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6th Annual Northern Summit & Exhibition

6th Annual Two-Day Summit Brought To You By Regeneration & Renewal
Featuring An Exclusive Exhibition, Networking & Dinner on 12 & 13 October 2010 at Manchester Central
www.northernregenerationsummit.com

 

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Day 1 – 12 October 2010

08.30 Registration & Informal Networking

09.15 Chair’s Opening Remarks

 John Tomaney, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University
 
09.25 A New Strategy For Closing The North-South Economic Divide
•    Understand how the new administration will address regional disparities in economic activity
•    How will this autumn’s Comprehensive Spending Review approach regeneration and protect areas heavily dependent on the public sector?
•    How does the Government plan to support the growth of private sector jobs in the North?
•    What is the Government’s vision for regeneration in the North? In a time of transition and uncertainty, gain clarity about the Government’s plans

 Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
 

10.25 Restructuring The Machinery Of Regeneration & Economic Development
•    How will the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships be different to RDAs? What powers will LEPs have? How will funds be delivered in the future?
•    What measures should be put in place to deal with the transition between RDA and Local Enterprise Partnership?
•    How will these changes to funding bodies affect regeneration in practice?

Ed Cox, Director, ippr north
Nigel Hugill, Chair, Centre for Cities and Executive Chair, Urban & Civic
Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive, Manchester City Council
Hugh Morgan Williams, Chair, The Northern Way

10.55 Morning Break & Informal Networking

11.25 Choose from streamed sessions 1,2,3 or 4
Physical Regeneration Stream chaired by Kevan Carrick, Partner, JK Property Consultants LLP

 Economic Development Stream chaired by John Rundle, Director, The Northern Way
 
Physical Regeneration
1. Explore The Possibilities Of Using New European Funding Mechanisms To Make Up For the Funding Shortfall In Britain
•    Examine the availability of European structural funding to kick-start physical regeneration projects
•    Identify the parameters of Jessica funding in the North: How does it work? What kinds of projects can be submitted?

Chris Brown, Chief Executive, Igloo  

Economic Development
2. Debate New Techniques To Encourage And Support Businesses In The Current Climate
•    How can we respond positively to the economic downturn in terms of encouraging businesses?
•    How can you support them in ways that don’t involve high amounts of funding?

Society and Community Development
3. Explore The Opportunities & Challenges The Government’s Big Society Agenda Presents To Community Groups
•    Explore what impact the Big Society Bank, the ‘neighbourhood army’ of community organisers and the National Citizen Service might have on your existing projects and programmes
•    How can you get people to participate and take responsibility for schemes without paying them?
•    What structures will you need to put in place within your organisation to cope with this way of working? How can alliances be built to respond to the challenges?

 Nick Beddow, CEO, Community Development Exchange
Ben Hughes, Chief Executive, bassac

Maria Gardiner, General Manager, Manchester Settlement 

Alison Seabrooke, Chief Executive, Community Development Foundation

4. Explore How New Partnership Models Work For Developers & Investors And Their Public Sector Partners

•    After recent announcements, clarify what is now available in terms of public sector funding to support regeneration projects
•    Identify what new tools could be put in place to benefit both the private and public sector and aid more effective working in the current climate

Eugien Jaruga, Director of Partnerships, Keepmoat
Mark Sanders, Chief Executive, Bury Council

Phillip Woolley, Partner, GIA, Grant Thornton UK LLP

More case studies to be announced

12.10 Choose from streamed sessions 5, 6, 3, or 4

Physical Regeneration
5. Examine The Future Of The HCA And Identify The Effect Any Changes Will Have On Funding For Physical Regeneration
•    How much funding for physical regeneration projects will the HCA have under the new Government?
•    Will the funding that the HCA has to invest be reduced?
•    What happens after Kick Start?
•    Consider the impact of changes to the role and budget of the HCA to understand how planned and future physical projects will be affected

Pat Ritchie, North East Director, Homes and Communities Agency
David Curtis, Director - Yorkshire and Humber, Homes and Communities Agency
Deborah McLaughlin, North West Director, Homes and Communities Agency

Economic Development
6. Discuss How The Change From RDAs to LEPs Will Affect Economic Development In Your Area

• How, as an economic development professional, should you plan for the change from RDAs to LEPs?
• What can you do to best prepare for and carry out the transition period?

