The Core Cities Summit hosted by Nottingham over two days has been hailed a success.
In the closing speech to the Summit, Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council Michael Frater said the event had shown that there was real passion and expertise in the Core Cities and a strong commitment to closer collaboration on some of the key issues facing major cities.
Mr Frater also said that the contributions from Government at the Summit had signalled a new relationship between Whitehall and the town hall – with less red tape and more power to take important decisions for local people.
Around 450 delegates attended the Summit, from the eight Core Cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield, including chief executives, council leaders and young delegates. Key speakers included:
Michael Frater said: “This Summit has come at a very important time for cities and the Core Cities Group, which represents 16 million people, is well placed to drive the agenda on establishing new and more productive ways of working with Government and tackling some of the key issues facing major cities, such as responding to the climate change challenge.”
More information from the Summit can be found under the news section of the website. Keynote speeches and the presentations can be found and downloaded below.
Speeches (MP3 Files)
Hazel Blears MP
John Healey MP
Joan Ruddock MP
Lord Digby Jones
Presentations (Powerpoint Files)
Prof Michael Parkinson CBE - COMPETE
Jim Gill - City Development Companies
Julie Robson - Multi Area Agreements
Neil Darwin - Multi Area Agreements...and other animals
Ian Bromley - Creative Sheffield
Julian Ware - Existing Models of Transport Governance
Michael Frater - Implementing the Sub National Review
Geoff Hall - Delivering Skills for 21st Century cities
Carol Taylor - Inclusion and Competitiveness
Cathy Francis - Multi Area Agreements
Colin Hilton - Cities in a Global Economy
Cathy Garner - Cities in a Global Economy
Tom Bridges - Cities in a Global Economy
Michael Frater - To PTE or not to PTE