Creating better futures
Professor Peter Madden, OBE, advises on the future of cities and the built environment: how future drivers - like pervasive digital, demographic change and the sustainability imperative - will impact development, place-making, and sustainability.
Peter Madden
Professor Peter Madden, OBE, has worked at the cutting edge of strategy, policy and innovation for 30 years. As well as doing advisory, he currently works as Professor of Practice in Future Cities at Cardiff University, and Advisory Board member of Igloo Regeneration.
Previously, Peter was Chief Executive at the Future Cities Catapult , Chief Executive at Forum for the Future, and Director of the Green Alliance, as well as holding several Board positions, most recently as Chair of Building with Nature, on the Board of The Crown Estate, and doing senior roles in government.
Working with
Peter has done advisory work on futures, strategy, and innovation with some of the top companies in the world, including Apple, Levis, PepsiCo, Tesco, Sony, Trane Technologies, Unilever, and Vodafone. He has done futures with civil society organisations like Groundwork, Shelter, and Rockefeller Foundation. He has also worked on smart city strategies and sustainable urban futures with city leaders in the UK and across the world.
Today Peter combines teaching and research on future cities with advisory work with innovative organisations in the built environment including developers, architects, investors and organisations involved in urban regeneration.
““Peter combines big-picture vision of the future with the ability to determine practical and profitable ways forward for our industry.””
Affiliations
Peter is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists and of the Future Matters Collective and is a Resident of the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol. He sits on the Advisory Board of Igloo Regeneration. He was awarded OBE in 2015 for services to environmental protection and sustainable development.
Peter writes widely on the future of cities and has previously written regular columns for Medium, the Huffington Post, Grist, Bristol Evening Post, Green Futures, and Guardian Sustainable Business. https://pmadden.medium.com
Peter can bring additional capabilities and expertise from leading academics and futures practitioners to projects, as required.
Need a futures speaker?
Peter can deliver insightful, interactive, and impactful foresight presentations for Boards, away days, and major conferences. Keynotes include: University Design Forum, (London); Future Foresight Forum, (Muscat); Smart City Expo (Barcelona); UK-India Tech Summit (Delhi); Climate Solutions, (Yale); MakeCity (Berlin); Deakins Lecture (Melbourne); Future Cities (Singapore); Greenbiz, (San Francisco); RILA Retail Sustainability (Phoenix).