08:15 – 09:00 Registration, Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
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09:00 – 11:00 Opening Plenary Session: POLICY AND BEST PRACTICE
09:00 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Michael Ward, Chief Executive
British Urban Regeneration Association (c)
09:10 Sustainable Communities – A Shared Strategy for the Future
Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Communities and Local Government (c)
09:30 Question and Answer Session
09:40 Community Cohesion Makes Communities Sustainable
Professor Ted Cantle CBE, Executive Chair, Institute of
Community Cohesion, Coventry University (c)
10:00 Shaping Housing and Community Agendas: A Partnership
Process
Sarah Webb, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Housing
10:20 Delivering Improvement and Managing Performance
Zoë Billingham, Director, Community Safety and Environment
Audit Commission (c)
10:40 Industry Best Practice Case Study - Lovells Ltd
11:00 Question and Answer/Panel Session
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11:15 – 11:45 Mid-Morning Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
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11:45 – 12:30 Seminar Sessions
A selection of interactive seminar sessions, providing an opportunity for delegates to explore distinct aspects of key importance to this agenda, featuring senior representatives from the following organisations:
Seminar A - Places Matter! RIBA
Seminar B - Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network
Seminar C - Action for Communities in Rural England
Seminar D - Arup
Seminar E - 4Ps
Seminar F - EDAW
Seminar G - Cool Planet Technologies Ltd
Seminar H - Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
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12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
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13:30 – 15:00 Early Afternoon Session:
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE – SHAPING PLACES AND
COMMUNITIES
13:30 Community Empowerment – Unleashing the Potential
Sarah Benioff, Deputy Director, Participation,
Office of the Third Sector, Cabinet Office (c)
13:50 Title to be confirmed
Pat Ritchie, Regional Director North East,
Homes and Communities Agency (c)
14:10 Promoting Sustainable Communities through the Planning
Process
Richard Alderton, Head of Planning and Development,
Ashford Borough Council, Beacon Award Winner (c)
14:30 The Eco-Challenge – Planning the Way Forward
Professor David Lock CBE, Vice President,
Town and Country Planning Association (c)
14:50 Question & Answer/Panel Session
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