Rupert Warren KC
Planning: things can only get better
The 52nd Oxford Conference
20 – 22 September 2024
The 52nd Oxford Conference
Planning: things can only get better
Looking to engage with the biggest issues of the day? The Joint Planning Law Conference is the UK’s best-known annual event for planning professionals, from developers and town planners to lawyers and chartered surveyors.
Every September, we lay on an indispensable programme of talks, delivered by the industry’s leading experts. Keep up to date with the latest legal and environmental developments and gain insight into future trends and reforms. Connect with colleagues across the sectors. All within the dreaming spires of Oxford University.
2024 Programme
- 15:30–16:00
Arrival, registration, and tea
- 16:00–18:00
Newcomers’ welcome tea with organising committee
- 18:00–19:00
Drinks reception in Cloisters, New College
- 19:00
Informal dinner
Dress code: smart/casual.
With keynote address by Thomas Heatherwick, one of the UK’s most prolific designers, whose varied work over two decades is characterised by its originality, inventiveness and humanity.
chair
keynote speaker
Thomas Heatherwick
2024 Speakers
2024 Speakers
Clara Bagenal-George
Clara is a Net Zero Specialist at Etude where she advises developers and local authorities on how to achieve Net Zero Carbon. She is also a technical adviser to Homes England, a Mayors design advocate for good growth for the Greater London Authority and part of the core team that is developing the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
In 2017 Clara founded LETI a network of over 1,000 built environment professionals, working together to put the UK on the path to a zero carbon future.
She has been part of the authoring team for notable built environment industry guidance on Net Zero Carbon topics including LETI’s Climate Emergency Design Guide, the CIBSE TM65 Embodied carbon of building services series and RICS Whole life Carbon assessment for the built environment 2nd edition. She has won numerous awards for her work driving change in the buildings industry including, CIBSE building performance Engineer of the year (2019) and the Architects Journal Sustainability Champion (2020).
