The Northern Urban Regeneration Exhibition and Conference

Firstly many thanks to all those individuals and organisations who have confirmed their presence at NUREC 2008 (www.nurec2008.com ) – The Northern Urban Regeneration Exhibition and Conference, being held at the brand new Liverpool Arena, 28 / 29 July 2008 The exhibition floorplan can be viewed here http://www.nurec2008.com/floorplan.pdf The application for space form can be downloaded here http://www.nurec2008.com/application_for_space.pdf Seats at the conference can be booked here http://www.nurec2008.com/confreg.htm Delegates not wishing to attend the conference, yet want to visit the exhibition, can do so by registering here http://www.eventcommunity.co.uk/registration/nu07t8_show.asp If you were considering exhibiting, we would advise reserving your stand as soon as possible, as there are only 8 remaining stands. The response has been overwhelming, and the exhibition hall is nearly full, probably because of the anticipated 2,000 visitors, 250 conference delegates, 34 speakers and 60 exhibiting organisations. The list of confirmed participating organisations to date are … • BURA – British Urban Regeneration Association • English Partnerships • Liverpool City Council • RUDI – Resource for Urban Design Information • New Start • Craig Phillips / Avent Productions • European Investment Bank • Downtown Liverpool • Academy for Sustainable Communities • Commission for Rural Communities • Joseph Rowntree Foundation • Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley • St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council • Halton Borough Council • Liverpool First Partnership Group • Centre for Local Economic Strategies • University of Manchester • Liverpool Vision • New Heartlands • Elevate East Lancs • Kensington Regeneration • Northwich Vision • Lancashire Economic Partnership • Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council • Cumbria Vision • West Lakes Renaissance • Urban Regeneration Project • Liverpool Charity & Voluntary Services • Wakefield Council • Consult CIH / Chartered Institute of Housing • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Liverpool Director of Public Health • AIMES – University of Liverpool • Greater Merseyside Digital Development Agency • School of the Built Environment, Salford Univ. • Manchester Metropolitan University • Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company • Merseytravel • Mott Macdonald • Modus Properties • Carey Jones Architects • Bury Metropolitan Borough Council • Centre for Cities • The Forestry Commission • Newlands • Ideopolis International • Radio Merseyside • Building Design Partnership • Local Livelihoods • The Affordable Housing Development Company • The Regeneration Company • Mace • Sheffield Hallam University • Severn Trent Services • EnviroCentre • The Saint Consulting Group • Heritage Street Furniture • Institute of Place Management • Big Lottery Fund • Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional futures (SURF) • Talent Recruitment • MAXIM • Innovista • The Regeneration Company • IEMA – Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment • Journal of Urban Regeneration & Renewal • CIWEM • Floating Concepts • Aquila Design • Pipeline & Drainage Systems • Protan UK • Eton Evaluation Consultancy • Urban Design Team • Earthscan • Costco • University of Nottingham • IJNR – Intl Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal • Charlestown and Lower Kersall NDC The list of speakers and the conference programme can be viewed here http://www.nurec2008.com/conference_programme.pdf Craig Phillips, TV Presenter, Merseyside Regeneration & Property Developer Hilary Burrage, Honorary Director of BURA – British Urban Regeneration Association Paul Spooner and Jane Forshaw, Regional Director and Head of Environmental Policy of English Partnerships John Kelly, Executive Director of Regeneration, Liverpool City Council Jim Gill, Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision Professor Peter Roberts, Chair of the Academy for Sustainable Communities Helen France, Executive Director of Regeneration, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Lynn Spencer, Chief Executive of Kensington Regeneration Max Steinberg, Chief Executive of Elevate East Lancs Neil McInroy, Chief Executive the Centre for Local Economic Strategies Professor Alan Harding, Professor of Urban and Regional Governance, University of Manchester Professor Carolyn Kagan and Karen Duggan, Manchester Metropolitan University Keith Jones, Regional Director Forestry Commission Nick Keable, The Saint Consulting Group Peter McGurk, Director of Building Design Partnership Roger Phillips, Radio Merseyside Julia Unwin, Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Martin Kimber, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Frank Mckenna, Director of Downtown Liverpool Carol Perry, Director of Liverpool First Paula Grey, Liverpool Director of Public Health John Earnshaw, Chief Exec of Lansdown Housing & Regeneration Consultancy John Glester, Chairman New Heartlands Professor Denis Kehoe, Director of AIMES University of Liverpool Adrian Frost, Partnership and Investment Manager, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Chris Farrow, Chief Executive Salford Urban Regeneration Company Professor Judith Sixsmith and Ryan Woolrych Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Tim May and Doctor Mike Hodson Director and Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) Andy Wallhead, Corporate Director Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Ian Robinson, Director of The Affordable Housing Development Company Gordon Carey, Carey Jones Architects & Senior Vice Chair of BURA Anne Lythgoe, Charlestown and Lower Kersall New Deal for Communities Terry Davenport, Director of Building Design Partnership Roger Turner, Head of Rural Economies, Commission for Rural Communities Catherine Pickup, Director of Innovista For more information about the conference or to reserve space at the exhibition, please contact us. We look forward to welcoming you to NUREC 2008 www.nurec2008.com