Food & Health Alliance

The conference will explore the relationship between health and the built environment and will look at how health can be better considered in within land use and transportation planning decisions.

Purpose of the Conference:

• To encourage cross-departmental and cross-sectoral working
• To consider and promote tools and resources for making the public realm more conducive to walking
• To share ideas on how this can be achieved in the current economic climate
• To provide case studies from around the UK

Who should come to this conference?

Highways and Transport Professionals, Urban Designers, Regeneration, Housing, Neighbourhood and Town Centre Managers, Planners, Health Improvement & Access Officers, Architects, Streetscene Managers, Consultants and Developers.

Sessions will include:

Dr Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland: health is a collective responsibility

Deirdra Armsby, NICE Programme Development Group & Newham Transportation Department: the role of the built environment in increasing physical activity

Prof. Stephen Stradling, Edinburgh Napier University: the impact of traffic on quality of life

Neil Gellatly, Head of Transportation, Dundee City Council: low cost measures can achieve increased levels of walking

Mahmood Siddiqi, Head of Traffic & Transportation Policy, Royal Burgh of Kensington & Chelsea: strengthening the links between planning and transportation policy.

Registration:

Online registration now open. For Early Bird rate book by 20th August. Please note registartion close 20th September.