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Past WaterfrontExpo Events

The WaterfrontExpo Conference & Exhibition series was launched in 2003.

During this period we have built up a major knowledge database of over 100 exclusive case studies & presentations dealing with many key aspects of waterfront regeneration and development.

Access to all of these – in pdf, powerpoint and mp3 audio formats - is available if you take out PREMIER Membership for only €290.

• WaterfrontExpo 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
• WaterfrontExpo 2006, Glasgow, UK
• WaterfrontExpo 2005, Riga, Latvia
• WaterfrontExpo 2004, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• WaterfrontExpo 2003, London, UK

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Details of past WaterfrontExpo events and the case studies & presentations are as follows:

Waterfront Expo 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon Congress Centre, 2 - 4 October 2007

More than 530 people from 72 waterfront cities and 37 countries attended WaterfrontExpo 2007.

2007 case studies:

• The vision for the waterfronts of Greater Lisbon by Professor Augusto Mateus, President, Augusto Mateus & Associates, Portugal
• Requalifying waterfronts: Oeiras, a sustainable intervention by Tomas Taveira, Professor of Architecture, Lisbon School of Architecture
• Port of Lisbon by Manuel Frasquilho, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Port of Lisbon Authority
• Eastern Almada: The City of Water by Lord Richard Rogers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lennart Grut, Richard Rogers Group Design Inc, USA
• The Vienna Waterfront by Peter Klopf, Project Co-ordinator, Urban Planning Department, City of Vienna, Austria
• Bahrain Bay by Bob Vincent, Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Bay Development B.S.C, Bahrain
• Young City: Gdansk Waterfront by Phyllis Larsen, Managing Director, BPTO Gdansk Development, Poland
• A city by design: Reinventing Vancouver’s waterfronts by Brent Toderian, Director of City Planning, City of Vancouver
• Valencia: Towards a new urban model by Jose Maria Tomas Llavador, President, Areas Ingenieria y Arquitectura, Valencia
• Fremantle waterfront: commercial development by Bret White, Associate Architect, Cox Howlett + Bailey Woodland, Perth, Australia
• Recife – Olinda Project by Luis Miguel Rodruiges, Project Manager, Parque Expo, Portugal
• Making Middlehaven happen by Sean Egan, Project Director, Tees Valley Regeneration, UK and Pete Halsall, BioRegional Quintain, UK
• Crafting a sustainable neighbourhood: Portland’s south waterfront district by Dennis Wilde, Senior Project Manager/Principal, Gerding Edlen Development, USA
• Mersey Waterfront and Liverpool: The Capital of Culture effect by Mark Kitts, Assistant Executive Director, Liverpool City Council
• Creating leisure assets for the community: Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Park by Lisa Schroeder, Executive Director, Riverlife Task Force, USA
• Oeiras Marina – a new beginning by Andrew Wheeler, Managing Director, Intermarine Ltd, UK
• Developing historic buildings: New Holland Island, Saint Petersburg, by Andy Bow, B Arch (Hons) Dip Arch MArch (Dist), Senior Partner, Foster + Partners, UK
• The vision for the waterfronts of Greater Lisbon by Professor Augusto Mateus, President, Augusto Mateus & Associates, Portugal

2007 presentations:

• The competitive city circus by Charlie Hughes, Chairman, Smart Futures, UK
• How waterfront developments can meet the demands of the investment markets by Philip Harcourt, Head of Regeneration, Colliers CRE, UK
• Sustainability through design by Professor Alan Short, University of Cambridge and Principal, Short & Associates, UK
• The Lake Resort, Vilamoura by Nicole Hammond, Senior Project Architect, WATG London, UK
• The Lake Apartments Strategy, Vilamoura by Graciano Garcia, Commercial Director, Chamartin Imobiliaria, Portugal
• Waterfront developments: delivering visions by Voon Fui Lai, Master Planner, Gensler, UK

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WaterfrontExpo 2006, Glasgow, UK
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, 17 - 19 October 2006

WaterfrontExpo 2006 attracted 553 participants from 28 countries.

