ADEPT Annual Conference - Manchester
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Enabling good growth everywhere - place leadership in uncertain times
Our conference is aimed at strategic Place Directors and Portfolio Holders from Unitary, County and Metropolitan Councils and also LEP Chief Executives who are all playing key roles in delivering real change in the places we live and work. We would also like to welcome key government stakeholders (including senior representatives from DCLG, DfT, Defra and the new Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy), commercial partners, professional bodies and London Councils.
This year, the conference is entitled Enabling good growth, everywhere: Place leadership in uncertain times. With a significantly changing national and international landscape, place leadership and place services have never been more vital. The UK needs more housing, sustainable economic growth, better connected and more resilient places. And as we face 2020, we will require healthy local economies to secure funding for vital local services through retained business rates. Plenary sessions will discuss issues such as where next for devolution; enhancing resilience to a changing climate; public sector finances – how will we pay for it all; 21st century infrastructure plus a series of workshops focusing on housing, and innovative technology amongst other topics.
We will be back at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport for this year’s event. We are pleased to report there has been no increase in the delegate fees since 2013, thanks to the generous support of the event sponsors.
The latest conference programme is available here. To book, please visit http://www.aldercross.com/events.php?event_id=98, contact Alison Young at AlderCross Events via [email protected] or phone 01244 813335.
