Association of Police Authorities

Conference programme & workshops

Wednesday 25 November (This programme is subject to change)

Timings

Session

8.30

Registration, tea and coffee Royal Suite Foyer, Ground floor

10:00

Conference opening Royal Suite, Ground floor
Formal conference opening
Rob Garnham Chair, APA
Welcome to Nottingham
John Clarke Chair, Nottinghamshire PA

10.10

Stepping up to the challenge Royal Suite, Ground floor
Rob Garnham Chair, APA

10.30

More for less – delivering value Royal Suite, Ground floor
Efficiency and productivity
Chair: Brian Greenslade APA Board Member (Devon & Cornwall)
Speakers:
Roger Baker HMIC
Michael Urch CapGemini

11:10

The buck stops... where? Royal Suite, Ground floor
Accountability and redress
Chair: Rob Garnham Chair, APA
Speakers:
Victoria Borwick Member, Metropolitan
Stephen Rimmer, Director General Crime & Policing Group, Home Office

11.50

Lifting the burden Royal Suite, Ground floor
Reducing bureaucracy
Chair: Peter Williams APA Board Member (Chair – Surrey)
Speakers:
Jan Berry Reducing Bureaucracy Advocate
Emma Griffiths Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group

12.30

Lunch and exhibition The Arcade and Restaurant, First floor

12.35

Working lunch Hampton Room, First floor
Learning and development
Chair: Peter Thompson APA Board Member (Chair – Durham)
Speakers:
Shelagh O’Leary Service Director for Learning Development and Leadership, NPIA
Stuart Villers NPIA
Adrian Jackson Senior Operations Manager, Skills for Justice
Peter Ward Force Learning and Development Manager, BTP

13:30

Confidence through accountability Royal Suite, Ground floor
Ensuring effective accountability – counter-terrorism and police stops
Chair Paul Murphy APA Board Member (Chair – Greater Manchester)
Speakers:
Lord Carlile of Berriew Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
Mike Franklin Commissioner, IPCC
Craig Mackey Chief Constable, Cumbria
Massoud Shadjareh Chair, Islamic Human Rights Watch
Fraser Sampson Chief Executive, West Yorkshire

15.00

Breakout Discussion Sessions

Session1:

Facilitating Protest

Session2:
Closed Session
Completing the Loop: Collaboration in Prevent Delivery

Session3:

Police authority Improvement and Peer Resource

Session4:

Confidence, Neighbourhood Policing & Redress

Session5:

The future of pay and reward – professionalising the police

Session6:

ISIS: Benefits for Strategy, Procurement and Budgets

16:00

Tea and coffee The Arcade, First floor

16.30

Breakout Discussion Sessions (repeated as above, so each delegate is able to attend two sessions)

17.30

Close of Day 1

19:30

Civic reception Nottingham Castle
Drinks reception hosted by Nottinghamshire Police Authority

20:15

Welcome dinner Nottingham Castle
Sponsored by BT

Thursday 26 November (This programme is subject to change)
Timings	Session
8.30	Registration, tea and coffee Royal Suite Foyer, Ground floor
9.00	Delivering together Royal Suite, Ground floor The partnership agenda Chair: Peter Thompson APA Board Member (Chair – Durham) Speaker: Les Lawrence Chair of LGA Safer Communities Board Case study: Nottingham Crime and Drugs Partnership (CDP) Alan Given Chief Executive, Nottingham CDP Simon Hobbs Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire PA
10:30	Tea and coffee The Arcade, First floor
10.30	Good practice showcase stands open (until 15:45) Breakout rooms, First floor An opportunity to learn about the work of the APA Awards finalists
11:00	Strategic briefings 1-3 Royal Suite, Ground floor
11:00	Briefing 1 Inspections – sharing experiences Chair: Mark Burns-Williamson APA Deputy Chair (Chair – West Yorkshire) Speakers: Malcolm Doherty Chair, Lancashire Miranda Carruthers-Watt Chief Executive, Lancashire Jim Booth Chief Executive, Thames Valley
11:30	Briefing 2 Shaping conservative policing policy Chair: Ann Barnes APA Deputy Chair (Chair – Kent) Speaker: Chris Grayling MP Shadow Home Secretary
12:00	Briefing 3 Shaping liberal democrat policing policy Chair: Ann Barnes APA Deputy Chair (Chair – Kent) Speaker: Chris Huhne MP Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman
12:30	Lunch and exhibition The Arcade and Restaurant, First floor
12.35	Working lunch Hampton Room, First floor (closed session) Serious and organised crime Chair: Paul Murphy APA Board Member (Chair - Greater Manchester) Speaker: Sir Ian Andrews Chair, SOCA
13:30	Strategic briefings 4-6 Royal Suite, Ground floor
13:30	Briefing 4 Policing into the future Chair: Sir Desmond Rea APA Board Member (Northern Ireland) Speaker: Sir Hugh Orde President, ACPO
14:00	Briefing 5 The Policing performance landscape Chair: Barry Young APA Board Member, (Chair – Lincolnshire) Speaker: Denis O’Connor HMCIC
14:30	Briefing 6 The Socio-economic responsibility of policing Chair: Mark Burns-Williamson APA Deputy Chair (Chair – West Yorkshire) Speaker@ Vera Baird MP Solicitor General
15.15	Tea and coffee The Arcade, First floor
15.45	Ministerial keynote address Royal Suite, Ground floor The view from Government Chair: Rob Garnham Chair, APA Speaker: Rt Hon David Hanson MP Policing Minister
16:30	Delivering security gold Royal Suite, Ground floor (closed session) Preparing to police in 2012 Chair Simon Duckworth APA Board Member (Chair – City of London) Speakers: Charles Farr Director General Office of Security & Counter Terrorism, Home Office Richard Sumray APA Representative on HO Engage Board Chris Allison Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan
17:30	Closing address Royal Suite, Ground floor Rob Garnham Chair, APA
17.30	Close of Conference
19:15	Evening drinks reception The Arcade, first floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel Sponsored by Eurocopter
20:00	Gala dinner and the APA Awards ceremony Royal Suite, Ground floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel Compere Dominic Heale News Presenter, BBC East Midlands Sponsored by Northgate Public Services

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