2011 Planning Convention

• Presentations from Tuesday 14 June
• Presentations from Wednesday 15 June
• Workshops
• Photos

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Presentations from Tuesday 14 June

Plenary: Planning in the Big Society – delivering justice and power for the public good
Professor Robert Bullard, Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University
Ben Bolgar, Senior Design Director, The Prince’s Foundation

Plenary: Soap opera or grand opera – can neighbourhood planning deliver?
John Stewart, Director of Economic Affairs, Home Builders Federation
Kelvin MacDonald, Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Land Economy, Cambridge
Dr Paula Ridley CBE, Chair Civic Voice

Presentations from Wednesday 15 June

Plenary: Rebalancing the economy, locally and nationally
Sir Michael Pitt, Chair and Chief Executive, Infrastructure Planning Commission and the Planning Inspectorate
Elizabeth Cox, Programme Head, Connected Economics, New Economics Foundation

Plenary: Tackling climate change – carbon reduction or carbon copout?
John Qualtrough, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell
Paul Morrell OBE, Government Chief Construction Adviser, Department for Business Innovation and Skills

Plenary: Panel discussion – Planning in the Big Society
Kevin Murray, Kevin Murray Associates
Professor Bob Evans, School of Social Science, University of Waikato
Neil Sinden, Director of Policy and Campaigns, Campaign to Protect Rural England

Workshops
Building community: supporting local communities to take a more active role in place
Downloading growth: ‘killer apps’ for planners
Planning solutions, alternative service models
Consultancy Working and Careers Advice
Building design into the new planning system
The Shelter “Housing Insights for Communities” resource
Bottom-up planning - more democratic or less?
Public engagement