APSE annual seminar: Systems thinking in the public sector
10-11 September 2008, Nottingham |
| Wednesday |
| Session 2 |
| Citizen Participation; Policy into practice - Janet Callendar OBE, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Just listen to us - Teresa Perchard, Citizens Advice Bureau |
| Delivering reorganisation - Shaun Field, Bedford Borough Council |
| Retaining public trust in partnering arrangements - Nick Sharman, AMEY PLC |
| Session 3 |
| Trading, charging and maximising resources - Steve Cirell, Eversheds |
| Positively charged - John Kirkpatrick, Audit Commission |
| Cartels: lessons for local government - Doug Forbes, Institute of Commissioning Professionals |
| Strategic sessions |
| Where to now on participatory budgets and city engagement - Alan Waters, LGIU |
| Involving parishes in governance neighbourhoods and service delivery - Mike Bell, Bromsgrove District Council |
| Attracting female recruits to sustain the environmental services workforce - Heather Louden, Belfast City Council |
| What can statutory waste authorities achieve? Are they needed? - Paul Dunn, Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority |
| The impact of building schools for the future programme on local authority leisure provision - Murryam Anwar, Sport England |
| Delivering on Highways; delivering for communities - Graham Brown, Argyll and Bute Council |
| Investing in street lighting; investing in community infrastructure - Nick Smith, Institute of Lighting Engineers |
| Sustainable housing, sustainable neighbourhoods - Martin Wheatley, LGA |
| Addressing the affordability crisis; Councils delivering on new build social housing - Neil Davidson, Midlothian Council |
| Thursday |
| Session 5 |
| Open the box! Use your legislative toolkit for better services - Julie Muscroft, Walker Morris Solicitors |
| Strategic sessions |
| Moving on up in FM services: Challenges and opportunities in facilities management - Liz Dobson, Nottingham City Council |
| Returning refuse services to an inhouse provision - Andy Warburton, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Delivering on sports participation - Hilary Jones, North-East Derbyshire District Council |
| Improvement and innovation sessions |
| Customer relationship management systems for highways services - Keith Cowton, Durham County Council |
