1. Lessons for the Future: Could growth be planned, managed and delivered differently in Ashford? Thursday, 24 th February, 2011, The Stour Leisure Centre, Ashford Ashford Integrated Alternatives (AIA) Research Project

2. Welcome & Introduction Thursday, 24 th February, 2011, The Stour Leisure Centre, Ashford Professor David Butler AIA Project Director, University of Exeter

3. To outline the opportunities and challenges for sustainable development and utility service provision in Ashford and together discuss potential ways forward for the future. Aim

4. 2-year project funded by Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Multi-disciplinary, multi-institution team: –University of Exeter –Cranfield University –University of Surrey –University of Bradford –Imperial College London The project

5. How can the delivery, or potential co- delivery of utilities contribute to a more sustainable and hence a greatly carbon - reduced future? Decision making and the planning process, The scale and value of uniting utilities, Utility delivery processes, Benefits of combined/integrated utility interventions. Key question & themes

6. Interactively: observing progress, conducting interviews, identifying planning pathways, building scenarios, making comparisons. To find the potential for: Ashford’s integrated alternatives! The process

7. Outlines the potential water-energy technology combinations applicable for Ashford, Discusses issues of technical feasibility, implementation and stakeholder engagement. Sarah Ward – University of Exeter & Sandip Deshmukh –University of Surrey The Scale & Value of Uniting Utilities

8. Discusses outcomes from research into the pilot ‘Savings at Home’ combined water and energy retrofit intervention, Provides insight into the potential acceptability of similar schemes. Rachel Macrorie –University of Bradford Encouraging Collective Action

9. Outlines managerial challenges presented by uniting water and energy utilities, Proposes new approaches to implementation beginning in the master planning phase. Andy Davies, Imperial College London Uniting Utilities: Organisationally Practical?

10. Discusses barriers, challenges and influences which have affected the policy framing and delivery of sustainability in Ashford, Explores how these factors might be managed more effectively in future planning processes. Melanie Muro, Cranfield University Effective Decision-making: Toward Adaptive & Adapted Planning

11. 2.00 – 2.15 Welcome & Introduction, David Butler 2.15 – 2.30 The Scale & Value of Uniting Utilities Sarah Ward & Sandip Deshmukh 2.30 – 2.45 Encouraging Collective Action Rachel Macrorie 2.45 – 3.00 Uniting Utilities: Organisationally Practical? Jens Roehrich 3.00 – 3.15 Effective Decision-Making: Toward Adaptive & Adapted Planning Melanie Muro 3.15 – 3.45 Lessons for the Future Response from Ashford & discussion 3.45 – 4.00 Where do we go from here? Concluding remarks, David Programme

12. Lessons for the Future: Could growth be planned, managed and delivered differently in Ashford? Thursday, 24 th February, 2011, The Stour Leisure Centre, Ashford Ashford Integrated Alternatives (AIA) Research Project