Work with your peers to identify methods to keep up the momentum of economic development in your area in an uncertain financial landscape.    

Paul Stevens, Chief Economic Development Officer, Leeds City Council

 Society & Community Regeneration
Discuss How The Community Sector Can Overcome The Challenges It Might Face When Implementing Big Society Plans continues

Nick Beddow, CEO, Community Development Exchange
Ben Hughes, Chief Executive, bassac
Maria Gardiner, General Manager, Manchester Settlement

Alison Seabrooke, Chief Executive, Community Development Foundation

Developers’ & Investors’ Forum
Explore How New Partnership Models Work For Developers & Investors And Their Public Sector Partners continues

Eugien Juraga, Director of Partnerships, Keepmoat
Mark Sanders, Chief Executive, Bury Council
More case studies to be announced

(12.35 Break & Informal Networking For Developers' And Investors' Forum Visitors)

12.55 Lunch & Informal Networking

13.55 Choose from streamed sessions 7, 8, 9 or 10

Physical Regeneration
7. What Innovative Partnerships And Schemes Have Been Used To Keep Up The Momentum Of Physical Regeneration During The Recession?
Hear how innovative mechanisms have been used to gain the necessary support and resources for projects to sustain physical regeneration without massive amounts of funding

David Slater, Executive Director of Environment & Regeneration, Newcastle City Council
Doug Garrett, Chief Executive, ReBlackpool
More case studies to be announced

Economic Development
8. Examine What Innovative Funding Models Could Contribute To Inward Investment In Your Area
•    Identify what makes an area attractive to investors
•    Explore what role investment agents should play
•    What is the future for global investment?
Angie Robinson, Chief Executive, MIDAS

Society & Community Regeneration
9. Innovative Funding Case Study
Hear how Onside North West used innovative mechanisms and partnerships to gain the necessary support for their Youth Zone regeneration project, particularly the Wigan Lads and Girls Club

Jeremy Glover MBE, Chief Executive, OnSide North West

Developers’ & Investors’ Forum
10. What Projects Are Going To Be Viable Investment For The Banks Going Forward?
•    What realistically can the banks contribute to at the moment?
•    Gain insider tips on how you can distinguish your project from others and gain that sought-after investment

Matthew Houseley, Managing Director, Head of Social Infrastructure, RBC Capital Markets
Ashish Anand, Director - Infrastructure and Structured Project Finance, Barclays Corporate

14.40 Choose from streamed sessions 11, 12, 13 or Break & Informal Networking For Developer's And Investors Forum Visitors

Physical Regeneration
11. Discover Methods For Getting Stalled Projects Back Up & Running
Hear from Wakefield Council about how they got the Trinity Walk project back up and running after they came into difficulty. Use their experience to create innovative solutions to problem projects in your area.

Andy Wallhead, Corporate Director of Regeneration & Economic Growth, Wakefield Council
 
Gain insights from Eye who have dealt with a number of difficult projects and managed to get them back on track using clever strategies including asset transfers, presales to the public sector and prudential borrowing.
 
Jon Sawyer, Managing Director, Eye   

Economic Development
12. Discover What The Private Sector Are Looking For Now When Considering An Area
•    What is likely to make business establish themselves, grow, stay in or move to your area?
•    Identify the changes in priorities for enterprise when considering an area in the recession and going into the recovery

Mark McNamee, Managing Director, CityHeart
David Pringle, Director of Investment and Property Strategy, The Co-operative Group

Additional panellists to be announced


Social and Community Regeneration
13. Explore The Benefits Of Engaging Local Business In Your Community Projects
•    How could the community sector benefit from securing support from local businesses?
•    How can you get them on board with your community regeneration plans?

Kirsty McHugh, Director for Social Investment, Business In The Community

Developers' and Investors' Forum

15.10 14. Understand Your Eligibility For European Funding

• How can you gain access to funding schemes such as Jessica as a developer?

• Identify the parameters to clarify whether your project is eligible before beginning the long application process

(15.50 End Of Session 14)

15.25 Afternoon Break & Informal Networking

16.05 What Is The Impetus Behind The Big Society Agenda And How Do The Government See It Running Within Regeneration?
With plans to hand power over to councils and neighbourhoods, what impact will that have on the-day to-day running of regeneration projects? Hear directly from the new Government to identify exactly what Big Society will mean for regeneration in your area.

