SESSION ONE: SETTING THE POLICY CONTEXT Welcome and introduction by conference chair Bill Forrester Chairman NAGTO, and Head of Gypsy and Traveller Unit, Kent County Council

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Communities and Local Government

Questions and discussion with the Minster

Regional requirements Councillor John Reynolds, Chairman East of England Regional Assembly

Moving forward from Accommodation Assessments Speakers Name Title Position

Questions and discussion

SESSION TWO: DELIVERING WITHIN THE POLICY FRAMEWORK Security of tenure Claire Cooper, Head of the Gypsy & Traveller Unit Communities and Local Government

Provision by registered social landlords Fiona Cruickshank, Director for South East, Housing Corporation Pat Niner, Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham

Best practice case study: Bristol City Council Ian Holding, Travellers Co-ordinator, Bristol City Council

Questions and discussion

SESSION THREE: POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Unauthorised sites and enforcement Speakers Name Title Organisation

View from the Equality and Human Rights Commission Patrick Diamond, Strategy Group Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission and Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Director, Policy Network

Questions and discussion

PANEL: Overcoming objections to new sites Chair of panel: Cllr Richard Bennett, Gypsies and Travellers Task Group, Local Government Association Dr Jo Richardson, Senior Lecturer and Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University Ray Smith, Showmen’s Guild Speaker Names, Title, Organisation