SURF Annual Conference 2010: Sustaining and Reinventing Community Regeneration - Edinburgh, 24-25 March 2010 24-03-2010 Introduction In a time of economic inactivity, dramatic reductions in public spending, and
rising levels of unemployment and poverty, the focus of all our regeneration
efforts should be on practical, pro-active and co-operative responses to the
very real threat of degeneration across the board.
Description
This key Scottish regeneration event will look squarely at the challenges
ahead; but its concentrated and constructive focus will be on linking people,
projects and practice across the SURF network to examine the real opportunities
for supporting more sustainable community regeneration in this time of change.
In cooperation with the Public Policy Network of the University of Edinburgh,
the first day of the conference will link Scotland’s extensive regeneration
oriented academic resources with the practical challenges at hand for
practitioners and policy-makers.
The second day will focus on cooperation in policy and practice. Key
speakers, debates, presentations and panel sessions will link the policy process
to the realities of delivering positive change in Scotland’s most disadvantaged
communities. In doing so, we will showcase the assets and resources that are at
hand to support and sustain regeneration, despite the increasingly difficult
economic climate and related challenges.
Key speakers confirmed so far include:
Programme
Day One (Wednesday 24th March), which will be delivered in co-operation with
the University of Edinburgh's Public Policy Network, will link Scotland's
academic resources with the regeneration challenges we all face.
Day Two (Thursday 25th March), which will take place in the city centre
Roxburghe Hotel, will link the policy process to the real practice of delivering
positive change in Scotland's disadvantaged communities.
Contact details
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland
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