events 2006
Cities Northwest: Rethinking the Northwest Spatial Economy
Date: 29/11/2006
This conference, taking place at Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, debated how cities in the northwest and beyond can work together, compete and grow. Marking the launch of a new report, 'Rethinking the Northwest Spatial Economy', the conference explored the ways our cities link to and compliment each other and how they contribute to regional growth.
First inquiry of the 'All Party Parliamentary Urban Development Group'
Date: 20/11/2006
The Centre for Cities, in partnership with the British Property Federation, is leading independent research for the new All Parliamentary Party Group on Urban Development. This first inquiry addressed key questions concerning the provision of infrastructure for regeneration.
RIBA Conference 2006 – Social City: architecture and change
Date: 27/10/2006
This conference in Venice considered the evidence that architecture can engineer social change, and examined the effect architecture can have on happiness.
The Northern Regeneration Conference
Date: 24/10/2006
This two-day conference in Sheffield brought together leading business, property, public and voluntary sector experts to focus on the challenges facing the North, and discuss solutions that will transform the North into a world-class economy.
The Future of Regeneration: Today's Solutions for Tomorrow's Neighbourhoods
Date: 18/10/2006
This conference - celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies - explored the key areas of regeneration, present and future. It was hosted by Greenwich LBC.
The Centre for Cities' party conference events
Date: 16/09/2006
The Centre for Cities hosted events at all three main party conferences.
The Future of City Centre Living in Birmingham
Date: 10/07/2006
This event, hosted in conjunction with Birmingham Future, brought together Clive Dutton, Director of Planning and Regeneration at Birmingham City Council, and Max Nathan, Senior Research at the Centre for Cities, to discuss how should Birmingham shape its city centre and city centre living over the next decade.
Cities Northwest book launch
Date: 10/07/2006
On Monday 10 July we published a booklet with the Northwest Development Agency called 'Cities Northwest'. It discusses the prospects for city-regional governance in the North West, starting with Greater Manchester. This follows up our City Leadership report, published in February.
Greater Cities in a Smaller World
Date: 04/07/2006
Cities are becoming the primary driver of economic growth and development, in both the developed and the emerging economies. This conference brought together practitioners in government and commerce together with leading academics in the area to explore practical questions for advisers and policy-makers.
Core Cities Summit 2006
Date: 26/06/2006
This summit in Bristol brought together stakeholders and government representatives following the submission of city-region business cases to the former ODPM. It focused on common themes and proposals that have emerged and achieving a better collective understanding of how they can be delivered successfully as part of the 'New Deal for Cities, Towns and Regions'.
City Markets report launch
Date: 21/06/2006
Our City Markets report takes a close look at the links between business activity and deprivation, and assesses the effectiveness of the current policy framework. It proposes a new, targeted approach to trigger economic activity in "business-deprived" areas.
Cinderella Cities: Tales of Modern Urban Renaissance
Date: 21/06/2006
This conference in Birmingham formed part of ‘Chicago Showcase Week’, celebrating the partnership between the cities of Birmingham and Chicago.
Transforming City Governance
Date: 24/05/2006
This conference considered how the city regions agenda can be implemented and suggested solutions for delivering new structures of governance. Topics included integrating economic policy across the city region to promote growth and how financial devolution can attract good leaders.
PPS3: End of the Urban Renaissance?
Date: 23/05/2006
This conference considered the impact of PPS3 on the development and allocation of brownfield land nationwide.
Regeneration & Renewal National Conference
Date: 15/05/2006
This two day conference explored four key aspects of regeneration: community involvement, the private sector, funding and evaluation. It looked at investment in deprived areas and what motivates the private sector to invest, existing funding for community-led groups such as social enterprises and new sources of funding including community development finance institutions.
British Council for Offices annual conference
Date: 12/05/2006
Ireland had the least impressive economic performance in Western Europe until the last decade of the twentieth century. In the last 15 years, a national effort has emerged which has engineered recovery and growth. This conference asked whether this growth is sustainable, and looked at how Dublin has responded in comparison to other European cities such as London.
Public Services: Delivering the Promise
Date: 09/05/2006
PwC's flagship event for senior decision-makers brings together 350 people - Ministers, senior public sector officials, experts and PwC's leading public sector practitioners - to discuss issues ranging from efficiency to sustainable development.
Cities and Regions or City-Regions?
Date: 29/03/2006
This NLGN conference looked at the debate currently influencing government thinking on city-region structures. It considered whether these frameworks should use existing or new structures and effective frameworks for rural and less urbanised areas. Topics to be covered included the city-regions framework, the economic case for city-regions, and the implications of city-regions for local and regional governance.
SURF Annual Conference
Date: 10/03/2006
SURF (Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum) is Scotland's independent regeneration network. This conference in Dundee looked at regeneration in England, at a UK level, and the current set of arrangements for supporting successful urban regeneration in Scotland.
City Leadership report launch
Date: 24/02/2006
Our City Leadership report sets out the case for financial devolution to towns, cities and city-regions - with a particular focus on Barnsley, Birmingham and Liverpool. The event was held in Birmingham and presented the key findings of the report and discussed policy implications.
City People presentation
Date: 20/02/2006
Chris Urwin presented the findings of our City People report to urban designers and town planners at David Lock Associates, Milton Keynes.
