Trevor Beattie, Corporate Strategy Director of English Partnerships and Tom Macartney, Chief Executive of Sunderland arc gave opening addresses. This was followed by a series of practical workshop presentations.

Over 200 delegates, representing URCs, RDAs and local authorities, were able to choose from 15 workshops covering management approaches through to delivery.

Below is a list of the workshops and a synopsis of their content, where available.

Programme

1. Monitoring and Reporting

Alan Friday, Partner, Amion Consulting

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2. Business Plans

Graham Russell, Partner, Amion Consulting

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3. Masterplans through to Planning

Marc Cole, Director of Operations and Maud Marshall, Chief Executive, Bradford Regeneration

4. Delivering Sites

Ged Massie, Partner, Keppie Massie

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5. Procuring Developers

Tessa Kimber, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner

6. Learning from National Programmes

Nick Johnson, Executive Director - Development, Urban Splash

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7. Sparking Ideas!

Justin Evans, Managing Director, ARUP

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8. Breaking Down Barriers

John Plumridge, Director of Estates, De Montford University

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9. Housing Renewal

John Carleton, Director of Investment and Regeneration, The Housing Corporation

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10. Making the Most of Heritage

Chris Smith, Regional Director West Midlands, English Heritage

11. Business Improvement Districts

Patricia Brown, Chief Executive,Central London Partnership

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12. Capturing Value Uplift

Mike Atherton, Director Regional Development Group, Price Waterhouse Coopers

13. Creating Value by Design

Joanna Averley, Director of Enabling, CABE; Mark Hallett, Director, ISIS

14. Property Investment Funds

Joe Valente, Director of UK Research & Development, DTZ Pieda Consulting

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15. Sweating the Assets through Joint Venture

Gary Yardley, Managing Director and Andrew Ludiman, Senior Manager, King Sturge

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