Time

Topic

Speaker

9.30 – 10.00

Registration, tea and coffee

10.00 – 10.05

Welcome to Enniskillen

Chairperson - Fermanagh & Omagh DC   

10.05 – 10.10

Welcome from NILGA and outline of the day

Cllr Stevie Corr, Chair, NILGA Place Shaping and Infrastructure Network

10.10 – 10.40

Keynote Address

Shaping NI: The role of the Department of Infrastructure in delivering well-being through regional place-shaping activity (planning policy, roads infrastructure, flood mitigation)

Katrina Godfrey, Permanent Secretary DfI

10.40 – 11.10

Keynote address

Planning, Place shaping, Place making

New Civic Leadership: The power of place and the co-creation of public innovation

Prof Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England and Urban Answers

11.10 – 11.20

A place for questions….

11.20 – 11.45

Tea, coffee and networking

Growing places

11.45 – 12.00

A place to live – the future of housing in Northern Ireland

Paddy Gray, Emeritus Professor of Housing - Ulster University

12.00 – 12.15

Thriving places – local job creation and sustainability

Noelle McAloon – Enniskillen BID Manager

12.15 – 12.30

Growing places? Addressing the infrastructure deficit

Sara Venning, CEO, NI Water

12.30 – 12.45

A place for questions….

12.45 – 1.30

Lunch and networking

Green Places

1.30 – 1.45

Enjoyable Places – building social capital/community use of public space

Adam Turkington, Seedhead Arts

1.45 – 2.00

Beautiful places – caring for our environment

Dr Ian Humphreys, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful

2.00 – 2.15

Adaptable places – building local resilience in a climate emergency

David Lindsay – Ards & North Down BC

2.15 – 2.30

Greening Places – Derry City Council Green Infrastructure Plan (video)

Dr Christine Doherty, Derry City & Strabane DC 

2.30 – 2.40

A place for questions…

2.40 – 3.00

Tea, coffee and networking

Going places

3.00 – 3.20

Connecting places - transport planning

Peter Morrow – Aecom

3.20 – 3.40

Connecting business – the digital infrastructure to deliver economic success

Mark Gibson, BT

3.40 – 4.00

Smart places – Smart cities and Innovation

Deborah Colville, Belfast City Council

4.00 - 4.15

A place for questions…

4.15 – 4.30

Conference round up and close

Karen Smyth, NILGA Head of Policy & Governance