Our Conference this year, sponsored by Tughans LLP, will take place on 10 September 2025 at Europa Hotel, Belfast and will focus on ten years since planning powers were transferred. We’ll look at what lessons we can learn and what the next ten years will bring to planning in Northern Ireland including a session on AI in Planning.
We have the Suzy Lamplugh Trust coming to provide delegates with a session on personal safety and lone working whilst at work specifically tailored to planners in Northern Ireland and will look at a variety of issues including conflict de-escalation management and diffusion-techniques
Book 3 places get a 4th free (T&C's apply) - Please note this package cannot be booked on the website, please contact Julie Sullivan to book
Discount also available for RTPI Student, Licentiate and Retired members.
BOOKINGS CLOSE - Monday 1 September 2025
Programme
- 9:00am - Arrival and Registration at Europa Hotel, Belfast
- 9:30am - Welcome - Emma Aldridge MRTPI, RTPI NI Chair
- Keynote speech - Speaker TBC
- Planning Improvement Programme Update - Rosemary Daly MRTPI, Director, Regional Planning Governance and Legislation, DfI
Plenary 2 - Taking Stock and Looking Forward
- Catherine McKinney MRTPI, RTPI Nations Trustee
- Nick Salt MRTPI, Senior Planner, Turley and 2024 NI Young Planner of the Year
- Emma Aldridge MRTPI, Senior Planning Officer, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Kate Clifford, Director, Rural Community Network
Plenary 3 - Futureproofing
- AI and the Planning Profession - Daniel Slade MRTPI, RTPI Head of Practice and Research
- Transport Planning Process - James Redmond, Head of Transport Planning and Modelling, DfI
- Cross Border Planning for the Island of Ireland - Caroline Creamer Director ICLRD, and Gavan Rafferty MRTPI, Ulster University
Plenary 4
- Panel - What is coming up for your sector in the next 10 years?
- Chair: Maria O'Loan LARTPI, Tughans LLP
- Justin Cartwright, CIH
- Karen McShane, CIHT
- Tamasin Fraser MRTPI, Renewables
- Suzy Lamplugh Trust - Site Safety/Lone Working Session
- Closing Speech - Helen Fadipe FRTPI - RTPI President
- 4.35pm - Conference Close
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