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Ideas that travel: how to identify future transport technologies that work for everyone
Lara Tabet

Associate
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Car parks aren’t forever
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Sustainable Forces S2 E2: How do you grow a green economy?
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 1: can design repair the planet?
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How do we deliver effective transport decarbonisation?
Rob Goodall

Associate
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How retrofitting homes can also tackle health issues and inequality
Becci Taylor

Director
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Can retailers curb e-commerce’s carbon footprint?
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High street integrated care hub
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How to put freight and logistics on a sustainable footing
Craig McAulay

Senior Transport Planner
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Beyond cars: it’s time to prioritise walking and wheeling
Matt Higgins

Senior Transport Planner
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Playful cities design guide: play for anyone, anywhere
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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UK Cities Intelligence: issue 1
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How do safe night-time journeys impact our economy?
Sara Rollason

Principal | Cities – NSW & ACT Leader
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How does the UK maximise the success of its new Investment Zones?
Tom Bridges

Director
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Why future mobility needs health and safety
Ben Haddock

Associate Principal | Future Mobility Leader – Australasia
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Modelling the future: how people can drive better city development
Nick Bec

London Data and Digital Leader
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New trends in our cities: places of choice and resilience
Matthew Dillon

Associate Director
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Driving urban change in uncertain times
Angeliki Stogia

Senior Consultant
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Six ingredients for sustainable transport projects
Joanne Carmichael

Principal | Transport Planning Skills – Global Leader
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Her4Climate
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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Cities Alive: Designing cities that work for women
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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Designing to shape a more equitable and resilient planet
Radha Mistry

Associate Principal, Americas Foresight Leader
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Shaping the UK's new Investment Zones for success
Tom Bridges

Director
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How can metro rail systems transform a city?
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Why urban transformations must not ignore freight demands
Danya Mullins

Associate Principal | Markets and Clients – Western Australia Leader
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Is digital trust the key to sustainable planning?
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What if nature could veto transport planning decisions?
Joanne Carmichael

Principal | Transport Planning Skills – Global Leader
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Can children help us imagine a sustainable future?
Malcolm Smith

Arup Fellow | Cities – Australasia Leader
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How do we transition to a food system that supports both human and planetary health?
Eike Sindlinger

Associate
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Carbon offsetting in the neighbourhood
Sean Lockie

Associate Director
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How can carbon markets accelerate Singapore’s energy transition?
Ankita Kumari

Senior Energy and Decarbonisation Specialist
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Rebalancing and restoring our relationship with nature
Josef Hargrave

Global Foresight Leader
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Nature-based play
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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Do our cities need rebalancing?
Malcolm Smith

Arup Fellow | Cities – Australasia Leader
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How to design, plan, and achieve an enduring legacy from major event programmes
Sowmya Parthasarathy

Director
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How cities are using policy to drive the circular economy transition
Anna Surgenor

Circular Economy – Australasia Leader
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 5: How do you become a changemaker?
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 6: Do our cities need rebalancing?
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 1: how do you design a net zero building?
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 3: What will accelerate the energy transition?
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Sustainable Forces podcast episode 2: how can we withstand and survive climate challenges?
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Switching on Singapore: four ways to realise net zero
Thomas Briault

Principal | Energy – NSW & ACT Leader
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People, nature and technology: an integrated vision for net zero building design in Asia
Dennis Ho

Director
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How can lighting make our cities more inclusive?
Hoa Yang

Senior Lighting Designer
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Science is Not Enough. We Also Need Imagination.
Josef Hargrave

Global Foresight Leader
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Walking for Everyone
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How can lighting help in the fight against hospital acquired infections?
Dan Lister

Director | Lighting
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Relighting and rewilding our environment
Inessa Demidova

Lighting Designer
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The laboratory on your street: how science can bring discovery back to our cities
Tim Fry

Director
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What if the client was everyone? How social value can transform urban development
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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How recycling concrete could accelerate sustainable construction
Andy Gardner

Associate
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BiodiverCities by 2030: transforming cities relationship with nature
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Climate change: More bold action needed to move needle after COP26
Dr. Matt Kennedy

Director
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After the green light: building capacity to level up
Krishanthi Carfrae

Senior Project Manager
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Circular Cities: impacts on decarbonization and beyond
Carol Lemmens

Former Arup leader
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A city on two wheels: how to encourage inclusive active travel
Maral Mitilyan

