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• Design Skills Symposium

  • 31 Aug 2010 — 1 Sep 2010
  • West Park
    Dundee

  • This two-day event is a collaboration between Architecture and Design Scotland, Scottish Centre for Regeneration, Improvement Service and Architecture and Place Division. It is aimed at everyone involved in the shaping and delivery of places in Scotland.

  • Contact: Architecture and Design Scotland

• Wind Farms and the historic environment

  • 6 September 2010
  • Newcastle University main campus

  • This one-day conference is organised by Northumberland County Council and hosted by Newcastle University. It will explore the extent to which the objectives of renewable energy policy and the sensitivity of the historic environment can be accommodated within the planning process without compromising either interest.

    The key topics will be:

    • assessment, avoidance and mitigation of impacts to the historic environment
    • the setting of historic assets
    • policy background
    • non-statutory policy and guidance (England and Scotland)
    • landscape assessment and capacity studies
    • the planning balance
    • case studies
    • EIA and inquiry evidence

     

  • Contact: Northumberland County Council

• Regional Planing Seminar

  • 7 September 2010
  • University College Falmouth

  • The South West regional planning seminar will take place at the Tremough Campus, University College Falmouth, including a visit to Goonhilly Wind Farm.

    Tremough Campus, University College, Treliever Road, Penryn, TR13 9EZ

    Featuring: RenewableUK, Cornwall Light and Power, along with Regen SW and RTPI.

    For more details, contact Sarah Harper , 020 7901 3000.

     

  • Contact: Sarah Harper

• ASLA 2010 Award

  • 11 Sep 2010 — 14 Sep 2010
  • ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO, Washington, US

  • Award categories include: General Design; Residential Design; Analysis and Planning; Research; Communications; The Landmark Award; Student Community Service Award and Student Collaboration.
    
    Entry forms and payment must be received by Friday, February 12, 2010, and submission binders are due by Friday, February 26. Student entry forms and payment must be received by Friday, May 14, 2010, and submission binders are due by Friday, May 28.
    
    Award recipients, their clients, and advisors will be honored at the awards presentation ceremony during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Washington DC, September 10-13, 2010. The award winning projects will be featured in a video presentation at the ceremony and on the awards website following the event. Professional award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture and Garden Design magazine and in many other design, construction industry and general-interest media. The official entrant for projects receiving a student award will receive a complimentary full registration to the 2010 annual meeting, and the official entrant for each project receiving an Award of Excellence (up to seven) will also receive travel and hotel accommodations for the meeting.

  • Contact: ASLA

• ialeUK 2010 Conference

  • 13 Sep 2010 — 16 Sep 2010
  • Brighton & Hove

  • The 17th Annual UK Meeting of the International Association for Landscape Ecology will bring together scientists from the many fields in landscape ecology (marine, freshwater and on land) with policy makers, planners and practitioners interested in developing future landscapes that function for both biodiversity and people.
    
    The meeting takes place in Brighton & Hove, at the foot of the South Downs, where a new National Park will be established in 2010 as part of the wider south-east ecological network. There will be two days of presentations on science, policy and practice, networking events and workshops, followed by field trips to landscape-scale projects.
    
    Please submit abstracts (300 words) for posters and presentations to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Friday 26 February 2010.
    
    The conference publishes proceedings (in book format) to which speakers and poster authors are requested to contribute an eight-page summary by May 2010. Early submissions and suggestions for themes, events, field excursions and workshops are welcome.

  • Contact: iale

• Colin Moore Seminars: Autumn 2010 CPD/P2C

  • 14 September 2010
  • Manchester

  • The Professional Practice seminar, taken by Colin Moore, 40 year Landscape veteran, will cover the different forms of practice, statutory regulations on organisations and other issues including PII and quality control, as well as professional appointment, fees, tendering and financial management. 

    This seminar is CPD for P2C candidates, garden designers and landscape contractors but it may also provide refresher CPD for some Chartered Landscape Architects.  It covers parts A2B, A2C, A3, A5 and B1D of the P2C syllabus.

    The afternoon seminar will be on Law for Landscape Architects with Mark Jenkyn-Jones, solicitor specialising in negligence claims, and will cover the basics of the legal system in England and Wales, land law, the laws of tort and contract, as well as professional liability.  The seminar is tailored towards the construction industry and particularly professionals in the landscape industry. 

