Connecting people with place

Lincoln - 15 July 2010

  

About the conference


Two issues inspire this event:
  • the imperative to move towards greater community engagement
  • the value of local distinctiveness – to residents, visitors and investors
Successful places improve our quality of life, they provide a sense of local distinctiveness and identity for residents and visitors, and they attract investment. Whilst the heritage and planning sectors continue to develop the tools to understand and characterise our settlements and landscapes, we are only beginning to take the information out, going beyond dissemination, to actively connect people with places. As well as engaging with people about what we know, part of the process is looking at the interactive ways in which we can understand how people perceive places themselves. New and innovative methods of communicating information are offering new opportunities for helping people engage with their inherited environment.
 
Heritage Connect
Heritage Connect is a new website launched by the City of Lincoln Council, English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The website, accessible by PC and smartphone, provides professionals, residents and visitors with information about the inherited environment of 108 places in Lincoln. Together these places, or ‘Character Areas’, cover the entire Lincoln Authority area, so wherever you are in the City you can find out about the historical development, urban form, and open spaces of the place you are in.

This conference will carry CPD certification

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Conference 
supported by:
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ARFS
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Townscape Heritage Initiative
 

Who should attend

This conference will help to deliver the objectives of Local Authority Officers and Elected Members and other professionals concerned with tourism, planning, conservation, economic development, regeneration and heritage, and of urban designers, archaeologists, developers and community leaders.

 

Conference Venue

The Old Palace, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PU
 

The Programme 

 

Wednesday 14 July 2010

  
16.00Familiarisation Walking Tour
 		 Guided by Keith Laidler (former Chair of HTF & former Director at City of Lincoln Council)
18.30 - 19.30Mayoral Reception to include guided tour of the Guildhall -
Mayor of Lincoln, Cllr Geoff Kirby		 The Guildhall, Saltergate, Lincoln LN1 1AH
20.00Dinner The Barge on the Brayford, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln   LN1 1YW
    

Thursday 15 July 2010
 

 The Old Palace, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PU
09.00Registration / coffee / tea  
09.30Introduction and context setting Chair: Mike Loveday, Chief Executive, Heritage Economic & Regeneration Trust (HEART) and Chair of Living Streets
09.55The value of local distinctiveness and characterisation Graham Fairclough, Head of Characterisation, English Heritage
10.20Heritage Connect - using innovative technology to bring together people and information about the places they visit, live and work Adam Partington, Townscape Character Projects Manager, City of Lincoln Council and David Walsh, Assistant Historic Buildings and Area Advisor, English Heritage
10.45Heritage at Risk - a project to mobilise local communities to manage local heritage Liz Bates, Heritage Lincolnshire 
11.10Coffee / tea  
 CASE STUDIES  
11.40Pocket Norwich - an alternative to guide books Mark Oakden, Founder Pocket Places
12.00Characterisation with an attitude – a case study of Central Northampton Tony Wyatt, Associate Director, _space Group
12.20Using modern media to strengthen the distictive urban heritage in Trinidad and Tobago Steve Kemp, Globe Consultants and SIP International
12.40Q&A  
13.00Lunch  
14.00Introduction to walking workshops Chair: Chris Winter, Director, HTF
with Pete Boswell, City of Lincoln Council
 Walking Workshop
'place detectives' exercise using smart phones and investigating the character areas of Lincoln		  
15.30Tea  
16.00Plenary session and conclusions Chris Winter, Director, HTF
16.30Ends  
 

Fees

 HTF MembersNon-Members
Familiarisation Tour £5£5
Reception £10£10
Dinner £25£25
Conference day £90*£120*
*Special fee: for an Officer and an Elected Member attending the conference day from the same Local Authority one place is offered at half price.
 

Accommodation

HTF have negotiated special rates at the following hotels where a number of rooms have been reserved for a limited time:

The Old Palace, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PU
Single room @ £85 B&B
to book telephone Helen: 0117 9750459

The Holiday Inn, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YW
Double room (single occ) @ £90 B&B
to book tel: 01522 544244 and quote 'HIR'

The Tower Hotel, 38 Westgate, Lincoln LN1 3BD
Double room (single occ) @ £72 B&B
to book tel: 01522 529999 and quote 'HTF'

The Hillcrest Hotel,  15 Lindum Terrace, Lincoln LN2 5RT
Single room @ £55 B&B or Double room (single occ) @ £65 B&B
to book tel: 01522 510182 and quote 'Historic'

The Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate, Lincoln LN2 1PN
Double room (single occ) @ £80 B&B
to book tel: 01522 520348 and quote 'Historic Towns Forum' 

Lincoln Tourist Information tel: 01522 545458 email: visitorinformation@lincolnbig.co.uk

 

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