The Planning Imagination Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning A Two Day Symposium in Celebration of the Life and Work of Professor Sir Peter Hall on the Occasion of his 80 th Birthday 25 and 26 June 2012 PROGRAMME Organised by Bartlett School of Planning University College London
Programme Overview Monday 25 June 2012 Darwin Lecture Theatre, B40, Gower Street, UCL, London 09.00-10.45 Session 10.45-11.15 Coffee JBR, Wilkins Building, Gower Street 11.15-12.45 Session 12.45-14.00 Lunch JBR, Wilkins Building, Gower Street 14.00-15.30 Session 15.30-16.00 Tea JBR, Wilkins Building, Gower Street 16.00-17.00 Session 19.00-22.00 Reception and Dinner for Speakers The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, St James, London Tuesday 26 June 2012 Archaeology Lecture Theatre, G6, Gordon Street, UCL, London 09.30-11.00 Session 11.00-11.30 Coffee South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street 11.30-13.00 Session 13.00-14.00 Lunch South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street 14.00-16.45 Session Darwin Lecture Theatre, B40, Gower Street, UCL, London 18.30-20.00 Annual Professor Sir Peter Hall Lecture 2012 Crossrail Comes to Town, by Professor Michael Hebbert 20.00-22.00 Drinks reception, South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London Locations of lecture theatre Darwin Lecture Theatre is accessed from Malet Place and Darwin Walk, and not Gower Street (5C on map). Archaeology Lecture Theatre is located on the north side of Gordon Square (E4 on map).
Speakers Programme The planning imagination: Peter Hall and the study of urban and regional planning MONDAY 25 JUNE 2012 Location: Darwin Lecture Theatre, B40, Gower Street, London. 09.00-09.15 Welcome Professor Malcolm Grant CBE, Provost and President of UCL Session I: HISTORY OF CITIES AND PLANNING 09.15-09.45 Urban and Regional Planning Susan Fainstein 09.45-10.15 Great Planning Disasters Michael Batty 10.15-10.45 Discussion 10.45-11.15 Coffee: Location: JBR, Wilkins Building 11.15-11.45 Cities of Tomorrow Robert Freestone 11.45-12.15 Cities in Civilisation John Rennie Short 12.15-12.45 Discussion 12.45-14.00 Lunch: Location: JBR, Wilkins Building Session II: SPATIAL PLANNING 14.00-14.30 Regional Planning John Glasson 14.30-15.00 The Containment of Urban England John Goddard and Tony Champion 15.00-15.30 Discussion 15.30-16.00 Tea: Location: JBR, Wilkins Building 16.00-16.30 Regeneration: The Inner City in Context Nick Bailey 16.30-17.00 Discussion 19.00-22.00 Dinner for Speakers, The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London TUESDAY 26 JUNE 2012 Location: Archaeology Lecture Theatre, G6, Gordon Street, London. Session III: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 09.30-10.00 London 2000/2001 Michael Hebbert 10.00-10.30 Non-Plan Philip Allmendinger 10.30-11.00 Discussion 11.00-11.30 Coffee: Location: South Cloisters, Wilkins Building Session IV: CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY 11.30-12.00 Technopoles of the World Philip Shapira 12.00-12.30 Transport and Planning David Banister 12.30-13.00 Discussion 13.00-14.00 Lunch: Location: South Cloisters, Wilkins Building
Session V: GLOBALISED URBANISATION 14.00-14.30 Urban Futures Simin Davoudi 14.30-15.00 Europe 2000 Andreas Faludi 15.00-15.30 The Polycentric Metropolis Robert Kloosterman 15.30-16.00 Discussion 16.00-16.45 Planning s Future Peter Hall 16.45 Close TUESDAY 26 JUNE 2012 The Annual Sir Peter Hall Lecture 2012 Location: Darwin Lecture Theatre, B40, Gower Street, London. 18.30 Crossrail Comes to Town Professor Michael Hebbert, University of Manchester Welcome by Professor Malcolm Grant CBE, Provost and President of UCL 20.00 Drinks reception South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London.
