Public spaces, safer places
Protecting against a vehicle-borne attack
Panel
Chair - Sebastian Conran
Sebastian trained in Industrial Design Engineering at Central School of Design before
joining Wolff Olins in 1979, then Mothercare, in 1982, as senior development executive.
In 1986 he founded Sebastian Conran Associates, an independent merchandise and brand
development studio, successfully collaborating with a variety of leading international
businesses on a wide range of projects. In 1999 the studio merged with the Conran Group to
form Conran & Partners.
Most recently Sebastian was managing director of Studio Conran leading all product and graphics work and becoming involved with the development of thousands of consumer goods in a wide variety of markets from initial ideas through to successful merchandise. Sebastian’s technical innovations and inventions have been involved in dozens of patents and have won several design, marketing and innovation awards. He has now re-established Sebastian Conran Associates with a small team based in their West Kensington studio workshop.
Visiting Professor of Design Against Crime at Central St Martins, Sebastian has written several books and papers on design, was founding contributor to Blueprint magazine and taught at the Royal College of Art, where he is an Honorary Fellow. Having recently completed his tenure on the D&AD executive, he lectures frequently and is an active member of many organisations including the Design Museum, of which he is a founding trustee, and member of the Design Council, Britain's strategic body for design.
Peter Heath
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Representative from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
Representative from the National Counter-terrorism Security Office
Representative from the Protect Unit in the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office