Conference programme & workshops
| Wednesday 24 November (This programme is subject to change) |
| 8.30 |
Coffee and Registration |
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| 10:00 |
Purpose: Formal Conference Opening
Format: Welcoming Speeches |
Rob Garnham, Chair, Association of Police Authorities (APA)
Kit Malthouse, Board Member, APA & Chair, Metropolitan Police Authority |
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| 10.10 |
Plenary Session –
21st Century Policing - the Government’s Intent
Purpose: An opportunity for the Minister to inform delegates about the Government’s proposals for police reform shortly before the publication of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill and for delegates to pose questions and discuss reform with the Minister.
Format: A key note address followed by Q&A. |
Session Chair: Rob Garnham, Chair, APA
Speaker: Rt. Hon. Nick Herbert MP, Minister of State for Policing, Home Office |
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| 11.00 |
Plenary Session – Reforming Police Accountability
Purpose: An opportunity to listen to and engage with key policing policy thinkers and leaders from the UK and the USA as the Government finalises its proposals for the reform of local police accountability This session will explore the key risks and opportunities within reform and how effective checks and balances might mitigate those risks.
Format: Session speakers followed by a panel discussion and Q&A |
Chair: Kit Malthouse, Board Member APA & Chair, Metropolitan Police Authority
Speakers:
Chuck Wexler, Policing Expert, Police Executive Research Forum, USA
Blair Gibbs, Head of Crime & Justice Unit, Policy Exchange
Sir Hugh Orde, President, ACPO
Sir Denis O’Connor, HMCIC, HMIC
Stephen Kershaw, Director of Police Reform & Resources, Home Office |
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Session 1:
Leadership
Chair: Paul Deneen, Board Member, APA & Member, West Mercia Police Authority
Speakers: Mike Hay, Hay Group & Peter Neyroud, Chief Constable, Review of Police Leadership & TrainingPurpose: Who leads leadership? Can the existing model deliver force transformation and what should it look like? |
Session 2: Transition
Chair: Barry Young, Board Member, APA & Chair Lincolnshire Police Authority
Speaker: Miranda Carrathurs-Watts, Chief Executive, Lancashire Police Authority Purpose: To explore how authorities can transition to the new governance arrangements and what support they need to do this. |
Session 3: Organised Crime Chair: Paul Murphy, Board Member, APA & Chair, Greater Manchester Police Authority
Speakers: Richard Riley, Head Organised Crime & Protective Services, Home Office
Purpose: To update on the development of the new Organised Crime Strategy, to be published early in the new year and the related design of the National Crime Agency. |
Session 4:
Local Partnerships
Chair: Diana Holl-Allen, Board Member, APA & Member of West Midland Police Authority
Speakers: Nick Budden, Superintendent, HMIC, John Kennedy, Head of Innovation Unit, Ministry of Justice & Cllr Duwayne Brooks, Deputy Chair of the LGA Group Safer & Stronger Communities Board
Purpose: Big Society: the localism agenda and re-thinking partnerships. |
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| 2.30pm |
Keynote Speech – The Shadow Home Secretary
A speech and Q&A session with the new Shadow Home Affairs team
Format: Key note address followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Mark Burns-Williamson, Deputy Chair, APA & Chair, West Yorkshire Police Authority
Speakers: Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Shadow Home Secretary
Vernon Coaker, MP, Shadow Minister for Policing |
| 4.00pm |
Plenary Session: New National Landscape
Purpose: To debate the Government’s proposals for the new national landscape, including the proposed National Crime Agency, and how these proposals can best preserve the tripartite nature of UK policing
Format: Session speakers followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Paul Murphy, Board Member, APA & Chair, Manchester Police Authority
Speakers: Sir Ian Andrews , Chair, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) Board, Stephen Rimmer, Director General, Home Office, Nick Gargan, Acting Chief Executive, National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) |
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| Thursday 25 November (This programme is subject to change) |
| 8.15am |
Coffee and Registration |
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| 9.00 |
Plenary Session:
Leadership & Change – The Future
Purpose: A opportunity for delegates to discuss how the local voice should continue to shape the policing landscape in our current, rapidly changing landscape
Format: Plenary speech followed by Q&A |
Chair: Ann Barnes, Deputy Chair, APA & Chair, Kent Police Authority Speaker: Baroness Ruth Henig of Lancaster, President, APA
