People Make Places / 10 November 2026 / The Big Fridge
Event Schedule
9:00-9:45
Arrival - Coffee + Registration
Hello & Welcome
9:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:20
Keynote conversations (Laura Pye & Aki Carpenter )
PEOPLE - Inspiring people, organisations; engagement (Jane Gibson OBE + Panel)
10:20 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and Conversations
PLACES: What factors create a valuable, sustainable, and resilient Place for the future? (Adala Lesson + Panel)
11:30 - 12:10
MAKE - How do we design, create and make places that can have lasting social impact? (David Watson + Panel)
12:15 - 12:55
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:20
Intro to the workshop “What will make the Royal Docks thrive?”
14:20 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:10
Tea
16:10 - 16:50
Academy
What’s Next
16:50 - 17:00
17:00
Drinks and Networking
