5th Annual Conference
South West Futures: economic prosperity, housing and climate change
The South West Observatory is a network of experts working towards a common vision that all policy making in and about the South West is based on sound evidence.The South West Futures conference was held on the 29 February 2008 at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter and brought together policy makers and implementers, information gatherers and analysts to stimulate cross-thematic thinking on the major policy issues facing the region that are likely to be covered in a new Single Regional Strategy: economic prosperity; sustainability and climate change; and housing and population. Knowledgeable speakers and panel discussion considered where we are now and where we might like to be across these themes, so that informed decisions can be made on the appropriate paths to follow from here to an envisioned future.
The day showed the importance of good evidence and analysis through exploring our current understanding of the issues and highlighting known unknowns.
The presentations and Question and Answer sessions are available to download below:
Professor Martin Boddy: Executive Dean - Faculty
of Environment and Technology,
University of the West of England (Bristol) and Chair of the Observatory
Board
Economic prosperity
Jane Henderson • Economic
Prosperity 216 KB PDF document.
Jon Bright • Economic place-making – making a difference 595 KB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Professor Michael Winter OBE • Towards a ‘Sustainable’ Economy 3.6 MB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Housing and population
Professor Glen Bramley • Housing
Challenge for the South West 232 KB Microsoft PowerPoint slide
show.
Sir Chris Clarke OBE • A house Is not a home, Alone 408 KB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Dr Jim O’Brien • Health in the South West 4.2 MB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Climate change and the environment
Dr Richard Cresswell MBE •
Adapting to Climate
Change 8.2 MB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Professor Catherine Mitchell • Climate change and the environment – the role of energy policy 831 KB Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Mark Robins • A 2 (+?) degrees hotter South West 5.2 MB PDF document.
The Question & Answer Sessions • Q & A session transcript 67 kb PDF document
Biographies of the guest speakers are also available from the biographies page. The biographies page requires Adobe Flash Player.
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The annual conference was sponsored by:
