Urbano Build Community Past Events

URBANO BUILD SPEAKER PROGRAMME & NETWORKING EVENTS

Urbano Build's programme is a co-ordinated event programme and network for architects, developers, property investors, designers, interior designers, innovators, landscapers and other sector professionals to connect, gather information, create associations and alliances, and build a community based on mutual encouragement and sharing market knowledge to help their businesses survive and thrive.  Our programme also supports member events during MIPIM (the world's leading property exhibition), Clerkenwell Design Week and London Festival of Architecture.

Our Urbano Build speaker programme has a proud track record of exploring and championing issues affecting the sector, often before they become mainstream, and often from a stand-point of finding opportunities for smaller firms to work with larger ones as we feel both benefit. This includes diversity, sustainability, new technologies and their usage, such as BIM and VR, accessibility, environmental, BREAAM, supply chain transparency, site safety, workplace and wellbeing, design, modern materials, M2M/IOT and crowdfunding. 

PLEASE NOTE URBANO NETWORK IS MADE UP OF SIX COMMUNITIES: BUILD - FINANCE - HOST - MEDIA - PEOPLE - TECH - UWACTE. COMPANIES FROM ANY SECTOR CAN ATTEND ANY EVENT AND MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO SO THAT IDEAS, TECHNOLOGY AND BEST PRACTICE FROM OBE COMMUNITY OR SECTOR CAN BE ADOPTED EARLY AND TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER. WELLBEING & BLOCKCHAIN BEING GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHERE IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE MOVED FROM ONE COMMUNITY/SECTOR TO ANOTHER. 

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Previous speakers at Urbano Build have included RIBA’s previous Presidents - Ben Derbyshire, Jane Duncan and Stephen Hodder, Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs), George Clarke (Restoration Man), Marc Vlessing (Pocket Living), Wayne Hemingway, Loyd Grossman, David Hancock (Government Lead on Construction), senior figures in organisations like CEBR, BRE and CABE, and from leading UK construction companies such as Arup, Laing O’Rourke, Mace Group, and David Philp and Mark Bew (BIM Team at the Cabinet Office). 

Since Urbano began in 2011, we have had a proud track record of championing opportunities for women, especially in historically male dominated industries and sectors, such as construction and engineering. Around 50% of an Urbano Build event audience are female, many running their own companies or with senior positions at larger companies. 80% of Urbano speakers are also women.

PREVIOUS BUILD SPEAKER & SELECTED EVENTS:

July 2020 - Build & UWACTE online networking event
June 2020 - Build & UWACTE online networking breakfast with Mary Parson, Commissioner on the 'building Better, Building Beautiful' Commission
May 2020 - Build & UWACTE online breakfast with Emily Hamilton, Associate Director of Sustainability at Grosvenor Group, on Zero Carbon,
April 2020 - Zero Carbon in construction  online breakfast with Deborah Pullen, executive Director of BRE Trust
February 2020 - Build breakfast with Mark Farmer, government champion of Modern Methods of Construction
January 2020 - Build & UWACTE breakfast with Isabel McAllister, Director of Business Responsibility at MACE Group
December 2019 - Build breakfast with Geoff Wilkinson, Director of Wilkinson Construction Consultants, on Future Homes Standards
November 2019 - Build breakfast with Tom Bloxham, co-founder and chair of Urban Splash
October 2019 - Women in Business & UWACTE breakfast
September 2019 - Build event on Net Zero Carbon in construction
September 2019 - Women in Business & UWACTE networking event
August 2019 - Build & UWACTE networking lunch
July 2019 - Speaker and networking breakfast on UK Business responsibility, with Amy Brimmicombe and Roxarne Owen of 'Business in the Community'
June 2019 - Build & UWACTE networking breakfast as part of London Festival of Architecture with Yolande Barnes, Special Advisor on the 'Building Better, Building Beautiful' Commission
May 2019 - Build networking event on new ISO standards for BIM with Dr Anne Kemp & Dr Marzia Bolpagni
March 2019 - Speaker and networking breakfast on workplace health & wellbeing with Director of Health and Wellbeing of MACE Group
 Dr. Judith Grant
March 2019 - Women in business & UWACTE breakfast
February 2019 - Build & UWACTE speaker breakfast with Bola Fatimilehin, Head of Diversity & Inculsion at the Royal Academy of Engineering, on diversity & inclusion
January 2019 - Build networking breakfast with George Clarke, Architect and TV Presenter
December 2018 - Urbano Build & UWACTE networking lunch, Soho
December 2018 - Tendering workshop & Networking drinks
November 2018 - MasterBlast session for new company joiners & graduates
November 2018 - Women in Business & UWACTE networking lunch, City of London
October 2018 - MIPIM London networking evening, Minotti London
September 2018 - Ann Marie Aguilar, IWBI, on Well Build Standards & Tour (Cundalls)
July 2018 - Volker Buscher (ARUP) on Blockchain in Construction
June 2018 - UWACTE Community launch networking evening
May 2018 - Networking breakfast on VR/AR - Realities Centre
May 2018 - Urbano Build networking lunch, Clerkenwell Design Week
April 2018 - Workplace Design, Kerstin Sailer (UCL)
March 2018 - Pre-MIPIM networking evening, City of London
February 2018 - Sustainability in Construction, Jacqui Glass (Loughborough/UCL)
January 2018 - Digital Britain, Teresa Gonzalez Rico - Future Cities Catapult Project Lead
November 2017 - Build & People networking event on Wellbeing
October 2017 - Networking reception in the city
September 2017 - Breakfast with RIBA President Elect Ben Derbyshire
July 2017 - Breakfast Event with Alan Crane
May 2017 - Urbano Build Speaker & Networking Event in Clerkenwell with speakers David Leonard and Dr. Chris Ward
March 2017 - Urbano Monaco networking lunch, including MIPIM attendees
March 2017 - MIPIM Attendees online networking griup for Urbano Members & Associates
March 2017 - Sadie Morgan co-founder of dRMM and Chair of HS2 Design Panel
March 2017 - Private view of the Fire!Fire! Exhibition at the Museum Of London
November 2016 - George Clarke, architect and presenter
October 2016 - Dan Hopwood, director of Studio Hopwood and past president of the British Institute of Interior Design
September 2016 - David Philp, previous head of BIM implementation in Government Construction Strategy
July 2016 - VR & Visual Tech Showcase at Inition Shoreditch
June 2016 - Workplace Wellbeing Build breakfast with Professor Kerstin Sailer & SpaceLab at Senate House, University of London
May 2016 - Clerkenwell Design Week evening event, in association with Steelcase
April 2016 - Urbano networking build breakfast on accessibility with Jean Hewitt
February 2016 - Anne Kemp, Atkins on BIM2
January 2016 - Jay Carver on Crossrail archeology
January 2016 - Will Hardie, architect and presenter Nov 2015 - Urbano breakfast with BRE
September 2015 - Jane Duncan, President of RIBA
July 2015 – Robert Biggs, ex Chair of CCS on diversity in the construction industry
June 2015 – Economic report on the London and UK Property market, Nina Skero, CEBR
April 2015 - Casey Rutland, ARUP (on BIM)
March 2015 - John Alker, UK Green Business Council
February 2015 - Professor William Webb on IOT/M2M
February 2015 - Anne Dye, Head of technical research at RIBA
January 2015 - Steve Radley, Director of CITB
December 2014 - Networking evening at Hermann Miller Showroom
November 2014 - Alexander Jan, ARUP's transaction advice leader
September 2014 - Ed Green, Crown Commercial Service, on Procurement
July 2014 - Oliver Schneider, CEO of The Facility
June 2014 - Loyd Grossman, Chair of The Heritage Alliance
May 2014 - Julian Treasure, CEO The Sound Agency
May 2014 - Networking Evening, Clerkenwell Design Week at Punto. IT's showrooms
March 2014 - David Philp, Head of BIM Implementation, Cabinet Office
January 2014 - Stephen Hodder, RIBA President
October 2013 - Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs/HAB Housing
August 2013 - Andrew Kinsey, Sustainability Director, Mace Group PLC
March 2013 - Sofie Pelsmakers, Author of The Environmental Design Pocketbook
February 2013 - Peter Studdert, Chair - Design Review Group, London
January 2013 - Wayne Hemingway, HemingwayDesign
June 2012 - Marc Vlessing, CEO Pocket Living
March 2012 - Mark Bew, Government Champion of BIM
January 2012 - Jackie Sadek, CEO of UK Regeneration