Lord Wei, Government Adviser for the Big Society

16.35 Looking At The Implementation of Big Society
Hear from a panel of practitioners about how they think it will be implemented by the sector in practice.

Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive, ACEVO and Chair, The Social Investment Business
Paul Roseby, Artistic Director, The National Youth Theatre and Creative Consultant and Director, When Romeo Met Juliet
Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK

17.15 Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close Of Day One

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Day 2 – 13 October 2010

08.30 Registration & Morning Refreshments

09.15 Chair’s Opening Remarks

 
09.25 Case Study Panel: Continue To Drive Regeneration While Making Cost Savings
•    What methods need to be used now to develop more sustainable ways of working with businesses and sustain momentum at a time of reduced public sector expenditure and the private sector’s difficulty in accessing finance?
•    What ways are local authorities now working to reduce spending within their regeneration departments?
•    Identify where merging with other services and encouraging joint place shaping can be beneficial to outgoings and improve outcomes in regeneration

Steve Douglas, Corporate Director Neighbourhoods & Regeneration, London Borough of Hackney
Paul Stephens, Chief Economic Regeneration Officer, Leeds City Council

Nick Gerrard, Deputy Chief Executive,  Commission for the New Economy

10.25 How Media City Was Attracted To Salford
Discover how the investment was brokered, establish how the deal between public and private sector works and hear about how the benefits of the deal are being used to drive wider regeneration

The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Member of Parliament for Salford & Eccles

10.55 Morning Break & Informal Networking

 

11.25 Choose from streamed sessions 1,2,3 or 4

Physcial Regeneration Stream chaired by John Holmes, Chief Executive, Hull Forward

Economic Development stream chaired by Richard Baker, Policy & Research Manager, The Northern Way

Physical Regeneration
1. Examine Today’s Housing Issues To Promote Builds That Meet Demand Whilst Creating Long-Term Solutions
•    Ensure that in times of tight finances you are still focusing on the quality of housing rather than sheer  volume to solve long-term housing issues and not create short-term stop gaps
•    Debate how house building can be stepped up to meet the rising demand in challenging financial times

Helen Collins, Group Executive Director - Development, Bromford Housing Group

Economic Development
2. Discover What Mechanisms Can Be Put In Place To Tackle Worklessness In The North
•    How can you create enterprise in the North to provide jobs? What will the labour market look like in the future?
•    How will the new Government’s single Work Programme work in practice?
•    Look at marginalised sections of the community to establish how to get those specific groups into the labour market

Dave Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive, Inclusion

Additional Panellists To Be Announced

Society & Community Regeneration
3. Uncover Opportunities For The Third Sector To Deliver Private Or Council-Run Regeneration Projects
•    What are the contracting opportunities for the third sector under the new administration?
•    What support will the new Government provide to third sector organisations that wish to get involved in delivering services?
•    Gain insight into how the third sector can successfully pitch their expertise to regeneration departments and companies

Developers’ & Investors’ Forum
4. Investigate How To Navigate The Public Sector Procurement Process
•    Understand the legal requirements of the procurement process from your perspective
•    Explore how you can best work with local authority partners to minimize the associated red tape

12.10 Choose from streamed sessions 5, 6, 7 or 8

Physical Regeneration
5. Discuss The Impact Of Proposed Changes To Planning Processes on Physical Projects In The North
•    Examine how planning policy will change under the coalition government
•    What will the removal of regional spatial strategies mean for levels of housebuilding in the North?

Simon Grundy, Director, Barton Willmore

Economic Development    
6. Identify The Potential Presented By Emerging Green Industries For Investment, Jobs And Training In The North
•    What role will green industries play in tackling worklessness? How can emerging industries like offshore wind and electric vehicles be used to create jobs and training opportunities in the North?
•    What type of sites, land, facilities, and infrastructure are needed for these emerging industries?
•    What is the potential of green energy for opportunities for investment?  

