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Programme agenda

  • Day 1Tuesday 15 October
  • Day 2Wednesday 16 October
  • 08.00 - Registration Opens

    Opening keynote plenary

    Space 1 & 2

    Supported by

    08.45 - 10.15
    Session 1
     - Opening plenary: Advancing health equity through impact investment
    08.45
    Opening remarks
    09.00
    Welcome address
    09.05
    Keynote plenary: Advancing health equity: Health 2040 – system working towards a healthier Liverpool
    09.30
    Panel discussion

    Select a Stream

    • Stream 1Advancing health equity
    • Stream 2Urban planning, placemaking and public realm
    • Stream 3Green, clean and equitable cities
    • Stream 4Urban mobility, ageing and accessibility
    • Stream 5Workshops
    • Advancing health equity

      Space 1 & 2

      Supported by

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 2
       - Policy, practice and investment
      10.45
      Implementing a strategic approach to urban health

      11.05
      Building health equity: The role of development

      11.25
      Social infrastructure for health and wellbeing

      11.45
      Applying Doughnut Economics thinking into urban regeneration

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      Lunchtime workshop
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 3
       - Neighbourhoods as the foundation for a just, green and healthy city
      14.00
      Neighbourhoods as the foundation of a just, green and healthy city

      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 4
       - Partnering for impact: Sustainable community engagement for planning, design and policymaking
      16.00
      Partnering for impact: Sustainable community engagement for planning, design and policymaking

      End of Advancing health equity stream
    • Urban planning, placemaking and public realm

      Space 6 & 7

      Supported by

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 6
       - Healthy places: Tools, frameworks and pathways
      10.45
      Evaluating the Place Standard Tool pilots in northwest England: Preliminary findings, ongoing work

      11.05
      A systems mapping method to study how cities manage infrastructure systems and climate health risks

      11.25
      Who can influence healthy urban development?

      11.45
      A preventative pathway for health and wellbeing – guidance for designers

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 7
       - Strategies for healthy street design
      14.00
      Healthy streetlife: Residents’ street design priorities to support everyday health practices

      14.20
      Lambeth’s Kerbside Strategy: One year on

      14.40
      Streets for Diversity: Exploring how neurodivergent people experience streets

      15.30
      Panel discussion
      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 8
       - Planning child-friendly cities
      16.00
      Aligning perceptions and reality: The impact of urban environments on children’s subjective wellbeing

      16.20
      Practical application of the Child Friendly Urban Environments (CFUE) framework

      16.40
      Panel discussion
      End of Urban planning, placemaking and public realm stream
    • Green, clean and equitable cities

      Space 8

      Supported by

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 9
       - Greening the city: Parks, nature and wellbeing
      10.45
      Designing for healthy choices first: Changing behaviour in cities from California to Bhutan

      11.05
      Access and equity of linear parks in Liverpool: The Green Lanes Proposal

      11.25
      Biodiversity net gain: Increasing value of buildings and cities by valuing nature-based solutions

      11.45
      Residential relocation and mental health: Are changes in greenness and air pollution contributing to the onset and recovery from common mental disorders?

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 10
       - Housing, health and climate equity
      14.00
      Life-course socioeconomic disparities in access to public green and blue spaces for older adults

      14.20
      Delivering housing for health and climate change equity

      14.40
      A Scandinavian-designed neighbourhood in East London
      15.00
      Panel discussion
      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 11
       - The urban health impacts of construction
      16.00
      Better air for urban health: Innovation in the UK construction sector

      16.20
      The health impacts of cumulative construction: Marsh Wall, London

      16.40
      Panel discussion
      End of Green, clean and equitable cities stream
    • Urban mobility, ageing and accessibility

      Space 9

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 12
       - Planning urban mobility and active travel
      10.45
      Active transport in regional Australian cities: Aspirations or action in council policies?

      11.05
      Prioritising health in mobility planning: Assessing sustainable urban mobility plans in Europe

      11.25
      The Pathways Project: A better national system for walking, wheeling and cycling

      11.45
      Liverpool Baltic Station – designing major infrastructure for urban health

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      1.400 - 15.30
      Session 13
       - Air quality, transport and health
      14.00
      Bikes for Business: Zero-emission cargo bikes transforming London Bridge

      14.20
      Selling the sizzle: Lessons for future clean air zone implementation

      14.40
      Emerging practice in community-based innovation: Improving indoor air quality and wellbeing at home

      15.00
      Panel discussion
      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 14
       - Designing for accessibility
      16.00
      The strategic implementation of universal accessibility in government

      16.20
      Accessible design for vulnerable populations in Thailand: An analysis of accessibility for cognition

      16.40
      Panel discussion
      End of Urban mobility, ageing and accessibility stream
    • Workshops

      Space 4 & 5

      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 15
       - Testing a strategic framework for enhancing resilience and reducing health and climate vulnerability
      14.00
      Testing a strategic framework for enhancing resilience and reducing health and climate vulnerability

