events 2007
LGA Urban Commission
Date: 17/12/2007
Adam Marshall, Head of Policy at Centre for Cities will be presenting to the LGA Urban Commission on the Cities Outlook report.
NESTA Summit: Making Innovative Places
Date: 12/12/2007
At this event on the role of place in innovation, Dr Glenn Athey will present on the recently completed Centre for Cities report on "Innovation and the city: how innovation has developed in five city-regions."
LEPU 2nd Tuesday Seminar
Date: 11/12/2007
In this event, Glenn will discuss recent work of the centre on the next economic challenges for UK cities.
City Solutions: Delivering local growth
Date: 10/12/2007
The second event in the City Solutions series, hosted by PwC and the Centre for Cities at the Royal Society for the Arts. The roundtable focused on the implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review, and on the potential for Local Asset-Backed Vehicles (LABVs) to help deliver economic growth in Britain's cities and towns.
After the CSR: delivering local growth
Date: 10/12/2007
This, the second event in the City Solutions series, will take a detailed look at the Government's recent proposals for financial devolution.
Parliamentary housing inquiry witness session
Date: 03/12/2007
An All Party Urban Development Group inquiry session is taking place on Delivering the Urban Housing Offer.
Launch of new report on Leeds city transport
Date: 28/11/2007
New research from the Centre for Cities, to be launched at the offices of the Yorkshire Post on Wednesday 28th November, shows how the Leeds City Region - and other major urban areas - can make a stronger case for transport investment. In the light of the government's renewed drive to improve regional economies, it will present new evidence that shows how improvements to local transport networks could add tens of millions of pounds to the City Region's economy each year.
Estates Gazette Political Summit
Date: 28/11/2007
Brown and Cameron: Where next for property? The EG Political Summit will address the biggest issues affecting the property industry.
Regional Studies Association Conference on Transport, Mobility and Regional Development
Date: 23/11/2007
Centre for Cities speakers will present the findings of our work in the Leeds City Region on agglomeration and cities, including new evidence on the importance of transport investment in the UK.
Economic Prosperity: the Sub-National Contribution
Date: 14/11/2007
Following on from the Lyons Inquiry review which called for improved incentives for local authorities to promote economic prosperity and growth, this event will explore the implications of the sub-national review on local economic development and understand how new local authority powers can be used at a regional and sub-regional level.
Core Cities Summit Event
Date: 07/11/2007
The Centre for Cities will be hosting a fringe event on urban transport at this year's Core Cities Summit, which takes place in Nottingham on 7-8 November.
The Urban Regeneration Conference
Date: 11/09/2007
This UK and Ireland focused event will examine the massive regeneration projects that are changing the overall landscape and contributing to the ever-expanding economic developments within the region.
City Solutions: Towards a Supplementary Business Rate
Date: 06/09/2007
Cities are the building blocks of the national economy – but they lack the financial resources needed to deliver capital investment, a key component of economic growth. The recent Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration proposed Supplementary Business Rates (SBRs) as a mechanism to enable cities to generate additional funds for infrastructure investment.
Regenex Conference 2007: '10 Years of Regneration Policy: Getting the Built Environment Right?'
Date: 27/02/2007
This conference explored the roots of current regeneration strategies and ask what has worked over the past 10 years, and what has not. From urban regeneration, to sustainable communities, has the delivery matched the policy? The conference aimed to take forward all of this experience and look ahead to how the lessons learned can shape the next 10 years of regeneration policy.
Launch of the Urban Regeneration Toolbox
Date: 14/02/2007
The Urban Regeneration Toolbox is a new guide for practitioners, policymakers, developers, investors, advisors – and anyone with an interest in urban regeneration. Dermot Finch, Director of the Centre for Cities, was a panelist at this launch event.
Centre for Cities: Party Conferences 2007
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The Centre for Cities once again attended all three party conferences this year. We ran two fringe events at each conference: our Cities Question Time (sponsored by DLA Piper) and another on transport (sponsored by Virgin Trains). This short report brings together the key points from these events, plus some general observations on the state of the urban agenda in each of the three main political parties.
