The Next Steps for Levelling Up: Advancing Public Services of the Future
Online 20 April 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Professor Fawad Inam, Professor and Head of Department - Engineering & Construction, University of East London
9:40am
Keynote Address from the Local Government Information Unit
Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, Local Government Information Unit
10:00am
Keynote Address: Translating the Levelling Up Strategy into Meaningful Change for Coventry
- Using local research to shape levelling up priorities
- Uncovering seldom-heard voices to understand our local assets and needs in Coventry
- Achieving meaningful change to the health and wellbeing of our communities
Si Chun Lam, Insight Development Manager, Coventry City Council
10:20am
Keynote Address: Analysing The Future Of Local Economic Development In The UK And Ensuring That Economic Gains Are Delivering Social Benefits At Scale
- Achieving a step-change in devolution through measures such as the creation of new fiscal powers for local areas and a new national redistribution process
- Using place-based approaches such as community wealth building to
- Expanding opportunities at the local level for citizens to shape the economic destinies of their localities
- Addressing how local economic development must be reshaped around progressive principles that work for people, planet and place
Rachel Bentley, Associate Director, the Centre for Local Economic Strategies
10:40am
Questions and Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Keynote Address: Levelling Up From The Perspective Of Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust And The National Children's Hospital Alliance
Alexandra Norrish, Development Director, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
12:05pm
Keynote Address: Delivering The Levelling Up Agenda At Manchester City Council
- Implementing local infrastructure projects to support people and places
- Supporting new regeneration and culture projects using the Levelling Up Fund
- Evaluating lessons learned and methods for improving partnerships to drive UK Growth
- Considering the future direction of levelling up in Manchester
Carol Culley OBE, Deputy Chief Executive and City Treasurer, Manchester City Council
12:25pm
Keynote Address from The Equality Trust
Dr Zubaida Haque, Executive Director, The Equality Trust
12:35pm
Questions and Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch and Networking
1:40pm
Keynote Address: From Ambition To Reality: How Can The Government Deliver On Its Levelling Up Targets?
- Examining the medium-term targets set in the white paper - defining success, incentivising the right behaviours
- Acknowledging the need for better data and resourcing considerations
- Embedding spatial considerations throughout governance structures
- Scrutinising levelling up through accountability structures by a properly independent body
Eleanor Shearer, Researcher, Institute for Government
2:00pm
Case Study: South Yorkshire's Perspective on the Levelling Up Agenda
- Some home truths about Levelling Up.
- The reality in South Yorkshire.
- The lived experience.
- What we need in terms of behaviour and discipline to deliver and achieve Levelling Up
Martin McKervey, Chair of the Northern Regional Assembly, British Chambers of Commerce, Chair of the Sheffield Property Association
2:20pm
Keynote Address: Firm Foundations for a Fairer Future
Dr Belinda Pratten, Equally Ours
2:40pm
Questions and Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair's Summary and Close