Speakers 2017

Our line-up of specialist speakers included:

Chair: David Henderson, BBC

Session 1: Firm Foundations

Nicola Barclay, HFS Chief Executive
Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities

Session 2: Looking Outward

Ross Martin, Economic Agitator 
Douglas Cochrane, Lloyds Banking Group
Faisal Choudhry, Savills
Ken Gibb, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
Nicola Woodward, Lichfields
Thomas Aubrey, Centre for Progressive Capitalism
Matthew Benson, Rettie
Jonathan Guthrie, Robertson Group

Session 3: Looking Inward

Stephen Good, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
John Forster, Forster Group
Steve Smith, Pixel Image Ltd
Jim Macdonald, Architecture & Design Scotland
Richard Neville, Editor-in-Chief, The Courier and Press & Journal
Alex Orr, Managing Director, Orbit

Session 4: Looking Ahead

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Andy Wightman MSP, Scottish Green Party
Graham Simpson MSP, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party
Kevin Stewart MSP, Scottish National Party
Pauline McNeill MSP, Scottish Labour Party

A copy of the conference programme can be found here.