Agenda
Please note this is a draft agenda and is subject to change.
| Session | Topic | Speakers |
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| 9.00 - 9.30 | Coffee and registration | |
| 9.30 | Introduction | Chair: Greg Clark, Chair of the OECD LEED Forum on Development Agencies and Investment Strategies and Advisor on City & Regional Development, CLG |
| 9.40 | Driving economic growth: What will drive national economic prosperity over the next decade? | What is the next business cycle likely to look like? Which industries and jobs are likely to grow? Where will they grow? What role will cities and regions have in driving change at the national level? And what are the policy levers that will make a difference? Keynote Speakers: Will Hutton, The Work Foundation Panel Respondents: Hugh Morgan Williams OBE, Chairman of Northern Way and of Canford Group plc Stian Westlake, NESTA |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee | |
| 11.15 - 12.15 | Local economic development as a driver for national growth. | What are the lessons from the UK and internationally about the role that local economic development can play in driving national prosperity?
How can national and local strategies complement one another more effectively? Jan Hendeliowitz, Director, Employment Region Greater Copenhagen Alexandra Jones, The Work Foundation Debra Mountford, OECD LEED Programme Andrew Altman, Chief Executive, Olympic Park Legacy Company |
| 12.15 - 13.15 | How do cities and regions deliver economic development strategies that make a contribution to economic performance? | Over the next decade, employment growth is likely to be slow and public spending - on which so many cities and regions have relied for jobs in the last decade - is going to be cut drastically. How can cities and regions deliver more coherent economic development strategies that recognise the drivers of growth and deliver jobs? Panel Speakers: Simone Tani, Province of Florence, Italy Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London |
| 13.15- 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Workshops: | What tools and competencies do cities and regions need to respond to these challenges and contribute to national economic performance? |
| 1. Driving growth through green jobs? From rhetoric to policy | The low carbon economy is heralded as a source of future economic growth and jobs - but what will it look like in practice? What are the opportunities created for different cities and regions? What tools do they need to most effectively capitalise upon them? Speakers: Charles Levy, The Work Foundation Chris Pywell, One North East Gabriela Miranda, OECD |
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| 2. Leadership and investment: what tools do cities and regions need? | Investment and innovation will be critical to rebuilding cities and regions over the next decade. But, in a climate of constrained public and private expenditure, how can cities and regions access investment? Speakers: Greg Clark (chair) Brian Kilkelly, Urban Land Institute Ray Mills, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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| 3. Making the most of ‘anchor institutions’ as tools for driving economic growth: universities, healthcare and knowledge transfer | Education and healthcare are already contributing to raising skills levels, spin-out companies, knowledge transfer, technical innovation and more in their regions and beyond. How can cities and regions make the most of their public sector assets? Speakers: Alice Frost, HEFCE Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex Graham Armitage, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University |
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| 15.30 - 16.30 | Rising to the challenges | How will national governments respond to these challenges? What can be learned from across the OECD? Keynote speaker: Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (invited) Panel: Will Hutton, The Work Foundation Sergio Arzeni, OECD LEED Programme |
| 16.30 | Close | Chair |
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