As the only hotel within this groundbreaking development, art’otel Battersea Power Station provides the perfect setting to explore our key topic: Freedom vs. Security. The venue’s bold, avant-garde design by award-winning artist and designer Jaime Hayon reflects the same duality we navigate in architecture—where innovation meets structure, and creativity coexists with responsibility.
Address:
Hour
Theme
Speaker
18.00
Welcome
Eleanor Young (RIBA J) & Daniel Schepers (dormakaba)
18.20
Fireside chat
Aljan de Boer (TrendsActive)
19.00
Dinner and networking
All
21.00
End of the evening
All
Hour
Theme
Speaker
8.00
Registration, coffee and tea, networking
All
8.25
Chair’s and Host’s Welcome Introduction
Eleanor Young (RIBA J) & Daniel Schepers (dormakaba)
8.35
Exploring the range of threats to national infrastructure
Government Security Expert
8.55
Security and Freedom: a timeless design dilemma
Daniel Schepers (DVP MarCom dormakaba)
9.05
Opening Keynote: The impact of security and surveillance on society
Aljan de Boer (Head of Inspiration TrendsActive)
9.25
Panel discussion: Exploring the ethics behind security in design and choosing who we protect
Kirsten Lees, (Grimshaw),
Ed Parham, (Space Syntax) / All
10.20
Morning break
All
10.50
Case Study: American Embassy, London
James Timberlake (Kieran Timberlake)
11.20
Understanding our ‘natural lines of drift’
Jenny Radcliffe (The People Hacker)
11.40
Roundtable: The human element and ways we might address psychological insecurity in design
All
12.15
Exploring the latest strategies in personnel and infrastructure security countermeasures
Government Security Expert
12.45
Lunch & Networking
All
1:45
Case Study: Battersea Power Station
Sebastien Ricard (WilkinsonEyre)
2.15
Roundtable: How lighting, street furniture and art might play the dual role of adding to the quality of space whilst deterring crime
All
3.00
RIBAJ Rising Star Session
Steve McCloy (McCloy + Muchemwa)
3.15
Afternoon break
All
3.30
Panel discussion: How we can continue to improve accessibility, safety, security and aesthetic value in our built environment
Chris Williamson (WW+P), Matt Wilkinson (AL_A), Ian Aspley (Broadway Malyan)/ All
4.45
Case Study: Future vision for Waterloo Station and Southbank
Kirsten Lees (Grimshaw)
5.15
Closing remarks and reflections
All
5.30
End of the day
All
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