The Ove Arup Foundation organises and supports events to inspire and inform people about the good work being carried out by established professionals and innovative thinkers. The purpose is to share ideas, and to investigate the possibilities generated by each other's work.
Latest
3 November 2011 'What Future? New ideas for urban living', The Guardian building, Kings Place, Kings Cross. A panel of four prestigious thinkers, discuss their new ideas before opening up a Q&A to an invited audience of influencers and decision makers. Panelists are: Alec Broers, chairman, Bio Nano Consulting; Geoff Mulgan, chief executive, NESTA; Kevin McCloud, broadcaster, founder and director Hab Housing Ltd; Pam Alexander, trustee, Design Council. Microsite at: www.guardian.co.uk/what-future-urban-living.
Resources from past events
Audio Prestige lecture by Professor Emeritus Peter Jones 'Why are three heads better than one? or How to prepare for a new Enlightenment', recorded at Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh, Monday 6 September 2010. Download a transcript of the lecture here (200KB, PDF).
The Ove Arup Foundation/LSE lectures
Audio Lecture by Peter Head, Director of Planning Plus, Arup 'Urban Technologies and the Environment', recorded Wednesday 14 October 2009.
Audio Lecture by Ritt Bjerrgaard, former Lord Mayor of Copenhagen 'Climate Chnage: The City Solution', recorded Tuesday 1 June 2010.