2006 case studies:

• Connecting communities and connecting with communities by Christopher Breslin, Partnership Co-ordinator, British Waterways, UK
• Fjordcity of Oslo, funding and infrastructure by Stein Kolsto, Project Director, Oslo Waterfront Planning Office, Norway
• Innovation in a Large-Scale Urban Waterfront Development Project: The Case of HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany by Jurgen Bruns-Berentelg, CEO, HafenCity, Germany
• Lisbon Waterfront: A New Heart for the Metropolis, A New Gate for the World by João Belo Rodeia M.Arch, Architect, Lisbon, Portugal
• Marine Façade – the biggest waterfront reclamation and development in Europe by Lev Pukshansky, Vice President, and Aleksey Novak, Marine Façade Ltd, Russia
• New Islington, Manchester by Richard Hattan, Associate Director of Development, Urban Splash Ltd, UK
• Orestad, Denmark by Christoph Weise, Manager, Orestad Development Corporation, Denmark
• The Palm, Jumeirah - Funding waterfront development by Robert Lee, Director, Nakheel Properties, Dubai
• Rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast – post Katrina by Stephen Plunkard, Principal – Regional Practice Leader, US East, Stantec Consulting Services, USA
• Regrouping coastal development for ecological preservation and development synergy in Porto Cristovao, Brazil by Guy C Perry, President & Founder, INVI, Brazil
• The role of Clyde Waterfront in the Glasgow City Region by Peter Kearns, Executive Director, Clyde Waterfront, UK
• The taming of the shore – 300 years of premeditated success in St Petersburg by Ivor Deviatko, Chief Information Specialist, St Petersburg Government, Russia
• Toronto Waterfront by Joe Berridge, Partner, Urban Strategies, and John Campbell, CEO, Toronto Waterfront Corporation, Canada
• Waterfront Edinburgh by Stephen Izatt, Chief Executive, Waterfront Edinburgh, UK
• The Waterfront Communities Project – an integrated approach to waterfront regeneration by Professor Michael Carley, School of Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, UK
• Wellington Waterfront. Wild south – design down under by Ian Pike, Chief Executive, Wellington Waterfront, New Zealand

2006 presentations:

• Design led investment as a driver for regeneration by Eleanor McAllister, Managing Director, Clydebank Rebuilt, UK
• Glasgow Harbour: A National Waterfront Destination by Maria Francke, Partner & Head of Planning, Drivers Jonas, UK
• Infrastructure improvement - procurement and funding by Andrew Briggs, Partner, Lovells
• Lisbon 2007 by Carlos Humberto de Carvalho, President of Lisbon Metropolitan Area
• Marketing waterfronts internationally Maureen Thomson, Director of Marketing, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa
• The next generation of waterfront development. What is it for and who is behind it? by Ian Mulcahey, Principal/Practice Area Leader, Gensler UK
• Waterfront architecture and design in South East Asia by Paul Davis, Chairman, Paul Davis & Partner, UK
• Waterfront design by Professor Kees Christiaanse, Principal, KCAP Architects, The Netherlands
• Waterside architecture and design in a northern climate by Paul Stallan, UK Design Director, RMJM, UK

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WaterfrontExpo 2005, Riga, Latvia
Riga Congress Center, 27 - 29 September 2005

Riga welcomed more than 360 participants from 35 countries to the event.

2005 case studies:

• Anacostia Waterfront, Washington D.C. by Evan Rose, Principal, SMWM, USA
• Building on The Edge of Tagus River: The New Riverfront of Lisbon by Gonçalo Cornelio da Silva, M.Arch.D.U, Architect, Lisbon Municipality – Unidade de Projecto de Chelas
• Cairns City Port by David Farmer Chief Executive Officer, Cairns City Council
• Harbour Island - a new and fresh urban experience for Rotterdam by Lolke Ket, Director, GROUPA AUCKETT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Hong Kong Harbour Masterplan by Nicholas Brooke, Chairman, Professional Property Services Group, Hong Kong
• Liverpool – Mersey Waterfront & Kings Waterfront by Louise Hopkins, Director, Mersey Waterfront and Jim Gill, Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision, UK
• Portishead Quays by Bruce Calton BSc(Hons) DipArch DipUD RIBA, Director, Scott Brownrigg
• Reclaiming Public Space - A Movement for Protection and Development of Mumbai’s Seafront by P K Das, B Arch, Principal Architect, P.K. Das & Associates, India
• Transforming the waterfront: Piraeus Harbour, Athens – forming partnerships for investible projects by Charlie Hughes, B.Arch(Hons) MSc RIBA, Chairman, Smart Futures Ltd, UK
• West Harbour Project, Helsinki by Matti Kaijansinkko MA Arch, Project Leader, West Harbour Project, Helsinki
• The Woolston Riverside Project, Southampton by Ken Glendinning, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

2005 presentations:

