events

The main remit of the ISSUES Project is to facilitate better knowledge and one of the ways the ISSUES Team is doing this is through specialised networking events and high level relationship brokering. This page details events and seminars the ISSUES team are involved with, as well as events hosted by the individual SUE consortia.

2010

ISSUES presents 'Brave New City - Snapshots of the Future' in London

24th March 2010, The Institution of Civil Engineers, London

ISSUES hosts its flagship Brave New City event with the Institution of Civil Engineers at ICE headquarters. This invitation only evening event brings together five speakers using film and news clips from the ITN Source archive to describe their visions of the future.

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SUE Research Dialogues Workshop, Lancaster

29th - 30th March 2010

An intensive open workshop for the researchers involved in the various SUE projects, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as well as researchers engaged in complementary research, interested industry and other stakeholder representatives. Three invitations for fully-funded places (i.e. covering travel, subsistence and registration) will be issued to each SUE consortium.

To request more information or to express your interest in attending please contact Joanne Leach, University of Birmingham, on 07785 792 187 or at joanne@joanneleach.co.uk

AUNTSUE Inclusive Transport Symposium, London

13th January 2010

AUNT-SUE is looking back over its development and piloting of tools and resources to improve accessibility and social inclusion in transport and the related public realm. Over the past seven years, the team has learned some valuable lessons, not only about consulting and engaging key stakeholders, but also about the support that is needed by practitioners who are working to deliver more inclusive journey environments.

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2009

ISSUES Transport Links event LGA / DFT, London

18th November 2009

ISSUES will be holding a seminar to highlight some of the transport-themed work undertaken by SUE and to enable SUE researchers, Local Authority practitioners and policy makers and DfT staff to meet each other face to face. If you are interested in presenting and / or taking part in the seminar in some other way please contact Heather Cruickshank on hjc34@cam.ac.uk and +44 (0) 1223 766685.

ISSUES presents 'Brave New City - Snapshots of the Future' in Edinburgh

30th September 2009

ISSUEShosted a 'Moving Conversations' debate at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This invitation only evening event brought together four speakers who used film and news clips from the ITN Source archive to describe their visions of the future.

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Symposium on Applied Soundscapes, Manchester

17th September 2009

The Positive Soundscape Project is hosting a Symposium on Applied Soundscapes at the University of Salford on 17 September 2009. The day is a broad celebration of what's been achieved by three EPSRC-funded initiatives that came out of a sand pit workshop three years ago: the Noise Futures network, Positive Soundscapes and ISRIE (Instrument for Soundscape Recognition, Identification and Evaluation).

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SUE 1: VivaCity2020 Book Launch, Fabric, London

15th September 2009

VivaCity 2020 are hosting a launch event for 'Designing Sustainable Cities' book a book based on the work of the consortia. The evening event is at Fabric in London.

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SUE 1: pURE sustainability assessment Launch event, London

24th June 2009

The PUrE Decision-support framework will be launched on June 24th at ARUPs conference facilities at 8 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 4BJ.

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SUE 1: SOLUTIONS final event, London

23rd June 2009

This final event from the SOLUTIONS consortium will present findinsgs and outputs from the research conducted by the consortia members. The event will be held at 76 Portland Place London, W1B 1N. Contac Janice Gordon at info@suburbansolutions.ac.uk for more information.

SUE 1: SUSCIT Insights from the Citizens Science for Sustainability, London

20th May 2009

This is SuScit's end-of-project dissemination event and is titled 'Insights from the Citizens Science for Sustainability Project'. The meeting will: showcase the innovative ‘bottom-up’ foresight process developed through the SuScit Project; discuss the agenda for urban sustainability research developed through our work; and, explore key insights for research funders, practitioners and policymakers alike.

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ISSUES EVENT: SUE Exchange Group Meeting, London

13th May 2009

TheSUE Exchange Workshop was held in London at the Institution of Structural Engineers. The day long event was centered around dissemination to practitioners, applying KE models to SUE programmes and networking with other SUE researchers about research work and KE.

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SUE 1: FUTURES Conference, London

7th May 2009

This event consistes of a daytime conference and evening debate at the London Transport Museum on Wednesday 6 May 2009. The daytime conference will showcase the findings emerging from FUTURES, while the evening debate is entitled ''Homeworking the end of the line for commuting?" and focuses upon the (changing) nature of working practices.

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SUE 1: SUE-MOT conference, Loughborough

22nd to 24th April 2009

This conference will bring together leading international researchers, professionals, tool developers, policy makers and other stakeholders who are involved in the ?eld of urban sustainability assessment to exchange ideas and knowledge on how to meet the assessment needs of urban decision-makers.

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2008

ISSUES EVENT: Engaging Stakeholders and Disseminating Results, London

10th November 2008

This event aimed to enable SUE researchers to meet each other and discuss approaches to engagement and dissemination for their research work. It was held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London.

Annual Sustainable Development Research Conference 2008, london

11th September 2008

Professor Jowitt, PI of the ISSUES Project, presented findings from the ISSUES project at this SDRN conference in London. The theme of his presentation was knowledge transfer at the research policy interface and is available in the Outputs & Materials section of this site.

ISSUES EVENT: From the laboratory to action: science and policy-makers, Edinburgh

15th May 2008

This one-day seminar was a part of the Integrating Sciences to Sustain Urban Ecosystem Services seminars held across the UK. This event looked at dissemination for sustainable urban environments.

ISSUES EVENT: Ebbsfleet Valley Challenge

15th and 16th April 2008

This two day event was located at the Ebbsfleet development site in the Thames Valley and provided a platform for discussion between SUE researchers and end users involved in developing Ebbsfleet.

2007

EPSRC-ISSUES SUE Workshop, London

21st September 2007

This joint EPSRC-ISSUES event brought together key representatives of EPSRC'S SUE1 and SUE2 research consortia to present their research and discuss KE.