International Policy Forum on Regional Development
from working to living – towards new economical prospects in regional areas
date: Thursday September 17th and 18th, 2009
venue: Dunston Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR14 8PQ
The forum has an open structure and character, with enough time and opportunity for networking, exchange of opinions and expertise, and to make new contacts.
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day 1 – Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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| 09:00 |
registration and coffee
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| 09:30 |
welcome
| Speaker: |
Marcel Bullinga - chair of the policy forum & Independent futurist and european trend watcher from the Netherlands |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 09:35 |
picture storm on regional development
| Speaker: |
Marcel Bullinga - chair of the policy forum & Independent futurist and european trend watcher from the Netherlands |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 09:55 |
welcome and opening
| Speaker: |
Derrick Murphy - Deputy leader of Norfolk County Council |
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Arie Aalberts - Mayor of the Municipality of Dantumadiel, NL, leadpartner of NOFA, NL |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 10:10 |
regional development: a local politician's view
| Speaker: |
Sjon Stellinga - Alderman of Achtkarspelen, NL, and consultant, specialized in labour law related issues and organizational development. |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 10:30 |
a taste of rural identity
| Speaker: |
Jostein Soland - General Manager, Stavanger Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 10:50 |
coffee break
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| 11:20 |
developing resilience in Europe's rural economies
| Speaker: |
Neil Ward - Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, University of East Anglia |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 11:40 |
the potential of broadband in regional areas
| Speaker: |
Torben Rune - Independent tele- and data communications consultant |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 12:00 |
Holstein shire – a branding example of a rural area
| Speaker: |
Christian Noack - Regional Manager, LAG AktivRegion Holsteiner Auenland e.V., Germany (LEADER Region) |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 12:20 |
rural areas in transition
| Speaker: |
Dirk Strijker - Professor in Rural Development and Chairman of the department of Cultural Geography at the University of Groningen, NL |
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Willem Foorthuis - President European Co-operation Network for Rural Development |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 12:40 |
preview of the afternoon
| Speaker: |
Marcel Bullinga - chair of the policy forum & Independent futurist and european trend watcher from the Netherlands |
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 12:45 |
lunch
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PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION 1
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| 14:00 |
WS1 the rural idyll: placemaking and placebranding strategies on rural development
| Speaker: |
Gerard van Keken - Independent consultant/ project and event manager, and teacher in the Netherlands and China. |
| Location: |
Suite Eaton or Suite La Fontaine |
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| 14:00 |
planning and design strategies on rural decline
| Location: |
Suite Eaton or Suite La Fontaine |
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| 15:00 |
coffee break
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PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION 2
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| 15:30 |
regional development and broadband
| Speaker: |
Flemming Just - Head of Danish Institute of Rural Research and Development |
| Location: |
Suite Eaton or Suite La Fontaine |
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| 15:30 |
rural areas in transition
| Speaker: |
Dirk Strijker - Professor in Rural Development and Chairman of the department of Cultural Geography at the University of Groningen, NL |
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Willem Foorthuis - President European Co-operation Network for Rural Development |
| Location: |
Suite Eaton or Suite La Fontaine |
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| 16:30 |
plenary session
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 16:30 |
Workshop facilitators present the results of their workshop and discuss them in an interaction with the chair
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 16:50 |
conclusions and their importance/relevance for Vital Rural Area - Q&A session
| Location: |
Suite Sunningdale |
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| 17:10 |
end
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| 19:00 |
reception
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| 19:30 |
dinner
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day 2 - Friday September 18th, 2009
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| 08:30 |
assemble in hotel reception
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| 09:00 |
study visits
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| 12:00 |
lunch
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| 14:00 |
return to hotel
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