Thursday 21st February, 2008

6.30pm

Guests arrive

7.00pm

Drinks reception - Hosted by Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer

8.00pm

Dinner

10.00pm

Close

Friday 22nd February, 2008

8.15am

Arrival and registration with refreshments and a light breakfast

9.00am

Welcome - Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer (Debating Chamber)

9.10am

Opening Address - The First Minister, The Rt. Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP

9.20am

Views from the Committee - Tavish Scott MSP, Convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

9.30am

Views from the business community

-   Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy and chair of the Climate Change Business Delivery Group
- Susan Rice, Chief Executive, Lloyds TSB Scotland
-  Professor John Kay, visiting professor at the London School of Economics and member of the Council of Economic Advisers

10.20am

Discussion Sessions (Committee Rooms)

12.20pm

Feedback and Open Forum (Debating Chamber)

1.15pm

Closing speech - John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth

1.30pm

Closing Remarks - Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer

Session

Minister/MSP host

Chair

1 – “Achieving sustainable economic growth in the life sciences and biotechnology industries”

Paper for discussion session 1 (pdf 32 KB)

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning

John Brown, Chairman, Scottish Biomedical

2 – “Achieving sustainable economic growth in the energy industry”

Paper for discussion session 2 (pdf 30 KB)

Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise , Energy and Tourism

Keith Mitchell, Clyde Blowers

3 – “Achieving sustainable economic growth in the financial industry”

Paper for discussion session 3 (pdf 141 KB)

John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth

Owen Kelly, Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise

4 – “Achieving sustainable economic growth in the tourism, food and drinks industries”

Paper for discussion session 4 (pdf 138KB)

Tavish Scott MSP, Convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee and Maureen Watt MSP, Minister for Schools and Skills

Allan Burns, Chairman, Scotland Food and Drink

5 – “Achieving sustainable economic growth in the creative industries (including electronics markets, digital content and technologies)”

Paper for discussion session 5 (pdf 40KB)

Bruce Crawford MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business

David Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Critical Blue Ltd

6 – “A discussion on the proposed Climate Change (Scotland ) Bill”

Paper for discussion session 6 (pdf 37KB)

Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change

David Sigsworth, Chair, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

7 – “Challenging management conventions in business and government, with practical presentations from two experts”: Mr Stuart Ross of Ross International and Mr John Seddon of Vanguard and visiting professor at the LERC, Cardiff University

Paper 1 for discussion session 7 (pdf 134KB)

Paper 2 for discussion session 7 (pdf 23KB)

David Whitton MSP, Member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee and Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Early Years

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