Conference
The London Conference 2018
Programme
Agenda
It’s been 20 years since Londoners voted to establish a Mayor for London and 18 years since the first Mayor took office. How has London changed?
As the London Mayoralty turns 18 years old and ‘comes of age’, Mayor Sadiq Khan looks back at the challenges it was set up to address, what has been achieved, and what its role should be in future. This keynote speech will be followed by audience Q&A.
Coffee break
A short presentation looking at diversity and political representation in London.
With public budgets under continuing pressure and changing demographics, needs and attitudes, how do we reform London’s public services and system of government?
As London’s housing crisis becomes increasingly urgent, Londoners seem less and less supportive of new development. What’s going wrong and how can we address it?
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Lunch
After checking in with successful ideas pitched at past London Conferences, these brief visual presentations (15 slides of 20 seconds each) will offer new ideas for London. The audience will vote for the winning concept.
London’s employment rate is high, but in-work poverty is up, and the world of work feels less secure than ever. What can be done to improve work and reward for low and middle earning Londoners?
What could the future of work look like if everyone had a say in shaping it? A short presentation on why London should create the world’s first Citizens Job Design Lab.
As we shift towards a more automated economy, should there be a fundamental rethink of the way we educate Londoners, from early years to college and beyond? How can we make sure that all Londoners, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have the skills and the resources they need to thrive in a new world of work?
Violent crime incidents, in particular knife crime, have been increasing across the capital. Drawing on her experience as an A & E doctor at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, Rosena Allin-Khan MP will give her personal reflection on the rising levels of youth crime in London.
Coffee break
Family business: improving the offer for London’s working parents
London’s high cost of childcare, lack of flexible working practices, and low take up of shared parental leave all add up to some of the worst maternal employment and child poverty rates in the country. How can businesses and government improve their offer to working parents?
The outer London mix
The new London Plan looks to outer London to accommodate much of the capital’s growth. In the rush for numbers, the urban vitality that draw people and businesses could be lost. How can we create lively, inclusive and successful places in outer London?
Chair: Daniel Hill, Regeneration and Housing Advisor London Borough of Newham
Nicholas Boys Smith, Founding Director Create Streets
Adam Challis, Head of EMEA Living Research and Strategy JLL
Brian Girard, Principal Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Naz Hussain, Director, Growth The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
Sadie Morgan, a member of the National Infrastructure Commission, sits down with Sir Peter Bazalgette to hear the story of his great grandfather Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th-century civil engineer whose work transformed the lives of thousands of Londoners. Sir Peter will also talk about opening up London’s cultural industries to young people from all backgrounds.