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Conference presentations, training workshops and awaydays. Listed in date order, most recent first.

Public Participation in Strategic Decision-making

3–4 December 2007

Expo Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria

Aarhus Convention Workshop organised by:
the Austrian Government

Presentation:
‘Community Planning: Aylesham Masterplan, UK’’

Placemaking and the Public

8 May 2007

77 Cowcross Street, London

Organised by:
Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)

Presentation:
‘Community Planning: Principles, Methods and Strategies’

Tools for Engaging Communities; the market place event

31 January 2007

Welcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge

Organised by:
Inspire East

Presentation:
‘Community planning strategies’

Workshop:
‘Community planning’

Le Vie Della Partecipazione (The Routes to Participation)

19 May 2006

International Seminar, Florence, Italy

Organised by:
Regione Toscana to assist with preparing new
legislation on public participation.

Presentation:
‘Techniques of participation in the projects of urban regeneration in Great Britain’

Local Transport – engaging local communities

18 May 2006

Thistle Hotel, Charing Cross, London

Organised by:
Landor Conferences

Presentation:
‘Shaping a community involvement strategy’

Planning with Communities

9 March 2006

Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex

Organised by:
RTPI East of England and East of England Planning Aid

Presentation:
‘Community Planning; an overview’

Workshop:
‘Design your own community planning strategy’

RTPI Planning Aid Strategic Awayday

25 November 2005

Guildhall, Winchester

Organised by
the Royal Town Planning Institute to help planning aid practitioners and core staff plan the future of the service.

Role:
Facilitator

The Politics of Place

11 October 2005

Shoreditch, London

Organised by
The Prince’s Foundation, London

Presentation:
‘Community planning; The range of methods available and when to use them’

Come to the Table! Finding a recipe for successful community engagement

27 July 2005

Cornwall College, Cambourne, Cornwall

Organised by:
CABE Design Action

Presentation:
‘The range of techniques available and when to use them’

Urban health by design

4 May 2005

Liverpool City Hall

Organised by:
Bearhunt for Liverpool Healthy City.

Presentation:
How people can shape their cities, towns and villages
in any part of the world.

>Community Involvement; a practical approach

6 April 2005

Hamilton House, London

Organised by:
the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Presentation:
Engagement methods for masterplanning.

Community Challenge Conference

2-4 March 2005

Denman College, Oxford

National Federation of Women’s Institutes

Workshops (2):
The secrets of community planning.

Outside the Lines; making community planning real

15 February 2005

Hotel Cladhan, Falkirk, Scotland

Organised by:
the Equality Network

Keynote speech:
‘An overview of the principles and methods of community planning’

Planning for Vital Communities; Making the connections

18 January 2005

Lancaster University, Lancashire

Organised by:
The Countryside Agency

Presentation:
Introduction to community planning

>Community Planning

3 November 2004

Centre for the Magic Arts, London

Organised by:
the Royal Town Planning Institute

Presentation:
Community involvement in masterplanning

Introduction to Social Impact Assessment

15 June 2004

Holborn, London

Organised by:
WSP imc on behalf of WSP Environmental

Presentation:
An introduction to effective community consultation

Planeamiento Communitario

20, 21 May 2004

Casa de la Cultura, Tacoronte, Tenerife, Spain

Organised by:
the Instituto Canario de Animacion Social (ICAS)

Presentation:
Community Planning

Partcipation Cymru Community Planning training course

11 May 2004

Cardiff, Wales

Organised by:
Wales Council for Voluntary Action

Role:
Trainer

Hastings Local Strategic Partnership Awayday

4 March 2004

Powdermill Hotel, Battle

Organised by:
the Hastings Local Strategic Partnership

Role: Co-facilitator

The Community Planning Seminar

15 November 2003

Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone, Kent

Organised by:
Maidstone Borough Council with Maidstone Local Strategic Partnership, the Maidstone Urban Forum, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Kent Rural Community Council and Communities Together

Role:
Facilitator

Presentation:
Community planning

Vermont Workshops

19-23 May 2003

Various locations in Vermont, USA.

Organised by:
the Preservation Trust of Vermont

Four workshops facilitated and one conference
presentation on community planning

Planning for the Future – the value of community engagement for practitioners

30 January 2003

Central Library, Peterborough

Organised by:
the RTPI East of England and The Countryside Agency

Presentation:
The Community Planning Handbook and town design statements

Building the homes of tomorrow; sustainable development in Kent

28 May 2002

County Hall, Maidstone, Kent

Organized by:
Construction Industry Environmental Forum & Kent Design

Presentation:
Involving communities in planning and design

Implementing the Aarhus Convention in Slovenia

28 March 2002

Hotel Slon, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Expert round table

Organized by:
the Regional Environmental Centre for
Central and Eastern Europe.

Presentation:
Public participation in planning; an introduction

Community Participation Methods

27 February 2002

National Institute of Social Work

Organised by:
The Community Development Foundation

Facilitator of session:
Priorities for the UK

The Urban Renaissance? Making it happen

22-23 November 2001

The Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol

The second annual Bristol Planning Law
and Policy conference.

Organised by:
King Sturge and University of the West of England.

Workshop sessions:
Community involvement in urban renaissance.

Action for Market Towns Annual Convention

21 & 22 September 2001

Liskeard, Cornwall

Organised by:
Action for Market Towns with The Countryside Agency

Presentation:
Introduction to community planning

Practical community planning workshop facilitated:
The future of Liskeard Cattle Market

Market towns - a new focus

4 July 2001

Millennium Grandstand, Newmarket, East Anglia

Organised by:
Action for Market Towns with
East of England Development Agency

Workshop sessions (2):
Involving the community

Action Planning Seminar

7 May 1999

Prague, Czech Republic

Organized by:
Environment Partnership for Central Europe

Presentation:
Action Planning

Communities in Action

14 November 1998

Abbey Conference Centre, Southbank University, London

The 1998 National Planning Aid Conference

Organized by:
the Royal Town Planning Institute

Workshop:
Participation Techniques

Work in Process; Recycling Connecticut’s Communities and Related Research

24 October 1996

Yale University, USA

Organised by:
Yale Urban Design Workshop

Presentation:
Action Planning; a process that works

Action Planning; a process that works

30 September 1996

The Canterbury Environment Centre, Kent

Organised by:
Kent Architecture Centre

Presentation:
Action Planning; a process that works

Community Works; The Participation Seminars

29 August 1996

Edinburgh, Scotland

Organised by:
The Community Government Exchange

Training workshop: Action Planning

Town Revitalisation with Public Participation

29 March 1995

Tokyo, Japan

Organised by:
the Japan Construction Training Centre,
Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan

Lecture and seminar
followed by seminar in Osaka on 1st April

Architecture for Everybody: How; When; Why European Salaried Architects Congress

24–28 June 1988

Szczecin and Tuczno, Poland

Organised by:
the European Salaried Architects Group

UK Speaker:
Community Architecture

Remaking Cities

2–5 March 1988

Pittsburgh, USA

Organised by:
The American Institute of Architects

Plenary speaker:
Community architecture


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