nb: Please ALSO note the slightly earlier start time. Please arrive for registration at 5.45 as we will be starting at 6.15pm.

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1. Peter Sleight – Introduction and Welcome
2. Workplace Zones – an introduction – Ian Coady, Geography policy and Research Manager, Office for National Statistics
3. Illustrating Workplace Zones populated with Census variables – Robin Edwards, University College London
4. Developing a Classification of Workplace Zones – Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
5. Introducing the new Output Area Classification – Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL)

What are Workplace Zones?

Workplace Zones are a new output geography for England and Wales which has been produced using workplace data from the 2011 Census. It may be extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2015.

This seminar will provide you with all the information you need to know about Workplace Zones from how they were created to their many uses. A must attend for any site location analyst working with address data.

Agenda

• 5.45 – Registration
• 6.15 – Peter Sleight – Welcome and introduction.
• 6.20 – Workplace Zones – an introduction – Ian Coady, Geography policy and Research Manager, Office for National Statistics (30 mins.)
• 6.50 – Illustrating Workplace Zones populated with Census variables – Robin Edwards, University College London (20 mins.)
• 7.10 – Developing a Classification of Workplace Zones – Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton (20 mins.)
• 7.40 – Introducing the new Output Area Classification – Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL) (30 mins.)
• 8.10 – Q&A (10 mins.)
• 8.20 – Drinks & mingling.

Speaker synopsis

Developing a Classification of Workplace Zones

Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
The creation of an entirely new set of output geographies designed specifically for the publication of workplace-relate data and the recent publication of associated 2011 Census data provide exciting opportunities for new insights into the spatial patterns of workers and workplaces. This talk outlines ongoing research by University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics, to develop a national geodemographic classification of workplace zones based on 2011 Census data.

Introducing the new Output Area Classification

Dr Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL)
Created from the 2011 Census, the new Output Area Classification offers a free and open geodemographic perspective of the UK. Released by the Office for National Statistics in July 2014, this talk introduces the new classification, highlighting its methodology advances and ability to differentiate different socio and economic groups found across the UK.

Speaker biographies

Ian Coady, Geography policy and Research Manager, Office for National Statistics
Ian Coady has worked for the Office for National Statistics as Geography Policy and Research Manager for the past 5 years.

During this time he has overseen the maintenance of the Output Areas and created the Workplace Zones as a new geography for the publication of small area economic and workplace statistics.

Robin Edwards, University College London
In 2011-12 Robin studied for a Masters degree (MRes) at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. The degree focused on GIS technologies, geographical and spatial analysis, urban modelling, understanding complexity and data visualisation. His dissertation analysed the 2011 riots in London, with a focus on their spatial structure and underlying motivations for participation.

In 2010 Robin gained an Honours degree (a South African higher Bachelor’s qualification) in Public Policy at the University of Cape Town. His research investigated the dynamic processes underlying policy formulation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation, particularly with respect to the state of innovation within the South African public sector.

From 2001-10 he served in the British Diplomatic Service, working in London and various embassies and missions overseas. His work included promoting bilateral and multilateral foreign relations, and political analysis and reporting.

Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
Dr Samantha Cockings is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environment at University of Southampton. She developed the methods employed by the Office for National Statistics to maintain the 2011 Census Output Area geographies as well those used to create 2011 Workplace Zones, the first ever set of output geographies to be designed specifically for the release of workplace-related data in the UK.

Dr Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL)
Dr Chris Gale created the new Output Area Classification, in partnership with the Office for National Statistics, as part of his PhD undertaken in University College London’s Department of Geography. He currently works as a Research Associate in UCL’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering as part of the EPSRC funded Crime, Policing and Citizenship project.

How to get there

Our 30 Warwick Street office is situated towards the south of Regent Street, near Piccadilly, London. The office is easily accessible by public transport and car parking can be found locally in nearby Poland Street. It should be noted that the office is located within the Central London Congestion Charge zone.

Piccadilly is the nearest tube station, which is roughly a 5 minute walk away. Here you can reach London Heathrow Airport directly using the Piccadilly line or London Waterloo station using the Bakerloo line. The Piccadilly line also serves King’s Cross St. Pancras with international rail connections to mainland Europe. Oxford Circus tube station is also nearby, roughly an 8 minute walk, where the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are available.

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