ACSeS Conference Programme Announced
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2008 ACSeS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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TUESDAY 25th NOVEMBER
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18.30
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Warwick Castle – Tour, Supper and Entertainment
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WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER
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9.00 - 10.00
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Registration and Coffee
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9.30
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President opens the Exhibition
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10.00 - 10.15
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President formally opens the Conference and sets the theme
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TO HEAR GOOD COUNSEL. OH WHAT LEARNING IS! (Romeo and Juliet)
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10.15 – 11.15
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Plenary Session Local Government in a Changing World
(Sponsored by Weightmans)
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Keynote Speaker
Professor John Bennington -
Warwick Business School
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11.15 - 11.45
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Coffee/Exhibition
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11.45 – 12.45
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Plenary Session.
Governance and Conduct in Partnerships
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Tony Redmond –Local Government Ombudsman and Glenys Stacey – Standards Board for England
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12.45
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Lunch/Exhibition
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14.00 - 15.30
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Plenary Session
Influential Leadership – Lessons from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
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Olivier Mythodrama
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15.30 - 16.00
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Tea/Exhibition
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16.00 – 16.30
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Plenary Session
Update on Powers/Vires Issues
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Stephen Cirell – Eversheds
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16.30 - 17.15
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Workshops
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1. Rebooting Local Government? Life after the LGPHIA 2007'
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Nicholas Dobson – Pinsent Mason
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2. "Knowledge is Power - an update on Information Management Law"
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Graeme Creer – Weightmans Simon Charlton Weightmans
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3. TUPE, Secondment, Two Tier and Pension issues arising in Strategic Partnering/Outsourcing Contracts.
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Mark Greenburgh, Sarah Sasse and Andrew Hodge –Wragge & Co
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4. Community Asset Transfers
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Mark Johnson and Peter Hill – TPP Law
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19.15 Annual Reception Sponsored by 39 Essex Street
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20.00 Annual Dinner Sponsored by 39 Essex Street
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THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER
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9.00 – 9.30
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ACSeS AGM
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9.30 – 10.15
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Plenary Session
Top 10 Cases of 2008
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Keynote Speaker
James Goudie QC
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10.15 – 11.00
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Plenary Session
The Information
Management Agenda in
2008 and Beyond - a
View from the ICO.
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Graham Smith – Deputy Information Commissioner
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11.00 – 11.30
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Coffee/Exhibition
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11.30 - 12.15
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Workshops
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5. Elections in the 21st Century
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Robin Hooper – HBJ Gateley Wareing
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6. Climate Change and Local Authorities
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Stephen Matthews - Nabarros
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7. JV Structures -Local Authorities as Entrepreneurs – are Lawyers Missing the
Party?
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Malcolm Iley/Helen Randall – Trowers & Hamlins
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8. Local Government Reorganisation 2006-2008: Critical Analysis and Implications
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Professor Steve Leach and Professor Michael Chisholm
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12.15 – 13.00
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Workshops
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9. Shared Services – Shared Success or Shared Survival? – with particular reference to Legal Services
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Bethan Evans – Bevan Brittan
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10. Recent Developments on Bias and the Code of Practice
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Richard Clayton
QC – 39 Essex Street
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11. Benchmarking - is it worth the effort?
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Judith Barnes – Eversheds
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13.00 – 14.15
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Lunch/Exhibition
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14.15 - 15.00
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Workshops
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12. Current Welsh Legal Issues
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Julie James – Clarkslegal
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13. ACSeS Member Development- ‘to thine own self be true’
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Claer Lloyd Jones – Rockpools
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14. Measure for Measure: The Consequences of Job Evaluation and Single Status
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Jennifer Jones - Everatt & Co
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15. Comprehensive Area Assessments
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Roger Hamilton – Audit Commission
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15.00 - 15.20
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Tea/Exhibition
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15.20 - 16.00
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Plenary Session
Governance +
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Peter Keith-Lucas – Bevan Brittan
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16.00
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Close of Conference
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