Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities
What it is
Join The Thomas J. Moran Graduate School & Planning at Queen's for Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities.
This Global Entreprenurship Week we are bringing you a relaxed evening designed to get you thinking differently about your future. The speaker for this session is Chris Romer-Lee. Chris Romer-Lee is a designer, researcher and advocate for swim sites across the world, he connects people to water.
He’s been a swimmer for as long as he can remember. As co-founder of architecture practice Studio Octopi, he developed a portfolio of pools, baths and swim-site strategy alongside projects on dry land. In 2025 he set up his own consultancy, focused on getting more people swimming and improving access to water.
He works with organisations to design and refurbish lidos, baths and bathing places, and has become an expert in urban swimming and tidal pools. In 2023 his book ‘Sea Pools’ was published by Batsford and is a bestseller.
Questions
When does Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities start and end?
Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities runs Wednesday, 18 November 2026, 17:00 until 18:30.
Where is Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities?
Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities takes place at The Graduate School, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, Belfast.
How much are tickets for Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities?
Innovation After Hours: Swimmable Cities is free to enter.
