<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ICLRD-COOPERATIONEIRE1-1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3559 aligncenter" title="ICLRD-COOPERATIONEIRE" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ICLRD-COOPERATIONEIRE1-1.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="126" /></a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ONE-DAY CONFERENCE</span></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Planning Reform on the Island of Ireland: from Policy to PRACTICE </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>May 2<sup>nd</sup> 2013 </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Canal Court Hotel, Newry</strong></p>
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<td valign="top" width="112"><strong>Time</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;" valign="top" width="123"><strong>Type of Session</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;" valign="top" width="406"><strong>Focus &amp; Speakers</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" width="112">09.15 – 09.45</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="529">Registration &amp; Refreshments</td>
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	<li><strong>09.50    Welcome Address</strong><em>: </em><strong>Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive, Co-operation Ireland  <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PSheridan-Co-operationIreland-Welcome-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong></strong><em></em><em></em><strong></strong><strong></strong></li>
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	<li><strong>10.00    Session 1 Chair</strong><em>: </em><strong>Ian Maye, Deputy Secretary – Planning and Local Government, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMaye-IssuesShapingPlanningIslandIreland-DoE-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong>
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<td valign="top" width="112">10.10 – 11.10</td>
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</em><em></em><strong>Issues Shaping Planning </strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="406"><strong>What is shaping planning processes in both jurisdictions? What are the current needs?</strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong>
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	<li><strong>Ross Martin</strong>, Policy Director, Centre for Scottish Public Policy <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RMartin-PlanningReformScotland-CSPP-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>David McCammick,</strong> Chief Executive, Antrim Borough Council &amp; Northern Ireland Planning Working Group under RPA <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DMcCammick-PlanningReformNI-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong><strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>Councillor Joe Leonard, </strong>Sligo County Council <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cllr-JLeonard-IssuesShapingPlanning-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong></li>
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<td valign="top" width="112">11.10 – 11.30</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="529"><strong>Questions &amp; Answers</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3" valign="top" width="641"><strong></strong><strong>11.50      Session 2 Chair: Dr. Patricia O’Hara, Chair, National Statistics Board</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" width="112">12.00 – 13.00<strong> </strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="123"><strong>The Practitioner’s Toolkit</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="406"><strong>The role of strategies and tools for evidence-based spatial planning </strong><strong></strong>
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	<li><strong>Liam Conneally</strong>, Director, Mid-West Regional Authority <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/LConneally-RegionalApproaches-EvidenceSpatialPlg-MWRA-1.pdf "><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>Alderman Jim Dillon MBE, </strong>Chair, NILGA Planning Group <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/JDillon-RoleStrategiesPlanning-ElectedMembers-NILGA-1.pdf "><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong><strong> </strong><strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>Justin Gleeson</strong>, Manager, All Island Research Observatory, NUI Maynooth <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/JGlesson-EvidenceBasedPlanningToolkits-AIRO-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong></li>
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<td valign="top" width="112">13.00 – 13.15</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="529"><strong>Question and Answers</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3" width="641"><strong><em>Lunch: </em></strong>13.15 – 14.15</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="641"><strong>Parallel Sessions</strong><strong><em></em></strong></td>
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<td valign="top" width="112">14.15 – 15.30</td>
<td valign="top" width="123"><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>Sharing Experiences and Capacity Building</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="406"><strong>Parallel Sessions:</strong>
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	<li><strong> </strong><strong>Community Engagement in Planning</strong><strong></strong></li>
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	<li><strong>Speaker:   </strong>Liam Flanigan,<strong> </strong>Chief Executive, Limavady Borough Council</li>
	<li><strong>Facilitator:  </strong>Maria Ferguson, Strategic Policy Manager, Donegal County Council</li>
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	<li><strong>Infrastructure/Development Alignment</strong></li>
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	<li><strong>Speaker:</strong> Hubert Kearns, County Manager, Sligo County Council<strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>Facilitator: </strong>Karen Smyth, Head of Policy, NILGA</li>
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	<li><strong>Renewable Energy Development <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/AGonzalez-RenewableEnergyDevelopment-ParallelSession-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong></strong><strong></strong></li>
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	<li><strong>Speaker: </strong>Dr. Ainhoa González, Researcher, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth<strong></strong></li>
	<li><strong>Facilitator: </strong>Michael Doran, Director, Action Renewables</li>
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	<li><strong>Capacity Building for Local Government
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	<li><strong></strong><strong>Speaker:</strong>  Beverley Cowan, Planning Policy Division, Department of Environment, Northern Ireland</li>
	<li><strong>Facilitator: </strong>Ciarán Cuffe, Planner &amp; Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology (and Former Government Minister</li>
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	<li><strong>Indicators and the Evidence-Base <strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/GDaly-Evidence-BasedPlanning-Indicators-ParallelSession-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong>
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	<li><strong></strong><strong>Speaker: </strong>Gavin Daly, ESPON Contact Point - Ireland</li>
	<li><strong>Facilitator: </strong>Pádraig Maguire,  Regional Planner, Border Regional Authority</li>
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<td colspan="3" valign="top" width="641"><strong> <em>Tea/Coffee break:</em></strong><strong> </strong>15.30 – 15.45</td>
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<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong>Closing Session: Chaired by Anne Anderson Porter, Director of Operations, Co-operation Ireland
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<p align="center">15.45 – 16.15</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Parallel Session Outcomes</strong></p>
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<td valign="top" width="406"> Feedback from session facilitator at each roundtable</td>
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<td valign="top" width="112"> 16.15 – 16.30</td>
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<p align="center"><strong> Next Steps</strong></p>
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<td valign="top" width="406"><strong><em> Action Plan:</em></strong><em> </em>John Driscoll, Director, ICLRD <strong><strong><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/JDriscoll-Closing-Comments-1.pdf"><img title="presentation-icon" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="17" height="17" /></a></strong></strong><em> </em></td>
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<td valign="top" width="112"> 16.30</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="529"><em> </em><strong>Conference Close</strong></td>
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