Ian Ritchie, along with Professor Andy McMillan, Professor Kathryn Findlay and the RIAS president David Dunbar judged Scotland’s most prestigious architectural award, the Doolan Award, worth £25,000. The winner was the Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow, with the presentation taking place at the Scottish Parliament. Ian Ritchie gave a keynote lecture on “Innovation and Collaboration” at a symposium ‘Architect & Engineer’ in the context of the new Aalto University, Helsinki. Aalto University is created through a merger between the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology, which will start operating on the 1st of January 2010.