SCOSA AGM

Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, 29th-30th October 2026

This years SCOSA Autumn Conference will be held in our recently opened new extension, between the 29th and 30th October.

SCOSA Evening lecture and conference dinner

Venue: Budden Lecture Theatre, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool.

17:00	Arrival and drinks
17.30	The New LSA: The Competition and the Building’ & Building tour Speaker: Marco Iuliano
18.30	Welcome and speaker introduction (Fei Chen) Craft by Proxy Speaker: Roger Stephenson
19.30	Q&A
19.45	Buffet dinner SCOSA members only The Reilly Room, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool.

Venue: 1st Floor Large Seminar Room, Waterhouse Building Block J, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL

Arrival and drinks

10.00	Arrivals and Coffee
10.45	Welcome (Fei Chen and Justin Lunn)
11.00	Introduction to the theme
11.15	Group discussions
12.00	Responses
12.10	Presentation by Adrian Dobson, RIBA
12.25	Lunch task intro
12.30	Lunch including building tour & course structures poll update
14.00	ARB update, Simon Howard and Grant Dyble, ARB
14.15	PPE group discussions
14.30 14.45 14.50	Society updates QAA update (Kate Cheyne) AAE update (Victoria Farrow) StuCAN update (Student representatives)
15.00	SCOSA Meeting
15.00 15.05 15.10 15.15 15.30 15.35 15.40 16.05 16.10	Chairs’ report (JL) SCOSA website re: External Examiner vacancies (KS) SCOSA Awards (KS) Financial report and 2027 membership fee (AW) Council membership and elections- expressions of interest (AW) AI Project update (DF) Working Group updates: Victoria Farrow/Kelly MacKinnon on FIAE, Doctoral Research (MV), new Regenerative Design WG, Education (CST) Venue for 2027 SCOSA Spring Conference AOB
16.30	Close (drinks)
	Next meeting: Spring Conference April 2027 venue tbc

Suggested hotels

Hope street hotel, 40 Hope St, Liverpool L1 9DA, 0151 709 3000
Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village, 3 Paddington, Liverpool L7 3FA, 0151 245 6700