London networking event - Urbano Build networking breakfast with John Alker, UK Green Building Council

Urbano Build is a programme of regular networking events in London aimed at architects, developers, property investors, designers, interior designers and other professionals associated with the built environment sector to make connections, gather information, create associations and find new business opportunities.

Urbano Build breakfast events are stripped down conferences, exploring interesting themes and built around great speakers, where the the focus is on networking and creating connections and opportunities. You always meet a diverse range of businesses and their representatives in a lively session of informal but facilitated networking.

Previous speakers have included Loyd Grossman, Kevin McCloud, Wayne Hemingway, Stephen Hodder (President of RIBA), Stephen Radley (CITB), Mark Bew and David Philp of the Government's BIM Implementation team, The Minister for Architecture, the Chairs of CABE and BURA, Martha Schwartz (landscape architect), Theis + Khan, Anne Dye (Head of Research, RIBA), Sofie Pelsmakers and Jackie Sadek, CEO of UKRegeneration.

This event will be hosted at a venue (TBC) in Central London. For more on Urbano Build, our members, past attendees, previous events and speakers, please click here: Urbano Build Network

About our guest speaker, John Alker

John has been at the UK Green Building Council since its launch in 2007. He leads on programme strategy, policy, government relations, campaigns and communications. John regularly works in conjunction with the World GBC and authored the high profile 2014 global report on health, wellbeing and productivity of office occupiers.

Prior to joining the UK-GBC John led political communications on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and sustainable homes campaign for the environmental charity WWF-UK. He has also previously worked as an MP's researcher and speech-writer in the House of Commons and in commercial public affairs.

John will be looking at the work of the UK Green Building Council and specifically on health, wellbeing and productivity in commercial property.

Event Format

8:00am – Registration, coffee and pastries

8:30am – Presentation by John, followed by Q&A

9:15am – Informal and facilitated networking
- 10.30am

Testimonial

"I have a lot of time for Urbano Build network. They have a philosophy of "exchanging value" that I find rather empowering. Urbano Network is a facilitating vehicle, brokering opportunities for smaller companies to get involved, both with each other, and with larger partners. They champion quality suppliers, especially in areas such as BIM, design and new technologies." 
Jackie Sadek, CEO - UK Regeneration

Each Urbano event has a unique online Event Group where every attendee and their company is profiled, accessed through your own Urbano Dashboard. Members get access to full contact details of every attendee. All attendees can access the profiles of people you meet at this event through the Event Group for this event.

* Non-member price quoted on the event page is the discounted rate for a company's first visit. The price quoted on the actual payment page (usually £25 - £35) is the price relevant for you and the events your company has attended. Non-member companies are allowed to attend up to three networking events.

To join Urbano and enjoy this event free, please view the current membership offer.www.urbanonetwork.co.uk/membership