Conference programme
Saturday 12 November 2005
09:00 — 09:30 Opening Session
Welcome
Wolfgang Nowak, Spokesman of the Executive Board, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank
09:30 — 11:00 Debate - The European City Model
- Chair:
- Simon Jenkins, Political Commentator and Author, London
Panel Discussion
Joan Clos, Mayor of Barcelona
Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam
Gabor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest
Anthony Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Freddy Thielemans, Mayor of Brussels
Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá
Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London
Urban Age Project: The Story So Far
Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:00 — 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 — 13:00 The Future of London
- Chair:
- Anthony Mayer, Chief Executive, Greater London Authority
Presentations
London: The Global Context
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Living in London
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Designing London
Ricky Burdett, Advisor on Architecture and Urbanism to the Mayor of London
Moving in London
Peter Hendy, Managing Director of Surface Transport, Transport for London
Delivering Urban Governance
Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Debate
Open discussion
13:00 — 14:30 Lunch
14:30 — 16:00 Expanding the City Core
The White City Challenge in West London
Ricky Burdett, London School of Economics and Political Science
Presentations
The White City Scheme
Rem Koolhaas, Principal, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Labour Market Demands
Bridget Rosewell, Consultant Chief Economist to the Greater London Authority
Responses
Dieter Läpple, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, Hamburg University of Technology
Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago and Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Ian Gordon, Professor of Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science
Frank Duffy, Principal, DEGW London
Peter Bishop, Director of Environment, London Borough of Camden
Debate
Open discussion
16:00 — 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 — 18:00 Changing Values
Elephant & Castle – The Future of Public Life in South London
- Chair:
- Tony Travers, London School of Economics and Political Science
Presentations
Elephant & Castle: A Regeneration Story
Fred Manson, former Planning Director, London Borough of Southwark
Security and Community
Ian Thomas, Chief Superintendent, Southwark
Responses
Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam
Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá
Rem Koolhaas, Principal, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam
Sophie Body-Gendrot, Professor of Political Science and American Studies, Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Sorbonne
Roger Zogolovitch, Director, AZ Urban Studio, London
Julia Thrift, Director, CABE Space
Debate
Open discussion
Sunday 13 November 2005
09:00 — 10:30 Bringing London Together
King’s Cross: A Gateway to Europe
- Chair:
- Deyan Sudjic, Kingston University
Presentations
The King’s Cross Scheme
Graham Morrison, Partner, Allies and Morrison, London
Making London Central
Ben Plowden, Managing Director, Group Communications, Transport for London
Responses
Hermann Knoflacher, Professor of Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineer, Technical University Vienna
Geetam Tiwari, Advisor on Transport, City of Delhi
Harry Dimitriou, Bartlett Professor of Planning Studies, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Patricia Brown, Chief Executive, Central London Partnership
Guy Nordenson, Professor of Structural Engineering, Princeton University
Debate
Open Discussion
10:30 — 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 — 12:30 Accommodating Growth or Conflict?
The Olympics and Urban Legacy
- Chair:
- Richard Simmons, Chief Executive, CABE
Presentations
The Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley
Alejandro Zaera Polo, Joint Director, Foreign Office Architects
Integrating Communities in East London
Jason Prior, Regional Vice President, EDAW, London
Responses
David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye Associates, London
David Lunts, Executive Director of Policy and Partnerships, Greater London Authority
Will Alsop, Chairman, Alsop Design Ltd
Yung Ho Chang, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joanna Averley, Interim Director of Design at the Interim Olympic Delivery Authority
Lawrence Vale, Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Rudlin, Director, URBED
Debate
Open discussion
12:30 — 14:00 Lunch
14:00 — 15:30 Planning in an Unplanned City
Has Planning Forgotten About Design
- Chair:
- Frank Duffy, Principal, DEGW, London
Opening Statement
Andy Altman, CEO, Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, Washington D.C. and Planning Director Washington D.C. 2000 to 2005
Panel
Ricky Burdett, Advisor on Architecture and Urbanism to the Mayor of London
Yung Ho Chang, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Geetam Tiwari, Advisor on Transport, City of Delhi
Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard Law Schoo
Deyan Sudjic, Dean of the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Kingston University
Ed Soja, Distinguished Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, and Visiting Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
15:30 — 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 — 17:30 London in the Urban Age
An International Reflection
- Chair:
- Richard Sennett, London School of Economics and Political Science
Statements from Urban Age Experts
Sophie Body-Gendrot, Professor of Political Science and American Studies, Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Sorbonne
Hermann Knoflacher, Professor of Transportation Planning, Technical University Vienna
Dieter Läpple, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, Hamburg University of Technology
Xiangming Chen, Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Closing Remarks
Wolfgang Nowak, Spokesman of the Executive Board, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank