THURSDAY 14 JUNE

1. The Prologue

• Welcome and introduction by Jim Claydon, President, RTPI

2. There is a world elsewhere

International perspectives on planning’s role in good governance and good government

Chair:

• Vincent Goodstadt, Past President, RTPI and Chair, RTPI International Committee

Speakers:

• Dr Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)
• Paul Farmer, Executive Director and CEO, American Planning Association

3. Remedies oft in themselves do lie

Standing up for planning

Chair:

• Jim Claydon, President, RTPI

Speakers:

• Kate Barker, Author, Barker Review of Land Use Planning 2006
• Rt Hon Nick Raynsford, MP

4. What is the city but the people?

Experiences of the effect of devolution on planning at national, regional and city level

Chair:

• Jim Claydon, President, RTPI

Speakers:

• A view from Wales - Jeff Andrews, Special Advisor to the First Minister of Welsh Assembly Government
• Ken Livingstone’s London - Professor Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics

5. Sermons in stone, and good in everything

Addressing key issues around design, quality and outcomes

Chair:

• Janet O’Neill, Senior Vice-President, RTPI

Speakers:

• Jack Pringle, President, Royal Institute of British Architects
• Mike Hayes, Chief Executive, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation and Past President, RTPI

6. Summary by the President, RTPI, and Ministerial Address

FRIDAY 15 JUNE

7. Plenary debate: More Honoured in the Breach

Is planning working?

Moderator:

• Kevin Murray, Director, Kevin Murray Associates and Past President, RTPI

Speakers:

• John Acres, Senior Planning Manager, Redrow Homes
• Paul Hudson, Chief Planner, Communities and Local Government
• David Ubaka, Head of Urban Environment (TfL Design Champion), Transport for London

8. Summary by the President, RTPI and Close

Author:

Louise Compagnone

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

25-Jun-07

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