Dear all,
Please find below details of the upcoming Regional Studies Association Research Network on Mega-Events Workshop (with application form attached), which will be held at London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre on 25th of June 2012.
Best Wishes,
Philip Lawton (On behalf of Professor Graeme Evans, Brunel University London/Maastricht University)
Regional Studies Association Research Network on Mega-Events
* Workshop Mega-Event Evaluation and Measuring Impacts
* 25 June 2012 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
* London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre, Holloway Road, London N7 8DB
[nearest tube station: Holloway Road, Piccadilly line, or Highbury & Islington, Victoria line]
Regional Studies Mega-Events Panel:
Chair: Prof Graeme Evans, Brunel/Maastricht; Dr Bas van Heur, VUB, Cosmopolis Brussels;
Dr Lauren Andres, CURS Birmingham; and Prof Greg Richards, Tilburg University/ATLAS
Presenters:
Dr Andrew Smith, Westminster University - Events and Urban Regeneration
Roger Taylor, CEO - London2012 Host Boroughs Unit - Host Boroughs' approach to tackling disadvantage through regeneration
Prof Paul Brickell, Director of Regeneration - Olympic Park Legacy Company
Nicole Ferdinand, LondonMet - "Not entrepreneurial enough?"- The cultural entrepreneurs behind the Notting Hill Carnival
Dr Carol Scott (London & Sydney) - Cultural Olympiad Evaluation & Legacy
Menna Jones [PhD student], Liverpool University - Comparing Liverpool IMPACTS’08 and 1984 International Garden Festival evaluations
Enquiries and to book a place: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Philip Lawton
Postdoctoral Researcher in Culture and Urban Development
Centre for Urban and Euregional Studies
Department of Technology and Society Studies
Maastricht University
Grote Gracht 86
Maastricht
The Netherlands
+31433883597
www.philiplawton.posterous.com
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