Chairman
Professor Sir Michael Lyons
Chairman of the English Cities Fund and Chair of the Lyons Review
of Local Government Funding
RAPPORTEUR
Mr Stephen Shaw FRGS
London Metropolitan University
UK ADVISOR TO THE 2005 COLLOQUIUM
Mr Greg Clark
Global Practice Advisor; London Development Agency, City and Regional
Development Advisor, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
CANADIAN ADVISOR TO THE 2005 COLLOQUIUM
Professor Betsy Donald
Queen’s University
OPENING OF THE COLLOQUIUM
Ms Sue Essex AM
Minister of Finance, Local Government and Public Services for Wales
SPECIAL SESSION
Speech on video by Baroness Andrews
Mr Richard McCarthy
Director General, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Mr André Juneau
Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada
SPEAKER DINNER 24 NOVEMBER
The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of Cardiff Councillor Freda Salway
SPEAKER GALA DINNER 25 NOVEMBER
Rt Hon Mr Rhodri Morgan AM
First Minister for Wales
BRITISH SPEAKERS (in order of presentation)
Professor Mark Kleinman
Director of Urban Policy, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Mr Roger Blitz
Financial Times
Professor George Hazel OBE
Managing Director, MRC McLean Hazel Ltd
Mr John Sorrell CBE
Chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Professor Gus John
Chair and Chief Executive of the Gus John Partnership
Ltd
Mr Greg Clark
Global Practice Advisor; London Development Agency, City and Regional
Development Advisor, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
CANADIAN SPEAKERS (in order of presentation)
Mr Joe Berridge
Partner, Urban Strategies Inc
Dr Don Drummond
Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group
Professor Lawrence Frank
University of British Columbia
Ms Anne-Marie Jean
Director General, Culture Montréal
Ms Ratna Omidvar
Executive Director, Maytree Foundation
Mrs Marnie Cappe MCIP, RPP
Consultant, Urban Planning
OTHER BRITISH PARTICIPANTS
Ms Helen Beck
London School Economics
Mr John Bridgeman CBE, TD, DL
Treasurer Canada-UK Colloquia
Sir Andrew Burns KCMG
Hon. President, Canada-UK Colloquia
Mr Dan Clayton-Jones OStJ, TD, KLJ, DL
Canadian Honorary Consul to Wales
Mr Neil Chrimes
Counsellor Economic, Science and Trade, British High Commission,
Ottawa
Ms Marion Davies
Spatial Plan Coordinator, Welsh Assembly Government
Dr Grant Duncan
Head of Wales Spatial Plan Unit, Welsh Assembly Government
Mr George Edmonds-Brown
Executive Secretary Canada-UK Colloquia
Mr Tim Faithfull
Corporate Director and Council Member of the Canada-UK Colloquia
Mr Richard Garlick
Editor, Regeneration and Renewal
Ms Shaks Ghosh
Chief Executive, Crisis
Ms Gemma Grimes
Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University
Professor Peter Hetherington
The Guardian
Mr Stephen Hughes
Interim Head of Paid Service, Birmingham City Council
Mr Leighton James
Technology, Information and Safety Manager, Transport
Wales, Welsh Assembly Government
Ms Megan Jones
International Sustainable Development, Welsh Assembly Government
Mr Paul Lewis
Senior Director, Competitive Place, Scottish Enterprises
Ms Marie-Therese McGivern
Director of Development, Belfast City Council
Professor Duncan Maclennan CBE, FRSE
Universities of Glasgow and Ottawa
Ms Juliet Martinez
Spatial Plan Coordinator, Welsh Assembly Government
Professor Kevin Morgan
Professor of European Regional Development, Cardiff University
Mr Paul Orders
Head of Policy and Economic Development, Cardiff Council
Mr Philip Peacock
Chairman Canada-UK Colloquia
Mr David Reddaway CMG, MBE
British High Commissioner to Canada
Mr Keith Thorpe
Head of the Urban Policy Support Unit, Office of the Deputy
Prime Minister
Dr Rhys Williams
School of Business and Economics, University of Wales,
Swansea
OTHER CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS
Mr John Ausman
Director, Northern Europe Division, Foreign Affairs Canada
Mr John Barber
Globe and Mail
Dr Tariq Bhatti
Senior Advisor to Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada
Dr Alison Blay-Palmer
Post-doctoral Fellow, Queen’s University
Professor Neil Bradford
University of Western Ontario and Canadian Policy Research
Networks
HE Mr Mel Cappe
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Professor Tom Courchene
IRPP and Queen’s University
Professor Betsy Donald
Queen’s University
Mr Ken England
Desk Officer – UK & Ireland, Northern Europe Division
(RRN), Foreign Affairs Canada
Professor Jill Grant
Dalhousie University
Mr Dan Henstra
PhD Candidate, University of Western Ontario
Ms Shannon Hines
Cardiff University
Mr Ron Hoffmann
Minister (Political & Public Affairs), Canadian High
Commission
Mr Brian Marcotte
Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation
Department, Government of Alberta
Ms Patricia Rimok
Présidente, Conseil des relations interculturelles
du Québec
Ms Judy Rogers
City Manager, City of Vancouver
Mrs Mary Richard O. M.
President, Circle of Life, Thunderbird House
Councillor Karen Stintz
Toronto City Council
Professor Rémy Tremblay
Canada Research Chair, Université du Québec
at Montreal
Professor Robert Wolfe
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Canadian Coordinator
for the CUKC
