The Speakers
Dr Giulia Faggio
– Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics. City, University of London.
– Organiser.
Hasanul Hoque
– Operations Director of Camden Town Limited
Catherine Mitton
Executive Director, The BID Foundation and Institute of Place Management.
Adrian Waddell
Chief Executive, Newcastle NE1 Limited.
Stephen Patterson
Director of Communications, Newcastle NE1 Limited.
Phil Prentice
Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership
Professor Kevin Ward
– Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester.
– Director of External Relations at the School of Environment, University of Manchester.
– Faculty’s Director of cities@manchester, University of Manchester.
Rozina Spinnoy
Founder, BIDs Belgium
Dr Ian Cook
Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Northumbria University.
Dr Julie Grail
Managing Director, The BIDs Business
Special Advisor on BIDs, Institute of Place Management
Dr Helena Villarejo-Galende
Senior Lecturer of Administrative Law, University of Valladolid
Dr Maria Luisa Esteve-Pardo
Senior Lecturer of Tax Law, University of Girona
Dr Sebastian Binger
Managing director of Otto Wulff BID Gesellschaft mbH, managing company of 5 BIDs in Hamburg, Germany
Álvaro Costela-Sánchez
Head of Marketing, Liverpool BID Company
The programme
The BID model: is it working? Lessons from the past, ideas for the future
Friday, 30 November, 10:00-17:00
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
10:00-10:30 – Coffee and registration
10:30-10:40 – Welcome
Professor Chris Greer, Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London
Dr Giulia Faggio, City, University of London
10:40-12:40 – Block 1 – The evolution of the BID model in the UK
10:40-11:00 – Researching BIDs (Business Improvement Districts): past, present and future
Professor Kevin Ward, University of Manchester and Dr Ian Cook, Northumbria University
11:00-11:20 – The flexibility of the BID model
Hasanul Hoque Operations Director of Camden Town Limited
11:20-11:40 – UK BIDs – the story so far… and into the future.
Catherine Mitton, Executive Director, The BID Foundation and Institute of Place Management
11:40-12:00 – A Review of UK BIDs 2005 to 2018 – Key Learnings
Dr Julie Grail, Managing Director, The BIDs Business and Special Advisor on BIDs, Institute of Place Management
12:00-12:20 – Scotland’s Improvement Districts – a new approach to BIDs
Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership
12:20-12:40 – Q&A with speakers
12:40-13:40 – Lunch
13:40-15:00 – Block 2 – Experiences from BIDs
13:40-14:00 – Newcastle NE1 Business Improvement District
Adrian Waddell and Stephen Patterson, Chief Executive and Director of Communications, Newcastle NE1 Limited, Business Improvement District Company
14:00-14:20 – BIDs in Hamburg
Sebastian Binger, Project Manager, Hamburg BID
14:20-14:40 – Liverpool BID Company
Álvaro Costela Sánchez, Head of Marketing, Liverpool BID Company
14:40 -15:00 – Q&A with speakers
15:00-15:20 – Coffee break
15:20-17:00 – Block 3 – Evaluating and rethinking BIDs
15:20-15:40 – The local impact of BIDs in the UK: effects on crime, employment and businesses
Dr Giulia Faggio, City, University of London
15:40-16:00 – Proposal of BID model in Spain
Dr Helena Villarejo-Galende, University of Valladolid; Dr Maria Luisa Esteve-Pardo, University of Girona
16:00-16:20 – The EU, Belgium and Beyond: Inclusivity with the 4 ‘C’s
Rozina Spinnoy, Founder, BIDs Belgium
16:20-17:00 – Final Panel: Ideas for the future of the BID model
17:00-18:00 – Drinks