We invite you to the Mumbai Dialogue Conference on Tuesday 23rd February at the NCPA Little Theatre, Mumbai. Here is the conference programme. You must RSVP directly to Giles Fallan of the Dialogue Group (giles.fallan@dialoguegroup.co.uk.) to secure your place. We look forward to seeing you there!

1. 21st FEBRUARY–26st FEBRUARY 2010
ConferenCe Programme
Tuesday 23rd february 2010

2. Mumbai Dialogue Conference
Exchanging ideas about urban regeneration
In association with bombay first, Indian Institute of architects
and uK Trade & Investment
We have pleasure in welcoming you to the mumbai dialogue
Conference – exchanging ideas about urban regeneration.
This is a special half-day conference that seeks to bring together
London-based architects and engineers and mumbai-based
authorities, planners, developers and architects to exchange
ideas, discuss and debate the key challenges, present solutions
and share lessons from London and other global cities about
regeneration and renewal and new development.
We are delighted that the London development agency, group
director, Peter bishop will present current and future plans for
London and the lessons learnt from the last 10 years as the uK
capital has undergone extensive regeneration and development.
The conference is chaired by Peter murray, Chairman of new
London architecture and will include a series of presentations
from leading London based architects and engineers
responsible for regeneration, development, planning and design
in London and will include opportunities for networking at
coffee/tea breaks and a drinks reception.

3. Mumbai Dialogue:
Exchanging ideas about urban regeneration
Conference Programme
14.00 registration and coffee
14.30 mumbai dialogue Conference welcome
Peter murray, Chairman, new London architecture
14.35 The regeneration of mumbai
narinder nayar, Chairman, bombay first
14.50 Keynote address
Peter bishop, group director, London development agency
15.15 evidence-based spatial Planning and design:
space syntax approach
Kayvan Karimi, director, space syntax
15.35 Contextual Integration: Lessons Learned from drmm’s
London residential Projects
russell edwards, drmm
15.55 sustainable Housing in developing economies
ben derbyshire, HTa
16.15 masterplans: Concept and applications
Iain Wylie/dominic Wilkinson, austin-smith:Lord
16.35 Tea
17.00pm façade design considerations for a changing climate
mark ryder, Partner, Hoare Lea Consulting engineers
17.20pm mixed use: density and living above the shop
barry Hughes, HoK
17.40pm regenerating and renewing Inner cities areas
balvinder matharu, Partner, ankur architects
18.00pm scales of communities
Chris bell, HKr
18.20pm Infrastructure as a catalyst for regeneration and
development
Chris Williamson, Weston Williamson
18.40pm Place making: Local and foreign transactions
gerald fox, associate, mJP
19.00 Panel discussion
19.30 drinks reception and buffett dinner
21.30 Closes

