Urbanism Lunch Hour: Shaping healthy economies across all our regions

Open to AoU Members only

Friday 26th June 2020 at 1pm (BST)

We’re calling on Academicians to volunteer to speak at one of our upcoming series of our online Urbanism Lunch Hours. These events are open to all Academicians and Young Urbanist members.

Urbanism Lunch Hour: Shaping healthy economies across all our towns and regions

The session will include contributions from two speakers.

Speakers:

Dr John Montgomery, Director, Urban Cultures.

Dr John Montgomery is an urban planner, an urban and regional economist and a strategic urban designer. He has published several books and articles on city regions, economic development, strategic planning and place.

Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS,Chairman of Connected Places Catapult.

A Global Advisor and Author on Cites & Urban Economies, Leadership & Investment. He provides thought leadership on the evolution of the metropolitan century, supports leaders in more than 100 cities world-wide on strategy/positioning and advises global firms on the investment/enterprise opportunities of an urbanising world. Author of 10 books and more than 100 reports. City Expert on BBC World Service series My Perfect City. Monthly columnist for RICS, The Planet of Cities.

Chair:

Pam Alexander OBE AoU, Former Director of the Academy and Chair of Commonplace Digital Ltd

If you have any queries please contact Olga Gaitani on og@academyofurbanism.org.uk.