UK Landscape Conference 2010 - Liverpool November 8, 9 and 10

Programme

Tuesday 9 November, Crown Plaza, Liverpool
Monday 8 November, St George's Hall
18:00	Registration and refreshments
18:30	Welcome to Liverpool Quentin Cooper, Conference Chair Multi-functional Landscapes: a new imperative Merrick Denton-Thompson, OBE, CMLI UK Landscape Awards and dinner Presentation of the 6 shortlisted entries and announcement of the winner. The winner of the UK landscape Award 2010 will be announced at the first evening of the Conference. View all the entrants: www.uklandscapeaward.org/map
22:30	Close
08:45	Registration, tea & coffee
09.15	Opening Remarks Quentin Cooper, Conference Chair
	3 minute view - Wales
09.35	Robin Mortimer, CALR, Defra with contribution from Richard Benyon, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (view on youtube)
9:45	Landscape and Politics Rene Bihan, SWA Group, San Francisco
10:30	Global landscape heritage: challenges in conservation and transmission Dr Mechtild Rössler, Chief, European and North America Section, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
11:00	Refreshment break
11:25	3 minute view – Northern Ireland
	ELC Past, Present and Future Maguelonne Dejeant-Pons, Head of Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division, Council of Europe Maggie Roe, Editor Landscape Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Kevin Bishop, Chair, ICOMOS-UK/IUCN-UK Landscape Working Group
	3 minute view - Scotland
12.05	Planning in the new political landscape Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, IPC Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, DCLG
13:00	Lunch – exhibitions/networking
Case Study Led Practical Seminars
14:00	Session 1 – Winning Landscapes An opportunity for delegates to spend time finding out more about the Landscape Awards shortlisted entries and other case studies which embody the principles of the ELC (each delegate to choose 2 case studies)
15:30	Refreshment break
16:00	3 minute view - England
	Session 2 – Landscape in Practice
	A – Partnerships and funding – Heritage Lottery Fund
16:40	B – Putting a Price on Landscape: valuing ecosystem and cultural services. Led by Landscape Institute, Natural England and ICOMOS-UK/IUCN-UK
17:30	The Making of Scotland's Landscape Dr Iain Stewart, Broadcaster and geologist
17:50	Summary and close Quentin Cooper
19.30	Drinks reception
20.00	Conference Dinner with Simon Schama
Next Day	9:30 – 12:30 Site Visit - specially commissioned boat trip up the River Mersey with relevant commentary on landscape development