Chris Green, Chief Executive, SQW Group Ltd
Marcus Walker, Head of Strategic Regeneration, Housing and Development, North Lincolnshire Council

 
Society & Community Regeneration
7. Debate How To Successfully Transfer Public-Sector Assets To Community Sector Organisations In A Way That benefits Both Parties
•    What mechanisms must the community sector put in place for smooth transfer of public assets? How can both sides best work together?
•    Explore how contracts need to be drawn up to ensure that both parties get a fair deal and benefit from the transaction   

Chris Hill, Director - Camberwell, Headingley Development Trust
Hugh Rolo, Head of Assets & Investment, Development Trusts Association
 

 

Developers’ & Investors’ Forum
8. Examine What Plans Are In The Pipeline For Community Infrastructure Levy
•    Assess how the new coalition Government is going to change CIL and how quickly any changes will be made.
•    How would any changes to CIL affect your projects?


12.55 Lunch & Informal Networking

13.55 Choose from streamed sessions 9, 10, 11 or 12

Physical Regeneration
9. Discover Innovative Ways To Regenerate Town Centres
•    Assess how to harness spend from other parts of the public sector such as the NHS and education to aid physical regeneration
•    Debate how to ensure that these projects fit with regeneration aspirations for the whole area

Colin Chick, Corporate Director for Environment and Regeneration, Luton Borough Council

Economic Development
10. How Can You Respond Positively To The Withdrawal Of Retail?
•    Identify other options to economically boost your town and city centres
•    How could you change the retail model to fit with the current climate?
•    What opportunities could be presented by these changes?  

Society & Community Regeneration
11. Establish Sustainable Methods Of Securing Government Support For Deprived Areas, With Constrained Public Resources
•    How can you ensure that support for deprived communities remains on the political agenda in tight economic times?
•    How much funding will there be for community renewal projects? Discuss what funding will be available to councils to help the community sector tackle social deprivation in your area


Developers’ & Investors’ Forum
12. Gain Market Intelligence That You Can Use To Inform Future Project Plans
•    Look at trends to determine where there has been growth in areas such as housing and retail in recent years
•    Use recent trends and present market knowledge to identify where the hot spots of demand might be and inspire new plans and bids

Chris Webber, Senior Analyst, Centre for Cities

 

14.40 Choose from streamed sessions 13, 14, 15 or Break & Informal Networking For Developers' & Investors' Forum Visitors

Physical Regeneration
13. Maintaining Sustainability Within Physical Regeneration
•    What support will be available to uphold the green agenda and comply with new legislation in an era of austerity?
•    Ensure that you are considering the green agenda from planning stage of projects     

Economic Development
14. Identify Which Skills Will Be Most Conducive To Successful Economic Development In The North And Methods To Train Your Workforce
•    Understand how to identify what skills are needed in the North to make the best of new opportunities
•    Discover methods to rectify the mismatch between skills training and skills needs

Society & Community Regeneration
15. Discuss The Role That The Community & Third Sector Can Play In Tackling Unemployment
•    Explore how the community sector can deliver schemes to improve skills and help unemployed people into work
•    What role will the community sector have in the delivery of new schemes such as work clubs?    

 Peter McGurn, Chief Executive, Goodwin Development Trust

 Micheal Pyner, Chief Executive, Shoreditch Trust and Chair, Development Trusts Association


Developers’ & Investor’s Forum
15.00 16. Understand The Future Of The HCA & Its Impact On Developers
•    How will the HCA work with developers in the future? Investigate what support they are going to be able to offer under the coalition Government
•    Identify what kinds of projects will be prioritised at this time of scarcity to ensure you can differentiate your proposals

Pat Ritchie, North East Director, Homes & Communities Agency
David Curtis, Director - Yorkshire and Humber, Homes & Communities Agency
Deborah McLaughlin, North West Director, Homes & Communities Agency

15.45 End Of Session 16

15.25 Afternoon Break & Informal Networking

15.55 Understand The Impact Of Decentralisation On Regeneration And Economic Development
•    Explore the impact of the new Government’s focus on localism compared with the last Government and identify how this will improve regeneration in your area
•    Show how localism could help improve employment, apply funding directly and allow more effective trouble-shooting within projects
•    What forms might it take – what is the role of community leaders, co-operative organisations and a more mutual society

Anne Power, Head of LSE Housing & Communities, London School of Economics

 
16.20 Examine Future Sources Of Private Sector Growth And What Policy Makers Can Do To Help Stimulate Private Sector Activity In Their Economies
Identify the areas which have the most promise in the coming years so that you can work to encourage these industries to your area and improve economic development and regeneration.

Chris Webber, Senior Analyst, Centre for Cities

16.45 Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close Of Day Two

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