Conference on City Futures, Sheffield

Expert speakers including leading policy makers, critics, practitioners and academics will present and debate alternative perspectives on placemaking for Sheffield and the future city on 22 September 2011.

Speakers include:

• Professor Kevin Murray, chairman of the Academy of Urbanism

• Dave Caulfield, head of planning at Sheffield City Council

• Sarah Gaventa, former director of CABE Space

• Karl Tupling, head of strategy, programme and performance at the Homes and Communities Agency North East, Yorkshire and The Humber

• Tom Wild, director of the South Yorkshire Forest Partnership

• Terena Plowright, director of The Greening Campaign

• Owen Hatherley, author and critical commentator on architecture

The conference lunch will be served in the Lyceum Theatre in conjunction with viewing the exhibition of the winning entries of the RIBA Forgotten Spaces Competition at the Crucible Theatre.

9-9.30am registration and 4.30pm closing drinks reception in the Heartspace Atrium, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB.

£30 registration fee, inclusive of lunch and refreshments.

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