Highlights from 2007

Tuesday 13 March

Chair's Opening Address

John Mills, Chair of CIH in Scotland

Ministerial Address

Rhona Brankin MSP, Minister for Communities

Regeneration: is it properly focused?

Brenda Higgins, Director of Regeneration and Development Linkwide Ltd
Peter Scott, National Director, Barclays Business Banking Regeneration Team

Supporting Effective and Efficient Advice Services

Marian Reid, Michael Bell Associates and Eleanor Clark, Communities Scotland

Leadership – what are we doing now for tomorrow?

Ashleigh Dunn, Senior Consultant, Scottish Leadership Foundation
Gill Bhatti, Employee Development and Diversity Manager, South Lanarkshire Council
John Mulholland, Co-ordinator, Ayr Housing Aid Centre

Rationalising Regulation and Inspection

Professor Lorne Crerar, Chairman, Harper McLeod
Karen Watt, Director of Regulation and Inspection, Communities Scotland
Douglas Paterson, Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council

Social Enterprise: creating more opportunities

Jackie Scutt, Director of Social Enterprise Academy
Robert Craig, Chief Executive, Ferguslie Park Housing Association

How we use available planning powers for housing?

Ian Baird, Director, Gladedale (Partnership) Ltd.
Brian Gegan, Chief Executive, Cairn Housing Association

Perceptions of antisocial behaviour and what can be done

Inspector Pat Duffy, Violence Reduction Unit, Strathclyde Police
John Bird, Founder and Editor-In-Chief, The Big Issue

ALMOs: Could they deliver for the SHQS?

John Perry (Policy Advisor, CIH)
Hugh Broadbent (Chief Executive, First Choice Homes Oldham)

Making partnerships work

Ron Ashton, Director of Neighbourhood Services, Angus Council
Sylvia Johnston, Delayed Discharge Manager, NHS Board

Getting People into ownership

Craig Sanderson, Chief Executive, Link Group
Merron Simpson, Head of Policy, CIH

Ministerial statement on Delivering a Joint Future

Lewis Macdonald MSP, Depute Minister for Health