Can Data help London get out of the lockdown?
This interactive session included a panel debate with the Theo Blackwell, London’s Chief Digital Officer and bring you up-to-speed on the work of the Commission, including our work supporting the GLA and Alan Turing Institutes’ Covid-19 initiative. It provides insights into the priorities of key data stakeholders plus preview the Commission’s recommendations.
COVID-19 and the future of work: The role of AI in helping London’s business adapt in the new normal
New machine learning technologies like AI will be immensely valuable in helping companies adapt to the new reality. Even before the outbreak some firms were embracing this technology to better understand underlying patterns, predicting human behaviour and continuously learn and adapt. This session explores the future of work and how AI can help businesses.
London First and Planning Officers Society discussion: Industrial land intensification and co-location
The draft new London Plan contains policies that seek to protect industrial capacity in London through the intensification of industrial uses. This webinar explored the planning, design and viability issues arising from such approaches and how the draft new London Plan policies are being interpreted at the borough level.
Inspirational Leaders Series: Ann Cairns and Laurence Taylor
A special leadership event which celebrates Leadership Exchange, our peer to peer mentoring programme between senior police and business leaders. This conversation related around the unique challenges of leading through the COVID-19 pandemic and the journey towards recovery.
Unlocking TfL: Briefing with Vernon Everitt, Managing Director, Customers, Communication and Technology
With unlocking moving through the steps set out in the Government roadmap, TfL faces new challenges as Londoners return to movement. The webinar outlines the progress being made and the ways in which the private sector can support a well-managed return to public transport in the capital.
Squaring the Circle: How do we fund London’s transport pipeline
There is a major projected funding gap for London’s future transport. We brought together an expert panel to explore ways in which supplementary funding could be raised locally in the long term to support the city’s transport investment needs, as well as the Government’s levelling up agenda and post-COVID 19 recovery.
Briefing with Councillor Clare Coghill, Leader of Waltham Forest Council
Councillor Clare Coghill, Leader of Waltham Forest Council discusses both her priorities for Waltham Forest and the key challenges and opportunities for growth in the borough.
COVID-19: The impact on London’s commercial property market
Our panel discussed how the virus has affected their area of the market, the support that might be required both in the short and long term, and what the wider, structural implications of the current crisis are for commercial space in London
Borough Leader Series: Briefing with Councillor Danny Thorpe, Leader of Greenwich Council
A briefing with Councillor Danny Thorpe, Leader of Greenwich Council, exploring issues faced in the borough with a focus on Covid-19.
COVID-19: Housing in London Briefing with the GLA
David Lunts, Executive Director of Housing and Land and Rickardo Hyatt, Interim Deputy Executive Director, Housing and Land at the GLA joined us for briefing and discussion on the impact that COVID-19 is having on housing in London.
