Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers drawn from academie and leading practitioners in the fields of social capital, learning regions and community regeneration include:
- Mary Hannafin, Minister of Education and Science, Department of Education & Science, Ireland
- Alex King, Deputy Leader of Kent County Council and responsible for policy and performance decisions.
- Dr. David McNulty, Chief Executive, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Richard Yelland, Head of the Education Management and Infrastructure Division, Directorate for Education, OECD
- Brendan Kenny, CEO Limerick Regeneration Agencies
Each day will have two keynote addresses and the concurrent sessions will be will draw from these in two separate streams. One stream will cover the main themes of PASCAL and of the OECD’s HEI/Regional Development programme. The other stream will concentrate on issues associated with developing a European network of learning regions.