Connected Places
Connected Places is a podcast about the future of our towns, cities and transport systems.
In each episode we speak to thought leaders, senior industry figures, innovators and businesses from around the world about the new technologies that are shaping the places of tomorrow.
Connected Places is brought to you by the Connected Places Catapult - the UK's innovation accelerator for cities, transport and places.
We help to connect businesses and public sector leaders to cutting-edge research and new technologies that can spark innovation and grow new markets.
For more information about the work the Catapult is doing to support businesses large and small, visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter at: www.cp.catapult.org.uk
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 75
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Building back better, faster and greener
In this episode Prof. Greg Clark meets Amanda Clack, Executive Director at CBRE, one of the largest commercial real estate services companies in the world.
The pandemic and its economic fallout have …
Mental health, wellbeing and working from home
Spring is on its way and with it the hope that COVID-19 restrictions might soon be eased. Yet many weeks of uncertainty still lie ahead, resilience is wearing thin, and while we wait for better days …
What can the past tell us about a net zero future?
It’s easy to get caught-up in the urgent push for change, but we don’t often take a step back and look at the net zero transition in the context of our history and the kind of future we imagine. Doin…
Where next for urban mobility? A conversation with Daniel Deparis at Mercedes-Benz
In this episode Prof. Greg Clark meets Daniel Deparis, Head of Urban Mobility Solutions at Mercedes-Benz.
As our towns and cities become more connected, so too are the ways in which we get around the…
Do you want to live to 100? A conversation with Professor Lynda Gratton
In this episode Prof. Greg Clark speaks to Prof. Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practise at the London Business School (LBS) and best-selling author.
We’ll be exploring what we need to do now…
Health is made at home: a conversation with Lord Nigel Crisp
In this episode Professor Greg Clark speaks to Lord Nigel Crisp, former Chief Executive of the NHS and an independent crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
We’ll be exploring the question of living …
A Conversation with Andy Byford, London's Transport Commissioner
In this episode Professor Greg Clark speaks to Andy Byford, London’s Transport Commissioner about his ambitious plans for Transport for London (TfL).
We’ll be exploring where the opportunities lie fo…
2020: A Year in Review
What a year 2020 has been! On so many levels we’ve all had to pause, reflect, pivot, reimagine and rethink almost everything we do.
Like many businesses we’ve also had to find new ways to connect dig…
What now for real estate?
The pandemic has had a huge impact on our built environment, but so too has the economic fallout. Any economic recovery, whenever or however it may come, is going to rely on our ability to create phy…
What now for housing and wellbeing?
If there’s one place we’ve all been spending a lot more time in during lockdown, it’s our homes. As we’ve been spending more time in our home, many of us have been thinking about them more too, and w…
What now for cities and city centres?
Some profound changes are happening in our city centres, and the pandemic is certainly playing a big part; activity and footfall in our shops, restaurants, and central business districts has plummete…
What now for public transport?
As we gradually start getting back onto trains, buses, trams and tubes how will we get safely from A to B? What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the future of mobility within and between places? A…
What now for the innovation economy and places?
How does innovation happen in places? What does it mean for a place to be an innovation location? And how important is place when we think about the wider innovation economy, especially in the econom…
What now for the future of planning?
Where is the digitisation of the planning system taking us? What skills will the planner of the future need? And how is COVID-19 changing how we think about the places where we live, work and travel?
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Trailer - Season 1
Welcome to Connected Places!
In season 1 we'll be trying to understand what a post-COVID world means for our towns and cities, housing, real estate, planning, transport systems, and innovation econom…