UK Economic Development Conference
Gateways to the Future
6-7 October 2010
The Royal Hotel, Hull
Programme
6th October
| 10.00 | Registration | |
| 10:30 | Introduction | Neil Robertson, Chair, IED |
| 10:40 | The future of regional and urban policy | Professor Henry Overman, Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE |
| 11:20 | Coffee | |
| 11.40 | To what extent does transport investment contribute to economic development and social benefits? | Dr James Laird, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds |
| 12.15 | Business development and job creation characteristics | Prof Mark Hart, Aston University |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 17.00 | Field Trips (a choice of one) | View brief details here |
| Hull's Regeneration Story (so far) | Mark Jones, Hull City Council | |
| Bridlington Renaissance | Alan Menzies & John Lister, East Riding of Yorkshire Council | |
| Housing & Regeneration Tour of the Gateway (Hull & East Riding) HMRP | Pauline Davis & Ian Bullock, Gateway HMR Pathfinder | |
| South Humber Bank Gateway & the Port of Immingham | Marcus Walker & Gordon Kell, North Lincolnshire Council | |
| 19.15 | Reception | |
| 19.45 | Dinner | Guest of Honour, the Lord Mayor of Hull |
7th October
| 9.00 | The future of commercial property and regeneration in the north and south | Stuart Morley, GVA Grimley |
| 9.40 | Workshops 1 (choice of one) | |
| Smart Development implementation | Prof David Gibbs, Hull University | |
| Overcoming the challenges of Local Economic Assessment | Sarah Longlands, CLES | |
| Skills & organisational arrangements for engagement and empowerment | HCA Academy | |
| Implications of BIS evaluation for RDAs and LAs | Mike Chadwick, Sheffield Hallam University | |
| 10.50 | Coffee | |
| 11.10 | Identifying and implementing place and niche marketing USPs | Panel Discussion with John Forkin (Marketing Derby), Dawn Hudd (Canterbury City Council) and Carol Hopkins (Rochdale MBC) |
| 12.10 | Barriers and opportunities in securing the benefits of low carbon industries | Renewable UK |
| 12.50 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 | Workshops 2 (choice of one) | |
| Enterprising successful regeneration | David Kelly, Regeneration, Scarborough Council | |
| Challenges of meeting different needs of local areas | Patrick Bowles, Yorkshire Forward | |
| Economic development lessons from CAAs | Richard Cairns, The Audit Commission | |
| Implementing local work and skills plans | Local Economic Development & Renewal. DCLG | |
| 14.50 | Implications of the Total Place approach | Joe Simpson, Leadership Centre for Local Government and Lee Shostak, Shared Intelligence |
| 15.30 | Closing Overview | |
IED reserves the right to make changes to the programme and speakers at any time and without notice
