Young Planners' Conference

The East of England Young Planners’ Committee is thrilled to be hosting this year’s Young Planners’ Conference 2024 in Cambridge on 11-12 October 2024.

This year's theme ‘Connecting Town and Country’ aims to explore this complex dynamic and intersection of balancing such growth versus resources, which will be addressed through our speaker panels, breakout sessions and study tours centring on the following: 

Planning and the delivery of housing 
Innovation, connectivity, and natural resources 
Historic and natural environments 
Transport and infrastructure requirements  

Whilst the conference will focus on lessons learned from the Cambridge context, Young Planners can take away lessons for their relevant contexts, as the sessions covered will be topical for the wider UK and in some instances, internationally.  

The conference is an event highlight in the RTPI’s calendar and aims to attract up to 200 planning professionals defined as Young Planners. The delegates are in the first ten years of their planning career and come from across the UK. The conference is always a positive and enriching experience for delegates and participants alike and significantly contributes to the career development of Young Planners.

Ticket Prices 

Two-day conference ticket - £160+VAT

Local Planning Authority (LPA) conference only - £85 +VAT*

Two-day conference ticket plus dinner - £255+VAT

Dinner only - £95+VAT (for conference attendees only)

Free carer tickets will be available.

* Discounted price for conference only ticket. Limited tickets available. Please book the dinner separately.

Over the coming weeks the organiser will send you details on where to book you study tour/breakout choices. 

If you require an invoice and are not able to do so online please email events@rtpi.org.uk to book manually.

Gala Dinner

The gala dinner will take place at The Graduate on Friday 11 October. There are limited tickets available, please note if you purchase a dinner ticket without holding a conference ticket, your dinner ticket will be cancelled and refunded. 

Accessibility
• The conference venue is a 22 minute walk away from Cambridge Station alternatively you can take buses 1 or 3 to St Andrew's stop and the venue is a 5 minute walk there. 
• Car Parking is £30 per day at the venue.  
• The venue is accessible by taxi 

The RTPI is committed to delivering inclusive events; to make sure that everyone can have the best possible experience. To help work towards being able to do this an event organiser will contact all booked participants to discuss any access needs or requirements that they might have. Contact The Events Team, to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.

Catering

Welcome refreshments
Networking breaks (teas and coffees) 
Networking lunch

If you have any dietary requirements (vegan, vegetarian and gluten free meals as standard) or if you require a Kosher meal please contact events@rtpi.org.uk