Sustainable Cities Roundtable, 17 November 2009
Roundtable Launch Event
Our Roundtable launch event for the Sustainable Cities Programme, hosted by Arup in London, looked at the ‘big picture’ – within the Programme’s current focus on existing cities in the developed world and what can be achieved in the short term.
The Roundtable participants explored major barriers to progress, examples of success and opportunities for accelerating solutions in the near-term. Discussions identified key areas that the Programme should be focusing on, in particular with relation to collaboration and integration, finance, policy and the role of research.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers were Mark Watts of Arup, Charles Secrett, and Dr Ruchi Choudhary, a lead researcher in the Energy Efficient Cities initiative at the University of Cambridge.