      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 16
       - The true cost of unhealthy urban environments: How healthy cities can save money
      16.00
      The true cost of unhealthy urban environments: How healthy cities can save money

      End of Workshops stream

    Closing keynote plenary

    Space 1 & 2

    Supported by

    17.00 - 18.00
    Session 5
     - Keynote Plenary
    17.00
    Advancing health equity through place-based impact investing

    17.45
    Closing remarks
  • 08.00 - Registration opens

    Opening keynote plenary

    Space 1 & 2

    Supported by

    08.45 - 10.15
    Session 17
     - Opening plenary: Advancing health equity through impact investment
    08.45
    Welcome and introduction
    09.00
    Driving health improvement, equity and economic development through a health in all policies approach

    Select a Stream

    • Stream 6Healthy urban development
    • Stream 7 Urban planning, placemaking and public realm
    • Stream 8Community impact
    • Stream 9Population health
    • Stream 10Workshops
    • Healthy urban development

      Space 1 & 2

      Organised by

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 18
       - Researching healthy urban development: Valuation, law, modelling & green space policy
      10.45
      Researching healthy urban development: Introduction

      11.00
      The societal cost of unhealthy urban development

      11.15
      Law, health impact assessments and future avenues

      11.30
      Modelling and visualising health inequalities and outcomes in relation to urban development and planning

      11.45
      Green space and policy interventions

      12.00
      Panel discussion
      Lunchtime workshop
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 19
       - Opportunities to prioritise health impact in urban design and development
      14.00
      Opportunities to prioritise health impact in urban design and development

      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 20
       - What role can public health play in future devolution deals?
      16.00
      What role can public health play in future devolution deals?

      End of Healthy urban development stream
    • Urban planning, placemaking and public realm

      Space 6 & 7

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 22
       - Spatial planning for healthy places: Policy and practice
      10.45
      Assessing liveability in St Louis City through spatial and policy analysis

      11.05
      How to embed health in spatial planning at a local level: A case study from an inner-London borough

      11.25
      Healthy policies for healthy places: A framework to systematically embed health in local development plans in England

      11.45
      Healthy Happy Places – Places of Sanctuary, North Tyneside

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 23
       - Liverpool Green Lanes: Connecting communities

      Organised by

      14.00
      Liverpool Green Lanes:  Connecting communities

      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 24
       - Collaborating for evidence-informed policy and practice
      16.00
      Collaborating for evidence-informed policy and practice

      End of Urban planning, placemaking and public realm stream
    • Community impact

      Space 8

      Supported by

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 25
       - Community and public participation: Tools, methods and impact
      10.45
      Community health impact assessments: A Trojan horse to reduce health inequities in cities

      11.05
      Spotlighting community research as a tool to explore health inequalities with communities

      11.25
      Storytelling methodologies for urban health research and practice

      11.45
      Encouraging engagement for societal, economic and environmental impact

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 26
       - Citizen science: Informing planning policy and practice
      14.00
      Compassionate places: Implementing a health and human-oriented design model into policy and practice

      14.20
      Leveraging community-scale research for informed community planning and design

      14.40
      Protocol for citizen measurement of NO2 in school environments

      15.00
      Panel discussion
      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 27
       - Learning from the past: Entrepreneurial approaches to delivering transformative social outcomes for our poorest communities
      16.00
      Learning from the past: Entrepreneurial approaches to delivering transformative social outcomes for our poorest communities

      End of Community impact stream
    • Population health

      Space 9

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 28
       - Urban health impact at a local level
      10.45
      Creating health and wellbeing at the local level

      11.05
      Health and wellbeing in Lambeth and Southwark: Insights from local communities

      11.25
      Building system capability to create healthy environments in Southampton and East Sussex (a PHIRST study)

      11.45
      Driving efficiency through interoperability of social prescribing and clinical systems

      12.05
      Panel discussion
      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 29
       - Revitalising the high street
      14.00
      Locating health services in town centres: Applying urban design and data to maximise benefits

      14.20
      Realising health on the high street

      14.40
      Urban design, planning and high-street revitalisation

      15.00
      Panel discussion
      16.00 - 17.00
      Session 30
       - Transforming health services and infrastructure in the community
      16.00
      Healthcare practitioners’ approaches to social determinants of population health linked to home energy

      16.20
      A campaign to rewild the NHS estate

      16.40
      Panel discussion
      End of Population health stream
    • Workshops

      Space 4 & 5

      10.45 - 12.30
      Session 31
       - Nothing about us without us: How can we best engage communities in designing healthier urban places?
      10.45
      Nothing about us without us: How can we best engage communities in designing healthier urban places?

      14.00 - 15.30
      Session 32
       - Understanding and strengthening Black and minoritised community-led climate and health action in Lambeth
      14.00
      Understanding and strengthening Black and minoritised community-led climate and health action in Lambeth

      End of Workshops stream

    Healthy City Design International Awards

    Space 1 & 2

    17.00 - 17.45
    Session 21
     - Awards ceremony
    17.00
    Healthy City Design International Awards 2024
    17.40
    Closing remarks
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