Understanding the impact of the places we live, work and spend free time on our physical and mental health. This Expert Panel will share thought-leadership on the relationship between the urban environment and mental health; physical wellbeing – improving air quality, physical activity and health outcomes for all Londoners; and social sustainability – understanding how the design of the physical environment links with infrastructure to support social and cultural life, social amenities and systems for citizen engagement.

Chair: Heath Harvey, Project Play Lead, Argent LLP
Alan Siggins, Managing Director, Airflow      
James Matthews, Senior Consultant, Avison Young    
Natalie Thomson, Director, Head of Strategy, Buckley Gray Yeoman     
Stephen O'Malley, Founding Director, Civic Engineers 
Amanda Whittington, Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios   
Olaide Oboh, Director of Partnerships, First Base
Michael Dariane, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Hilson Moran           
Wendy de Silva, Mental Health Lead, IBI Group         
Lisa Woo, Head of Placemaking – Meridian Water, LB Enfield  
Rory Olcayto, Writer and Critic, Pollard Thomas Edwards        
Jenny Buterchi, Partner, PRP         
Ruth French, Associate, Ryder Architecture  
Shaun Andrews, Executive Director, Nexus Planning

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of the planning system, leading to significant, and potentially long-lasting, changes in the way we approach consultation and accessibility of information and data. This Panel will focus on best practice in the planning system to support London’s development, including new approaches to community consultation and trust in the development process; accessibility and transparency of data; the role of local and regional plans; and how the planning system can better support London’s economic recovery.

Chair: Jonny Popper, Managing Director, London Communications Agency

Anna Sinnott, Planning Director, BDP
Sarah Wardle, Associate Director, BECG
Mike Saunders, CEO (Co-founder), Commonplace     
Peter Barbalov, Partner, Farrells     
Victoria Du Croz, Partner and Head of Planning, Forsters
Lisa Webb,  Senior Planning Partner, Gerald Eve
Peter Kemp, Head of Change and Delivery, Greater London Authority    
Thomasin Renshaw, Director of Development, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland          
Darryl Chen, Partner, Hawkins\Brown          
Riette Oosthuizen, Head of Planning, HTA Design      
Anisha Jogani, Placemaking Team Leader, London Borough of Croydon 
David Joyce, London Borough of Haringey
Brett Harbutt, Head of Planning, Quintain     
Gordon Ingram, Founding Director & Chairman, VU.CITY     

The way we work has been particularly impacted over the last few months, leading to potentially significant changes to the requirements of workspaces across the capital. This Panel will consider what the future holds for London’s office space; the adaptation of spaces as we emerge from lockdown; alongside longer term implications for office requirements, space standards, flexibility, wellbeing and changes in worker behaviours and travelling patterns.

Chair: Katrina Kostic Samen, Head of Workplace Strategy and Design, KKS Savills

Helen Causer, Office and Investment Lead (King's Cross), Argent LLP   
Earle Arney, CEO/Founder, Arney Fender Katsalidis   
Ben Adams, Founding Director, Ben Adams Architects
Emma Lange, Leasing Manager, Derwent London      
Duncan Swinhoe, Managing Principal, Gensler          
Steven Skinner, UK CEO, HB Reavis           
Julie Lecoq, Consultant, HOK London Studio 
Alison Webb, Head of Workplace Futures, Lendlease 
John Avery, Director, LOM architecture and design     
Beth Kay, Programme Director New Ways of Working, London Borough of Haringey         
Ruth Duston, Managing Director, Primera
Toni Riddiford, Associate Architect, Stride Treglown   

In the aftermath of Grenfell, the relationship between architects, project managers and contractors’ roles the delivery of buildings is under question. In a world dominated by BIM the building team need to understand how different elements of their buildings go together. This Panel will share thought-leadership on improving technical competency in the detailed design and delivery of buildings in London, and advise NLA on the development of a new technical programme. Topics of focus will include fire safety and material performance, building regulations and procurement, modern methods of construction, digital collaboration, and training and education.

Chair: Arita Morris, Director, Child Graddon Lewis

Dale Sinclair, Director of Technical Practice, AECOM  
Alex Cossins, Senior Associate Partner, Axiom Architects        
Dieter Bentley-Gockmann, Director, EPR Architects    
Nigel Ostime, Project Delivery Director, Hawkins\Brown          
Nigel Clark, Technical Director, Hilson Moran 
John Robertson, Director, John Robertson Architects Limited   
Seya Tansill, Senior Associate Technologist and Head of Design for Manufacture, Stride Treglown  
Karen Telling, Board Director of Waterman Structures, Waterman Group 

To meet the Paris Agreement declaration the Mayor of London has declared a climate emergency, committing to become carbon neutral by 2050. This Panel will focus on understanding the priorities for London to achieve Net Zero, and the role that the built environment has to play in meeting this target. Topics of focus will include London and local leadership, adaptability and flexibility of building stock, resilience and green infrastructure, and a prioritising a green recovery for London.

