Ideopolis Conference 2008
Successful cities in the changing economy
'the whole event was stimulating'
'…well organised and informative with excellent speakers – thank you!'
The inaugural Ideopolis Conference was held on Wednesday 16 July at the Lewis Media Centre, Millbank, London.
A write up of the sessions from the conference will be available for download from this webpage soon.
Alexandra Jones’ Keynote presentation can be found here (pdf 1,414 kb)
A transcript of Ian Pearson MP’s speech can be found here.
Speakers at the conference included:
Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Sir Richard Leese CBE, Leader Manchester City Council
Kate Barker, author, Barker Review of Land Use Planning
Alexandra Jones, Associate Director, The Work Foundation
Mike Crouch, Director, Regional Cities East
Tom Macartney, Managing Director, North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership
Simon Jenkins, Journalist and Commentator
Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Science and Innovation
Andrew Lewis, Director, The Northern Way
Geoff Mulgan, Director, The Young Foundation
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, LSE
Laura Gordon, Director, Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration
Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age Programme, LSE
Clive Betts MP, Chair All Party Parliamentary Group for Urban Development
Sessions topics:
- Successful cities in the knowledge economy
- Public Sector innovation and cities
- City Leadership Q & A- brokering focus and avoiding jam spreading
- What does the future hold for cities?
- The future of work in sustainable cities
The conference launched our final Ideopolis report How Can Cities Thrive in the Changing Economy which marked the completition of the second phase of the Ideopolis project
Press coverage of the report included the Guardian, Independent, Public Finance and Regeneration and Renewal.
The report (including an executive summary) is available here:
Find out more information about the Ideopolis City Leaders Network (pdf 106kb)
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