by Nick Wates Associates
Training workshops and conference presentations.
Listed in date order, most recent first.
Innovations for a Low Carbon Future: Strategies & Visions
6 May 2011
Royal Maritime Club and St Georges Church, Portsea, Portsmouth
Centre for Creative Urban Regeneration, University of Portsmouth
Presentations:
Community Engagement Overview (Nick Wates)
Community Planning for Low Carbon Communities (Mike Gibson)
Charrette:
Developing a community engagement strategy for reducing carbon emissions in Portsea, Portsmouth
Community planning: involving local people in planning and design
8 February 2011
Town Hall, Oxford
Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire - Milton Keynes Design Network
(BOB-MK)
Presentaion:
Community planning: principles and methods
Communication Strategies and Public Participation Techniques
20 January 2011
Old City Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
Civitas ElanPresentaion:
Community planning events - how to organise a successful one
Workshop:
Designing a successful citizen engagement event
GreenAge 1st International Symposium
6 to 8 December 2010
Istanbul, Turkey
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Keynote Presentaion:
Community Planning for Sustainable Development in England
‘Big society’ - working effectively with the community
29 September &
19 October 2010
London and Liverpool
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
Presentaion:
Approaches to community engagement - from strategy to delivery.
Creating Sustainable Communities
24 May 2010
Earthscan webinar (Earthcast)
With Wendy Sarkissian and Nabeel HamdiPresentation:
‘Community Planning Events: What, Why and How ’
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Masterclass in Community Involvement
23 March, 29 April, 11 November, 14 December 2010
Better Bankside community space, London
Details:
www.rudi.net/
Community participation in public spaces planning and creation
17 June 2009
Penzión Almada, Zvolen, Slovakia
Ekopolis Foundation
Presentation:
‘Community planning principles, methods and scenarios. ’
Workshop:
process planning session for Lanice Park
Launch of the Coastal Regeneration Research Centre
30 April 2009
University Centre, Hastings
University of Brighton
Presentation:
‘Community Planning in Hastings and Rother’’
Environmental Management
25 March 2009
University Centre, Hastings
University of Brighton
Presentation:
‘Community Planning'
Remaking Places 2: Finding the right solutions to today’s economic social and environmental challenges
3 December 2008
76 Portland Plae, London,Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
Presentation:
‘Empowering communities: Public involvement and neighbourhood planning’
Congress on Participation: Citizenship at the heart of politics
4–6 June 2008
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Basque Regional Government
Presentation:
‘Community Planning: Principles, Methods and Strategies’
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’
‘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 WorkOrganised 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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