On 9th October mae Partner Alex Ely joined Sir Bob Kerslake, John Slaughter and David Birkbeck amongst others on a panel debate 'Achieving Design Quality during the Credit Crunch', chaired by Mike Gahagan which formed part of the Transform South Yorkshire Design Awards 2009. Further details can be found on the Delivering Design Quality Initiative website. More recently he spoke at the Sheffield Civic Trust 'City Living...where next' event on the 27th October, as part of Sheffield Urban Design Week.