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This conference took place on 28th November 2006.
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Chairs and speakers include:
Profiles
David Curtis-Brignell - Chairman, The Tourism Society
 David's long career in travel and tourism began in British seaside resorts and includes nine years at the English Tourist Board (where among other things he started what is now the British Travel Trade Fair) before moving into the commercial world. His roles have included Director of Marketing and Sales at Best Western, senior roles at Flag Hotels, Europ Assistance and an overseas tour operator before joining Millennium &Copthorne in 1998 where he is Director of Franchising, Branding and Regional Marketing, Europe.
David is currently Chairman of The Tourism Society, an organisation of professionals working in all sectors of the industry. In addition to his role on the Board, he is a Fellow of the Society and his various roles were recognised when he became the youngest person to be included in the Society's roll of honour. The Tourism Society celebrates its 30 th anniversary in 2007.
Married to Marilyn with 2 very tall sons, he lives in Haywards Heath, Sussex.
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Hugo Swire MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
 Hugo Swire is the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He was elected as Member of Parliament for East Devon in 2001. He was educated at Eton and attended St. Andrew's University and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Before entering Parliament Hugo served in the Armed Forces, worked in independent Television and was the first Head of Development at the National Gallery. Latterly he was a Director of Sotheby's, London.
Hugo is one of the country's leading charity auctioneers and has been involved in raising millions of pounds for different charities over the years. Since becoming a Member of Parliament Hugo was appointed PPS to Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2003 and then Opposition Whip to the Department for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He was appointed to the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in December 2002 and the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art, of which he is now Chairman, in 2001.
He is Secretary of the Conservative Middle East Council and a Member of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body. Hugo is also Chairman of the All-Party Political Art Group, Vice Chairman of the All-Party United Arab Emirates Group, All-Party Lebanon Group, All-Party World Heritage Sites Group, All-Party Group on English Beef and Lamb and Treasurer of the All-Party Oman Group. Hugo is on the Advisory Committee of the Airey Neave Trust, President of the Western Area Conservatives Clubs Council, the National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents (Western Branch), Exmouth Conservative Club, Vice-President, Grenadier Guards Association (Wessex Branch), Axminster Young Farmers Club, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Countryside Alliance, the National Farmers Union and the Royal British Legion.
He is an Associate Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is a non-executive Director of PhotoMe International plc and a consultant to Aon Professional Risks. He is married to Sasha, has two daughters and lives in East Devon and London.
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Susan Briggs - Founder, The Tourism Network
 My tourism industry career started in Yorkshire, working for an incoming tour operator, followed by a specialist study tour operator and incentive company in London. I became self-employed as an independent marketing consultant and trainer almost 15 years ago, when I realised that I didn't like making money for my boss and after realising that many attractions, destinations and hoteliers needed help to promote themselves to overseas customers.
Since then I've undertaken projects for organsiations as diverse as national and regional tourist boards in the UK, regional development agencies, major and minor visitor attractions, hotels and destinations.
These have included development and implementation of marketing strategies and campaigns, communications plans, brochure & web site development & analysis, facilitating brainstorms, "marriage guidance" between small and medium businesses and public sector organisations, promoting destinations such as Spitalfields & Brick Lane, multicultural marketing, promoting to groups and the travel trade, developing new ways of targeting VFR business, bringing different sectors like cultural industries and tourism together, developing marketing consortia and speaking at many events.
I've written three books, "Successful Tourism Marketing" and "Successful Web Marketing", both published by Kogan Page and now translated into several other languages, and "English Experiences" a sort of alternative guidebook published by Metro Publications.
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Joan Humble MP - Vice Chairman of the Tourism Committee
 Parliamentary
- Member of Social Security Select Committee 1998-2001
- Member of Dept Work & Pensions Select Committee 2001
Positions Held
- Secretary of the North West Group of Labour MP's
- Appointed to the Chairman's Panel
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Social Services Group
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Myodil Group
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Universities Group
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Childcare
- GroupVice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Learning Disabilities Group
- Member of several All-Party Groups
- Member of the Chairman's Panel
Local Government Experience
- Lancashire County Councillor from 1985-1997 including seven years as Chair of Lancashire Social Services from 1990-1997.
- Member of Policy and Resources Committee, Education, Social Services & Library Committee.
- Member of Lancashire Adoption Panel 1987 - 1997
- During period as a County Councillor, also served for a time as Vice-chair of the North West Association of Social Services Authorities, Chair of Preston District Youth & Community Liaison Committee and as a member of a variety of different voluntary organisations.
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Howard Bernstein - Chief Executive, Manchester City Council
 Sir Howard Bernstein joined the City Council as Junior Clerk, rising to become the Council's Chief Executive in 1998.