4. Delegation
Ankur Architects delivery of the new-build music & group, deputy chair, The Prince’s
Balvinder Matharu, Principal sports buildings, Kingsdale school. Trust, board member, Columbia
Currently, he is leading the team Primary school, bethnal green, chair
Biography developing a key element of the of governors and currently design for
balvinder was responsible for setting stratford City north residential Homes, board member.
up ankur architects in 1987 and has masterplan that will provide the
remained principal of the company. www.hta.co.uk
athletes’ Village for the 2012 London
balvinder has undertaken a broad olympic games.
range of projects for housing associations, MJP
developers, community clients, retailers www.drmm.co.uk Gerald Fox, associate
and local authorities. His work includes Biography
housing, communal buildings, offices/ HKR
gerald has worked with mJP since
workshops, large scale regeneration, and Chris Bell, director completing his diploma in 1999, and
mixed use schemes in england, france Biography became an associate in 2008.
and India. Christopher is a director of He works closely with sir richard
www.ankurarchitects.co.uk masterplanning and urban design macCormac and has been
for HKr architects, as well as being instrumental in the design of a number
Austin-Smith:Lord director of Central and eastern europe. of projects varing in scale and building
He is based in Prague but works types, from two exhibition designs at
Biographies throughout the groups locations. In Tate britain and Tate modern to the of
Iain Wylie, Partner addition to his masterplanning work he the bbC’s £600m flagship development
one of the founder members of the is also very experienced in commercial at broadcasting house in London, These
Practice in scotland when in 1998 and residential architecture. include the Priory Place development
austin-smith:Lord formed a joint venture www.hkrarchitects.com at Coventry Phoenix, maggie’s Cancer
with Wren rutherford. graduated from Care Centre in Cheltenham and the
edinburgh College of art/Heriot-Watt Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers Welcome Wolfson building at the
university in 1987 and completed his science museum.
Part 3 with the Psa in their then flagship Mark Ryder, Partner
www.mjparchitects.co.uk
design standards office in London, Biography
before moving back to scotland and mark has over twenty years experience Space Syntax
on to Irvine development Corporation in environmental engineering design of
with whom he spent two years as a buildings across all market sectors. He Kayvan Karimi, director
Consultant at scottish enterprise. Iain has always focused on the feasibility and Biography
ecame a salaried partner in 2003 and early design stages of a project where dr. Kayvan Karimi is an architectural
partner in 2005. as glasgow office an engineer’s proactive contribution and urban designer with more
principal, Iain has led the business in can be best utilised to deliver cost than twenty years of professional
scotland to be a major competitor effective and practical engineering and international experience. He
in a wide range of sectors including solutions. He believes in the use of new accomplished his doctoral studies on
healthcare, education, residential and technology to achieve simplification in architectural and urban morphology
commercial work. design, installation and operation of any (1993-98) at university College London
Dominic Wilkinson building. mark is currently focusing on the (uCL). during this period, he joined a
dominic has worked with a range of international portfolio for the middle east spin-off company of uCL, space syntax,
public, private and voluntary sector and India regions where he is a director now. Throughout
clients on a wide variety of projects, www.hoarelea.com his professional and academic career,
throughout the north West. His Kayvan has worked extensively on
experience ensures an understanding HOK a wide range of projects, including:
of the range of forces acting upon strategic city planning, city centre
Barry Hughes, Vice President redevelopments, urban regeneration,
the various commissioning bodies
and the limitations that this produces Biography large-scale urban masterplanning,
within their built environments. as an barry currently leads the mixed-use urban conservation/historic centers,
architect, urban designer, lecturer, and design studio. His design experience ‘slum’ upgrading, major commercial/
researcher he contributes a broad includes diverse projects such as retail developments, public realm
range of analytical and design skills Westfield London, the largest in-town design, pedestrian movement planning
to the team and this is reflected in shopping and leisure destination and complex buildings.
a number of national awards and in europe, the british embassy in www.spacesyntax.com
international competition successes. morocco, to train stations in Japan and
dominic’s work is characterised by masterplans in the uK. Weston Williamson
design excellence at all stages and His passion for creating dynamic
architecture with a fundamental Chris Williamson, director
as an active member of professional
bodies – most notably as immediate understanding of the urban realm has Biography
past Chairman of rIba north West – led him to design large scale mixed use Chris is an experienced architect
he takes a keen interest in the future developments globally. He’s worked on and plays a very active role in various
direction of architecture. projects in the americas, russia, asia professional organisations. He has been
as well as the united Kingdom and an expert witness on transport and
www.austinsmithlord.com europe. housing planning issues.
www.hok.com at Weston Williamson, he is the
dRMM director in charge of the management
Russell Edwards, associate director HTA of the office, and is
Biography responsible for the timely completion of
Ben Derbyshire, managing director work and the professional and efficient
russ edwards is associate director at
drmm. He studied architecture at the Biography handling of contractual matters and
university of Portsmouth and Vienna ben derbyshire joined HTa (then Hunt project management. In addition to
university of Technology, and has Thompson associates) in 1976, became being an architect, Chris is a registered
extensive experience of design team a partner in 1986 and was appointed Project manager and a member of the
management, project administration managing director in 2005. royal Town Planning Institute.
and production information processes. other past appointments www.westonwilliamson.com
at drmm, he was responsible for the include:rIba Community architecture