Theme: The Legacy of Probation

Sue Raikes, Chief Executive, Thames Valley Partnership
Recycling Advise, Assist and Befriend

Heather Loxley, Regional Director (London), Rainer.
The contribution of the voluntary sector - a historical perspective

Cedric Fulwood, Cheshire Probation Board.
Is it appropriate to order Corporal Punishment with Probation?

Theme: Developing Professionalism: 1900s - 1960s

Maurice Vanstone, Swansea University
The Moral Exhortation to Folk Theorising: The Semi-Professionalisation of the Probation Service

Lol Burke, Liverpool John Moores University
The Probation Officer as Social Worker: The Rise and Demise of the Casework Ideal

Fergus McNeill, Glasgow School of Social Work
Probation in Scotland - Past, Present and Future

Further speakers to be confirmed.

Theme: Radicalising & Diversifying 1960s to 1980s

Professor Mike Nellis, Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde
Images of Probation in Popular Culture

Harry Fletcher and Vicky Boroughs, NAPO & Unison
Changing Lives: Reflections on an Oral History of Probation

Phillip Whitehead, University of Teeside/ Probation Officer
Thinkers and probation practice: a look back at key contributors

Theme: Assessing Community
Provision since 1990

Paul Cavadino, Chief Executive: Nacro
Community Provision and the
Voluntary Sector

Professor Hazel Kemshall, De Montfort University
The Impact of Public Protection on
Community Provision

Hindpal Singh Bhui, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and University of Hertfordshire
Moving Forward on Race Equality and Diversity in Probation

Theme: International Dimensions

Gerhard Ploeg, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice, Norway
Community-based Sanctions in Norway and the Netherlands: A Comparison

Pavel Stern, Probation and Mediation Services, Czech Republic

Professor Rob Canton , De Montfort University
Penal Policy Transfer: European Reflections

Plenary Session
Chaired by Professor Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnardo's

Theme: Looking to the Future

Steve Collett, Chief Officer, Cheshire Probation Area
Moving Beyond the Traditional: Probation in a Local Criminal Justice Service

Tony Grapes, National Offender Management Service
End-to-End Offender Management; Essential Vision or Naive Idealism.

Mark Leech, Editor, Prinsons Handbook
What can the voice of the ex-offender tell probation?

Christine Lawrie, Probation Boards Association
Confidence and Realism: Taking a Long-term View

Professor Paul Senior, Sheffield Hallam University
Modernising Probation: Paradoxical Outcomes?