Host local authority
Date: Wednesday 29th September 2010
Venue: Culloden Hotel, Belfast
Conference programme
| 9.00 | The Northern Ireland economic context in an age of austerity | |||||||||
| Welcome from the Mayor of North Down Borough Council, host local authority | ||||||||||
| Conference chairman: James Kerr | ||||||||||
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MINISTERIAL ADDRESS Examining the options for mitigating against public spending cuts Sammy Wilson, MP, MLA Minister of Finance & Personnel |
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| Examining the UK’s public finances in an age of austerity Robert Chote Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
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| Economic outlook: Economic recovery in uncertain times Neil Gibson Director of Regional Services, Oxford Economics |
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| Questions & answers / Panel discussion | ||||||||||
| 10.30 | Morning coffee / Networking break | |||||||||
| 11.00 | Reshaping the Northern Ireland economy | |||||||||
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS Deficit Disorder: the Keynes Solution Robert Skidelsky Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick |
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| Maximising the economic gains from devolution Esmond Birnie Chief Economist, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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| North/South co-operaton for economic recovery David Dobbin Chairman, InterTradeIreland |
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| The role of tourism as an economic driver Alan Clarke Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Tourist Board |
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| 12.45 | Lunch / networking break | |||||||||
| 14.00 | Looking towards economic recovery | |||||||||
| NAMA: Implications for Northern Ireland Peter Stewart Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Committee, NAMA |
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| Developing the economic case for shared education Graeme Harrison Lead Author, Developing the Case for Shared Education Report |
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| Examining the options for tackling the budget deficit Victor Hewitt Director, Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland |
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| Questions & answers / Panel discussion | ||||||||||
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| 16.00 | Conference close | |||||||||