We put together an Expert Panel to review and challenge our work and thereby provide quality assurance. The panel consisted of a range of experts in the fields of urban regeneration, property development and regeneration project management. They were invited to comment on the scope of the study, the emerging findings as we completed our fieldwork as well as the draft report itself. Panel members were:
■ Mrs Lorraine Baldry, Chairman, London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
■ Professor David Banister, Director of Transport, Transport Studies Unit, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford
■ Professor Michael Parkinson, CBE, European Institute for Urban Affairs, Liverpool John Moores University
■ Professor Peter Roberts, OBE, Chair, Academy for Sustainable Communities
■ Professor Tony Travers, Director of the Greater London Group, London School of Economics
■ Mr Brian Weddell, Head of Medway Renaissance
Internal advice was also sought from National Audit Office staff with experience of regeneration projects, prior Dome-related studies and with understanding of the 2012 Olympic plans.