• Beyond the Waterfront - Development Opportunities by Paul van de Camp, Managing Director, Kraaijvanger Urbis
• Engineering Waterfronts by Jon Orrell BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FCIOB, HSE III, Director, Hemsley Orrell Partnership
• Floating Recreation by Hans Clement, Director, Clement Yacht Harbour Systems
• Mixed Use: The essential ingredient of sustainable waterfront development by Tim Hampson
• The Waterfront City and its Bioregional Context, Seattle: From the Mountains to the Sound by Ilze Jones AIA FASLA and Ints Luters ASLA Jones and Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd
• Urban water tourism – a study. Research of potentials for development for leisure and tourism at urban waterfronts (2003 - 2005) by Dr. Heiner Haass, University Anhalt, Germany

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WaterfrontExpo 2004, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam Passenger Terminal, 19 - 21 October 2004

2004 case studies:

• Almere, The Netherlands by Arie Willem Bijl, Alderman of the Municipality of Almere , Teun Koolhaas, Architect and Urban/Private Consultant, and Ellen Marcuse, Urban Planner and Designer, Municipality of Almere, The Netherlands
• Dublin: Mixed use and lively waterfront development by Peter Coyne, Chief Executive, Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Ireland
• Shanghai Waterfront, China by Zheng Xiao Ping, Design Director, Bazo
• Blackpool vision and Masterplan, Blackpool, England by Bill Hanway, Managing Principal/Vice President, EDAW and Reg Haslam, Head of Planning and Transportation, Blackpool Council, UK
• Oosterdokseiland: 200,000 m2 of ODE, Amsterdam in development mode by Josja van der Veer, MAB b.v and speaker from the Municipality of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Transforming the Waterfront: from Detroit to Ho Chi Minh City by Dennis Pieprz, President, Sasaki Associates, USA
• Waterside cities at Lake Spandau and Rummelsburg Bay, Berlin by Uli Hellweg, Managing Director, Wasserstadt GmbH, Berlin, Germany
• Malta: The cruise passenger terminal as a catalyst for the redesign of the image of Valetta by Konrad Buhagiar, Partner Architecture Project, Malta
• The Importance of Water in Reviving Urban Cores: Two Award-Winning Case Studies by The Jerde Partnership by David E. Rogers, AIA Senior Vice President, Design Principal, The Jerde Partnership
• Cork quays – the development of a city centre quarter by Greg Couchlan, Chief Executive, Howard Holdings PLC, UK, Niall Scott, Senior Partner, Scott Tallon Walker, Ireland and Stephen Webster, Director, DTZ, UK

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WaterfrontExpo 2003, London, UK
ExCeL Conference Centre, Docklands, London 21 - 23 October

More than 600 delegates, visitors and exhibitors from 41 countries attended the 2003 event - the first in the WaterfrontExpo series.

2003 case studies:

• Dublin Docklands by Peter Coyne, Chief Executive of Dublin Docklands Development Authority
• Edinburgh’s Waterfront by Stephen Izatt, Chief Executive, Waterfront Edinburgh Limited
• Planning for the Young City in Gdansk - Re-development of a large-scale waterfront project in a post-socialist city by Dr Piotr Lorens, Technical University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Architecture
• Gunwharf Quays - Building Building ‘Destination ‘Destination Unmissable’ by Chris Hacking Chris Hacking – REID architecture, Phil Phil Cottingham, Land Securities, Mike Davidson, Gunwharf Quays
• World Trade Square at Old City Harbor, Philadelphia, PA - A Keystone Opportunity Zone by Martin Schiffman, Managing Director, Carl Marks & Co. Inc.
• Silvertown Quays by Tony Winterbottom, London Development Agency, Michel Trocme, Urban Strategies, Marvin Suomi, KUD Limited
• Remaking the Toronto Waterfront by Joe Berridge, Partner, Urban Strategies Inc

2003 presentations:

• Developing Britain’s canals and waterways as a catalyst for regeneration by Judith Grice, OBE, British Waterways
• Waterfront Developments - Creating a Place by Yael S Coifman, Economics Research Associates
• Galataport, Turkey by George Ferguson
• Planning for Reclamation Projects by Asad Shaheed, Halcrow
• Waterfront Development - Maximising Real Estate Opportunities by Andrew Hume, National Director, Strategic Consulting, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Marinas in the Waterfront Mix by Mick Bettesworth BSc MRICS CMM
• Engineering solutions for waterfront development: Dealing with flood risk, coastal defence and regeneration by Sian John, Posford Haskoning
• Regenerating the Waterfront by Dennis Pieprz, Sasaki Associates
• Revitalisation along the USA's Inland Waterways: The Great Lakes by Fred Klancnik, President, Smith Group JJR, LLC

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