Urban Factorisation Launch
#UrbanFactorisation
On Monday 21st July the London Creative and Digital Fusion Steering Group, National Centre for Universities and Business and Factors will host Urban Factorisation; an interactive event to celebrate user centred design.
Urban Factorisation will look at the interaction between the multiple factors involved in the design of environments and the experiences of those who work, live, visit and travel in them. The centrepiece of the event will be the launch of “Urban Factorisation”, an interactive case study of how these factors create harmony or clash in one particular city. Delegates will have the opportunity to participate in a workshop focused in the area around St James, London.
The following speakers have been confirmed:
• Barry Sheerman MP (Co-chair of APDIG) who will speak on the challenges and opportunities in the creative industry as it applies to policy and the economy.
• Ben Gummer MP who will speak on the case of small cities, its ambitions and development, and the connection between the inhabitants and the process.
• Cathy Garner, Strategic Director London Fusion and Non-Executive Director of Places for People who will speak on cities as places for people and the influence of people on the place.
• Jeremy Watson, Professor of Engineering Systems, UCL who will speak on the influence of design on human behaviour.
• Samar Héchaimé (Principal of factors) who will speak on and illustrate “Urban Factorisation”.
The event will be well suited to those interested or involved in city governance and in all forms of city development such as design of the user centred city and the city as a centre of modern innovation fusing the disparate cultures, of academe, business and civic society.
Samar Héchaimé (Principal of factors) says “People interested in making cities more liveable on all these levels should attend, whether they are in policy, in design, in services, in citizen engagement, in digital, in economy, in history and culture or in tourism.”
“All attendees will be able to see the city from a different perspective and imagine a better future for it from the perspective of its people, its unique essence and culture”
Please register your interest in attending this event by clicking here . There are limited spaces available so please register ASAP. If you are successful we will confirm your place via email with joining instructions. If you have any questions please email: factors@loriho.com.
If you are unable to join us on the day but would like to contribute , follow the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #UrbanFactorisation.
Further details
Date: 21st July 2014
Time: 09.30 -16.30
Venue: The Work Foundation, 21 Palmer St, London SW1H 0AD
