Day one

Tuesday 15 June 2010

From 08.00

Registration and Information Desk
The Edinburgh International Conference Centre

09.00 - 17.30

9.00 - 17.00

Exhibition viewing and cash catering
(Cromdale and Strathblane Halls)

Mini Theatre Session 1 - Carrick 2 & 3
Mini Theatre Session 2 - Harris 1 & 2
Mini Theatre Session 3 - Ochil 1 & 2

9.45- 10.30

Meet the Minister (Sidlaw Auditorium)

The new Consumer Minister Edward Davey will speak for about 15 minutes, followed by a question and answer session chaired by David Sanders, chairman of TSI. The meeting will end at 10.30 giving you time to move to the opening of conference and first main plenary.

10.00

Consumer Challenge Quiz Semi Finals (Tinto/Moorfoot)
Quizmaster: Liz Barclay, Honorary Member TSI, Broadcaster and Journalist

10.30

Official Opening of Exhibition (Cromdale Hall)
David Sanders, TSI Chairman

10.50 - 12.30

Opening of Conference (Pentland Auditorium)
Performance by The Mary Erskine's School
Baroness Crawley, President, Trading Standards Institute
Philip Buckle, Director, Electrical Safety Council

After the recession - a new economic order?
Conference will spotlight the delivery challenges and opportunities for trading standards and partner regulatory services under a new Westminster Government. With the threat of a double dip recession and the need to re-build our economy, how do we grasp the initiative to design the future and deliver?
Facilitator: John Stapleton, Honorary TSI Member, Broadcaster and Journalist
Ron Gainsford, Chief Executive, Trading Standards Institute
Dr Heather Clayton, Senior Director for Consumer Market Group, Office of Fair Trading
Mike O'Connor, Chief Executive, Consumer Focus
Teresa Perchard, Director of Policy Information, Citizens Advice
Professor Andrew Scott, Professor of European Union Studies: Dean International (Europe), University of Edinburgh

13.00

Speakers' Lunch (By invitation only)
(Mezzanine Level -1)

13.45- 14.45

TSI Leadership Masterclass (Pentland Auditorium)
Squaring the circle - how to halve the cost of a prosecution and double its chances of success.

With budgets tight and economy of resources a priority this workshop is aimed at providing a step by step guide to maximising both the effectiveness and efficiency of trading standards prosecutions. Principal speakers David Groome and Ari Alibhai, specialist trading standards/intellectual property barristers from QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers, will lead the workshop by setting out a case study designed to highlight areas during both the investigation and eventual prosecution of a defendant where costs can be reduced without any negative impact on the quality of the evidence presented. In the second part of the seminar, representatives from FACT and the BPI will set out what assistance and support they can provide in copyright and trade mark prosecutions.

The workshop will conclude with a confiscation based quiz, designed to test your knowledge of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, with the winner receiving a brand new lightweight “Netbook” computer.

David Groome, Barrister, QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers
Ari Alibhai, Barrister, QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers
Helen Saunders, Head of Internet Investigations, Anti Piracy Unit, BPI
James Angell, Director of Business and Legal Affairs

Organised and delivered by QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers, BPI and FACT

Session Sponsors

14.15

Consumer Challenge Quiz Final (Tinto/Moorfoot)

15.00 - 16.00

TSI Leadership Masterclass (Pentland Auditorium)
Leading Professional Standards
Cambridgeshire County Council/ACTSO/TSI learning from local authorities who are implementing the trading standards qualifications vision and strategy, to produce competent professionals.

Peter Heafield, Vice Chairman, Trading Standards Institute and Head of Trading Standards, Lincolnshire County Council
Leon Livermore, Head of Trading Standards, Cambridgeshire County Council
Phil Owen, Education and Training Manager, Trading Standards Institute

Organised and delivered by

15.00

Playsafe Judging by Roland Earl, Director General British Toy and Hobby Association; Keith Lister, Toy Safety Advisory Service; Jerry Burnie, Toy Safety Advisor and Mike Drewry, Trading Standards Institute

Sponsored by

British Toy and Hobby Association