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The presentations from the event are now available from the links below, and we have also uploaded a number of Session 2: The effects of the financial crisis on poor, Black and Minority Ethnic communities
Speaker: Karen Chouhan, Equanomics

Session 3: The economic impact of financial inclusion initiatives
Speaker: Dave Roberts, Leeds City Council

Session 8: The links between debt and worklessness: a view from the frontline
Speakers: Vinny Pattison, Ingeus and Paul Nicolson, Zacchaeus 2000

Session 9: Glasgow credit unions serving their city
Speakers: Helen Chalmers, Glasgow Credit Unions Strategy Group Robert Kelly, NHS Credit Union Scotland and North England, Elizabeth Campbell, Castlemilk Credit Union

Session 10: Reflections on the Department for Work and Pensions growth fund
Speakers: John Cray and Colin Purtill, Department for Work and Pensions

Keynote speech: The crisis and what we need to do now
Chair: Damon Gibbons, Chief Executive, Centre for Responsible Credit
Speaker: Reverend Jesse Jackson

Plenary: Creating an effective market: the roles of competition, regulation, self regulation and consumer support
Chair: Damon Gibbons, Chief Executive, Centre for Responsible Credit
Speakers: Ray Watson, Office of Fair Trading; Robert Skinner, Lending Code Standards Board, Paul Rodford, UK Cards Association, Joanna Elson, Money Advice Trust, Oliver Morgans, Consumer Focus

Session 11: Credit where credit is due
Speaker: Ray Watson, Office of Fair Trading

Session 12 Community based advisers: delivering personal and social gains for social housing residents and staff
Speakers: Puck Markham, Community Money CIC and Scott McKinven, Affinity Sutton Housing Association

Session 13: Lessons from the Welsh approach to tackling debt and financial exclusion
Speaker: Martha Da Gama Howells, Welsh Assembly Government

Session 14: Building the Big Society – what role should banks play?
Speakers: Andy Mullineux, Centre for Household Assets and Savings Management,Toby Blume, Urban Forum; Richard Werner, University of Southampton

Session 15: Sustainable and credible credit unions: the experience from three new start mutuals in the South East
Speakers: Adrian Davies and Jenny King, Fair Advantage Limited

Closing plenary: Expanding affordable credit in hard times
Chair: Damon Gibbons, Chief Executive, Centre for Responsible Credit
Panel members: Mark Lyonette, ABCUL, Cllr Richard Lewis, Leeds City Council, Bernie Morgan, CDFA, Lindsay Mackie, New Economics Foundation, Ruth Cooke, Midland Heart Limited

Wednesday 20 October 2010

Opening plenary: Towards a national financial advice service
Chair: Niall Cooper, Church Action on Poverty and CfRC
Speaker: Jim Dredge, Head of Operations and Money Guidance, Consumer Financial Education Body

Session 16: The financial health check: helping people to change their financial behaviour
Speakers: Vivienne Man and Warren Davis, Consumer Financial Education Body

Session 17: Working in partnership to prevent possession in Northern Ireland
Speakers: Janet Hunter and Ursula Toner, Housing Rights Service Northern Ireland

Session 18: Access to affordable credit after growth fund: new challenges for credit unions operating in low income communities
Speaker: Paul Jones, Liverpool John Moores University Research Unit for Financial Inclusion

Session 19: Employment, self-employment and Black and Minority Ethnic debt
Speaker: Omar Khan, Runnymede Trust

Session 20: How the forthcoming changes to credit union legislation could have a positive impact on accessible financial services?
Speaker: Gareth Evans, GRE Consulting

Session 21: Financial inclusion for vulnerable homeowners
Speakers: Naomi Kingsley and Sue Poulter, London Rebuilding Society

Session 22: Unfair credit relationships – how are the courts responding?
Speaker: Guy Skipwith, Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit

Session 23: Are banks being transparent about lending policy and financial inclusion activity? A review of corporate social responsibility reporting
Speaker: Damon Gibbons, Centre for Responsible Credit

Session 24: Friends in need: justice for vulnerable debtors
Speaker: Joanna Kennedy, Zacchaeus 2000

Session 25: Delivering financial capability: what really works?
Speaker: Martha Lawton, Independent Practitioner

Plenary: The debt crisis: what can we do to improve support for debtors?
Chair:: Damon Gibbons, Centre for Responsible Credit
Speakers: Paul Joyce, Free Legal Advice Centres, Ireland, Vida Gow, Citizens Advice Scotland, Fiona Hoyle, Finance and Leasing Association

Session 26: The importance of ethics and evaluation for financial education
Speaker: Prof Toni Williams, University of Kent

Session 27: The consumer credit and insolvency review: where should we focus our attention?
Speaker: Peter Tutton, Citizens Advice

Session 28: Meeting the needs of low income borrowers: how high are the costs of provision?
Speaker: Harry Glavan, Community Development Finance Association

Session 29: Improving practice in the rent to own market
Speaker: Greg Brown, Thrive

Session 30: Delivering debt advice where it is most needed
Speaker: Tobias Stapf, Toynbee Hall

Session 31: Illegal money lending – current context, research, and activity
Speakers: Tony Denny, Illegal Moneylending Team

Session 32: Can payday lending be responsible?
Speakers: Marie Burton and Damon Gibbons, Consumer Focus

Session 33: Providing an alternative to home credit for social housing tenants
Speaker: Nigel Draper, Valleys to Coast and Clare Williams, Moneyline Cymru

Session 34: Using technology to improve scale and reach: a case study
Speakers: Justin Floyd, Red Cloud Technology and Bernie Morgan, Community Developent Finance Association

Closing plenary: Have we learnt the real lessons from the crisis? The role of credit in the new economy
Chair: Bernie Morgan, Community Development Finance Association
Speakers: Mick McAteer, Financial Inclusion Centre, Professor Iain Ramsay, University of Kent, Bernie Morgan, Community Development Finance Association (Chair)