SPEAKERS Philip Allmendinger, Professor of Land Economy, University of Cambridge Nick Bailey, Professor of Urban Regeneration, University of Westminster David Banister, Professor of Transport, University of Oxford Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London Tony Champion, Professor Emeritus of Urban Geography, Newcastle University Simin Davoudi, Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning, Newcastle University Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, Harvard University Andreas Faludi, Professor of Spatial Policy Systems, Delft University of Technology Robert Freestone, Professor of Planning, University of New South Wales John Glasson, Professor Emeritus of Regional Planning, Oxford Brookes University John Goddard, Professor Emeritus of Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning, University of Manchester Robert Kloosterman, Professor of Economic Geography and Planning, University of Amsterdam Nicholas Phelps, Professor of Urban and Regional Development, University College London Philip Shapira, Professor of Innovation Management and Policy, University of Manchester John Rennie Short, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance, University College London
COFFEE, LUNCH AND TEA MONDAY 25 JUNE DIRECTIONS TO JBR FROM DARWIN BUILDING (5 minute walk) Leave Darwin Building and go straight into Path. 1. After 45 metres, turn left in to Malet Place. 2. After 55 metres you will come to an Underpass. 3. After 25 metres you will come to a large square. 4. After 21 metres, turn right in to South Junction. 5. After 9 metres, enter Wilkins Building - South Junction entrance on your left. 6. Go through a double door. 7. Immediately turn left. 8. Immediately turn left. 9. Immediately go straight up a staircase to the ground floor. 10. Go through a double door. 11. Immediately turn right. 12. Immediately turn left through a double door. 13. Immediately turn left. 14. Immediately you should reach the entrance to Wilkins Building - South Cloisters entrance from inside. 15. Continue along South Cloisters and pass through double door. 16. Turn right and continue up steps into JBR.
LOCATION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY FROM UCL/FITZROVIA TRAVEL Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace Travel directions to The Royal Society from UCL/Fitzrovia By Bus: Take 29 bus from Gower Street, to Trafalgar Square. Alight, and walk in a westerly direction to the south west corner of the square, to Cockspur Street. Continue into Pall Mall then take a left into Waterloo Place. Turn right into Carlton House Terrace and the Royal Society is on the left. You will need to purchase a ticket from the ticket machine (if present) at the bus stop prior to boarding. A single journey ticket is 2.30. Allow 35-45 minutes travel time. By Underground: Take the Northern Line southwards from Warren Street or Goodge Street stations to Charing Cross station. Walk westwards across the south side of Trafalgar Square to Cockspur Street. Continue into Pall Mall then take a left into Waterloo Place. Turn right into Carlton House Terrace and the Royal Society is on the left. A single journey ticket is 4.30. Allow 25-35 minutes travel time. By Taxi: ask the driver for The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace. Cost is likely to be approx. 8-12. Allow 15-20 minutes travel time.
COFFEE AND LUNCH TUESDAY 26 JUNE DIRECTIONS TO SOUTH CLOISTERS FROM ARCHAEOLOGY BUILDING (5 minute walk) 1. Leave Archaeology Building - Main Entrance and turn right into Gordon Square. 2. After 22 metres, at the junction of Gordon Square and Gordon Street, turn right in to Gordon Street. 3. After 47 metres, at the junction of Gordon Street and entrance road, turn left in to entrance road. 4. After 36 metres, turn right in to a walkway. 5. After 9 metres, turn left in to a covered walkway. 6. After 13 metres turn left up a staircase. 7. At the top of the staircase turn left in to the roof garden. 8. After 12 metres, follow the roof garden round to the right. 9. After 22 metres go straight into the South Cloisters through corridor. 10. After 5 metres turn left. 11. After 19 metres turn right. 12. Go through a double door. 13. Immediately you should reach the entrance to Wilkins Building - South Cloisters entrance from inside.
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