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John Baillie, Chair of the Accounts Commission and David Heald, Professor of Accountancy, University of Aberdeen Business School, as Chair Inspection and regulation post Crerar – what are the changes ahead and how will they benefit and/or challenge public services’ Click here 
Keir Buckhurst, Accenture Transformation of the Delivery of Public Services Click here 
David Walker, Managing Director of Communications and Public Reporting, Audit Commission Will the age of austerity be the centralisers' dream and the localists' nightmare? Click here 
Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council and Councillor David Parsons CBE, Deputy Chairman, Local Government Association Leading Local Government of the Future Click here 
John Tizard Director, Centre for Public Service Partnerships’ and Fiona Blacke, Chief Executive, National Youth Agency A WCL seminar ‘Delivering in partnership with the Third Sector’. PMPA members are welcome to attend More information is available from Deirdre Noonan on 020 7543 5679 or deirdre.noonan@cipfa.org.uk 
Simon Mahony, Audit Commission and Kevin Moynihan, Southern Railway Using information to drive efficiency and effectiveness Click here 
Professor Andrew Gray Being business like but not like a business: the challenge for the management of higher education Click here 
Professor Peter Alcock Devolution or Divergence? Third Sector Policy across the UK, the Implications for Research, Policy and Practice Click here 
Simon Tucker, The Young Foundation and Dr Marc Bailey, Nokia Research Centre, Cambridge UK A Department of Health and PMPA seminar ‘Perspectives on Future Health’ Click here 
Prof Geert Bouckaert, Director of the Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Perspectives on public management reform in Scotland Click here for the SPMN programme 
Dr Catherine Needham, Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London A PMPA and CPSP roundtable discussion ‘Commissioning for Personalisation' Download the event summary 
Janet Grauberg, PMPA, 'Information for decision making' Managing public services in challenging times N/A 
Dan Wellings, Ipsos MORI A Department of Health and PMPA ‘Health in an Information Age’ seminar This latest ‘Health Futures’ seminar will be led by Dan Wellings, Head of Public Health Research at Ipsos MORI. He will draw on Ipsos MORI’s research into public attitudes to the NHS, to the role of GPs in an information age, and the way in which the public regards health information.  
Janet Grauberg, PMPA, 'Information for decision making' A North East CIPFA Region event Click here to download the programme  
Professor Paul Joyce, Liverpool Business School PAC Conference: A PMPA and National School of Government lecture, ‘Skills for tomorrow’s public services’ Click here for more information 
Guest speaker, Professor Paul Joyce, Liverpool Business School. Facilitators; Janet Grauberg, Development Director, PMPA and Francis Coxhead, Programme Director, NSG. A PMPA and NSG workshop, ‘Skills and Universities’ Click here for more information [WORD file 56KB] 
Guest speaker, George Jones, Emeritus Professor of Government, the London School of Economics and Political Science A PMPA workshop, 2009 CIPFA conference: 'Why do we need participatory budgeting, or don’t we?' Click here for more information [WORD file 96KB] 
Dan Wellings, Ipsos MORI A Department of Health and PMPA ‘Health Futures’ TBC 
Ian Carruthers, Policy and Technical Director of CIPFA PMPA Spring Lecture ‘Public Finances in the long term Report to follow  
Denis Smith, Professor of Management at the University of Glasgow PMPA/BT vision @ lunch – Leading in a Crisis Report to follow  
Jill Finney, Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications, British Library A Department of Health and PMPA ‘Health Futures’ seminar Report to follow  
Professor Jan Bebbington, Director of the St Andrews Sustainability Institute PMPA Spring Lecture ‘Sustainable Futures – Climate Change’ Click here for further details [WORD file 42KB] 
Julia Unwin CBE, Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation PMPA Spring Lecture – Sustainable Communities Click here for further details [WORD file 36KB] 
Leo Boland Chief Executive, and Max Wide Executive Director of Organistional Development, of the London Borough of Barnet PMPA/BT Vision @ Lunch: lunchtime discussion Click here for an event summary 
Sir Michael Bichard PMPA AGM Click here for the write up [PDF file 36KB]  
Jake Eliot of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
John Tizard from the Centre for Public Service Partnerships at the University of Birmingham
Will Werry, Chair of the Commissioning Joint Committee
Public Services in a Mixed Economy: PMPA & Partners Roundtable Discussion Click here for Report of the Discussion [PDF file 36KB] 
Sean Lusk, NSG and Rob Hutchinson CBE PMPA/BT Vision@Lunch: Focusing on Outcomes to Deliver Strategy and Partnership Download related article from March 2009 PMPA Review
 
Chris Sayers, BT
Stephen Joyce, Mid Suffolk Council
PMPA/BT Vision @ Lunch: Delivering Citizen Centric Services in a Joined-Up World Click here for an event summary [PDF file 31KB] 
Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Secretary
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, Director, Strategy & Transformation, BT Public Sector
Nigel Kershaw, Chief Executive of Big Issue Invest and Chairman of The Big Issue
Peter Kyle, Director of Strategy and Ente
PMPA/BT Vision at Lunch: Harnessing Third Sector Partnerships to deliver better Public Services Click here for an event summary [PDF file 36KB] 
Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
Chair:Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Constitutional Reform  
Dame Jane Roberts, Chair of the Councillors Commission Modern Councillors  
Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Beyond Liberty Click here for an event summary [PDF file 18 KB] 
PMPA Spring Lecture – Sustainable Communities More information is available from Janet Grauberg on 020 7543 5683/ janet.grauberg@cipfa.org or from Deirdre Noonan on 020 7543 5679/ Deirdre.noonan@cipfa.org 
Professor Peter Jackson, University of Leicester and
Dr Miles Parker, Director of Science at DEFRA
Successful Academic-Practitioner Exchange Click here for an event summary [PDF file 50 KB]  
Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation PMPA Members Meeting Click here for an event summary [PDF file 18 KB]  
Warren Hatter, Director, Public Sector Programme, Forum for the Future Can Local Government Save the Planet? Click here for an event summary [PDF file, 21KB] 
Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School and Caroline Mawhood, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office Governing by Outcomes Click here for an event summary [PDF file, 21KB] 
Barbara Roche, Professor John Wilson, Colin Moore PMPA MEMBERS ONLY LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: Leading and Measuring Improvement in Local Government Click here for an event summary [PDF file, 22KB] 
Ann Blackmore, Kari Hadjivassiliou LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: Adopting Innovation in Government Click here for an event summary [PDF file, 21KB] 
Sandra Nutley Using evidence in the Scottish polity: progress made and opportunities not yet realised  
Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnados In defence of children – the demonized minority Download related article from June 2007 PMPA Review [PDF file, 42KB] 
Professor Donal McKillop and Professor John Wilson Financial Exclusion: Action by Government and the Financial Institutions Click here for an event summary 
UK Auditors-General etc. Internationalising the Accountability Profession: Towards Good Government Click here for an event summary

A PMPA report based on this event is due to be published in November 2007 
Sir Gus O'Donnell The Civil Service The Way Forward Click here for an event summary 
Colin Moore and John Wilson Leading and Measuring Improvement in Local Government
Venue: University of Teesside, Middlesbrough
A PMPA report based on this lecture is now available 
Louise Casey (Anti-Social Behaviour Unit) Creating A Respectful Society  
David Bell Effective Inspection and Regulation in Education, Training and Children's Services PMPA Review article December 2006, click here for details of past editions of the Review 
Cheryl Miller and Richard Penn Managing in a Political Environment PMPA Review article Richard Penn May 2006, Cheryl Miller September 2006, click here for details of past editions of the Review 
Adam Sampson Green and pleasant land: can we address the UK's housing crisis without concreting over the countryside? PMPA Review article September 2006, click here for details of past editions of the Review 
Faith Boardman The CPA Regime: Help or Hindrance? PMPA Review article September 2006, click here for details of past editions of the Review 
Bob Black Public Service Improvement: The Conditions For Success And The Scottish Experience A PMPA Report based on this lecture is now available 
Mike Fogden When is a Customer Not a Customer?  
Professor David Wilson The Case for Penal Abolition in England and Wales Download related article from May 2006 PMPA Review [PDF file, 73K] 
Philippa Foster Back OBE Ethics in the Workplace