From Recession to Renewal: understanding the impact of the financial crisis on the public sector

Wednesday 1 July 2009
4.00-8.00pm
Leicester Business School
Graduate Centre
De Montfort University
Leicester

The Leicester Business School Annual Public Policy Debate

To book your free place(s) for this event, simply email Suzanne Walker sswalker@dmu.ac.uk, there are a
limited number of places so an early response is advisable.

Parking is available, and the University is also conveniently close to rail and bus terminals.
For directions, see the map at dmu.ac.uk/aboutdmu/campuses/maps/leic_campus.jsp

Programme
4.00pm Registration
4.20pm Welcome
Professor Lawrence Pratchett, Head of Public Policy, DMU
4.25pm The Financial Crisis and the Public Sector
Ken Livingstone
5.00pm Delegate questions
Professor Colin Copus (DMU) to chair
5.15pm Session one: events leading to the crisis
(Chair, Colin Copus)
• How did we get to this point? The ideological history of the crisis
George Lambie (DMU)
• European financial instruments available to local authorities for investments in health, education, urban renewal and the urban environment Professor Stuart Holland, Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Portugal
• Methods of intervention
Fred Mear (DMU)
6.15pm Session two: delivering services and setting priorities
(Chair, Lawrence Pratchett)
• Local political context of the recession
Professor Steve Leach (DMU)
• Protecting the community: lessons from the social housing sector
Phil Davies Chief Executive, Derby Homes
• Systems thinking in the public sector: a manifesto for a better way
Professor John Seddon, Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff University and
Managing Director of Vanguard Ltd.
7.15-8.00pm Conclusion, networking and buffet supper

Programme subject to change ©The Studio Marketing Department, De Montfort University. June 2009 (BAL258). All rights reserved.