1. 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

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

3. Questions and discussion with the Minster

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

5. Moving forward from Accommodation Assessments Speakers Name Title Position

6. Questions and discussion

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

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

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

10. Questions and discussion

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

12. 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

13. Questions and discussion

14. 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