The AGM and Annual Dinner will take place in Queen’s college, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9ET.
This year’s dinner is especially momentous as we launch the CULS-EMDF PhD Studentship Award. The award is reserved for home students and reflects CULS’ long-standing commitment to supporting academic excellence at the Department of Land Economy. To celebrate the launch, Dame Kate Barker CBE will be our keynote speaker on the topic of ‘Does the UK need a national spatial strategy?’ Dame Kate Barker will share her views from her experience as Deputy Chair of the New Towns Taskforce.
Dame Kate Barker chaired major government reviews of housing and planning in the mid-2000s. In 2014 she published ‘Housing: Where’s the Plan’. From mid-2024 to mid-2025 she was deputy Chair of the New Towns Taskforce.
Dame Kate is presently chair of the trustee board at the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Since 2023 she has been a Church Commissioner for the Church of England.
She was a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee from 2001-2010., and subsequently held several NED roles including at Taylor Wimpey plc. From 2017-20 she was a member of the National Infrastructure Commission.
The AGM will take place from 4.30pm. Members are welcome to attend but please tell Ali.
There will be a drinks reception from 7pm followed by a three course dinner in the Formal Hall.
There will be a tour of the Allies and Morrison Passivhaus Student housing development for St John’s college before the AGM at 2pm https://www.culandsoc.com/event/tour-of-allies-and-morrisons-passivhaus-student-village-for-st-johns-college-cambridge/
