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Friday 5th September
09.00am Registration
10.00am Welcome Address
Helen Fadipe - President, Royal Town Planning Institute
Jayshree Astley - Senior Town Planning Lecturer, LSBU
10.10am Keynote Speech: Planning with Purpose: Building a Healthier Tomorrow
Michael Chang - Associate Town Planner & Healthy Planning Lead, NHS Property Services & Visiting Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments, University of the West of England
10.30am Plenary 1: Building Healthier Futures: The Impact of Planning and Transport
Jenny Jones - Director of Transport Planning, Jacobs
Steve Quartermain - Former Chief Planner, MHCLG
Lisa Fairmaner - Head of London Plan, Greater London Authority
Dr Sophie Elsmore - Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Planning LSBU
Michael Chang - Associate Town Planner & Healthy Planning Lead, NHS Property Services & Visiting Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments, University of the West of England
11.30am Networking Break
12.00pm Plenary 2: Urban Design for Healthy Places
Nivedita Vijayan - Associate Director of Urban Design, Jacobs
Kevin McGeough - Head of Strategy & Placemaking, Ebbsfleet District Council
Annie Gingell - Associate Director, Turley & Member of Neurodiversity in Planning Network
Amy Tempest - Principal Area Planner, TfL
Jimmy Lu - Principal Urban Designer, AECOM
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Breakout Options
1. Building Blocks for Heath and Inequality
Charlotte Morphet - Senior Lecturer and Programme Director, University of the Built Environment
Sam Smith - Planning Manager, NHS London Healthy Urban Development Unit
Amandeep Kellay - Portfolio Manager Health Effect of Air Pollution | Freight, Construction, Impact on Urban Health,
Additional Speakers TBA
2. Mobility Hubs and Public Transport Integration – Influence on Air Quality and Public Health
Kat Carr - Principal Transport Planner, Jacobs
Emily Hegarty - Senior Transport Planner, Jacobs
3. Health Impact Assessment
Senuri Mahamithawa - Senior HIA Consultant, RPS
Katie Hirono - Associate Director, RPS
4. Planning for health: Delivery through everyday practice
Harry Bailey - Senior Planning Officer, Ebbsfleet DC & London Young Planners Network Chair
5. Built to Heal: Town Planning for Modern Healthcare Facilities
Kerry Harding - Mott Macdonald
Alexander Tayler - Principal Development Management Officer, BeFirst
Antonia May - Senior Town Planner, BDP
Charlotte Hutchinson - Associate Partner, Carter Jonas
Jack Dunmore - Infrastructure Planning Strategist, NHS
6. Data-Driven Approaches for Integrating Health into Strategic Planning
Dan Allen - Senior Urban Planner, Prior + Partners
Abhimanyu Acharya - Associate Director, Prior + Partners
7. APC Workshop
Jayshree Astley - Senior Town Planning Lecturer, LSBU
15.00 Study Tour Options
1. Powering Connections: Transport Planning at Battersea Power Station
Matt Harris - Director, Markides Associates
Sponsored by Markides Associates
2. From Exhibition to Innovation: Planning the Future of Earls Court
Hosted by Earls Court Development Co - Further Details TBC
Jamie Hodge - Head of Consultation and Engagement, Earls Court Development Company
3. Clapham Park: Pioneering Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Living in South London
Robyn Price - Strategic Planning and Engagement Manager, Vistry Group
Callum Monks - Associate Development Director, Vistry Group
Sponsored by Vistry Group
4. King’s Cross: Reimagining the City – A Study in Urban Regeneration
Emma Bennett - Senior Planning Manager, Related Argent
Sana Lakhany - Planning Manager, Related Argent
Doug Beasley - Planning Manager, Related Argent
5. Pied Piper of Kings Cross
Lester Hillman Town Planning Expert, Historian & Retired RTPI Member
6. The City & The Suburb
Thomas Bender - Senior Associate, Montagu Evans
7. Elephant & Castle and Beyond: Sustainable Development and Transport?
Anne Crane - Spatial Planning Lead, Transport for London
8. Layers of Change: Regeneration through Elephant and Castle
Dr Sophie Elsmore - Senior Lecturer, London Southbank University
9. Reclaiming the Riverside: Urban Design and Green Connectivity at Battersea Power Station
Daniel Mather - Consultant Urban Designer, AECOM
Chatnam Lee - Consultant Urban Designer, AECOM
19.30 Gala Dinner
Join us for an evening of dinner, drinks & entertainment in the stylish Hilton London Tower Bridge. Delegates will enjoy a three-course dinner in relaxed and elegant atmosphere, offering a chance to network and engage with fellow young planners in a convivial setting.
Saturday 6th September
09.15 Refreshments
10.00 Opening Remarks
Graeme Keen KC - Barrister, Landmark Chambers
10.10 Keynote Speech: Public Health and the relationship with the deregulation of the planning system
Professor Ben Clifford Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance, UCL
10.30 Legal Landmarks: Navigating the planning landscape through case law
Nick Grant - Barrister, Landmark Chambers
Graeme Keen KC - Barrister, Landmark Chambers
Sponsored by Landmark Chambers
11.30 Networking Break
12.00 Breakout Options
1. Infrastructure & Health
Jenny Dunwoody - Associate, Climate & Sustainability Services, Arup
2. Designing for Longevity: Planning Inclusive Communities for an Ageing Population
Professor Rose Gilroy Professor of Ageing, Policy & Planning, Newcastle University
3. Sensory Built Environments – Interactive Workshop
Andie Čížková - Senior Planner, Hyas Associates & Co-Lead of the Neurodiversity in Planning Network
Emily Tanzini-Hale - Graduate Planner, WEA Planning
Jenny Offord - Head of Meridian Water Regeneration, Enfield Council
4. Growing up Well: Planning Healthy Places for Children
Sherin Francis - Associate Director, Jacobs
Hashi Mohamed - Barrister, Landmark Chambers
Further Speakers TBA
5. Housing, Climate Change and Health Equity
Hannah Gibbs Deputy Chief Executive, Future of London
6. Sustainable Spaces, Sustainable Selves: Planning for Mental Health Resilience through Climate Change
Mahsa Ige - Founder of Urbanist on a Mission
Dr Louise Edgington - Child Psychologist, ClimateEdPsych
Further Speakers TBA
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Plan-making with a focus on healthy cities and streets: collaboration with Public Health from a Newham Perspective.
Naomi Pomfret - Principal Planner, London Borough of Newham
Hafsa Elmi - Senior Strategist, Public Health, London Borough of Newham
15.00 RTPI Marketing Updates
15.15 Closing Remarks
Amy Ingle - Senior Planner, AECOM & London Conference Committee Chair
15.30 Event Close