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Building Health Conference, 22 January

Building Health - Planning and designing for health and happiness

One-day conference - 22 January 2010

Building Health Conference

Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol
Friday 22 January 2010, 9 am – 4.30 pm
 

Early bird rate – book before 15 December £149
Full rate: £199
Concessions: £85

 

How can we create environments that encourage health & well-being?

There is growing recognition of the impact that the built environment has on public health. Planning and design can play a pivotal role in tackling today’s urgent challenges such as health inequalities, sedentary lifestyles and obesity. Housing growth and regeneration provide opportunities to ‘build in’ health from the start and to improve existing environments.
 
Building Health brings together high-profile speakers from a range of disciplines. Delegates will hear case studies from the UK and Europe and learn about successful strategies, tools and techniques. The conference includes masterclasses on key topics and an exclusive update on the Government’s Marmot review of health inequalities.
The conference is a CPD opportunity, and all delegates can register for free access two distance learning topics on Healthy Urban Planning from the MA in Spatial Planning at UWE.
 
Building Health will be invaluable for senior practitioners and policy-makers involved in the design and development of our neighbourhoods, towns and cities; including planners, developers, urban designers and professionals working in transport, green space, regeneration and public health.
 
Speakers include:
  • Irena Bauman, Director, Bauman Lyons Architects; author, How to be a Happy Architect
  • Wulf Daseking, Director of City Planning, Freiburg, Germany
  • Mike Kelly, Director, Centre for Public Health Excellence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Russell Jones, Public Health Programme Manager,
  • Glasgow Centre for Population Health
  • Richard Cass, Cass Associates and CABE Commissioner
  • Sarah Gaventa, Director, CABE Space
 Conference chair: Judy Orme, Co-director of the Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment (ISHE).
 
Conference organised by The Architecture Centre, Bristol in partnership with the
Department of Health South West and WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy, UWE
Hosted by the Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment at UWE

Supporters include:
  • Bristol City Council
  • CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)
  • Forum for the Future
  • Homes & Communities Agency
  • Institute of Highways and Transportation
  • Natural England
  • RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute)
  • South West Councils
  • South West Regional Development Agency
  • South West Strategic Health Authority
  • Sustainability South West
  • Sustrans
  • West of England Partnership