Wed 11 June: "Event: London 2050 – Grow up or grow out?"

"With the Infrastructure Investment Plan heading toward final draft, Future of London offers a brief pause to consider the practical aspects of London’s rapid growth. Do we densify? If so, where, what might that look like, and how do we do it in a useful timespan? Do we make a decisive push through the Green Belt and GLA borders – we’re doing it with transport; what about housing, governance and funding? If we build more Garden Cities, who will live in them?

"These issues are tightly interwoven with infrastructure planning; before tackling the daunting political framework of London’s evolving shape, let’s consider what densification or expansion offers – and what it risks.

"London 2050 – Grow up or grow out? will bring together senior public- and private-sector practitioners from across the Capital to debate what form a growing London could take. The results will set the scene for practical exploration of next steps, through Future of London seminars, briefings and visits through the balance of the year."

London 2050 – Grow up or grow out?

Date: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014, 09:00 – 11:30 AM
09:00 – Registration, coffee & refreshments | 09:15 – Session begins | 10:45 – Networking & refreshments
Location: ‘London’s Living Room’, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Confirmed speakers:

• Keynote: Sir Edward Lister, Deputy Mayor, Planning, Greater London Authority
• Why where we build is so critical: Michèle Dix, Managing Director, Group Planning, Transport for London
• What density looks like: Speaker TBD – please check back
• What density actually looks like: Andrew Beharrell, Executive Director, Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects
• Beyond the belt: Adam Challis, Head of Residential Research, JLL
• The borough response, and a call to action: Pat Hayes, Executive Director, Regeneration and Housing, LB Ealing

"Registration is required, and places are limited. Please RSVP to events@futureoflondon.org.uk and we will confirm if you have secured a place."