Back with CivicLab – 17-18 July - talking about what we want from placemaking
The Third CivicLAB Annual Conference will be taking place in Derby, a UNESCO city of Life Long Learning and home to World Heritage Sites – and I am delighted to be joining fellow keynoters and participants again at this powerful gathering and thinking space.
The programme has been designed to explore the following themes:
· securing our future
· driving ambition to bring positive change
· making a positive environmental impact
· supporting health and wellbeing
· investing in culture as a driver for change
…and I will be taking about what we want from placemaking now and tomorrow, alongside:
· Mark Robinson - The Infinite Town: tactics for the civic tightrope
· Imandeep Kaur - Locating the dream matter in our city, investing in civic learning, social capital and circular economy from Civic Square
The two-day conference will explore this through a series of presentations, keynotes, workshops, networking sessions and an (optional) community meal.
The conference setting will provide a thinking space to bring together participants from academia, creative and cultural industry, third sector and freelance practitioners.
Together, we will discuss approaches to building civic practice, research and community capacity as a means of addressing long-standing social issues.
This will be the third CivicLAB Conference, hosted by University of Derby in partnership with Derby County Community Trust and Artcore.
The CivicLAB is led by Dr Rhiannon Jones, Associate Professor (Civic) at the University of Derby.