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Delegate Registration Opens Business Breakfast sponsored byWTLS Marketplace open for delegates to network, visit the Towns Showcase, exhibition stands and arrange one2one meetings.

Official Opening of the World Towns Leadership Summit 2016 Opening Remarks from the Summit Chair, Ross Martin, Chief Executive SCDI & Keynote Address from Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland

World Towns Leadership Summit 2016 - Setting the Scene In discussion with Ross Martin Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive The City of Edinburgh Council Michael Smith, Chair International Downtown Association (IDA) & President Charlotte Center City Partners USA Professor Leigh Sparks, Chair Scotland’s Towns Partnership

Getting down to business - Shaping the Agreement Interactive session led by CLES and Architecture & Design Scotland

The Shrinking State and New Economies Michael H Shuman Economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a globally recognised expert on community economics

Comfort Break with refreshments available

11.30am Better Places, Sustainably Connected Tina Saaby, City Architect Copenhagen

11.50am Observations and comments on the morning sessions In discussion with Ross Martin Michael H Shuman and Tina Saaby

TUESDAY 14 JUNE 2016

7pm Welcome Drinks Reception Hosted by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Chambers, The Royal Mile

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WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016

10.45am

WTLS Marketplace open for delegates to network, visit the Towns Showcase, exhibition stands and arrange one2one meetings

1.15 pm Fringe Events Open

• Sustainable and Low Carbon Economies Sponsored by

John Lauder, National Director, Sustrans ScotlandSteve Dunlop, CEO, Scottish Canals

• Healthy places = Healthy peopleMichael Berne, international retail expert discussing healthy retailing practices frommultiple socio-economic perspectivesProfessor Kevin Murray, Founding Chair, Academy of Urbanism and HonoraryProfessor of Planning, Glasgow University

• Voices for the Future, the Next Generation LeadersLed by a Scottish collective including PAS, Business in the Community and StoneOpera Architect features a young Swedish delegation, with input from Kris Larson,CEO of Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, a professional planner, andleader in innovative public engagement approaches aimed at reaching younger,more diverse, stakeholders.

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12.30pm Lunch Sponsored by

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Summit reconvenes

Localism and Towns – a Shifting Power Base Cllr Stephen Hagan COSLA Spokesperson for Development, Economy and Sustainability & Jim Yanchula Deputy City Planner and Manager of Urban Regneration, City of London, Ontario

Urban Connectivity – Growth and Inclusion In discussion with Ross Martin Dominic Booth, UK Managing Director Abellio Brendan Dick, Managing Director for Regions & Scotland BT Maggie Morrison, Director, Public Sector Scotland at CGI Caroline Stuart, Scotland Director Oracle

Comfort Break with refreshments available

What makes a successful town?Professor Cathy Parker, Chair, Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University

Shaping the Agreement further Interactive session led by CLES and Architecture & Design Scotland

End of main sessions WTLS Marketplace remains open for delegates to network, visit the Towns Showcase, exhibition stands and arrange one2one meetings

Conference Drinks Reception at Our Dynamic Earth

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WTLS Round UpProfessor Cathy Parker, Chair, Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityProfessor Leigh Sparks, Chair, Scotland's Towns Partnership Michael Smith, Chair International Downtowns Association and President Charlotte Center City Partners

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Fringe Events

• Creativity, Culture and Heritage Sponsored by

Janet Archer, Chief Executive Creative ScotlandBarbara Cummins, Director of Heritage Management Historic Environment ScotlandCouncillor Mark Macmillan, Leader of Renfrewshire Council on transforming Paisleyin its BID for UK City of Culture 2021Joanne Orr, Chief Executive Museums Galleries Scotland

• Social Integration and MigrationJohn Wilkes, Chief Executive, Scottish Refugee CouncilPetra Biberbach, Chief Executive, PAS

• Tourism Sponsored by

To be announced

THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2016

12.20pm

Business Breakfast sponsored byand WTLS Marketplace open for delegates to network, visit the Towns Showcase, exhibition stands and arrange one2one meetings.

Summit reconvenes Opening Remarks from Ross Martin, Chief Executive SCDI & Jim MacDonald, Chief Executive Architecture + Design Scotland

Transforming Place George Ferguson CBE, former Mayor of Bristol

Collaborative Community to Urban Revival Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana, CEO of the Cape Town Partnership

New Model of Civic Governance In discussion with Ross Martin Andy Godfrey, Public Policy Manager Alliance Boots and Chair, Heart of London Business Alliance Alexander Nicoll, Corporate Responsibility Director Intu Properties plc and Chair ATCM Roddy Smith, Chief Executive, Essential Edinburgh

Harnessing the Private and Social Sector Fraser Kelly, Chief Executive Social Enterprise Scotland Gerry Higgins, Chief Executive CEIS and Director, Social Enterprise World Forum

Closing Remarks of the main Summit sessions

Lunch Sponsored by

Delegates have 3 options

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Comfort Break with refreshments available 10.30am

12pm Tim Tompkins, President Times Square Alliance

Shaping the Agreement further Interactive session led by CLES and Architecture & Design Scotland

1 .15pm Study Tours Sponsored by

– Falkirk Hosted by

– Glasgow Hosted by

– Grassmarket Edinburgh Hosted by

– Haddington Hosted by

– Kirkcaldy by train Hosted by

4pm Summit closes at Dynamic Earth