APSE Annual Seminar 2015
Kindly sponsored by DAF Trucks
This year’s annual seminar will explore the issues of devolution and reorganisation which impact upon APSE member authorities throughout the UK. Exploring the need for innovation and effective demand management in local government services, routes to generating new sources of income and management tools and techniques, to help deliver improved local government services this is a must attend event for senior managers and councillors
Presentations
Session 1: Opening sympssium: Governance, devolution, evolution
Transformation and re-organisation - the Northern Ireland experience
Derek McCallan, Chief Executive, NILGA
Local Government...a continuing story
Neil Barnett, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Faculty of Business, Leeds Business School
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing
Jon Rae, Director of Resources, WLGA
Session 2: Building Social Justice
Stewarding the local economic recovery
Phil Roberts, Corporate Director (Place), City and County of Swansea
Delivering social justice through jobs and skills
Paul Kane,Employability Services Team Leader, North Lanarkshire Council
Delivering on new social housing
Clive Skidmore, Head of Housing Development, Birmingham City Council
Session 3: Delivering Entrepreneurial Local
Nottingham’s approach to a commercial strategy in frontline services
Andy Vaughan, Strategic Director, Commercial and Neighbourhood Services, Nottingham City Council
Caring for older people….. but not through social care
Mark King, Head of Street Care, South Gloucestershire Council
David Melvin, Managing Director, Cordia
Session 5: Local Government Leadership Forum
What it means to Stockton on Tees to be an Ensuring Council
Neil Schneider, Chief Executive, Stockton Council
Delivering on Transformation in North Ayrshire
Elma Murray, Chief Executive, North Ayrshire Council
Session 6: Innovation and demand management
Claire Mansfield, Chief Executive NLGN
Using behaviour change sciences to reduce demand
Toby Blume, Lambeth Council
Jon Dyer-Slade, Transformation Head of Service, Southampton City Council
Session 7: Upping Production; How councils are delivering on the energy challenge
The APSE / Infrangilis Research
Philip Monaghan, Leading Author on Climate Change and Sustainability
Opportunities for civic energy
David Kilduff. Partner, Walker Morris LLP
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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