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British Embassy Prague hosts City Showcase

The British Embassy Prague in cooperation with centenary partners hosts a City Showcase on the 30 September where London and Prague will be in dialogue about architecture and urban planning.

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London participants will include Peter Murray, London’s International Design Advocate, the City of London Corporation, Foster + Partners, and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Programme

12:00 – 12:30pm Registrations
12:30 – 12:35pm Welcome speech, Nick Archer, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic
12.35 – 12:50pm Prague Keynote, Ondřej Boháč, IPR Director, Prague
12:50 – 1:20pm ‘Square Mile’ Keynote, Peter Murray, International Design Advocate of London, Chairman of New London Architecture
1:20 – 2:20pm Networking lunch
2:20 – 2:50pm City of London Corporation: Visions and Practicalities, Alison Hayes, Senior Planning Officer, Ben Eley, Conservation and Design Officer, Linzi Clark, Business Liaison Manager, City Property Advisory Team
2:50 – 3:35pm Embracing Modernity, Dan Sibert, Senior Partner, Foster+Partners
3:35 – 4:05pm Showcasing Prague, Lada Kolaříková, Director of the Urban Planning Department at IPR
4:05 – 4:20pm tea and coffee break
4:20 – 5:20pm Roundtable Dialogue: The Old and The New - Prague and the City of London with Peter Murray, Eva Jiricna, James Woolf and Lada Kolaříková
5:20 – 5:50pm Eva Jiřičná and her work in Prague, Eva Jiřičná AI-Design
5:50 – 6:20pm Zaha Hadid project in Prague, Petr Palička, Country Director, Penta Real Estate and Jakub Klaška, Architect, Zaha Hadid Studio, London
6:20pm Reception
7:30pm Public Lecture by Peter Murray at CAMP
7:50pm Roundtable Dialogue with Peter Murray, Dan Sibert and Jakub Klaška

The event will be moderated by Mr Jan Kasl, President of the Czech Chamber of Architects.

The event is held under the auspices of the City of Prague.

Further information for guests

Please note there is no parking available at CAMP and the easiest option is to arrive either by a taxi or by tram to the station Karlovo náměstí or Moráň.

A professional photographer and videographer will be present and your picture may be taken at the event. Should you disagree, please feel free to let us know by email.

Simultaneous translation will be provided throughout the whole of the day.

For more information, please contact bettina.molnarova@fco.gov.uk

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Published 3 September 2019