RUSTAT CONFERENCES JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UK North South Divide Conference Report Rustat Conference held on Thursday, 26 November 2015 Rustat Conference rapporteur: Eli Keren www.Rustat.org www.jesus.cam.ac.uk
[email protected] RUSTAT CONFERENCES JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UK North South Divide Conference Report Rustat Conference held on Thursday, 26 November 2015 Table of Contents Conference Agenda 3 Rustat Conferences background and acknowledgements 4 Rustat Conferences membership 5 Executive Summary of conference sessions and discussions 6 Conference Report - Session 1 7 - Session 2 9 - Session 3 11 - Session 4 13 - Session 5 15 Speaker and chairs profiles 16 Participants list 21 2 RUSTAT CONFERENCES JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UK North South Divide Thursday, 26 November 2015 Agenda 08.30-09.20 Registration - Prioress’s Room, Jesus College, Cambridge 09.30 Welcome, Upper Hall, Jesus College, Cambridge Professor Ian White, Master, Jesus College, Cambridge, Chair, Rustat Conferences, Van Eck Professor of Engineering, University of Cambridge 09.35 Overview and Historical Background to North South Divide Chair: Professor Peter Williamson, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; Advisory Board, Rustat Conferences; Fellow, Jesus College - Dr Stephen Caunce, University of Central Lancashire, Historian of the North South Divide 09.50 Northern Powerhouse: Overview of main issues and challenges. Will infrastructure and transport provide solutions? Chair: Professor Peter Williamson - Luke Raikes, Research Fellow, IPPR North - Richard Threlfall,