24th March 2000 Lord Falconer, the Minister responsible for the Millennium Dome, is scheduled to make the keynote speech at a major, national conference on urban regeneration being staged at De Montfort University in Leicester on 3 and 4 May, 2000. Funding the Future, which will be chaired by De Montfort Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Chiddick, will include experienced developers, investors and professional advisers together with senior public sector figures successfully involved in major mixed regeneration projects. Their papers will deal with current best practice and new ideas and initiatives for attracting private sector funds to assist in the regeneration of UK cities, including proposals recently recommended by Lord Rogers' Urban Task Force. There will be a presscall to interview Lord Falconer during the morning of the first day of the conference.
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