Greg Clark
Urban Development

Topics

Conference and Seminar Speaker, on city and regional themes.
Advisor and Reviewer, on city and regional strategy and tools.
Facilitator, of strategy processes and key note meetings.
Writer, and commentator on city and regional progress.

What are Greg Clark’s Conference Speaker Topics?

• The City CEOs: how mayors and city leaders make a difference.

• The world Cities: globalization, city-strategy, and the new frontiers.

• Development agencies: what is the best in class?

What cities can achieve by hosting global events? Do cities and regions need foreign policies?

Financing the Future: City and Regional Investment Tools.

Greg Clark 20 Recent Speeches

Greg Clark has reviewed over 100 cities and regions around the world and provides audiences with the critical insights about how cities and regions are succeeding elsewhere, what governments are doling to help them, and how business can play a role. Greg’s insights are backed up by 20 years of leading and advising city agencies on how to align with the major opportunities of the current era. He has been a key leader in the redevelopment of London and has given practical advice to more 20 cities on their paths to success.

He says that to succeed cities and regions have to provide:

• Connections to the world economy giving access to; jobs, markets for products and services, global knowledge and expertise, visitors, new populations, and mobile events. 

• Openness to new populations and external investment. Willingness to make diversity, proximity and density key drivers of growth and change.

• Quality of life that builds upon distinctive local identities, and good housing choices for people and families. Amenities and excellent
  services for resident populations and those who visit.

•  Opportunities for people to acquire new skills, knowledge and abilities, and to access meaningful employment.

• Leadership that communicates the future path for the city or region and accurately understands its assets, endowment, and opportunities, taking bold decisions and implementing strategies fully.

• Innovation in institutions that can produce new policies, services, and tools, and can communicate well with multiple stakeholders and audiences.

• Investment in the future, through financial innovation that enable cities to capture and use the value they create, and manage their assets in ways which attract external finance.

• Collaboration between different parties and organizations including neighboring areas, higher spheres of government and business and civic society.

Speeches in 2006
Canadian Cities Summit (tbc). -April 2006

Speeches in 2005
UK-Canada Cities Colloquium, Cardiff. -November 2005
OECD Competitive Cities Conference, Montreal, Canada. -November 2005
New Urbanism and the Future of Place Making In Scotland, Glasgow. -October 2005
Lord of the Regions, Auckland, New Zealand. -September 2005
IEDC Annual Conference, Chicago. -September 2005
The World’s Cities, Ontario, Canada. - September 2005
Toronto Economic Development Corporation Seminar, Toronto. -September 2005
University of West Sydney, Higher Education and Regional Development in London. -July 2005
New South Wales Metro-Sydney Team London's Strategies. -July 2005
University of Sydney, City Growth. -July 2005
City Development, Johannesburg, South Africa. -June 2005
OECD Conference on Partnerships and Local Governance, Trento. -June 2005
City Regions A new Calculus LEPU Clark June 2005.ppt -June 2005
Economic Development and Tools, Toronto. -June 2005
Benefits of hosting global events, Toronto -June 2005
Value Capture London and UK, Toronto -June 2005
BURA International Regeneration Conference, Derry, Ireland. -May 2005
Sustainable Communities Group Conference - May 2005
Edinburgh Competitive City Region - May 2005
Competitive Advantage of Diversity, London. -April 2005
State of the City Conference, Belfast. - April 2005
Future Cities, The London Story, Turin, Italy. - April 2005
State of the Cities Report, Urban Regeneration Companies CEOs Meeting - April 2005
Inter-Regional Growth Strategies, Urban Regeneration Companies, CEOs Meeting -April 2005
Collaboration between Cities, Edinburgh. -March 2005
Global City, Opening Plenary, Cannes -March 2005
Global City, Masterclass, Cannes. -March 2005
Global City, Mayor’s Lunch, Cannes -March 2005
OECD Competitive Cities Conference, Session Chairman, Tenerife -March 2005
Fast Trains and Urban Development, South Africa. -February 2005
Major Events and Urban Development, South Africa. - February 2005

Speeches in 2004
Enterprise in Disadvantaged Areas HMT Dec 16 2004 -December 2004
OECD SME Finance Presentation Trento December 14 2004 - December 2004
Competitive Advantage of Diversity - December 2004
Northern Way Overview ODPM - December 2004
Launch of LNET Enterprise in EU Cities -November 2004
AIDA Conference Public Private Finance Milano - November 2004
ODPM Sustainable Communities Group Away Day - November 2004
State of the Cities Report Introduction ODPM - November 2004
University of London Research Collaboration Oct 2004 -October 2004
Enterprise Zones and Economic Inclusion Joburg - October 2004
Fast Trains Joburg - October 2004
World Cup 2010, Joburg - October 2004
Overview UK City Policies, Joburg - October 2004
Public land and economic development, Joburg -October 2004
Cities and Regional Growth ODPM Edinburgh -September 2004
CPPS September 2004 Edinburgh: Cities and City-Regions - September 2004
INTA 28: Kuala Lumpur, Metropolitisation and Economic Development - September 2004
IEDC Globalization and Regional Development - September 2004
Urban and Regional Growth CPPS - September 2004
New Horizons A Response to SURF - September 2004
City Economic Development in the 21st Century Toronto -June 2004
Bucharest OECD NATO EU -May 2004
OECD Stability Pact SEE Conf Bucharest - May 2004
QMW London April 2004 Cities and Regional Growth -April 2004
EDS Presentation to London's Vice Chancellors - April 2004
RDAs Trento -April 2004
Sustaining Success Consultation -March 2004
QMW March 2004 Competitive Cities - March 2004
Northern Way Growth Corridors - March 2004
OECD West Midlands Entrepreneurship Review - March 2004
Branding Major Cities: London (NZ) -February 2004
Cities & Regions & Globalization (NZ) - February 2004
LED & Globalization (NZ) - February 2004
WBI City Round Feb 2004 OECD and Latin American Cities, Paris - February 2004
Government Social Researchers Get together -February 2004
London Brand Platform EDS Conference -January 2004
LSBU - Higher Education and Regional Economic Development - January 2004
LSBU Conference Presentation - January 2004

Speeches in 2003
Economic and Workforce Development Washington -2003
IEDC Global Alliances Conference (Montreal) - 2003
SACN Globalization and city economic development - 2003
LHEC Promoting London learning globally - 2003
QMW Regions York - 2003
OECD Glasgow : Territorial policy in urban areas - 2003
Urban regeneration and Workforce Development California - 2003
Economic and Workforce Development California - 2003
Private Investment Commission Launch - 2003
South East and Unemployment - 2003
Competitive Cities in the Global Economy (Sevilla) - 2003
Development agencies role - 2003
EU Constitution and Cities QMW - 2003
Private finance and economic development, Torino - 2003
EDF in London Economic Development Strategy December - 2003
Common Purpose Diversity - 2003

Speeches in 2002
Adelaide Metropolitan Economic Development -2002
Adelaide London Plan - 2002
Adelaide OECD City and Regional Development - 2002
Adelaide Trends in City Economic Development - 2002
Toronto City Summit - 2002
University of Toronto - 2002
Canberra London Plan Greg Clark September - 2002
Canberra Property Council News From London - 2002
INTA 27: Multiple Urban Partners - 2002
Innovative finance for local development, Torino - 2002
OECD/Victoria Learning Cities and Regions (Melbourne) - 2002
The London Story, Melbourne - 2002
OECD LEED Finance for City and Regional development - 2002
London Plan, Joburg - 2002

Speeches in 2001
BURA International Regeneration Conference -2001
OECD LEED Inward Investment -2001
Opportunity for All -2001