Shaun McCarthy, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 (CONFIRMED)

Morning Keynote Address:  The Sustainable Communities Plan

• The Sustainable Communities Plan – 5 Years on
• Supporting sustainable economic development
• Modern business communities – attracting higher skilled and socially responsible investors
• The Housing Green Paper
• Reform of the Planning Bill
• The Housing and Regeneration Bill
• The eco-towns initiative – sustainable living – affordable housing
• Developing a sustainable community strategy
• The role of the Third Sector in sustainable community development
• Local strategic partnerships and LAAs –mechanisms for sustainable change
• Local performance frameworks

Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government (CONFIRMED)

The Olympic Park – A Sustainable Development

• A lasting social, economic and environmental legacy
• The sustainable development objective areas
• Working with industry to achieve our objectives
• Green transportation
• Five key areas: waste, carbon, social and economic sustainability and commercial partnerships
• Sustainability in design and construction
• New skills and business opportunities
• Long term employment prospects
• A sustainable legacy

Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability, Chair, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012

(CONFIRMED)

Sponsor Presentation: Commission for Rural Communities

• Welcome to rural England !
• False premises and myths
• National policy v regional and local delivery
• Why we need a different approach
• Helping rural communities to be more sustainable

Trevor Cherret, Head of Planning, Housing and Transport, Commission for Rural Communities (CONFIRMED)

The Academy for Sustainable Communities – Providing the Tools to Bring the Vision into Reality

• Making better places, creating sustainable communities
• How can we reinvigorate older neighbourhoods and create new places where people want to live?
• Developing skills for ‘place making’
• Exploiting the latent skills among people in communities

Gill Taylor, Chief Executive, Academy for Sustainable Communities (CONFIRMED)

Developing the Skills needed to meet Local Needs

• The Accent Community Partnership
• Creating and supporting sustainable communities in Bradford
• Skills and support for young people to be employable in their own community
• Listening to local communities – tailoring training and support programmes around the individual
• Participation and cohesion among a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds
• How was the project funded?

Ehjaz Gull, Assistant Director of Regeneration, Accent Community Partnership (CONFIRMED)

Vaxjo: A Sustainable Community in Action

• Developing a programme for sustainable development
• Heating from renewable energy sources
• Alternative housing models
• Recycling, re-use and reduction of waste
• Policy, planning and design
• Public transport and fuel alternatives
• Sustainability and economic growth
• Vaxjo: a sustainable community

Anders Franzen, Head of Planning and Development, City of Vaxjo, Sweden (CONFIRMED)

Delivering the Governments Ambitious Housing Plans

• The Homes and Communities Agency
• Delivering the Governments Ambitious Housing Plans
• House building – 3 million new homes in England by 2020
• The Infrastructure Planning Commission
• New build, regeneration and renewal
• Affordability and supply

Trevor Beattie, Head of Set-up Team, The Homes and Communities Agency Set-up Team