WaterfrontExpo 2011 City Workshop Round Table
Day 2, 3 November

How often do you get the chance to talk to the companies, investors and developers who have put their money into a city's waterfront?

These workshops will form part of 2-part Round Table plenary session and be led by the companies, developers and investors which are actually involved in regeneration and development projects on the Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh waterfonts, and will explain:

• How the private and public sectors have successfully co-operated on existing waterfront projects
• What lessons have been learnt; and
• The opportunities for further waterfront investment that have been created as a result.

14.30 - 15.45: CITY WORKSHOP ROUND TABLE pt 1

Theme: Progress to date – public private sector co-operation, new opportunities created

Moderator: Charlie Hughes, Chairman of Smart Futures,
Chairman of the European Urban Regeneration Council of the Urban Land Institute.

14.30 - 14.45: Dundee Waterfront: From the 3 Js to 3G! – The journey from Jam, Jute and Journalism to Games, Genomes and Generators

The Dundee panel:

•Tim Allan, Managing Director, Unicorn Property Group  
•Allan Watt, Project Co-ordinator, Dundee Waterfront
•One more participant TBC

In this 15 minute session the panel will outline their experience of development in the Dundee Waterfront (Tim Allan) as well as running a successful business (Marcus Kenyon). Allan Watt will be available to provide Dundee Council's view from his central role as Project Co-ordinator for the Dundee Waterfront.

14.45 - 15.00 Edinburgh Waterfront

The Edinburgh panel:

•John Dunn, Director, AWG Property
•John Brown, Director, DTZ
•Dave Anderson, Director of City Development, Edinburgh City Council
•John Bury, Head of Planning, Edinburgh City Council
•Jim Hart, Business Manager, Edinburgh Centre on Climate Change

In this 15 minute session the panel will explain the role of a number of key issues in the regeneration of the city's waterfront economy:

•Employability and skills for the city at large
•How to build communities and sustainability
•Re-industrialisation
•Renewable energy
•How to build supply chain
•Innovative funding mechanisms
•Best practice that can be learnt from international case studies

15.00 - 15.15: Clyde Waterfront: Realising A River of Opportunity – 21st Century Place Making

£2.5 billion has been  invested along the 13 miles of Clyde Waterfront since 2003 almost equally by the public & private sectors which has resulted in the Clyde’s economy becoming more diverse and resilient than before, with real strengths in financial services, creative industries, shipbuilding, tourism and leisure, as well as regenerating some major brownfield sites as great places to live e.g. Glasgow Harbour, Ferry Village and Castle Quay.

There is also another £1 billion in development  currently via a few major public projects, such as the Scottish Hydro Arena, Central Govan Action Plan and Southern General Hospital Campus, which is helping to maintain Clyde Waterfront’s momentum and construction employment in the area.

However, there are about £2 billion of mainly private sector office, hotel, retail and residential projects along the 13 miles of Clyde Waterfront, particularly in the city centre, at SECC / Pacific Quay and Glasgow Harbour, which are still at various stages of the planning process but if they could be developed with more funding and occupiers.

So the challenge facing all the stakeholders along the Clyde is how do we unlock this potential to realise our achievable vision in the next 5 - 10 years to become a 'thriving and vibrant River Clyde, with people and communities at its heart'?

The Clyde Waterfront Panel:

•Mike Edward, Development Director, Walker Group
•Jim Fitzsimons, Chief Executive, Capella Group
•Eleanor McAllister OBE, Managing Director, Clydebank re-built
•Niall McGilp, Director, Goodman
•Derek McCrindle, Director, Clyde Waterfront
•Renfrew TBC

These three presentations will be followed by an open discussion and questions from the floor on issues raised by Dundee, Edinburgh and Clyde Waterfront representatives.

15.45 - 16.45: CITY WORKSHOP ROUND TABLE pt 2

Theme: Applying the lessons learnt to date to meeting future challenges - where will future investment come from?

Moderator: Charlie Hughes, Chairman of Smart Futures,
Chairman of the European Urban Regeneration Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Participants to include city representatives from Pt 1 plus Francois Jalinot, CEO of Euroméditerranée and Michelle Woods, Project Manager, Chicago Department of Transportation.


The City Workshop Round Table will be invaluable to:

• Organisations evaluating the investment potential of the waterfronts of these three Scottish cities.
• Private sector organisations and investors, municipal authorities, and regeneration agencies from other cities and countries seeking information that can help progress their own plans in respect of waterfront regeneration and development.
• Delegates seeking hard practical information on mechanisms for raising finance & investment.
• Public sector bodies seeking to meet potential investors in their own waterfront regeneration projects.
• Companies and organisations which offer products and services relevant to waterfront regeneration and development.