World Heritage UK’s 2024 webinar # 7 – Reflection on the UK’s Industrial World Heritage Sites

Number 7 in a series of 7 webinar talks, on the UK’s World Heritage Industrial Heritage Sites – Thursday 4^th July 2024.

World Heritage Sites: Reflecting upon the UK’s Industrial World Heritage Sites

Speakers: Brandi Hall-Crossgrove from Ironbridge WHS and Prof. Ian Wray from Liverpool University’s Heseltine Institute

Brandi is the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site Coordinator and have been in the world heritage sector for over a decade now. She is the ICOMOS-UK Emerging Professional Representative as well as the ICOMOS EPWG European Regional Coordinator where she has brought together intergenerational dialogue to build succession planning within the organization. Brandi has also been voted onto the ICOMOS-UK Executive Committee.

Ian is the author of ‘Great British Plans; Who Made Them and How They Worked’, a columnist for Context magazine and a 50 Shades of Planning podcaster. He is Honorary Professor at Liverpool University’s Heseltine Institute and Professorial Fellow at Manchester University’s Planning School. He chairs the Liverpool Waters Conservation Board and was Chief Planner Northwest Development Agency 2000-2010.

Timings: 7 to 8pm, on Zoom. Zoom details usually sent out latest the day before the webinar.

Each webinar is recorded and uploaded to WHUK’s private YouTube channel. All ticket holders will be sent a link to the video, to revisit or catch up if the live talk was missed.

More details on this webinar to follow.

• Thu 11^th January – The Slate Landscape of NW Wales with David Gwyn (YouTube recording).
• Thu 8^th February – Forth Bridge with Mark Watson, Historic Environment Scotland and Karen Stewart, Fife Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 7^th March – Derwent Valley Mills WHS with Adrian Farmer from Derbyshire County Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 4^th April – Cornish Mining with Ainsley Cocks from Cornwall County Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 2^nd May – Ironbridge Gorge with Marion Blockley, WHS Chair (YouTube recording).
• Thu 6^th June – Saltaire with Sheena Campbell, Saltaire World Heritage Officer and Maggie Smith, Saltaire Collection (YouTube recording).

Individual webinars cost £5 or buy all seven for £25.

Ticket sales for single tickets closes 3pm the day before the webinar.