The night time economy covers a wide range of activity between the hours of 6pm and 6am, covering everything from entertainment, bars and restaurants to the engine rooms that keep cities moving and healthy and secure: distribution, health and social care, transport. In our next event we will be joined by BT, who are kindly hosting this session, to explore how policies can shape cities and the services that serve them.
Event details
- Location: BT, 1 Braham Street, London, E1 1EE
- Event Theme: Building the evidence base for the night time economy
- Time: Registration at 5.30
- Start: Promptly at 6pm
Agenda
- 5.30 – 6pm registration
- 6pm – 6.10pm – Introduction – Steve Halsall, Co-chair of the Society for Location Analysis
- 6.10pm – Main Presentation and questions
- 7.00pm – Drinks and networking
- 7.30pm close
Introduction
The night time economy covers a wide range of activity between the hours of 6pm and 6am, covering everything from entertainment, bars and restaurants to the engine rooms that keep cities moving and healthy and secure: distribution, health and social care, transport. Understanding what happens 24 hours a day – including at night – is key to creating policies for fully functioning cities and the services that support them. This presentation will outline the following:
- How BT active intelligence use mobility data to produce insights about where people work, and how they move around at night
- How the GLA’s Night Time Commission has been set up to create a world-leading evidence base and policies to support the 24/7 economy
- Outline of key findings from The London at Night report that utilises a range of data sources including BT data
- Real world examples from the study – including practical examples of how the data can support location planners
Speak synopsis
London at Night: An Updated Evidence Base for a 24 Hour City.
Yiqiao Chen, Economist, GLA
London is global city with an extensive 24-hour economy. Most parts of London’s economy are active around the clock and night time and late night activity are prevalent in a range of industries. GLA Economics published an Evidence Base for a 24 Hour City in 2018 to support the London’s night-time planning and strategies. The March 2024 update to the evidence base shows the latest findings and changes over time since the first publication. The talk will cover the key findings of the updated report, with a special focus on BT mobile phone data analysis.
Speaker Biographies
Yiqiao Chen, Economist, GLA
Yiqiao Chen is a labour economist in Greater London Authority. Specialising in employment projection and labour market headline analysis.
Holding a PhD in Land Economy from University of Cambridge, Yiqiao has a background in urban data analytics and spatial planning.
Tim Rains, Geospatial Data Scientist, BT
Tim is a Lead Geospatial Data Scientist with a background in transport research, mobility and retail location analytics. His early career at Colin Buchanan involved the design and management of numerous transport surveys to understand transport behaviours for a range of clients including TfL, Local Governments and Developers. He then spent 9 years in the retail location and strategic analytics at Sainsbury’s building geospatial data, tools and models to help to understand changes in consumer behaviour and also completed a PhD on the same topic. In his current role at BT, Tim uses a range of data science techniques to design and build mobility-based products and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of mobility data.
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