Colleagues,
I am sending you the link to the EDGE 2012 conference - pushing the boundaries of public service. I hope you can join us and or submit your award ideas http://edgeconference.co.uk/awards/
Find out how we are building new co-located hubs, using technology and improving performance
EDGE is always a great event and I am very much looking forward to catching up with new International movers and shakers and some of my colleagues and fellow professionals there http://edgeconference.co.uk/
Hear from Jonathan Guthrie – Project and Strategy Advisor at The Scottish Government - Harnessing the private sector’s might to regenerate cities. The role of this new partnership approach with public libraries in economic development and innovative, exciting projects across Scotland’s cities
Riccardo Marini – International rbanist - The urban challenge and design adventure - The walls of the silos are being breached! Place attractiveness and liveability are what will give us a viable economic future. We are not going to go back to being the powerhouse of the world; we have actually de-skilled in those types of sectors and will not be able to compete with the raw muscle of India and China. What we have to major on, are the so called creative industries and the new technologies. A holistic approach has to be developed to ensure that we do not create simplistic solutions to what are incredibly complex problems. This is not about design, but it will create environments where design is not an afterthought deployed to make something look pretty – putting lipstick on the monkey
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