<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="/web/2010-conference">2010 Conference</a> &gt;&gt; <a href="http://iclrd.org/2010-conference/session-1/">Session 1</a>|<strong>Session 2</strong>|<a href="http://iclrd.org/2010-conference/session-3/">Session 3</a>|<a href="http://iclrd.org/2010-conference/session-4-recovery-through-collaborative-spatial-planning/">Session 4</a></p>
<strong>Thursday 21 January 2010
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This session will explore how the competitiveness of regions and places is as much dependent on social and community qualities as natural and infrastructural endowments.
<strong>4.30 Welcome by Chair <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/session2-andy-pollak-chair-intro2-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1248" title="audio" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Icon_External_Link_MP3-1.png" alt="audio" width="13" height="12" /></a>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Andy Pollak, Centre for Cross Border Studies</p>
<strong>4.40 <a title="see abstract" href="../abstracts/#Shannon" target="_self">Partnership with Local Communities: New Roles for the New Councils in Northern Ireland (Abstract)</a> (<a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Wesley-Shannon-1.pdf">PDF</a>)  <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/session2-wesley-shannon2-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1248" title="audio" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Icon_External_Link_MP3-1.png" alt="audio" width="13" height="12" /></a><a title="see abstract" href="../abstracts/#Shannon" target="_self">
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Wesley Shannon, Director Local Government Policy Division, Department of Environment, Northern Ireland</p>
<strong>5.00 <a title="see abstract" href="/web/2010-conference/abstracts/#Kearns" target="_self">Service Delivery for Citizens in Challenging Economic Circumstances: New Attitudes and Approaches in Provision of Shared Services (Abstract)</a> <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hubert-Kearns-1.pdf" target="_blank">(PDF)</a> <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/session2-hubert-kearns-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1248" title="audio" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Icon_External_Link_MP3-1.png" alt="audio" width="13" height="12" /></a>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Hubert Kearns, County Manager, Sligo County Council</p>
<strong>5.20 <a href="/web/2010-conference/abstracts/#Kahn-StClair">Efficiencies in Service Provision through Spatial Planning: The Role of Information in Building Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation (Abstract)</a> (<a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Holly-St-Clair-1.pdf">PDF</a>) <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/session2-kahn-stclair32-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1248" title="audio" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Icon_External_Link_MP3-1.png" alt="audio" width="13" height="12" /></a><a href="/web/2010-conference/abstracts/#Kahn-StClair">
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Charlotte Kahn, Senior Director of The Boston Foundation’s Indicator Project</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Holly St. Clair, Data Services Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council--Boston</p>
<strong>5.40 Round-Table Discussions / Q&amp;A  <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/session2-Q-and-A-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1248" title="audio" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Icon_External_Link_MP3-1.png" alt="audio" width="13" height="12" /></a>
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<strong>6.00 Concluding Observations – Day 1</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Professor Rob Kitchin, Director, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, NUI Maynooth</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Denis Rooney CBE, Chair, International Fund for Ireland</p>
<strong>8.00 Reception and Conference Dinner</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After dinner speaker: Dr. Tim O’Connor, Secretary-General to President McAleese’s Office and former Southern Joint Secretary of the North/South Ministerial Council</p>
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<h3>Online Follow-up Discussion</h3>
Questions:
1. What changes, if any are required at government level (local, regional and/or national) to redress the current economic climate?
2. What opportunities exist for developing a shared services agenda? In terms of governance, are there specific issues that need to be addressed to faciliate such an agenda?
3. What role has data to play in driving a shared services agenda? Are there specific indicators required to support such an agenda? And if so, how best can these be collated?