“The Infrastructure of Success – New Routes to Economic Growth”
DAY 1
11:30 am – Arrival and Registration (Tea and Coffee available)
11:50am – Welcome and Introduction (Cecilia Motley and Graham Biggs)
12:00pm – Panel Discussion:
– Professor John Shepherd (Professor of Geography (Emeritus) at Birkbeck College University of London)
– Alan Spedding (Rusource) – Adrian Banford (Rural Animateur Cumbria)
– Councillor Hazel Brand (Rural Champion at Bassetlaw District Council)
– James Derounian (Principal Lecturer in Countryside Planning at the University of Gloucestershire
13:00pm – Lunch
14:00pm – Measuring the Impact of Rural Economic Development
Claire Watts (External Grants and Funding Manager from East Riding of Yorkshire Council)
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14:45pm – Local Government Finance and The Implications of the Business Rates Regime for Rural Areas
Dan Bates (Pixel Financial Management)
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15:30pm – Local Authority perspective on Local Government Finance – Business Rates Pilot
Anthony Humphreys (Cornwall Council)
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16:00pm – Summing up key points from the first day (Ivan Annibal)
18:30pm – Evening Drinks Reception – Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
Alice Grimes (Big Lottery)
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DAY 2
9:30am – Arrival and Registration (Tea and Coffee available)
9:50am – Welcome and Introduction (Cecilia Motley and Graham Biggs)
Plenary 1 – People, Place and Prosperity
10:05am – The Role of Landscape and the Environment in Shaping Distinctive Local Economies
Helen Noble (CEO of Pennine Prospects)
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10:50am – The Rural Economy
Dr Ruth McAreavey (Newcastle University)
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11:40am – The Road to Somewhere – Understanding our Divided Communities
David Goodhart (Policy Exchange)
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12:10pm – Plenary Panel Q&A
12:40pm – Workshop 1 – Hints and Tips for Rural Growth
(Delegates choose 2 workshops from the choices below – each workshop is repeated in the second workshop session at 14:05 pm)
A – Food Enterprise Zones in Practice (Martin Collison – Collison and Associates)
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B – Your Village in 2027 – From Drone Deliveries to Driverless Cars (Daniel Heery – Cybermoor)
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C – Roads and Regeneration (Richard Wills Executive Director for Environment and Economy – Lincolnshire County Council)
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13:15pm – Lunch
14:05pm – Workshop 2 – Hints and Tips for Rural Growth
(Delegates attend their second choice of workshop from the list provided above)
Plenary 2 – The Big Picture
15:00pm – Our Sustainable Approach to Rural Economic Development
Charlotte Wright (Chief Executive Officer of Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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15:25pm – Managing local flood risks in rural areas: experiences of Lead Local Flood Authorities
Hannah Burgess (Flood Risk Manager – Staffordshire County Council)
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15:50pm – Plenary Panel Q&A
16:05pm – Summing Up and Close (Cecilia Motley)
