Solace in the South "Building for the Future" - 28th - 29th March 2019 Donnington Valley Hotel Newbury, Berkshire - Solace Events

Solace in the South
“Building for the Future”
 28th - 29th March 2019
 Donnington Valley Hotel
   Newbury, Berkshire

Aim of the Conference

The theme of this year’s event is ‘Building for the future’ – both communities
and the organisations that serve them.

Day one considers building for the future is more than providing housing,
it is about building communities and places where our people/citizens
will thrive. How do we ensure that new homes are integrated into the
geography/region/culture – and as well as ensuring the infrastructure is in
place it is also about supporting individuals and groups to ensure successful
communities.

Day two is about building our organisational and personal resilience to
deliver for the communities we serve in these challenging times. With
Speakers talking candidly about some of the biggest challenges that have
faced organisations and how to rebuild them and yourself, what can we do
now to build our own capacity and leadership skills?

2019 Solace in the South Pricing

Member rate: £389 + VAT

Non-Member rate: £489 + VAT

To reserve your place via our dedicated events website, click here.

Programme
Thursday 28th March - Day One Theme: Building Places
12:30   Welcome lunch for new attendees/new to the region/new members
13:15   Registration, refreshments and networking
        Welcome and Introduction to the Seminar from Solace South

        Joint Chairs:
        Andy Ferrier, Corporate Director, Test Valley Borough Council
13:45
        Annie Righton, Executive Director, Interim and Consultant, Annie Righton Associates
        Currently Strategic Director, Waverley Borough Council

        Opening Session: Ensuring Vision Meets Reality

        In this opening panel session speakers will share their experience and approach in consulting with
        communities in order to ensure that the vision jointly created is actually delivered?

        Speakers:
        Anna Rose – Head of PAS

14:00   Paul Barnard - Service Director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, Plymouth City Council

        Sophie Hosking - Executive Director and Head of Paid Service, South Hams District Council/West
        Devon Borough Council (JOINT LOCAL PLAN)

        John Walker, Technical Director of Garden City Developments, an independent not for profit
        company whose purpose is to work with partners to apply the Garden City Principles

        ‘A confident bite – improving the sustainability of housing growth through the expansion of
        existing settlements.

        How do we create communities not just housing? How do we integrate new communities
        with existing established ones? These are the challenges we face when building new housing
        developments. We need to ensure long term stability of the places we and our citizens live.
        Speakers will talk about their direct experiences in creating new places to live
14:45
        Speakers:
        David Rudlin, URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design). David won the 2014 Wolfson Economic
        Prize, answering the question ‘How would you deliver a new garden city which is visionary,
        economically viable, and popular?’

        Kate Henderson, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation (TBC)

15:45   Break

        NAO Report on Delivering the Government’s Housing Targets: Findings

16:15   Speaker:
        Abdool Kara, Executive Leader, Local Services, National Audit Office

        Keynote speaker: Lord Matthew Taylor of Goss Moor

        Throughout his 23 years as a Liberal Democrat MP, Lord Taylor took a strong interest in policy
        development, communications and political strategy. This included his role as Special Advisor on
        Sustainable Rural Communities (Land Use & Planning), which culminated in the publication of the
        Taylor Review, Living Working Countryside (June 2008).

        Made a Life Peer in 2010, Lord Taylor was in 2012 asked by the government to lead an independent
        review of the whole of the government’s planning practice guidance. His recommendations,
16:45   published at the end of 2012 were accepted, leading to the creation of a completely new, web
        based guidance suite replacing all of the older material, bringing it up to date an in line with the
        National Planning Policy Framework.

        Lord Taylor continues to pursue his interest in sustainable communities, housing, the environment
        and strategic communications. Recently, he has been working with the Academy to develop a
        handbook for future Garden Cities. His Policy Exchange report in 2015 advocating Garden Towns
        and Villages was adopted as Government policy in the March 2016 Budget.

17:45   End of day one

        Pre-dinner drinks followed by dinner at 20.00

19:15   After dinner speaker/entertainment – Gin tasting with Andy Daniels, MD Gorilla Spirits

Friday 29th March - Day Two Theme: Building Yourself

                       For residential delegates only:
                 Breakfast from 6:00 and checkout by 11:00

         Welcome and introduction to day two

         Joint Chairs:
         Sophie Hosking, Executive Director and Head of Paid Service, South Hams District and West Devon
9:00     Borough Council

         David McIntosh, Chief Executive, Christchurch and East Dorset Councils

         Resilience: The Journey
9:15
         The view from Dawn Baxendale, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

         Resilience: The Journey
10:15
         The view from Ian Thomas, Chief Executive, The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

11:15    Refreshments and networking in the foyer

         Resilience: The Journey
11:45
         The view from Joanna Killian, Chief Executive, Surrey County Council

12:45    Closing address and Chair’s summary