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| 9.45 |
Key Note Speech: 21st Century Policing – A Liberal View
Purpose: To communicate and explorethe Liberal Democrats’ priorities for the Home Affairs, Justice and Equalities agenda throughout this Parliament
Format: A key note address followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Brian Greenslade, Board Member, APA & Member of Devon & Cornwall Police Authority
Speakers: Tom Brake MP, Co -Chair, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs, Justice and Equalities Committee |
| Session 5: Innovation
Chair: Delyth Humfryes, Board Member, APA & Chair, Dyfed Powys Police Authority
Speakers:Andrew White, Chief Executive, Hertfordshire Police Authority & Tim Ellis, Business Development Director, KBR
Purpose: To learn how to apply innovation and good Value for Money practice to your authority. |
Session 6: Managing Risk
Chair: Peter Williams Board Member, APA, & Chair, Surrey Police Authority
Speaker: Alison Bolton, Chief Executive, Surrey Police Authority; Dr Lynn Drennan, Chief Executive, Alarm
Purpose: To explore the tension between short and long term objectives in the context of a challenging Value for Money environment. |
Session 7: Collaboration & Procurement
Chair: Jane Kenyon, Board Member, APA & Chair, North Yorkshire Police Authority
Speakers: Bethan Page-Jones, Head of Cost Effectiveness, NPIA, Richard Bennett, ISIS Programme, NPIA, Candace Bloomfield-Howe, Kent & Essex Procurement Unit & Mark Gilmartin, Chief Executive, Kent Police Authority
Purpose: To consider the proposed ‘duty to collaborate’, the new Collaborative Police Procurement Programme and current good practice |
Session 8: Olympics – 2012 Security Planning Chair: Simon Duckworth, Board Member, APA & Chair, City of London Police Authority
Speaker: Peter Maddison QPM, Demand & Resource Project Manager
Olympic Policing Co-ordination Team Team, Paul Regan, Head of Finance & Resources, Olympic Security Directorate
Purpose: Strategic planning update - 20 months out |
Session 9: PA Improvement
Chair: Mark Burns-Williamson, Deputy Chair, APA & Chair West Yorkshire Police Authority
Speakers: Sharon Gernon-Booth, Director, Community Safety & Policing, Audit Commission
Purpose: interactive session – what support do Authorities need to help deliver increasing Value for Money?. |
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| 1.00pm |
Strategic Briefing 1: HMIC - Police Authority Inspection
Purpose: Overview of the recent Thematic report on the second tranche of police authority inspections, and how the Valuing the Police Inspections will consider the police authority role in driving Value for Money.
Format: A briefing speech followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Mark Burns-Williamson, Deputy Chair, APA & Chair West Yorkshire Police Authority
Speaker: Zoe Billingham, HMI, HMIC |
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| 1.30pm |
Strategic Briefing 2:
Pay Review
Purpose: We will clarify the objectives and scope of the ‘Review of Pay and Conditions of Employment for Police Officers and Police Staff’ and debate the options for change
Format: Briefing Speeches followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Ann Barnes, Deputy Chair, APA & Chair, Kent Police Authority Speakers: Simon Ash, Chief Constable, Suffolk, Simon Reed, Deputy General Secretary, Police Federation of England and Wales, Caryl Nobbs, Chair, Police Staff Council |
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| 2.00pm |
Strategic Briefing 3:
National Police Air Support Programme
Purpose: To update police authorities on the progress of moves towards national management of all police air assets (fixed wing planes and helicopters)
Format: A briefing speech followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Brian Greenslade, Board Member, APA & Member, Devon & Cornwall Police Authority
Speaker: Alex Marshall, CC, Hampshire & ACPO Chair National Air Support Programme Board |
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| 2.30pm |
Plenary Session: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
Purpose: CSR: cause, impact and the consequences. Our diverse panel of speakers will examine the broad economic context of CSR10, profile risks and debate bold new initiatives required to safeguard the future of policing and deliver value for money.
Format: Plenary speeches followed by Q&A |
Session Chair: Brian Greenslade, Board Member, APA & Member of Devon & Cornwall Police Authority
Speakers: Grahame Maxwell, CC, North Yorkshire Robert Leach, BT, Eleanor Cannell, Home Office, Sarah Cornish, Solutions Director, Criminal Justice, Capgemini |
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| 3.30pm |
Purpose: Formal Close of Conference Format: Closing Address |
Rob Garnham, APA Chair |
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