    This seminar is CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates, garden designers and environmental consultants.  It covers parts A2A, B1A, B1B, B1C and B5 of the P2C syllabus. 

  • Contact: For more information and to book visit, click here

• British Science Festival

  • 14 Sep 2010 — 17 Sep 2010
  • Guild Hall, Students’ Guild, Aston University, Birmingham

  • This six-day event will feature more than 250 events, including debates, lectures, plays, films, hands-on science experiments and even a pub quiz on robots. This annual science festival, one of Europe’s largest, is suitable for everyone from children to practitioners.

    LI member Francis Hesketh, from environmental consultancy TEP, will be taking part in the panel debate on 'Landscapes of the Future' on 14 September from 10–12pm.

  • Contact: British Science Association

• World Green Roofs Congress 2010: Green roofs for a changing climate

  • 15 Sep 2010 — 16 Sep 2010
  • Allen & Overy
    One Bishops Square
    London

  • This two-day programme will bring together leading green-roof experts from 15 countries, presenting more than 50 papers on performance, benefits and policy. The event will demonstrate how green roofs and walls can contribute to sustainability, climate change adaptation, green infrastructure and ecosystem services.

  • Contact: World Green Roofs Congress

• Supply Seminar: Understanding Public Procurement

  • 16 Sep 2010 — 23 Nov 2010
  • London, Birmingham, Newcastle and Leeds

  • This £95 seminar is designed to help understanding of tendering documentation, exploring its essential aspects, and basic procedures for use in the public sector marketplace.

    The Understanding Public Procurement seminar is aimed at small to medium-sized businesses new to public sector tendering or looking to improve their chances of success in selling to this market. 

    The seminar aims to help increase company tendering successes by going through the preparation, evaluation and presentation stages of tendering to aid in developing responses.

  • Contact: CIC Association

• Landscape Character Network Workshop

  • 30 Sep 2010 — 30 Sep 2010
  • Birmingham

  • This workshop will explore the opportunities for local decision making within landscape planning and management. It will also discuss a Natural England project that recognises the need to translate the National Character Area (NCA) objectives into illustrative guidelines that work at the local level. These guidelines will inform land management, land use planning and community planning.

    The workshop will appeal to anyone with an interest in landscape protection, management and planning and will include presentations by practitioners and opportunities for open discussion. The workshop is organised for Natural England and administered by Countryscape.

    This event is open to all. Numbers attending the workshop will be limited to about 60 and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis on receipt of payment. Cost of registration is £139.00 (plus VAT).

  • Contact: Landscape Character Network

• Sixth European Landscape Biennial

  • 30 Sep 2010 — 2 Oct 2010
  • Plaça Nova 5, 3º.
    08002 Barcelona – Spain

  • Under the slogan “liquid landscapes”, this three-day conference will focus on landscape interventions, as much from the perspective of landscape architecture as from other disciplines that are linked to its study and evolution. Speakers will include James Corner from Field Operations and Dirk Sijmons from H+N+S Landschapsarchitecten.

  • Contact: European Landscape Biennial

• International Conference of Urban Biodiversity

  • 2 Oct 2010 — 1 Nov 2010
  • Nagoya, Japan.

  • Organised by:
     The Japan Association for Landscape Ecology
     The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
     The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
     The Organization for Landscape and Urban Greenery Technology Development
     The Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan
     The Natural Environment Coexistence Technology Association

  • Contact: URBIO2010

• Colin Moore Seminars: Autumn 2010 CPD/P2C

  • 7 October 2010
  • London

  • Colin Moore, 40 year landscape veteran, will be heading the seminar on Pre-Contract Procedures which will cover the types and Standard Forms of Contract in the construction industry; differences between building work; soft landscape work and maintenance work and the effect on Standard Forms of Contract; the different options for procurement of landscape construction and maintenance works; and contractor selection.

    This seminar is relevant CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates, garden designers and anyone involved with the pre-contract stages of a landscape construction or maintenance project.  It covers parts C1 and C2 of the P2C syllabus.

