IFB takes aim at waterfront regeneration
WATERSIDE regeneration is on the agenda at the Liverpool International Festival for Business.
Liverpool Waterfront Partners is hosting figures from New York, Shanghai and Copenhagen to discuss waterside regeneration and city waterfront promotion.
They will also take a tour Liverpool’s iconic UNESCO World Heritage Waterfront by both Mersey Ferry and on foot ahead of the main conference at Tate Liverpool on June 19.
Sue Grindrod, director and chair of Liverpool Waterfront Business Partnership, and host for the event, said: “Like New York and the other great waterfront cities of the world, Liverpool is up there with the very best, with millions of people visiting our waterfront every year.
“The waterfront provides the gateway to a city, and symbolises its drive and ambition as it looks out to the rest of the world. This can be certainly said of Liverpool, which has undergone massive regeneration and growth in recent years.”
The speakers include: Michael Marrella, director of waterfront and open space planning for the New York City Department of City Planning; Dr Stanley Yip, director of planning and development with Arup Shanghai; and Rita Justesen is director of planning and architecture at Copenhagen City and Port Development.
