Highlights from 2007

Wednesday 14 March

Community Ownership – delivering for tenants?

Philip Jones, Chief Executive, Berwickshire Housing Association Ltd
Karen Neary, Chief Executive, River Clyde Homes
Lewis Macdonald MSP, Depute Minister for Health

Prevention of homelessness

Helen Keats, Communities and Local Government
Pippa Goldschmidt, Scottish Executive
Professor Hal Pawson, Heriot-Watt University

Building Sustainability into Housing

Richard Baines, Director of Sustainable Development, Black Country Housing Association
Raymond Young, Chair, Architecture and Design Scotland

Community Planning: What's it doing for communities?

Danny McMillan, Chair, Larkfield Housing Association
Alan Bell, Senior Manager, Communities & Information, West Lothian Council

The impact of the Supporting People review"

Bill Clark, Director of Social Work Services, West Dunbartonshire Council
Steve Robertson, Member of the Board, People First Scotland

CIH Presidential address

Paul Diggory, Vice Chair, CIH

Colin and Justin in Arden: quick fix or long lasting solution?

Alasdair McKee, Chief Executive, Glen Oaks Housing Association Ltd
Debbie Christie, Executive Producer of "Colin and Justin on the Estate", IWC Media
Clive Douglas, Technical Director, Glen Oaks Housing Association Ltd
Shirley Duguid, Resident, Arden
Sarah Duguid, Resident (aged 12), Arden

The community of the future

Brian Devlin: Director of Regeneration Services, Stirling Council
Gillian Young: Director, Newhaven Research

Improving private housing – implementing the new agenda

Martin Macaulay, Project Manager, Edinburgh City Council
David Webster, Housing Strategy Manager, Glasgow City Council
Iain Muirhead, Policy Delivery Manager, Communities Scotland

Right to Buy review

Professor Steve Wilcox, Professor of Housing Policy, University of York
Bruce Forbes, Director, Angus Housing Association

Housing association mergers: A necessity for the future?

Malcolm Levi, Chief Executive, Home Group
Ewan Fraser, Chief Executive, Dunedin Canmore Housing Association

Is it time for a community environment standard?

Nick Fletcher, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, CIH
Julie Procter, Chief Officer, Greenspace Scotland

Scotland's Parliament: What we want for housing!

Jacqui Watt, Chief Executive, SFHA
Alan Ferguson, Director, CIH
Archie Stoddart, Director, Shelter (Scotland)
Robert Aldridge, Director, SCSH
Councillor Sheila Gilmore, Representing COSLA