making places profitable - creating a setting for investment

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Day 1
19th September 9am – 5pm
Session 1:
creating a setting for investment – opening session
Session 2:
the environment and the economy – setting the context
Sessions 3&4:
themed workshops

Day 2
Wednesday 20th September 2006, 9am - 5pm
Session 5:
‘urban economic environments’: local to transnational perspectives
Session 6:
‘making places profitable’ - plenary

Session 1:

creating a setting for investment – opening session

Chair: Councillor Jan Wilson (Leader: Sheffield City Council)

9.00am Richard Walker (Director, South Yorkshire Forest Partnership)
Welcome: creating a setting for investment

9.30am Sir Bob Kerslake (Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council),
City regions ‘in business’

10.00am Bauduin Blairon (Director of International Relations, SPI+)
The regeneration of the city region of Liège, Belgium

10.30am Refreshments

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