- Day 1 focuses on the city and regional scales.
- Day 2 will focus on national and international scales.
- There is a conference dinner on the evening of 26th April
- Details of 1 and 2 day conference packages and special rates are available on the registration pages
- The conference is free to attend for Local Authority members and staff, but please register
- A full conference schedule, including talk titles, is available here as a downloadable pdf file.
Day 1 Schedule Overview
A full schedule of the entire conference including talk titles is available as a downloadable pdf file.
8.30-9:00 |
Arrival and coffee |
9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and introduction: Prof Andy Gouldson, Dean for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Leeds
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9:15-9:30 |
Keynote: The financial challenges facing local government, financial reform, and the funding of infrastructure by local authorities. Bevis Ingram Senior Adviser, Finance, Local Government Association, Chair: Prof Andy Pike, Director of CURDS, Newcastle University.
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9:30-10:30 |
Panel Discussion: Valuing, financing and funding local infrastructure to meet the challenge of austerity, Chaired by Prof Andy Pike, Professor of Local and Regional Development; Director of CURDS. Panellists include:
- Bevis Ingram, Local Government Association
- Prof Francesca Medda, UCL
- Christian Spence, Chamber of Commerce
- John Wrathmell, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Christian Wall, UK Municipal Bonds Agency
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10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12.30 |
Specific topics regarding valuing and/or financing and funding infrastructure. Parallel session I
- Smart Infrastructure Chair: Alistair Norman
Valuing digital infrastructure: lessons from the emergency service's Airwave Network. David Allen and Alistair Norman, University of Leeds
Emergency Services Communications: the challence of valuing new systems. Mark Mulcahy, Home Office
The challenge of modelling, measuring and valuing smart city infrastructures. Kees Nieuwenhuis, Thales
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Self-healing cities: the impact of new infrastructure repair technologies in the city. Rob Richardson and Phil Purnell, University of Leeds
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- Water, waste and circular economy Chair: Chris Zevenberger
Resource recovery from waste: moving beyond waste management towards a circular economy infrastructure. Phil Purnell and Anne Velenturf, University of Leeds
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Flooding and finance. Jonathan Moxon, Leeds City Council
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Towards Regional Industrial Symbiosis - Building Foundations for a Circular Economy. Jackie Homan, Birmingham City Council and Chris Rogers, University of Birmingham
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Accounting for PFI and asset infrastructure risk: The case of the Greater Manchester Waste Authority. Colin Haslam, Queen Mary University of London
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- Financialisation Chair: Duncan Lindo
Retrofit and revolving funds. Joel Millward-Hopkins and Andy Gouldson, University of Leeds
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The Public Wealth of Cities and Regions. Peter O'Brien and Andy Pike, Newcastle University, Andy Brown and Duncan Lindo, University of Leeds and Richard Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Realigning infrastructure funding with diverse forms of value creation. Jenny McArthur, University College London
Insights from the FESSUD project. Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds
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- Urban living Chair: Dr Richard Dawson
Leeds' Urban Living Pilot and the wider N8 Urban Living Transformation Agenda. Nancy Madter and Paul Chatterton, University of Leeds
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Title TBC. Maggie Gjessing, Leeds City Council
Natural Capital as the Essential Baseline for Growth in Cities. Nick Grayson, Birmingham City Council, James Hale, Martin Locret-Collet and Chris Rogers
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The Gap between Global Aspiration and Current Market Conditions - to create a Zero Emission City in Smithfield, Birmingham. Nick Grayson, Birmingham City Council, Jonathan Sadler, James Hale, Martin Locret-Collet, Chris Rogers and Francesca Medda
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12:30-1:45 |
Lunch |
1:45-3:00 |
Panel and Interactive Session: How Universities can aid local infrastructure funding, finance and value creation Chair: Prof Gary Dymski, Director of CITIES Theme, University of Leeds
- Leeds Climate Committee. Dr Tom Knowland Leeds City Council, Prof Andy Gouldson University of Leeds
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- Behavioural science of project management. Andy Hollingsworth, Behavioural Insights Team
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- A Local Infrastructure Commission model? Dr Katy Roelich, University of Leeds
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3:00-3:30 |
Keynote: The Seen University: How iBUILD and related projects have built academic – governance – industry partnerships to understand the value of infrastructure Phil Purnell on behalf of iBUILD (Research team: Richard Dawson, Claire Walsh, Andy Pike, Stephanie Glendinning, John Bryson, Chris Rogers, Phil Purnell, Andrew Brown, Julia Steinberger). Chair: Andy Brown, University of Leeds
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3:45-4:00 |
Break |
4:00-5:30 |
Specific topics regarding valuing and/or financing and funding infrastructure. Parallel session II
- Transport Chair: Becky Loo
Land Value Uplift, Valuation of Streets and Multi-Sectoral Projects. John Nellthorp, University of Leeds
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Incorporating public satisfaction and asset quality into benchmarking to drive better performance through identifying best practice. Phill Wheat, University of Leeds
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Infrastructure Interdependencies: Transport sector economic dependency with other critical infrastructure sectors. Nikolaos Kalyviotis, Chris Rogers and Miles Tight, University of Birmingham
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Mapping fuel price vulnerability in England. Guilio Mattioli, University of Leeds
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- Energy Chair: Catherine Bale
Business model innovation for urban energy systems. Stephen Hall, University of Leeds
Valuing decentralised energy storage: business models for local authorities. Andrew Burlinson, Loughborough University
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Influence of spatial setting and jurisdictional boundaries on diffusion of residential photovoltaic systems. Maurizio Fiaschetti, SOAS, University of London
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Energy Path Networks, infrastructure planning for urban energy systems. David Lee, Energy Systems Catapult
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- Industrial Strategy and Regeneration Chair: Richard Walker, Department for Transport
Universities as engines of regional growth: insights from Key Cities. Richard Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University and Andy Brown, Duncan Lindo, Halima Jibril and Maria Gomez, University of Leeds
Follow the money: Untangling the complexity of urban regeneration in the UK. David Williams, University of West England
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Manchester transformed: why we need a reset of city region policy. Karel Williams, University of Manchester
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Britain's Spatially Unbalanced Economy, the National Productivity Problem and the Predicament of Northern Cities. Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
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- Systems of systems approaches to infrastructure value and finance Chair: Richard Ploszek, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Local authority valuing and modelling of infrastructure assets. John Bryson, University of Birmingham
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A Systems Thinking Approach to the Development of Alternative Infrastructure Business Models. Christopher Bouch and Christoper Rogers, University of Birmingham
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Infrastructure Interdependencies Opportunities from Complexity. Liz Varga and Simon Jude, University of Cranfield
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5:30-6:30 |
Networking and Drinks: Intro / Welcome from Prof Gary Dymski, Co-Director of CITIES, University of Leeds - ideas on building academic collaboration. |
7.00 |
Dinner. Met Hotel, Leeds |
Day 2 Schedule Overview
A full schedule of the entire conference including talk titles is available as a downloadable pdf file.
