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Wed 1st May 2013

UCL Bartlett School of Planning, Room 517, Wates House

22 Gordon St, London WC1H 0QB


Attendance is free and open to all but booking is required at

http://crossingspaces2013.eventbrite.co.uk


PROGRAMME


11:00-11:15     Welcome
11:15-11:45     Keynote Speaker: Prof. Mike Raco, University College London
11:45-13:00
Panel 1: Ways of Thinking
Chair: Antonio Desiderio, University of East London

  *   Annick Leick, University of Luxembourg “Re-framing the methodology to study large-scale urban project”

  *   Erick de Melo, Oxford Brookes University “Mega-events, governance and social inequality”

  *   Gynna Millan, DPU-UCL “Whose Olympics?: Citizens’ Documentation of Transformations of Open Spaces in London”

  *   Jérémie Molho, University of Angers “Making a city of arts through big events: the case of Istanbul”

  *   Sarah Scott, University of the West of Scotland “Cultural programming as a tool for urban regeneration”


13:00-13:30     Discussion
13:30-14:15     Lunch
14:15-14:45     Keynote Speaker: Prof. Gavin Poynter, University of East London
14:45-16:00     Panel 2: Ways of Making
Chair: Gabriel Silvestre, University College London

  *   Dr Debbie Sadd, Bournemouth University “Communities beyond ‘place’”

  *   Ozlem Edizel, Brunel University “Sustainable Event-led Regeneration: Governance of London 2012 Olympics”

  *   Patricia Simões Aelbrecht, Bartlett School of Planning UCL “A World Fair for the Future: The Multiple Legacies of the Expo 98’ Urban Model”

  *   Susan Fitzpatrick, University of Strathclyde “Housing, Culture and Capital: The difficult build up to Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year of 2008”

  *   Irene Chini, Università IUAV di Venezia “Istanbul2010: The role of culture in the political agenda of the AKP”


16:00-16:30     Discussion
16:30-16:45     Closing comments