Daily Updates Tuesday 11 March 2008
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Chair’s Opening Address

Cy Neil, Chair of the CIH in Scotland
Ministerial Address

Stewart Maxwell MSP, Minister for Communities and Sport
Breakout Sessions am

Migrant Workers - Delivering for the Future

Alun Evans, Community Initiatives Coordinator, Borders Housing Network
Lesley Irving, Head of Race, Religion and Refugee Integration Team, Scottish Government


Market Advantage - Delivering the Right Product

Bob Millar, Development Director, New City Vision
Professor Graeme Millar CBE, Chairman, Scottish Construction Forum

Telecare - Why Care?

Moira Mackenzie, National Programme Manager, Telecare Programme
Bill Stokoe, Strategic Development Officer, Aberdeenshire Council
Sandra Blair, Senior Development Officer, North Lanarkshire Council

Tooling up for Anti-social Behaviour

Isobel Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Stirling University
Alan Russell, Senior Manager, Housing Estates Services, Fife Council

No Room for Violence

Girijamba Polubothu, Shakti Women's Aid
Sherry Singh, Crisis Support Worker, Edinburgh Women's Aid

Breakout Sessions pm

Engaging communities in planning

Petra Biberbach, Executive director, Planning aid for Scotland
Claire Bynner, Engagement network Co-ordinator, Glasgow Community Planning Ltd.

Better homes for a better future

Lori McElroy, SUST project director, Lighthouse trust
Helen Forsyth, Chief executive, Berwickshire Housing Association

Everybody needs good neighbourhoods

Derek Cornwall, Customer Services manager, Housing and Building Services, West Lothian Council
Paul Hillard, Chief Executive, Irvine Housing Association

Lighten Up! Monitoring and assessing yourself

Karen Watt, Director Regulation and Inspection, Communities Scotland
Colin Mair, Chief Executive, Improvement Service

Delivering Community Benefit

Alan Johnston, Community Training and Regeneration Manager, Connaught
Nick Hopkins, Director, Nick Hopkins Consultancy
Mike Trant, Wider Action Co-ordinator, DGHP

Housing and Regeneration: What really works?

John Rogerson, Vice Chair, Home Scotland
Michael Burns, Regeneration Consultant

Keynote 2

Broader horizons – the European dimension

Brian Rowntree, Vice President, CECODHAS
Freek Spinnewijn, Director, FEANTSA

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