April
* APRIL 7
Waterfront conference - Simplifying affordable housing delivery: a manifesto for change
Chair: Gideon Amos, director, Town and Country Planning Association.
Speakers include: Duncan Bowie, principal planner for housing, Greater London Authority; Dick Mortimer, development director, Mosaic Homes; Stewart Murray, head of planning, London Borough of Barnet; and Dennis Seal, managing director, Kier Partnership Homes
London
Tel Waterfront Conference Company
020 77871210
* APRIL 7
Public Management and Policy Association lecture - From white paper to policy in action: reflections on recent experiences in transport
Speaker: Professor Francis Terry, Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, London School of Economics
London
Tel: Sandra Harper
020 7543 5600
* APRIL 7-8
Scottish NHS Confederation annual conference and exhibition - Leading for health
Chair: Sheena MacDonald, broadcaster.
Speakers include: Andy Kerr MSR health and community care minister; Professor David Kerr, chair, National Framework Advisory Group; Dr Erio Zigli, head, World Health Organisation's European office for investment in health and development; and Professor Kathleen Marshall, commissioner for children and young people
St Andrew's
Tel Scottish NHS Confederation
01786 434940
* APRIL 11
CIPFA introduction to NHS finance
Speakers include: Rachel Hardy, West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority; and Steve Astbury, director of finance and information, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
London
Tel Alex Aarons
020 7543 5751
The main event
* APRIL 27
Govnet conference: Effectiveness and efficiency in HR and finance
Speakers include: Michael Frye, HM Treasury's Public Services Productivity Panel Unit; Andrew Budge, head, Corporate Services Change Agent, Office of Government Commerce; Anna Capaldi, director, policy and research, IPF; Rob Pinkham, executive director, Employers Organisation for local government; Tony Dart, director of strategic finance, Highways Agency; Al Collier, head of transformation, Suffolk County Council; Colin Balmer, managing director, Cabinet Office; and Ann Beasley, finance director, Prison Service
London
Tel Sabrina Hartley
0800 542 9585
Most of these activities can count towards CIPFA's Continuing Professional Development scheme. …