Craig Robertson, Associate, Head of Sustainability, AHMM      
Juliette Morgan, Head of Sustainable Development, British Land
Tom Steel, Director, Heyne Tillett Steel        
Douglas Phillips, Senior Environmental Analyst, Historic England          
Gary Clark, Principal, Science and Technology Regional Leader, HOK London Studio       
Sonal Jain, Director - Net Zero Carbon, Workplace and Clients, JLL
Paul Dipino, Development Director, Joseph Homes
Nils Rage, Sustainable Design and Innovation Manager, Landsec
Luisa Brotas, Senior Sustainability and Climate Change Officer, London Borough of Hackney
Hero Bennett, Principal Sustainability Consultant, Max Fordham LLP
Marion Baeli, Partner, PDP London Architects
Derek Wilson, Senior Sustainable Development Supervisor, TfL

London and the Golden Triangle contains the strongest biosciences cluster in Europe studying genomics, digital health, artificial intelligence in healthcare, and neuroscience; the greatest concentration of top universities in the world; as well as clusters of global tech companies. This panel will develop findings from NLA’s recent Knowledge Networks report, to focus on the design and delivery of spaces for the science, tech and innovation sectors to support the burgeoning knowledge economy, and the clustering of businesses across the region to foster innovation.

 
Chair: Jonathan Burroughs, CEO, Creative Places

Rob Partridge, Design Director, AKT II
David Williams, Partner, Business Space Agency & Head of Science & Technology, Bidwells
Rebecca Mortimore, Principal, Hassell
Kat Hanna, Masterplan Strategist, Lendlease
Darius Umrigar, Science & Higher Education Director, NBBJ
Peter Baird, Urban Design Associate, Perkins Will
Faaiza Lalji, Director of Planning and Development, Precis Advisory Limited
Charles Walford, Property Director, Stanhope
Gavin Henderson, Principal Director, Stanton Williams
Emma, Frost, Director of Innovation, Sustainability and Community, London Legacy Development Corporation

Delivering the quality and quantity of housing Londoners need remains perhaps the biggest challenge for London. This Panel will focus on developing thought-leadership around housing design and the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is likely to have in shaping housing design in the future; moving on with the Net Zero agenda across our housing stock; housing tenure including housing for key workers; and the future delivery of housing through offsite technology.

 
Chair: Jo McCafferty, Director, Levitt Bernstein
Adunni Adams, Head of Delivery, Catalyst Housing

John Lewis, Managing Director, Modular Housing, AECOM      
Melissa Dowler, Director, Bell Phillips Architects
Dipa Joshi, Partner, Fletcher Priest Architects
James Pargeter, Senior Director, Projects, Greystar   
Fergus Evans, Project Director, Estate Development Programme, Grosvenor
Heather Macey, Associate, John McAslan + Partners  
Russ Edwards, Head of Product, Residential, Lendlease
Caroline Harper, Chief Planner, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham / Be First          
Peter Elliott, Head of Property Development, TfL
Linda Thiel, Director of London Studio, White Arkitekter
Sarah Hiscutt, Partner, Knight Frank
Barbara Brownlee, Managing Director of Westminster Builds, City of Westminster

London is now a city of tall buildings, a city traditionally associated with a low-rise, low-density character. In the past decade, major new clusters of tall buildings have emerged in areas such as Nine Elms, Elephant and Castle, the Isle of Dogs and the City of London. And still more are to come, with a pipeline of over 500 tall buildings either in planning, approved or under construction in the capital. NLA has played a vital role in this debate and this Panel will play in key role in developing NLA’s contribution, including placemaking and environmental impacts of towers, construction of towers post Grenfell, and attitudes to tall buildings for those living and working in the capital.

 
Chair: Stuart Baillie, Partner, Head of Planning, Knight Frank

Jo Bacon, Partner, Allies and Morrison         
Tom Alexander, Director, Aukett Swanke      
Gwyn Richards, Interim Chief Planning Officer and Development Director, City of London Corporation          
Steve Kennard, Director of Regeneration, Hadley Property Group      
John Bushell, Design Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)   
Stephanie Leung, Associate, LDA Design     
Emma Talbot, Director of Planning, London Borough of Lewisham
Michael Ritchie, Place Shaping Team Leader, London Borough of Tower Hamlets   
Gerard Maccreanor, Founding Partner, Director, Maccreanor Lavington Architects            
Matt Voyce, Executive Director – Construction, Quintain          
Russell Whitehead, Director, Robert Bird Group         
Dominic Bettison, Director, Wilkinson Eyre    

The healthcare sector is set to see a new level of government investment not seen in over a decade. This Panel will focus on the delivery of new healthcare buildings for London, best practice in design, health and adaptability, as well as the opportunities for wider regeneration and integration into the urban environment.

Chair: Mark Rowe, Principal, Penoyre & Prasad

Edith Blennerhassett, Director, Arup 
Benedict Zucchi, Principal, BDP      
Sara Grohmann, Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios         
Jane Ho, Healthcare Design Director, HKS Architects
Justin Harris, Global Healthcare Deputy Lead, IBI Group
Simon Hodson, Head of UK Healthcare, JLL 
Jonathan Martin, Director of Inward Investment, London Borough of Waltham Forest        
Charlotte Ruben, Partner, White Arkitekter    

The Mayor of London has launched ambitious new plans that will dramatically transform London’s streets to accommodate new cycle lanes and space for walking. As lockdown restrictions are eased, public transport will face challenges to respond to social distancing rules while meeting demand. This Panel will focus on the future of mobility and modal share of streets for all users, as well as the impact of transport infrastructure in unlocking growth and accessibility across the capital.

Chair: Jennifer Ross, Consultant, Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design