SocInvest programme
SocInvest’s series of plenary sessions, discussion panels and workshops will help you to understand the evolving funding agenda.
SocInvest 12 takes place from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at Church House Conference Centre, Westminster
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| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00-09.05 | Chairman's Welcome | Alex Jones, CEO, Centre For Cities |
| 9.05-09.30 | Keynote: Devolving greater financial responsibility to local authorities | Rt Hn Bob Neill, MP for Bromley & Chislehurst & Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DCLG |
| 9.30-10.00 | Panel Discussion: Investment strategies in the Localism era | Peter Cosmetatos, Director of Finance and Investment, British Property Federation |
| Chris Murray, Director, Core Cities | ||
| Other panelists TBC | ||
| 10.00-10.30 | Plenary: Working with the new funding framework | Philip Cox, Director, Local Economies, Regeneration and European Programmes at DCLG |
| 10.30-11.00 | Plenary: Economic development: balancing risk, reward and responsibilities in investment strategies | Chris Murray, Director, Core Cities |
| 11.05 - 11.20 | COFFEE | |
| STREAM A 11.20-12.00 | Workshop 1:Social housing – new financial initiatives | Sponsored and led by Pinsent Masons |
| STREAM B 11.20-12.00 | Workshop 2: How to pass the TIF test | TBC |
| STREAM A 12.00-12.45 | Workshop 3: Next generation LABVs: best practices and principles | TBC |
| STREAM B 12.00-12.45 | Workshop 4: Structured Finance - new methods of funding infrastructure and development | Sponsored and led by GVA Financial Consulting |
| 12.45 - 14.00 | LUNCH Themed Discussion Tables Optional | |
| STREAM A 14.00-14.40 | Workshop 5: Pooling assets between local authorities and other public sector bodies | Sponsored and led by Mills & Reeve |
| STREAM B 14.00-14.40 | Workshop 6: The role of LEPs in economic development | |
| TBC | ||
| STREAM A 14.45-15.25 | Workshop 7: The impact of Housing Revenue Account reform and funding implications | TBC |
| STREAM B 14.45-15.25 | Workshop 8 : Matching sources of finance to your development strategy | TBC |
| 15.25-15.40 | TEA | |
| STREAM A 15.40-16.20 | Workshop 9: Tapping into European source of finance | Led by Head of Holding Funds and Advisory, Northern Europe, JESSICA and Investment Funds, European Investment Bank |
| STREAM B 15.40-16.20 | Workshop 10: Institutional funding and private rental sector initiatives | TBC |
| 16.20-16.50 | Panel Discussion: The way ahead | Panelists TBC |
| 16.50 - 17.00 | Chairman’s summary | Alex Jones, CEO, Centre For Cities |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | The SocInvest Drinks Reception |
Shape the agenda and benchmark your finance and investment plans
There will also be an opportunity to shape the conference agenda throughout the day using an interactive voting system to give instant feedback from delegates on key themes and questions. Your feedback will be used to develop the agenda during the day.
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