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The Programme 2005

Friday 18 th November

8.15am

Arrival and registration

9.00am

Opening remarks

Speaker:	Alan Boeckmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fluor Corporation .

9.30am

SENIOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER

10.15am

Plenary 1:

Is a national education and skills policy right for the North East?

Chair:	Lorna Moran MBE , Chief Executive, Northern Recruitment Group
Speakers:	Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools
	Prof. Lynn Dobbs , Director, Centre for Public Policy, Northumbria University
	John Cuthbert , Managing Director, Northumbria Water

11.15am

Refreshments

11.30am

Plenary 2:

Are the objectives of better economic performance and higher quality of life incompatible in our region?

Chair:	Chris Thompson, Chief Executive, Express Group
Speakers:	Graham Meadows, Director-General Regional Policy, European Commission
	Professor Lord Richard Layard , London School of Economics

12.30noon

Lunch and optional workshops

1.30am

Speaker: John Cridland, Deputy Director-General, CBI

1.40pm

Plenary 3:

How can the barriers to enterprise in the North East be broken down and the region compete more strongly in the global economy?

Chair:	The Rt. Hon. Lord Cunningham of Felling
Speakers:	Dr Alan James, UK Ultraspeed, Project Leader
	Professor Tony Dickson , Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) – Northumbria University
	Paul Callaghan , Chairman, The Leighton Group

2.50pm

Plenary 4:

Does cultural regeneration make any difference to regional economic development?

Chair:	Sir Ian Wrigglesworth , Executive Chairman, UK Land Estates
Speakers:	Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Newcastle-Gateshead Partnerships
	Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive, The Premier League
	Duchess of Northumberland, The Alnwick Garden Trust

3.50pm

Refreshments

4.10pm

Closing Plenary

Where does the North East go from here?

Chair:	Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn MP
Speaker:	Rt. Hon. David Miliband MP, Minister of Communities and Local Government
Respondent:	Alan Clarke, Chief Executive One North East

4.45pm

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The Conclusion

The North East Economic Forum will provoke debate in the media and civil society about the region’s social and economic future, but also generate plans for action - how to strengthen delivery and implementation across key public policy areas, with additional work to be taken forward by the Centre for Public Policy at Northumbria University. A conference rapporteur will produce a report to focus subsequent discussions with central government, with our ambition to establish this as an annual event in the life of the North East region.

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