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SPEAKER TESTIMONIALS

Jackie Sadek, CEO of UK Regeneration, on Urbano: 
"I found I was ranting and raving in a very unclever way again yesterday morning, at some ungodly hour in Hatton Garden, as I addressed the Urbano Build network about my mission to kick-start a real step-change in regeneration. 

Now, I may grumble about getting up early for these things, but I always find time for the Urbano Network. They have a philosophy of "exchanging value" that I find rather empowering.

Urbano, run by the redoubtable Mark Herring, offers a safe facilitating vehicle brokering for opportunities for smaller companies to get involved, both with each other, and with larger partners. They champion the cause of the smaller, quality suppliers, especially in areas such as BIM, design and new technologies.  

I always learn something of real value when I'm with them.  And they're entrepreneurs, so they're a creative and energising lot to be with. Community building with businesses in economic partnerships, through our work and events and even online (steady now) is a key part of the UKR journey, of course. And the Urbano entrepreneurs certainly seemed to like the UKR business model.

I found myself among friends, despite (or perhaps because of) all my ranting.  I was asked a number of fascinating questions (and some more off the wall, such as: was I the next Kevin McLeod?) by a group of people who were thoroughly engaged." 

Full article here: Estates Gazette

Other speaker testimonials

I really enjoyed myself and hope I was not too vociferous – as you can tell I am quite tenacious in my wishes and approach. The Urbano network was really interesting and I will see if there is a way of enticing more architects in as it was a shame there weren't more there to benefit from the connections and conversations!
Jane Duncan, President RIBA

I must admit I was impressed by the range of folk who were there & very glad to have the opportunity to speak to them.  Mostly one goes to events populated by the usual architectural suspects!  I’ve already had a couple of interesting connections myself!
Anne Dye, Head of Research, RIBA

“Many thanks to Mark and Urbano for hosting Kevin [McCloud] and the senior team from Hab at October’s Build event. Hab Housing had just come out of an intense crowd funding period for our business - which Mark had helped us promote - and it was excellent to ruminate and digest on the process and its potential application to the wider market with such an engaged audience.”
Mike Roberts, Hab Housing’s MD

"Nice crowd , good contacts made ..v tasty breakfast!"
Wayne Hemingway, HemingwayDesign (Urbano Profile)

"I joined Urbano this month as part of my New Year's resolution to go networking to help my business grow. After attending a couple of events as a non-member, I was tracked down by Marc Vlessing of Pocket whom I met at an Urbano breakfast."