Cities and Regions or City-Regions?

March 3, 2006

Barbican Centre, London EC2



Cities are core to the economic prosperity of regions and consensus is growing for defined and co-terminus city region frameworks. This one day New Local Government Network (NLGN) conference will look at how these frameworks might work, whether using existing or new structures. As well as offering best practice examples, the conference will consider how, in practice, many regions are already empowering centres of economic growth to the advantage of their regions.



Conference plenary and seminar sessions include:



  • A framework for City Regions

  • City Regions as economic drivers

  • Attracting inward investment

  • Delivering growth in coalition

  • City Regions and regeneration

  • City conurbations

  • Possibilities for non-urban areas

  • What would City Regions mean for the future of local and regional governance?



Speakers include: Ed Balls MP; Prof. Alan Harding, Co-Director, SURF; Vince Taylor, Director of Implementation, Northern Way; Steve O’Leary, Director of Operations Inward Investment Group, UK Trade and Investment; David Marlow, Chief Executive, East of England Development Agency; Brendan Nevin, Director, Ecotec; Neil McInroy, Director, CLES; John Biggs, Assembly Member, Greater London Authority; John Edwards, Chief Executive, Advantage West Midlands; Gordon Mitchell, Chief Executive, Nottingham CC; Cllr Paull Robathan, Leader, South Somerset DC; Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities; Jessica Matthew, Head of Cities and Urban Policy, ODPM; Tony Medwar, London Development Agency; and Chris Leslie, Director, NLGN.



A full agenda can be found at www.nlgn.org.uk/conferences



To confirm your Press Accreditation, email eileen.mcgowan@neilstewartassociates.co.uk



Notes:

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) is an independent think tank, seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities.


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