Speakers:

Liz Troni, Senior Researcher, Centre for Cities
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Forward (chair)
Bill Boler, Under Served Markets Project, Business in the Community

This two day conference explored four key aspects of regeneration: community involvement, the private sector, funding and evaluation. It looked at investment in deprived areas and what motivates the private sector to invest, existing funding for community-led groups such as social enterprises and new sources of funding including community development finance institutions.