecity Associate
This session will debate which cities are winning the battle to attract the ground breaking entrepreneurs and start-ups.
15:00-15:45
The Cambridge & Oxford Arc: Latest developments, challenges and opportunities.
Place: Rosemary Sutcliff Stage, Old Billingsgate
Speakers:
Emma Fletcher, Managing Director, SmithsonHill
Sarah Greenwood, Head of Strategic Growth, Homes England
Richard Harrington, Chief Executive, Buckinghamshire Thames Valley
Nigle Tipple, Chief executive, Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Moderator: David Barrie, Futurecity Associate
This session will explore the opportunity for economic and housing growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. It will examine what investment is needed to achieve high-value growth, innovation, sustainability, quality-design places and thriving communities. How can 1 million homes by 2050 be achieved? What long term integrated approach to growth – involving infrastructure, housing, economy and the environment – is required to deliver the Arc?
15:00-15:45
Cultural infrastructure and placemaking: Its role in positioning a city as a destination and value creation
Place: Sir Horace Jones Stage
Speakers:
Sherry Dobbin, Partner and Managing and Cultural Director, Futurecity
Lucy Bullivant, Director, Lucy Bullivant and Associates
Ros Morgan, Chief Executive, Heart of London
Tony Reeves, Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council
Moderator: Fiona Bruce, British journalist, broadcaster and TV presenter
How can new developments in cultural infrastructure and placemaking shape the future of UK cities? How do we promote quality in design, future thinking and knowledge sharing? And how do we overcome the gentrification challenge to retain the culture of a place?
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Launch of Cutural Sustainability Guidance for Property Sector
London City Hall, 23.10.19
Join us for the launch of Urban Land Institute UK Urban Art Forum’s new publication “Including Culture in Development – A Step by Step Guide,“ supported with contribution from Sherry Dobbin, Partner at Futurecity.
The new guide is set to help improve the creation and integration of quality public art and cultural infrastructure within development. It will outline six steps that can be taken to achieve high quality results and includes real-life examples and interviews.
The publication will be launched at a breakfast briefing on 23 October at GLA, London City Hall, with opening remarks by Hala El Akl, ULI UK Urban Art Forum Chair and Director, PLP Architecture; Keynote speech by Fatoş Üstek, director of the Liverpool Biennial; and a panel discussion with Fatoş Üstek, Rachael Roe, Senior Policy Officer, Culture and Creative Industries, GLA, Simon Silver,Co-founder and Director, Derwent London Plc, and Sherry Dobbin, moderated by Christopher Choa, ULI Global Trustee and Managing Director, Cities Advisory at AECOM.
8.15 – 10.30am, Wednesday 23 October 2019
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