NIALL MURPHY
Current Chair of Pollokshields Heritage, Niall is an associate with architects and urban designers Austin-Smith:Lord. A renaissance man, he works across a range of sectors, including housing, urban design, masterplanning, regeneration, retail, leisure, education and commercial but most enjoys community consultation. Niall has been a member of the Glasgow Urban Design Panel since its inception and lectures on urban design and regeneration issues. Together with other members of Pollokshields Heritage he is currently working with GCC on a set of heritage trails for Pollokshields.

JOHN PELAN
Director of the Scottish Civic Trust and of John Pelan Associates, a specialist architectural communications consultancy, John was previously Director of Communications with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. The SCT has a unique role in Scottish society, fostering greater understanding of historical and contemporary architecture and engaging with the wider public through such events as Doors Open Days.

DAVID MARTIN
Architect, historian and a Trustee of Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust, David worked for 20 years as a Building Conservation Officer for Glasgow City Council and its predecessors. He took early retirement in 1999 and now spends his time teaching, doing voluntary work and writing books. He was awarded an MBE for “Services to the Conservation of the Built Environment” in 2002.

SIMON METCALFE
As Development Manager of the New Gorbals Housing Association, Simon Metcalfe is thoroughly involved in one of the UK’s regeneration success stories. The community-based housing association NGHA is now committed to the Laurieston redevelopment, and has commissioned architects Page Park and Elder and Cannon to design its first phase.

IAN JOHNSTON
On his retirement in 2009, Ian Johnston was the Deputy Director of the Digital Design Studio at Glasgow School of Art. One of his last roles in that capacity was to lead the team developing an AHRC funded project to construct a 3D computer model of the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park
He has written seven books and various articles on maritime subjects mostly in connection with shipbuilding on the Clyde, including histories of the Beardmore and John Brown shipyards.

KEVIN MURRAY
Kevin Murray is a leading urban planner and independent facilitator, with over 30 years experience in the fields of planning, regeneration, urban design across the UK. He has worked in local government and has also been a director of two multi-disciplinary consultancies, EDAW and Tibbalds Monro. He is a Past President of the Royal Town Planning Institute and is currently Chairman of the Academy of Urbanism and Honorary Professor of Planning at Glasgow University. He will talk about the Grandhome and the National SSCI Charrette, a masterplan project in Aberdeen, on which he has been working with the distinguished American ‘new urbanist’, Andres Duany.