    Ian Phillips, 25 year landscape architect, will be taking the seminar on Environmental Policies and Control which will cover an overview of the relevant legislation, procedures and techniques for environmental assessment; planning controls concerning trees including proposed changes, and construction-related issues, tree health and safety and the role of the Forestry Commission; Statutory and non-statutory designations relating to countryside, biodiversity and heritage issues; and the opportunities for grants and the procedures that need to be followed. The second part of the seminar covers issues relating to environmental controls including mineral and waste plans and associated levies, water and waste management, pollution control, the role of the Environment Agency and information on sustainability standards as in BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes.

    This seminar is relevant CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates and garden designers.  It covers parts B3 and B4 of the P2C syllabus.

  • Contact: For more information and to book visit, click here

• SGD Autumn Conference

  • 9 October 2010
  • Imperial College
    London

  • This one-day conference, organised by the Society of Garden Designers, is entitled ‘From concept to canopy: trees is time, space and place’. The speakers will include Tony Kirkham, Head of Arboretum at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Elizabeth Banks, landscape architect and RHS Council member; and Rick Darke, American environmentalist, plantsman, photographer and author.
    Chair for the day is Mike Calnan, Head of Parks and Gardens at the National Trust.

  • Contact: Society of Garden Designers

• Colin Moore Seminars: Autumn 2010 CPD/P2C

  • 12 October 2010
  • Manchester

  • Colin Moore, 40 year landscape veteran, in his Post-contract Procedure seminar, will be covering the duties of the contract administrator, contractor and client under the JCLI Landscape Works Contract 2008 and JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2007; the milestones through the contract period from the pre-commencement meeting to practical completion and on to the final certificate, including examining the issues and roles of the parties for aspects like payment, extension of time, claims and disputes.

    This seminar is CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates, garden designers, landscape contractors and all those involved with the construction phase of projects using the JCLI Landscape Works or JCT Minor Works contracts.  It covers  part C3 of the P2C syllabus.

    Ian Phillips, 25 year landscape architect, in his Planning Policies and Procedure seminar will be teaching - after the Coalition Government announced plans to review planning as a whole - planning policy principles, key features of development management and planning application procedures, including the use of conditions and Section 106 Agreements, and appeals and planning inquiries.  It also looks briefly at the relevance of Building Regulations, highway authorities and utility companies to landscape issues.

    This seminar is CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates and garden designers.  It covers part B2 of the P2C syllabus.

     

  • Contact: For more information and to book visit, click here

• Colin Moore Seminars: Autumn 2010 CPD/P2C

  • 19 October 2010
  • London

  • Colin Moore, a 40 year Landscape veteran, in Post-contract Procedures (maintenance) will be covering the duties of the contract administrator, contractor and client under the JCLI Landscape Maintenance Works Contract 2008; the milestones through the contract period from the pre-commencement meeting to the end of the contract, including examining the issues and roles of the parties for aspects like payment, performance, claims and disputes. 

    This seminar is CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects, P2C candidates, landscape managers, garden designers, landscape contractors and all those involved with the maintenance of projects using the JCLI Landscape Maintenance Works Contract.  It covers part C3 of the P2C syllabus as applicable to maintenance contracts.

    Ian Phillips, chartered landscape architect and town planner with over 25 years’ experience in both local government and the private sector, in his seminar on Professional Conduct will cover ethics and professionalism, the Landscape Institute Charter, By-Laws, Regulations and Code of Conduct, as well as how standards are maintained for example through the P2C system and CPD.  The second part of the seminar covers relationships with clients and other professionals where professionalism is paramount, as well as the roles of other professionals.

    This seminar is CPD for Chartered Landscape Architects and P2C candidates.  It covers parts A1 and A4 of the P2C syllabus.

  • Contact: For more information and to book visit, click here

• Public Property Conference

  • 1 Nov 2010 — 2 Nov 2010
  • Business Design Centre, London

  • The conference topics will include: Asset and estate management, financing, public private partnerships, efficiency and transformation, total place, outsourcing and procurement. 

    Key speakers will be:

    Sir Howard Bernstein, Manchester City Council
    Richard Blakeway, Greater London Authority
    Chirs Grigg, British Land
    John McCready, Shareholder Executive
    Francis Salway, Land Securities
    Mike Slade, Helical Bar

  • Contact: Public Property Summit website

• CIRIA seminar on utilising open space sites from brownfields

  • 2 November 2010
  • Hammond LLP, London

  • The Issue:
    Open space sites can provide the best solution to a landowner wishing to make use of locations associated with blight and high management costs. While at the same time helping the environment, landscape and adding social value.

