| DAY 1: THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2015 The Rep Theatre Centenary Square Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP |
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| 12.00 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 13.00 | Welcome and Introduction to BirminghamIntroduction to Congress Steven Bee, Chairman, The Academy of Urbanism Birmingham’s Growth Agenda Waheed Nazir, Director of Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council Perspective Birmingham Glenn Howells, Director, Glenn Howells Architects |
| 14.00 | City Centre walking tours – based on the Big City Plan Areas |
| 15.30 | City Trips: Delegates have a choice to go on two alternative trips: 1. Boat trip of canalside development and Icknield Port Loop 2. Bus trip to visit Park Central new neighbourhood and Bournville Garden Village |
| 19.00 | Drinks Reception hosted by Glenn Howells Architects |
| 20.15 | BBQ and networking at Fazeley Studio via a walk through the Custard Factory |
Image: Brindley Place canal, by Peter Stowage, Flickr
| DAY 2: FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2015 The Rep Theatre Centenary Square Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP |
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| 08.30 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 09.15 | Chair’s Welcome to Birmingham Congress Steven Bee AoU, Chair, The Academy of Urbanism SESSION ONE: HEALTHY CITY NARRATIVE – SETTING THE CONTEXT Birmingham – Towards a people-centred urbanism Sir Albert Bore, Leader, Birmingham City Council Are our cities costing us our lives? Dr Adrian Phillips, Director, Public Health Birmingham Healthy and Creative Cities – Creating the conditions for a better urban life Charles Landry AoU, Comedia Q & A |
| 10.45 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15 | SESSION TWO: APPLICATION OF HEALTHY CITY THEMES People, Place & Time – Designing the UK’s national high-speed rail network Sadie Morgan, Chair, HS2 Design Panel & Co-Founder, dRMM Architects The Seven Pillars of Well-being: Creating and sustaining healthy places through integrated planning and implementation Prof Peter Roberts, Vice-Chairmain, Northern Ireland Housing Executive Active by Design: designing places for healthy lives Rachel Toms, Active by Design Programme Leader, Cabe at Design Council Aarhus – City of Smiles Stephen Willacy, City Architect, City of Aarhus Q & A |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | SESSION THREE: LEARNING FROM BIRMINGHAM 1. How To Lose Your Ring Road and Find Your City Centre, facilitated by Dr Nicholas Falk AoU, URBED; Sir Albert Bore, Leader, Birmingham City Council 2. A Vision For Movement/ Birmingham Cycle Revolution, facilitated by Michael Parkinson, Partner, Peter Brett Associates 3. Active Living by Design / Changing Behaviour, facilitated by Ben Percival, Sport & Leisure Service Manager, Leisure & Community Health, Walsall Council 4. Housing Options for Older People and Creating age Friendly Neighbourhoods, facilitated by Mike Walsh, Senior Service Manager – Policy & Commissioning, Birmingham City Council; Janet Sutherland, Director, AoU 5. Tackling the obesogenic environment: the role of planning, design and regeneration professionals in creating a healthier food environment, facilitated by Shaleen Meelu, Public Health Nutrition Specialist, Public Health Birmingham 6. Connected Communities – High-Speed Rail & Transport Infrastructure – Urban Place Shaping, facilitated by Henk Bouwman AoU, Director, The Academy of Urbanism. FEEDBACK |
| 16.30 | SESSION FOUR: GLOBAL LEARNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER Happy City Charles Montgomery Urban experimentalist and author  |
| 17.30 | Close |
Image: Custard Factory
| DAY 2 (EVENING): FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2015 Venue to be confirmed |
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| 19.00 | Pre-dinner drinks reception hosted by Birmingham City Council |
| 20.00 | Congress Dinner Including announcements of The Urbanism Awards finalists and after-dinner speaker |
| 23.00 | Networking and close of dinner |
Image: Park Central, Birmingham
| DAY 3: SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2015 The Studio 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham B2 5EP |
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| 09.00 | Registration |
| 09.30 | Learning from Place Review of current Academy Programme |
| 10.30 | Healthy City Theme – what next? |
| 11.30 | Review of Academy Programmes |
| 12.30 | Close of Congress X 2015 |
Image: Bourville Model Village