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Planners' School 1: 2 - 6 September 2008
Tuesday 2 September |
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| 12.00 | Registration |
| 14.30 | Planners in the workplace |
| Chris Sheridan, Planners in the Workplace Officer, Royal Town Planning Institute | |
| 15.45 | Welcome to Fife and planning in Scotland |
| Barbara Illsley, University of Dundee | |
| 17.00 | Introduction to first time attendees |
| 20.00 | Opening address |
| 21.00 | Wine Reception |
| Hosted by RICS Scotland | |
Wednesday 3 September |
DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT |
| 09.30 | Paper 1 - Getting to grips with development |
| Tristram Reynolds, Property Director, National Society for Epilepsy | |
| Paper 2 - Providing the infrastructure | |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
| 11.30 | Choice of workshops including: |
| Discussion workshop on Papers 1 | |
| Chaired by Tristram Reynolds | |
| Workshop A - Approaches to planning gain | |
| David Hackforth, Milton Keynes Council | |
| Workshop B - Place-shaping | |
| Antony Benson, Urban Practitioners | |
| Workshop C - Community gain through planning | |
| Jon Aldenton, Development Trusts Association | |
| Workshop D - Regeneration | |
| Stephen Tucker, Turley Associates | |
| 14.15 | Discussion of Paper 2 or choice of workshops (see morning for choice) |
| 16.00 | Paper 3 - Planning Performance Agreements: achieving quality in large scale developments |
| Julia Wallace and Simon Leask, ATLAS | |
| 20.00 | Choice of two evening events: |
| Presentations by international guest delegates | |
| Chaired by Cath Ranson, Chair, Special Fund Panel | |
| The future's with us | |
| Fiona Clandillon and colleagues from the Scottish Young Planners Network | |
Thursday 4 September |
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| 09.30 | ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLANET? |
| 09.40 | Paper 4 - Sustainability |
| Richard Wakeford, Scottish Government | |
| 10.00 | Paper 5 - The economic impact of climate change |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
| 10.20 | Discussion of Papers 4 and 5 |
| 10.40 | Coffee |
| 11.10 | Paper 6 - Aspects of marine spatial planning |
| Anne Michelle Slater, University of Aberdeen | |
| 11.30 | Paper 7 - Aspects of marine spatial planning |
| Jim Claydon, Director, TOR | |
| 10.20 | Discussion of Papers 6 and 7 |
| 13.30 | Choice of study tours |
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| 20.00 | 75th anniversary gala dinner |
Friday 5 September |
UPDATE YOUR SKILLS |
| 09.30 | Planning law update debate |
| Chaired by Pat Thomas | |
| 11.30 | Choice of workshops including: |
| Workshop E - The skills planners need | |
| Emma Richardson, The Improvement Service, Scotland | |
| Workshop F - Good practice in development planning | |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
| Workshop G - Master planning a major urban regeneration area - Leith Waterfront | |
| Michaela Sullivan, Forth Ports plc | |
| Workshop H - Design - a progressive training workshop | |
| Ian Davison, The Planning Co-operative and Bill Morrison, Planning Consultant (both Past Presidents of Planning Summer School) | |
| 14.15 | Choice of workshops E and G (repeated) and continuation of Workshop H |
| Workshop F - Good practice in development management | |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
| 16.00 | Closing address |
| Where have all the planners gone? | |
| Janet O'Neill, President, The Royal Town Planning Institute | |
| Inspiration and experience - reflections by Past Presidents of PSS on the 75th anniversary of the School | |
| 19.30 | The St Andrews Challenge |
Saturday 6 September |
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| Close of Planners' School 1 after breakfast |