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Speakers

Tom Arthur MSP

Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth

Neil McInroy

Senior Advisor, Democracy Collaborative

Hilary Kidd

Smart Services Director, Young Scot

Alan Anthony

Managing Director, Threesixty Architecture | Scottish Chair, REVO

Deryck Irving

Director Of Strategy & Development, Green Action Trust

Ian Williams

Deputy Director for Homes and Places, The Welsh Government

Chris Story

Associate, Message Matters

Brian Saunderson

Mayor, Town of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

Rozina Spinnoy

Design Strategist and Social Entrepreneur, Placemaking Europe and Director, BIDs Belgium

Prof Carlos Moreno

Associate Professor, IAE, Paris – Panthéon Sorbonne University

Leigh Sparks

Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling | Chair of STP

Phil Prentice

Chief Officer, Scotland's Towns Partnership

Sam Cassels

Place Principle Adviser, Scottish Government

joanne boyle

Regeneration & Towns Strategy Team Leader, Scottish Government

Irene Beautyman

Planning for Place Programme Manager, Improvement Service

Kimberley Guthrie

Strategy and Relationship Consultant, Scotland's Towns Partnership

Nick Wright

Planner, Nick Wright Planning

Jenny Elliott

Smart Places Lead, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Laurence Rockey

Director, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

Ian Gilzean

Chief Architect, Scottish Government

Daniel McKendry

Principal Landscape Architect, Architecture + Design Scotland

Jonathan Guthrie

Director, Public Sector Partnerships Scotland, The Robertson Group

Malcolm Hewines

Partner, Montagu Evans

Fergus Murray

Head of Development and Economic Growth, Argyll & Bute Council

Mhairi Donaghy

Associate Director, Scottish Futures Trust

Liam Turbett

Senior Consultant, EKOS

Nicola Hill

Economic Development Officer, Dumfries and Galloway Council

Ali Harvey

Planning Programmes Manager, The Heritage Council of Ireland

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Stage Host

Peter Duncan

Director, Message Matters

Craig McLaren

Director of Scotland, Ireland and English Regions, RTPI

Cathy Parker

Co-Chair, Institute of Place Management & Research Lead, UK High Streets Task Force

Alan Pert

Deputy Dean, Melbourne School of Design, Australia

Sandy Robinson

Principal Architect, Scottish Government

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North Ayrshire Council

Claire Daly

Head of Policy & Communications, Sustrans Scotland

Nick Bennett

Regional Managing Partner, Audit & Assurance, Azets

Claire Carpenter

Founder and CEO, The Melting Pot Edinburgh

Nigel Patrick

Head, Scotland Team, Cities & Local Growth Unit, UK Government

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Community Land Scotland

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Green Action Trust

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Azets

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The Melting Pot & Coworking Accelerator

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