8.30-9:00 |
Welcome and coffee |
9:00-9:45 |
Keynotes: Valuing and financing national infrastructure: pressing needs, possible solutions. Chair: Andy Brown, UoL.
Brian Collins, University College London
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Ann Pettifor, Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)
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9:45-10:45 |
Panel Discussion: Valuing and financing national infrastructure: pressing needs, possible solutions. Chaired by Andrew Brown, University of Leeds. Panellists include:
- David Hall, Director of the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU)
- Henry Leveson-Gower, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
- David Bentley, The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
- Iain Clacher, Leeds University Business School
- Julie Froud, University of Manchester, Foundational Economy
- Mike Shimwell, KPMG
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10:45-11:15 |
Break |
11:15-12.15 |
Specific topics regarding valuing and/or financing and funding infrastructure. Parallel session III
- Water, Waste and Circular Economy Chair: David Hall
Solid waste and resource management infrastructure: Global development finance and cost of inaction. Costas Velis, University of Leeds
What makes a (nuclear) decommissioning project successful? Diletta C. Invernizzi, University of Leeds
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- Financialisation, economics and systems of infrastructure provision Chair: Andy Brown
The Economics of Infrastructure: From Market Failure to Financialisation. Andy Brown, Phil Purnell, Mary Robertson and David Spencer, University of Leeds
How Economic Theory Shapes Infrastructure Investment. Mike Goodfellow-Smith, University of Birmingham
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Extractive financialization, debt financing of water dividends. Adam Leaver, University of Manchester
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- Quantitative and mixed method approaches to infrastructure valuation Chair: Becky Loo
Valuing Transport Infrastructure: A quantitative study of the factors defining the social value of transport infrastructure . Nikolaos Kalyviotis, Chris Rogers and Miles Tight, University of Birmingham
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The value of climate information in transport resilience decisions. David Dawson, University of Leeds
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New forms of multi-dimensional cost benefit analysis with stakeholder interaction. Julien Harou, University of Manchester, Evgenii Matrosov, Ivana Huskova, Robel Geressu and Anthony Hurford
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12:15-1:15 |
Lunch |
1:15-2:45 |
Interactive Session – Open Space: Discussing infrastructure challenges. Chair & facilitator: Tom Dolan, University College London |
2:45-3:15 |
Break |
3:15-4:45 |
Specific topics regarding valuing and/or financing and funding infrastructure. Parallel session IV
- Sustainability, Cultural and Social Value Chair: Tom Theis
Thinking sociologically about social and cultural value. Katy Wright and Mark Davis, University of Leeds
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Seismic Cities. Ekbal Hussain, John Elliot and Tim Wright, University of Leeds
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Living Well Within Limits (LiLi). Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds
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Value creation and capture for low carbon infrastructure. Tim Foxon, University of Sussex
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- Business Models for Infrastructure Chair: Paul Nightingale
Business Models for Infrastructure. Paul Nightingale, University of Sussex
Infrastructure Business Models. John Bryson, University of Birmingham
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Value Integration Framework. Stephanie Glendinning, Claire Walsh and Richard Dawson, Newcastle University
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- Governance and infrastructure value Chair: Seema Alim
Governing Infrastructure Values. Tom Dolan on behalf of Ralitsa Hiteva, University of Sussex
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Governing and Planning the Funding and Financing of Infrastructure in Global Cities - an institutional approach. Graham Thrower, Newcastle University
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A critique of current infrastructure performance indicators: towards better practice. Chris Bouch, Claire Walsh, Neil Carhart, Tom Dolan
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Effective design and delivery of Megaproject (energy infrastructure) through Special Purpose Entities/Special Purpose Vehicles (SPEs/SPVs). Tristano Sainati, University of Leeds
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- Financialisation and Pension funds Chair: Mike Shimwell
Understanding the Link between Patient Capital and Infrastructure Invesment. Iain Clacher, University of Leeds
Infrastructure Investments: the financial value of interdependency. Hiral Dakshesh and Francesca Medda, University College London
Value at Risk Urbanism: Financialization and the Governance of Climate Risks in Florida Cities. Zac Taylor, University of Leeds
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4:45-5:15 |
Feedback and synthesis: next steps for system of systems infrastructure valuation: towards a new infrastructure science? Chair: Phil Purnell |
5:15 |
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