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| Time | Session | Chair |
| 09.00 | Registration |
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| Tea/coffee | ||
| 09.40 | Session 1 | |
Opening and Introductory remarks Prof Jim Walsh, Vice-President, Ms Helen Johnston, Director, |
Mr Gerry Mangan, Office for Social Inclusion, Department of Social and Family Affairs |
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| 10.00 | Mapping Poverty: National, Regional and County Patterns Prof Christopher T. Whelan, Prof James Williams and Ms Sylvia Blackwell, |
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| 11.10 | Tea/coffee |
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| 11.30 | Session 2 | |
Other Perspectives on the Spatial Distribution of Poverty Dr Caroline Paskell, Mr Trutz Haase, |
Prof. Rob Kitchin, Director, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis |
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| 12.45 | Lunch |
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| 14.00 | Session 3 | |
Workshops on the Spatial Dimension of Poverty |
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(i) Measures of Spatial Deprivation in Northern Ireland Mr Robert Beatty and Dr David Marshall, |
Ms. Patrice Kieran, ADM/CPA | |
(ii) Poor Neighbourhoods Dr Mary Corcoran, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth Dr Brendan Bartley, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth |
Ms. Noreen Kearney, Kathleen Howard Foundation |
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(iii) Small Area Statistics: Irish Spatial Infrastructure Initiative Dr Ronan Foley, Department of Geography & National Centre for Geocomputation,
NUI Maynooth |
Dr. Chris Van Egeraat, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis |
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| 15.20 | Tea/coffee |
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| 15.40 | Session 4 | |
Poicy Implications of the Research Mr Jim Walsh, Combat Poverty Agency Panel:
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Ms. Helen Johnston, Director, Combat Poverty Agency |
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| 16.45 | Conclusion and Close of Conference |
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