Local Responses to a Global Crisis: an Ideopolis & OECD Conference
Thursday, 02 July 2009 09:00 - 17:00
Wellcome Collection Conference Centre
Introduction
The 2009 Ideopolis and OECD conference was held at the Wellcome Collection Conference centre on 2 July 2009. There were over 100 delegates attending the day-long event from countries world-wide including Australia, South Africa, Canada, Italy , Spain and the UK, making it a truly international event.
The event in detail
Speakers at the event included:
Rt Hon Ian Austin MP, Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Will Hutton, Executive Vice-Chair, The Work Foundation
Sergio Arzeni, Director of the Centre for Enterpreneurship, SMEs and Local Development OECD
Tomasz Kayser, Deputy Mayor, City of Poznan and Deputy Chairman of the EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum
Ian Bromley, Chief Executive of Creative Sheffield and Chair of International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
Alexandra Jones, Ideopolis Programme Director, The Work Foundation
Conference Chair: Greg Clark, Chair of the OECD LEED Forum on Development Agencies and Investment Strategies and Advisor on City & Regional Development, CLG
The conference launched original research from The Work Foundation and OECD LEED programme on how UK and international cities should be leading the way out of the recession.
The conference focused on:
• What has been the impact of the recession on city economies in the UK and the OECD?
• How are international cities sustaining their economies in the recession? And what can UK cities do to emulate their success?
• How can cities sustain their focus on the long-run drivers of prosperity – such as innovation, skills and ‘knowledge intensive industries – in a recession where there is increased pressure to focus on short-run management?
• How can cities lead the way out of recession?