On 10th Feb, I will be the MC for an event run by the @UKTI in Paris looking tagged #FutureCity2015. In relation to this, I was asked also to make a film that would open the event, focusing discussion around new opportunities and foregrounding a number of technological changes to cities that are imminent.
Here it is:
The event is principally for business and will look like this.
09:30 Welcome by His Excellency Sir Peter Ricketts
British Ambassador to France
09:40 Current opportunities in France
Caroline Maurand, French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
10:05 Focus on the Grand Paris Project
Serge Dupont, Société du Grand Paris
10:20 Current opportunities in the UK
Dan Byles MP
10:45 Focus on London Regeneration Projects
Sue Vincent, Urban Design London
11:00 Coffee Break and Networking
11:30 Inspiring Case Studies in the UK:
Introduction to the Greenwich Automated Transport Environment (GATEway) project
Pierre Lefèvre, Greenwich GATEway project
Value from the Work of Many Hands
David Roberts, Igloo Regeneration
Paris-London – communicating vessels?
Michel Mossessian, Mossessian & Partners
12:15 Inspiring Case Studies in France:
French Placemaking British style – a collaborative hands-on approach
Kathryn Anderson, Barton Willmore
Grand Lyon
Gilles Vesco , Grand Lyon
The FFR Grand Stade – An urban catalyst
François Clément, Populous UK
13:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 Pre-arranged 20 minutes one to one B2B meetings between
French and British companies until 17:00