Registration

09:45

Welcome Address

Anthony Payne, ADEPT President / Plymouth City Council 

 

10:00

Session 1: Advocating the case for place

Chair: Angela Jones, 2nd Vice President / Westmorland & Furness Council

Make It Local campaign: developing a local government white paper

Cllr Kevin Bentley, Conservative Group, Local Government Association

Local government - providing the services that are the glue to good communities

Cllr Jacqui Burnett, APSE National Chair 2023/24

 

11:00

Tea and Coffee Break

 

11:30

Session 2: Planning for stronger places

Chair: Andy Gutherson, ADEPT Midlands Board / Lincolnshire County Council 

Planning for the future

Will Burgon, Director of Planning, DLUHC

Opportunities for local government in the energy transition to combat climate change

Emma Fletcher, Low Carbon Homes Director, Octopus Energy

Transforming the governance landscape of England

Dr Simon Kaye, Director of Policy, Reform

 

12:45 

Lunch

 

13:45

Presidential Lecture

Chair: Anthony Payne, ADEPT President

Dr Victoria Hurth

Independent pracademic and Fellow, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

 

14:30

Session 3: Delivering better places

Chair: Amy Harhoff, ADEPT Transport & Connectivity Board / Durham County Council 

Innovative approaches to financing

Miles Ashton, Local Green Investment Lead, Green Finance Institute

Health resilience in the face of the changing climate

Professor Isabel Oliver, Chief Scientific Officer, UKHSA

How will data change local government and the lives of residents?

Paul Wilson, Chief Business Officer, Connected Places Catapult

 

15:45

Summary and Close

Anthony Payne, ADEPT President / Plymouth City Council

 

16:00 

Conference Ends

 

16:15 - 17:00

ADEPT AGM

 

18:30

Drinks reception at Royal Horseguards

 

19:00 

Opening Address and Awards

 

19:30

Dinner and Awards at Royal Horseguards

 

23:30

Bar Close

 

00:00

Guests to depart