LIVE WORK NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008

TOMORROW'S PROPERTY TODAY
Sustainable live/work space in the low carbon economy
A national conference organised by Live Work Network and the Royal Town Planning Institute. An event supported by BT, Advantage West Midlands, SWERDA and SEEDA

WHEN
April 16, 2008. Open for registration, coffee and networking from 8.30am. Formal start is at 9.30 am. The conference ends with farewell drinks at 4.45pm

VENUE
The excellent Business Showcase facility, at the heart of BT's national headquarters, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ  

TARGET AUDIENCE
Senior managers from a wide range of organisations considering live/work developments and home based business clusters/hubs: economic development and regeneration managers, private sector developers, local authority planners, RDAs, business links and enterprise agencies, market/coastal town initiatives, creative and knowledge sector specialists, housing associations, architects and policy makers

CONFERENCE PURPOSE
To explore practical ways to create low carbon live/work business clusters and exploit the sustainability benefits of live/work property. The event will launch a national report from Live Work Network and the RTPI, Tomorrow's property today

Delegates will attend not only to hear about best practice across the country and in the USA, but to find a range of experts all in one place to answer their questions - including those running successful live/work businesses themselves

INTENDED OUTCOME
As well as gaining the insights of the UK's leading live/work experts and networking with them, delegates will be able to shape policy. An action document will be drawn up as a result of the conference, to take forward the proposals in the report Tomorrow's property today.

Delegates will be given the chance to contribute to this document which will be sent to central government, RDAs and all relevant national agencies. Live Work Network will have rapporteurs recording discussions throughout. We will also work with the RTPI, BT, RDAs and other partner agencies to help us work up this document after the conference

TRACK RECORD
Our last events have sold out. They were influential in prompting the DTI to produce a national policy paper on home based business, on the Barker Review recommending live/work on employment sites and on CLG including live/work in the draft PPS4 and eco towns programme. Videos and presentations from these event are available to members in our downloads area

COSTS/DISCOUNTS
£280 per delegate place
£180 for Live Work Network and RTPI members (special discount applies to first delegate only)
Non members special package: a combined seminar place and Live Work Network membership for £320

Note: All fees are plus VAT. Spaces are limited to 150 and are already being booked. Apply now to avoid disappointment - remember, our last event was sold  out!

 
OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK
There will be a strong emphasis on networking time, plus interaction between speakers and delegates and the chance to meet those running live/work businesses, prominent US and UK live/work developers, market town initiative live/work project leaders, live/work mortgage specialists and architects and more
 

SESSIONS WILL EXPLORE... 

Planning live/work quarter developments
How to get the right policies in place, local development frameworks, the lessons learnt by both applicants and planners in areas where live/work is happening. Could live/work quarters be an emerging urban form and a tool for rural renewal?

The Carbon impact of live/work
How mixing use in single properties can reduce emissions compared to separate developments for workspaces and homes

What live/workers really need
The views of those who run live/work businesses, hubs and other facilities that support them

Live/work in the USA
What can we learn from the well established live/work market in America?

The emergence of live/work as a policy priority
Senior government advisers and officials report back and look to future policy shifts

Creative business quarters
How visible networks, hubs and live/work developments can transform the 'business buzz' and prospects of urban neighbourhoods and market towns

Surgery/panel Q&A sessions
Experienced live/work developers, architects and businesses answer your questions

SPEAKERS/PANELLISTS

Kate Barker is adviser to the Treasury and Bank of England. Her Land Use Review recommended live/work on employment sites (confirmed)

Richard McCarthy heads the places and communities team in the government's Communities and Local Government department, which has just published draft planning guidance calling on local authorities to consider live/work (confirmed)

Robert Upton is secretary general of the Royal Town Planning Institute. The RTPI is co-producer of Tomorrow's Property Today and is co-hosting this conference (confirmed)

Matthew Taylor MP is advising the Prime Minister on the rural economy, including the promotion of live/work property (confirmed) 

MJ Long is a CABE commissioner and chair of its Design Panel, as well as a renowned architect with Long Kentish

David Cowans is chief executive of Places for People Group, the housing and regeneration company. Places for People is a pioneer in live/work development and is seeking to expand its portfolio of live/work quarters with hubs (confirmed)

Alex Shaw is director of Spaceworks, specialist live/work developers with a track record in pioneering live/work from iner London to rural locations such as the innovative Hangar 45 scheme in Wiltshire

Ashley Nicholson is director of Verve Properties, which developed Bristol Paintworks, a mixed use scheme of live/work and high value creative B1 businesses (confirmed)

Chris Velasco is CEO of Place, an experienced US live/work developer currently creating a live/work quarter for creatives in Ventura, California (confirmed)

Tim Dwelly is director of Live Work Network and is the author of a number of national reports for government agencies and think tanks on live/work and home working (confirmed)

John Cowles is a co-director of the consultancy Workhubs and is former chairman of Digital Peninsula Network, a West Cornwall hub that supports over 180 home based businesses (confirmed)

Fay Easton is director of the Enterprise HQ, a hub facility for home based businesses in Shrewsbury (confirmed)

Paul Fong is director of Hunter Page Planning has led many successful live/work applications (confirmed)

Piers Taylor is director of Mitchell Taylor Workshop, an architecture practice specialising in live/work design, including the innovative Hangar45 scheme in Wiltshire (confirmed)

Andy Lake is editor of www.flexibility.co.uk, co-author of Tomorrow's property today and is an acknowledged national expert on home working (confirmed)

Plus a range of experienced live/work businesses from across the country and live/work developers

SUPPORT
We are grateful to BT, Advantage West Midlands, SEEDA and SWERDA  for supporting this event

GETTING THERE
There are excellent public transport links to the BT Centre, which is near St Paul's tube station
Address: 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ

BOOK NOW!
To reserve a place use this form, email us at events@liveworknet.com or call 0870 990 5151