    The Solution:
    The aim of this event is for CIRIA to improve the understanding of construction practioners about turning used sites into good quality, accessible open space. Using CIRIA’s Open Space Opportunities for Previously Developed Land guide, the private and public sectors will be taught how to incorporate wildlife value, biodiversity urban, landscape design, cultural heritage issues into their brownfield projects.

    The seminar begins at 12:00 at Hammond LLP London and runs until 16:30 with speeches from The Department of Health, Ask Development, Town and Country Planning Association, Land Trust, and John Hopkins Project Sponsor Parklands and Public Realm Olympic Delivery Authority.

  • Contact: CIRIA

• UK Landscape Conference

  • 8 Nov 2010 — 10 Nov 2010
  • Liverpool

  • This three-day event will be the first ever conference on the European Landscape Convention to be held in the UK and could not have come at a more relevant time.
    
    The Conference will showcase and celebrate recent landscape thinking, building on the Convention’s call to protect, manage and enhance landscapes everywhere – in town, country or coast – and help you in your work to influence change between people and place.
    
    The event, jointly hosted by Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Scottish Government and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, and supported by Natural England, English Heritage, Scottish Natural Heritage, and Historic Scotland, will be of interest to those with responsibility or interest in the protection, management and enhancement of all landscapes. Contributors to the programme will include landscape practitioners and academics from the UK and beyond and it will be heavily case study-led.

  • Contact: UK Landscape Conference

• LI Awards Ceremony

  • 18 November 2010
  • The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SD

  • The Landscape Institute Awards Ceremony 2010 will be hosted by the poet, journalist and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Ian is the poet-in-residence for the Academy of Urbanism as well as the host of The Verb on BBC Radio Three and we are delighted that he has agreed to present our Awards.

  • Contact: LI Awards 2010

• Power to the Parks

  • 24 Nov 2010 — 24 Nov 2010
  • Manchester

  • This one-day conference, organized by GreenSpace in partnership with IPGS, will address the challenges ahead for park services, sharing best practice and contemporary thinking. Are park services responding to the challenges ahead and successfully re-positioning their service during this new political landscape? How can communities be effectively involved in service delivery?

    Speakers to include:

    • Martyn Allison from Local Government Improvement & Development
    • A Communities and Local Government representative
    • John Tweddle from Westminster City Council

    Space is limited; save 20% if you book by 15 September.

  • Contact: Green Space

• Future City Forum + WaterfrontExpo 2010

  • 24 Nov 2010 — 25 Nov 2010
  • London

  • Returning to London for the first time since the inaugural show in 2003, this international event brings together leading experts on project funding, urban and waterfront regeneration, urban retrofitting, and the impact of the transition to a low-carbon economy. 

    The emphasis will be on learning from practical experience gained the hard way by industry heavyweights. The objective is to assist public and private sector organisations in applying global knowledge and best practice to help develop integrated, robust solutions to the financial, economic, social and environmental challenges facing their own cities, developments and organisations. 

    The 2-day, 5-session conference/seminar/workshop includes speakers: Dave Anderson, Director of City Development Edinburgh City Council; Andrew Appleyard, Head of Specialist Funds, Real Estate Aviva; John Campbell, CEO, Waterfront Toronto; Ian Abbott Donnelly, CTO Europe, IBM Big Green Innovations.

  • Contact: Future City Forum

• The ELFA’s Landscape 10 seminar

  • 27 Nov 2010 — 27 Nov 2010
  • Brussels

  • The European Federation for Landscape Architecture's theoretical seminar, ‘European Landscape convention in action: Experience before and after’, will focus on evaluating the European policy while anticipating the goals for the future.

    Speakers so far include:

    • Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons, Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division, Council of Europe
    • Kathryn Moore, Birmingham City University Professor & EFLA’s Landscape Policies Group member
    • Oriol Porcel Montané, Director a.i. RECEP-ENELC (European Network of Local and Regional Authorities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention)
    • Raimon Obiols, Member of the European Parliament
    • Carl Steinitz, Research Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

     

     

  • Contact: ELFA emailContact: ELFA website

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