08:30 - Registration and refreshments

09:20 - Opening address from the Chair

Paul Hyett, Chairman, HKS Architects Limited
and Past President, RIBA

09:30 - Keynote address and overview: the future of masterplanning

• The importance of masterplanning effectively and imaginatively in the current economic climate
  
• Creating robust masterplans: flexible designs for developers in an uncertain climate
  
• What is the future of masterplanning in the current climate?

Sir Terry Farrell, Principal
FARRELLS

10:00 - Case study: International view

• Understanding how masterplanning is approached abroad
  
• Working with the client: how the masterplan was developed
  
• Sustainability challenges: how these were met
  
• What the UK can learn from international projects
  

Helle Lis Søholt, Partner
GEHL ARCHITECTS

David Sim, Senior Consultant
GEHL ARCHITECTS

10:30 - Question and answer session

10:40 - Morning refreshments

11:10 - Interpreting government policy into practice

• Examining the role of architects in urban design and master planning to create quality places
  
• Clarifying guidance on best practice: Urban Design Compendium 2, Design for Manufacture and Carbon Challenge
  
• Tools to aid delivery
  
• Understanding the practical impact of the Housing Regeneration Bill on masterplanning, what are the aims of the HCA in the future?
  

Kevin McGeough, National Policy Manager
Planning & Design ENGLISH PARTNERSHIPS

11:40 - Question and answer session

11:45 - Address and comment from Question Time Chair

Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive
THE PRINCE’S FOUNDATION FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

12:00 - Question Time: sustainable design

An interactive session for you to discuss and debate the issues surrounding sustainable design in masterplans. Come prepared with questions for the panel so you can come away inspired and with ideas for your projects. Topics will include:

• Developing strategies to improve energy performance
  
• Technologies available to create greener masterplans
  
• Approaches to water and waste management
  
• Ecotowns exemplar plans – how could they work?

Panel includes:
Dr Ken Yeang, Director
LLEWELYN DAVIES YEANG

Alex Whitbread, Partner
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Craig Casci, Director
HAMILTONS ARCHITECTS

12:35 - Lunch

13:35 - Creating sustainable places

• Integrating existing communities through consultation
  
• Creating long-term environments through masterplan design, including: mixed-use developments and mixed-tenure housing
  
• Developing a sense of place
  
• Overcoming the challenges of high density development

Tim Stonor, Managing Director
SPACE SYNTAX

14:05 - Creating a viable masterplan for clients

• Understanding what clients want from a masterplan (What aims do developers have & How do masterplans help local authorities develop their core strategies?)
  
• Identifying the mixture of development needed to make a masterplan viable
  
• Balancing building and landscape requirements

David Partridge, Joint Chief Executive, ARGENT

Jon Abbott, Project Director, Elephant and Castle
SOUTHWARK COUNCIL

14:35 - Ensuring delivery: making masterplans robust

• Getting phasing right
• Designing a masterplan that is achievable in reality
• Aligning the masterplan with planning goals and transport needs
• What can stop the masterplan from being feasible?

Maurice Peakin, Architect - Project Design Executive
CANARY WHARF GROUP

15:05 - Question and answer session

15:15 - Afternoon refreshments

15:45 - Integrating transport into a masterplan

• Ensuring sustainable transport solutions are part of the masterplan, including: tram networks, cycle paths and pedestrian access
  
• Strategies to satisfy good urban design practice and highways regulations
  
• Considering how the physical infrastructure of an existing site interacts with your design
  
• Making the public realm more user-friendly
  
• Integrating transport and landscape into an overall masterplan

David Taylor, Senior Director
Alan Baxter and Associates

16:15 - Case Study: Regeneration sites and urban masterplans

• Developing a masterplan that responds effectively to regeneration drivers
• Consulting with the community in an effective manner
• Integrating old buildings within the new masterplan
• Masterplanning tight urban spaces

Neil Deely, Director
METROPOLITAN WORKSHOP

16:345 - Question and answer session

16:55 - Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference