Belfast: State of the City I - 2004

Held in April 2004 at the Northern Ireland Science Park, the first State of the City conference was a great success and provided a strong basis from which to build upon. Transcripts of key note speakers and their presentations are available below.

Speakers

Nigel Hamilton

Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

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Bob Kerslake

Keynote speakers and Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council since 1997.

Download Bob Kerslake's presentation (PDF - 1.36MB)

Professor Michael Parkinson

Director of the European Institute of Urban Affairs department at Liverpool John Moores University. Previously director of the ESRC research programme on cities and scientific director of the Urban Audit which created a database of European cities for the European Commission.

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Kevin McGovern

Project Director for the Belfast City Masterplan for Colin Buchanan's and Partners.

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Professor Peter Tyler

Director of Studies in Land Economy and Economics at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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Conference report

Provides a summary of the days proceedings.

Download the 2004 conference report (PDF - 691KB)

Contact us

Policy and Business Development Unit
Development Department
Belfast City Council
Cecil Ward Buidling
4-10 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BP

Tel: 028 9091 8764
Email: sotc@belfastcity.gov.uk