On Monday 22 March 2010 over 200 Year 10 pupils from schools across the Northwest will descend on BT Convention Centre, part of ACC Liverpool to join leading architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners and other professionals for GoPlaces, the region’s first built environment conference organised by Places Matter! the architecture centre for the Northwest.

The conference will include talks from inspirational architects working in the region including Wilkinson Eyre Architects who designed Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool and Ian Simpson Architects who designed the Hilton Tower in Manchester. Young people will also participate in a series of interactive workshops led by leading design professionals, giving them an insight into what it means to work in the sector. Representatives from local Further and Higher Education Establishments, professional bodies and employers will also be present providing up to date careers information.

The conference will be chaired by Matt Brook. A graduate of Liverpool’s John Moores University, Matt is the youngest Director at Broadway Malyan, a practice with offices across the UK, Europe and Asia, and designed the striking Mann Island development on Liverpool’s waterfront.

The aims of the conference are to give young people an insight into working in design and the built environment, breakdown preconceptions about the type of people that have successful careers in the sector, demonstrate how the built environment can be used to support key curriculum aims and provide information about educational routes into the sector. The conference is being delivered by Places Matter! Education with the support of Aimhigher Greater Merseyside and BT Convention Centre.

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