Director
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Property: Transformation optimization and reuse of existing assets
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Activating play in London
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Playful Cities Toolkit: resources for reclaiming play in cities
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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Planting an idea: Tirana's radical, orbital green vision
Dima Zogheib

Associate Director
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The circular economy can decarbonise our cities
Carol Lemmens

Former Arup leader
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Designing for a climate-changed built environment
Vincent Lee

Principal, East Civil and Water Leader
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COP26: Taking action on our climate commitments
Fiona Cousins

Director
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A city for women (not just the 'default male')
Rebecca Chau

Senior Strategic Designer
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Converting commitments into canceling carbon
Erin McConahey

Principal
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Rethinking urban roadways: Post-pandemic prioritization of space
Brian Swett

Principal, Americas East Leader
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Profiles in Design: Cities Leader Katherine Perez
Katherine Perez

Principal
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Resilient cities are fit for many futures
Malcolm Smith

Arup Fellow | Cities – Australasia Leader
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Three steps for cleaner air in cities
Ben Haddock

Associate Principal | Future Mobility Leader – Australasia
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Transforming homes for decarbonisation, safety and wellbeing
Becci Taylor

Director
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A new vision for urban highway infrastructure
Kate White

Associate Principal, West Highways Business Leader
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It's Alive: a vision for tall buildings in 2050
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National agenda, local opportunity: how should places 'level up'?
Zach Wilcox

Former Associate
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Three steps for accelerating decarbonisation of road transport
Alistair Hunter

Director
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Large compartment fire experiments: expanding knowledge of building safely with timber
David Barber

Principal
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The future of mobility: Urban air
Kelsey Eichhorn

Storytelling Senior Designer
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Tones of the city: creating urban spaces that evoke the senses and energise cities
Lidia Lewis

Landscape Architect
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How cities can embrace nature and meet their net zero goals
Rudi Scheuermann

Director and Arup Fellow
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3 ways Southeast Asian cities can use active mobility to bounce forward
Chintan Raveshia

Associate Principal | Markets and Clients Leader – Singapore, Cities Business Leader, Southeast Asia
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Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes
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Towards regenerative urbanism
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Logistics design offers vital insights
Melody Ablola

Associate principal and logistics consultant
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Urban futures logistics: Street design and planning
Rosanna Collars

Senior Planner
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Don't bet against cities: four trends shaping urban recovery
Jerome Frost

Director
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The fifteen minute vision: Future proofing our cities
Malcolm Smith

Arup Fellow | Cities – Australasia Leader
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Net zero buildings with reduced carbon impact
Stephen Hill

Associate Director, Sustainability Consultant
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The digital neighbourhood: your data, your neighbourhood, your solution
Patrick Andison

Senior Consultant, Integrated City Planning
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Microclimate design: Activating essential outdoor spaces
Rubina Ramponi

Senior Engineer
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Public spaces, safety and security: boosting our wellbeing
Richard Bond

Associate, Resilience, Security and Risk
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Empowering urban design and planning with dynamic data
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Designing the Fifteen Minute City
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The road to new funding: London's public transport after the pandemic
Richard de Cani

Director
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Reducing carbon emissions... every working day
Will Arnold

Former Senior Structural Engineer
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Making great strides: Learning from the revolution on Milan's post pandemic streets
Susan Claris

Transport Planner
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Construction as Theatre
Tristram Carfrae

Deputy Chair
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Three design lessons for the post pandemic city
Matthew Gevers

Associate
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The future of the urban campus
James Conway

Associate Principal, Americas South Cities Planning & Design Leader
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Reclaiming Play in Cities
Sara Candiracci

Associate Director
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New thinking in the air: pandemic, pollution and preserving the improvements
Justin Bishop

Senior Consultant
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Getting from A to C via B: transitioning back to the workplace
Eric Rivers

Associate Principal
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Planning for a better future: ideas and inspirations for the post-pandemic world
Jerome Frost

Director
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Five city resilience lessons from the coronavirus
Bruce Chong

Director
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The EU Green Deal and building retrofits: making it work for everyone
Léan Doody

Director
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Realising the value of the circular economy in real estate
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Circular economy ideas are leading to better real estate investments
Carol Lemmens

Former Arup leader
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3 key ingredients of a successful University city campus
Finola Reid

Principal | Technical Services – Australasia Leader

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