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09 Nov 2020

Planning Portal Virtual Conference 2020 — full agenda announced

The Planning Portal is pleased to confirm the full agenda for their virtual conference beginning Monday 16 November 2020.

The Planning Portal Virtual Conference 2020 is pleased to confirm the full agenda. There are just a few tickets remaining, and you can register at www.planningportal.co.uk/conference

CIAT members receive a 10% discount using code CIAT10%. You have until tomorrow (13 November) to register.

16 NOVEMBER 2020

Planning Reform

09:45 – Welcome

  • Sarah Chilcott – Managing Director, Planning Portal

10:00 – Opening Address

  • Rt Hon Christopher Pincher, Minister of State for Housing

10:15 – Keynote: Planning Reform

  • Joanna Averley – Chief Planner, MHCLG

10:45 – Panel Discussion: Planning Reform

  • Chair: Mike Kiely – Chair, Planning Officers Society
  • Joanna Averley – Chief Planner, MHCLG
  • Chris Carr – Managing Director, Carr & Carr Builders
  • Matthew Spry – Senior Director, Head of London Office, Lichfields
  • Mat Graves – Regional Director, Objective Trapeze
  • Sarah Chilcott – Managing Director, Planning Portal

14:00 – Keynote: Zoning

  • Victoria Hills – CEO,  RTPI

14:30 – Panel Discussion: Zoning

  • Chair: Brian Waters – Editor, Planning in London Magazine
  • Victoria Hills – CEO, RTPI
  • Paul Miner – Head of Land Use & Planning, CPRE
  • Anthony Breach – Analyst, Centre for Cities
  • Martin Elliott – Head of Strategic Planning, Leeds City Council
  • Wayne Beglan – Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers

 

17 NOVEMBER

Carbon Zero by 2050

10:00 – Welcome

  • Sarah Chilcott – Managing Director, Planning Portal

10:15 – Keynote: Biodiversity Net Gain – What, Where and How?

  • Rachel Fisher – Deputy Director Land Use Policy, DEFRA

10:45 – Panel Discussion: Biodiversity Net Gain

  • Julia Baker – Biodiversity Technical Specialist, Balfour Beatty
  • Simon Cox – Head of Project Management & UK Sustainability Officer, Prologis
  • Simon Marsh – Head of Nature Protect, RSPB
  • Stephanie Wray – Director, RSK Bioscience

 

14:00 – Keynote: Building Standards

  • Annette Hall – Operational Policy Lead, HSE

14:30 – Panel Discussion: Building Standards

  • Chair: Tony Mulhall – Associate Director, RICS
  • Lorna Stimpson – CEO, LABC
  • William Makant – Managing Director, Plumis
  • Steve Barnes – Business Development, GRAMM Barriers

 

18 NOVEMBER

Technology in Development Management

10:00 – Welcome

  • Sarah Chilcott – Managing Director, Planning Portal

10:15 – Keynote: Confessions of a Planning and Building Officer

  • Daphne Brill – Account Director, Objective Trapeze
  • Rafael Garcia – Customer Success Director, Objective Trapeze

10:45 – Panel Discussion: Technology in Development Management

  • Chair: Scott Alford – Head of Business Development, Planning Portal
  • Rafael Garcia – Customer Success Director, Objective Trapeze
  • Paul Beaney – Customer Success Director, DEF Software

 

14:00 – Keynote: Using Technology to Improve the Invalidation of Applications

  • Scott Alford – Head of Business Development, Planning Portal

14:30 – Panel Discussion: Technology in Development Management, Application Invalidations

  • Chair: Scott Alford – Head of Business Development, Planning Portal
  • Robin Barber – Product Owner, Arcus Global
  • Nicholas Stockley – Chief Design Officer, Resi
  • Euan Mills – Digital Transformation Manager, MHCLG

 

19 NOVEMBER 

Technology in the Planning Process

10:00 – Welcome

  • Sarah Chilcott – Managing Director, Planning Portal

10:15 – Keynote: Planning and the Push for Digitisation

  • Alison Broderick – Associate, Savills

10:45 – Panel Discussion: 3D and Visualisation

  • Chair: Steven Hedley – Vice President Technical, CIAT
  • Chris Bath – Partner, BPTW
  • Paul Jackson – Managing Director, Castle Surveyors
  • Charlotte Orrell – Senior Futures Consultant, Iceni Futures
  • Kieron Gardiner – Senior Project Manager, Design Spec

 

14:00 – Keynote: Geo Designing the Future

  • Stephen Croney – Customer Success Manager, Esri UK

14:30 – Panel Discussion: Spatial, Data and Cities

  • Chair: Deepak Gopinath – Senior Lecturer in Planning and Urban Geography, UWE
  • Charles Kennelly – Chief Technology Officer, Esri UK
  • Michal Konicek – Director, AccuCities
  • Troy Hayes – Managing Director, Troy Planning + Design
  • David Hodcroft – Principle, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Register now for full access to all sessions.

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