Following the terrorist bombing of the City Centre in 1996 he was appointed Chief Executive of Manchester Millennium Limited, the public/private sector Task Force set up by the Government and the City Council to oversee the redesign and rebuilding of the City Centre, a task successfully delivered to critical acclaim on time and on budget.
Sir Howard is known for his business acumen; for forging partnerships with the City's key players; and for successfully attracting millions of pounds into the City. He played a key role in the regeneration of Hulme, the first area in the UK to attract City Challenge status, and subsequent area regeneration initiatives, most recently in East Manchester; in major projects including The Bridgewater Hall, the Velodrome and the Arena, and the new International Convention Centre; the City of Manchester Stadium and SportCity Complex and City Art Gallery.
Sir Howard was instrumental in securing Manchester as Host City for the XVII Commonwealth Games in 2002, which was the largest multi-sport event ever hosted by the UK and the most successful Games ever.
Regular business surveys of the top 100 financial figures in the NW consistently rate him one of the most influential. Recognition of Sir Howard's contribution to Manchester includes being awarded an honorary degree by UMIST in 2003, Manchester University in 2004, Manchester Metropolitan University in 2005 and Mancunian of the Year also in 2003. Sir Howard was knighted for his services to Manchester in the New Year's Honours 2003. The Financial Times group FDI named Sir Howard as their European personality of the year 2004.
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Stephen Shaw - Director of TRaC, Cities Institute
 Steve Shaw is Director of Transport Research and Consultancy (TRaC) and Senior Lecturer at the Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University. He has published a wide range of books and articles on sustainable urban tourism, cityscapes and migrant communities, mobility, social equity and public spaces. In his previous career, he worked for a number of London Authorities as a chartered town planner, and chaired the urban tourism initiative 'Discover Islington'. Steve's current research projects include Accessibility and User Needs in Transport for Sustainable Urban Environments (EPSRC, 2003-7); Sustainable Cities - Policy and Practice (Canadian High Commission, 2005-7); Inclusive and Sustainable Infrastructure for Tourism and Urban Regeneration (EPSRC, 2005-7); Heritage Protection Review: Local Delivery (DCMS/ English Heritage, 2006).
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Dr John Forrester - Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
 John Forrester holds a PhD in Social Anthropology (on sustainable tourism) from the Queen's University of Belfast and an MA in Qualitative Research Methods from the University of York. John has worked as a researcher at the Universities of Ulster, Queen's, Leeds, and York and has taught Science Communication for the Open University. He now works as the Stockholm Environment Institute's York Centre where his work is concerned with matters relating to stakeholder engagement with environment and development planning, particularly with the science behind these issues and the use of evidence-informed data in support of policy making. John has been principal or lead investigator on several projects funded by UK Local Authorities, UK Research Councils; English Nature; Business in the Community; Business in the Environment; UK Climate Impacts Programme; Swedish Ministry of the Environment and currently works on two projects making up part of the EPSRC's Sustainable Urban Environment programme.
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Jon Ladd - Chief Executive, British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA)
 Jon Ladd is the Chief Executive of BURA, the British Urban Regeneration Association, the leading independent organisation for those with an interest in regeneration. He previously worked with English Partnerships and the Commission for New Towns and prior to that was employed within the retail sector of Granada TV.
He has been closely involved in developing BURA's national and international best practice programme and has also led the development of BURA's research arm. Jon oversaw the development of BURA's regeneration training programme, which was launched in 2003.
Jon is a member of the LDA London BIDS advisory panel is the UK representative on the Canadian Brownfields Network.
Jon has had numerous articles and features on key regeneration sector drivers published and is the co-author and editor the BURA Guide to Best Practice in Sport and Regeneration as well as authoring a chapter in the recent SMF publication Regeneration and Responsible Gambling in the UK.
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Johanna Smith - Regeneration Team Leader, Gateshead Council
 Johanna Smith, Regeneration Manager for Gateshead Council. Graduated with a BSc from Hull University in 1993 and Sheffield University with a DipLA MA in Landscape Architecture in 1995. Worked as a Landscape Architect in both the Public and Private Sectors on large scale regeneration schemes though out the North East. In 2002 changed direction slightly becoming Regeneration Manager for Gateshead Council.
In this role have been involved in the development, Project Management, Implementation and successful delivery of Gatesheads Regeneration Programmes and Strategy. This has included the East Gateshead SRB (£30.6m), SRB6 "Gateshead a New Future" (£10.6m), Bridging NewcastleGateshead HMR Pathfinder (£20m - 2003-2006), Single Programme "Central Gateshead" (£8m - 2005-08), the Townscape Heritage Initiative, development of the Town Centre (working with Tescos and ONE north East), the future private sector development of Gateshead Quays II, Baltic Business Quarter and the wider Gateshead Central Area.
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