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Speakers
HRH
The Princess Royal
 I
am delighted that HRH The Princess Royal has been invited to speak
at your Annual Conference. It provides a welcomed opportunity to
acknowledge publicly the tremendous support and beneficial partnerships
which have evolved since the inception of the Trust 10 years ago
with members of your Association and colleagues in the health services.
Her Royal Highness looks forward to sharing
with you some of the key achievements of the Trust and challenges
which face us all in ensuring that carers receive the recognition
and support they need as key partners in the provision of care.
Colin Williams, OBE, Director Scotland, The Princess
Royal Trust for Carers
Duncan
MacAulay
 Duncan
MacAulay is currently Head of Operations with the City of Edinburgh
Council, a post he has held since 1996.
Duncan graduated from Stirling University with
a BA in sociology in 1975. That year he joined Barnardos as a Residential
Worker. He then undertook the Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work
at Edinburgh University. Following this, he started as a field worker
with Lothian Region in 1978. He moved to Social Work Headquarters
in 1981, holding a number of management positions and was appointed
Depute Director in 1994, moving to his current post at local government
reorganisation.
Duncan was adviser in Social Work to the British
Institute for Learning Difficulties for 6 years during the 1980's
and advised on child care project development for the Social Welfare
Department of Moscow City Council from 1993 - 2001. He became involved
with ADSW in the 1990's and has chaired the Mental Health Group
and served as an Executive member. He became Vice President in 2002.
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Simon
Weston
 Only
a handful of people would have recognised the Simon Weston who headed
out for the Falklands Conflict back in June 1982. But the face of
the Simon Weston who returned from the bombing of the Sir Galahad
is recognised the world over, not for his disfigurement from 46%
burns but for the optimism which he radiates. His determination
has inspired courage and the will to excel in countless others.
He has irrepressible humour, infectious enthusiasm and an immediately
engaging personality.
A native of Mid-Glamorgan, Simon Weston joined
the Welsh Guards in 1978 seeing active service in Berlin, Northern
Ireland and Kenya before setting off to the Falklands which was
to prove the turning point in his life. Following his injuries,
Simon's road to physical, spiritual and mental recovery saw him
active in a number of highly successful ventures including The Weston
Spirit, a Liverpool based young people's charity. He remains a tireless
worker for the Royal British Legion and the Royal Star and Garter
Home. His charitable work earned him an OBE in the 1992 Queen's
Birthday Honours.
Television and radio appearances, including
major BBC documentaries have been complemented by literary success
as a best-selling autobiographer and, most recently, as an author
of fiction.
Now married to Weston Spirit volunteer, Lucy
and with three children, James, Stuart and Caitlin, Simon Weston's
experience is one of triumph over adversity.
His message is one of single-minded determination,
to not only accept what is, but to turn that to your advantage.
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Dr.
Steen Lasson
 Steen
has a PHd in Child Psychology in Denmark and is a past President
of both the Danish and the International FICE and is an honorary
President of FICE International. He is also a bureau member of COFACE
(Family Organisations in the EU) and is currently the President
of this organisation. He is at present a psychological consultant
for child care in Denmark and he is a widely known and respected
professional in the field child psychology/child care.
He is involved with Ministers from European
Governments in negotiations about child care and is also a well
known keynote speaker at conferences in Europe and overseas.
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David
J.R. Strang, QPM, BSc, MSc
 David
Strang has been Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
since August 2001.
He came to Dumfries from Edinburgh where he
was Assistant Chief Constable in Lothian and Borders Police. There
he was responsible for all policing in the City of Edinburgh, including
a number of high profile vents such as the opening of the new Scottish
Parliament and the Millennium Hogmanay Party celebrations. He is
currently chairman of the General Policing Standing Committee of
the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) and
the ACPOS representative on the National Review of Summary Justice.
He is strongly committed to community policing
and to partnership working. In Dumfries and Galloway he chairs the
Alcohol and Drug Action Team and he is an active member of region-wide
partnerships.
He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in Her
Majesty's Golden Jubilee Birthday Honours in 2002.
He was brought up in Glasgow and began his police
career with the Metropolitan Police in London in 1980. He served
in a variety of posts, in uniform and in CID, working mostly in
North and Central London. His final post there was as Divisional
Commander (Chief Superintendent) of Wembley Division in North West
London.
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Mary
Pender Greene, A.C.S.W.
 For
the past eighteen years, Mary Pender Greene has been at the Jewish
Board of Family and Children's Services. She has been Chief of Social
Work Services and Director of Group Treatment for the last ten years.
The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
(JBFCS) is the United States' premier mental health and social service
agency with a century-long tradition of helping families and children.
JBFCS serves more than 68,000 New Yorkers annually in 168 different
programs. The agency's staff of 2,700 professionals includes social
workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, child care workers, teachers,
doctors, nurses and volunteers who serve all racial, ethnic, economic
and religious backgrounds.
As a relationship expert, Ms. Pender Greene
continues to maintain a private psychotherapy practice for adult
individuals and groups. She has made numerous television appearances
on shows that include Good Day New York, Live at Five and New York
One.
Ms. Pender Greene is President of the New York
City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and a
member of the board of trustees of the Association for the Advancement
of Social Work with Groups, a member of the advisory board of the
Kingsboro Community College, and a former board member of the National
Association of Social Workers. She participates on the Advocacy
Committee for Citizens' Committee for Children of New York and is
active in Black Agency Executives, the National Social Work Managers
Network, and the Association of Black Social Workers.
Since receiving her Master's from New York University
School of Social Work in 1974, Ms. Pender Greene has pursued the
study of family and group therapy, multiculturalism in groups, and
eating disorders at such institutes as SUNY Health and Science Center,
the Realization Center, the George Washington University Institute,
and the A.K. Rice Institute.
Fred
MacAulay
 Fred
has made guest appearances on many panel shows, most notably four
times each on 'Have I Got News For You' (most recently in Dec 2002)
and 'They Think It's All Over' (most recently Feb 2003).
Between 1997 and 2000 he co-hosted the hugely
popular 'McCoist And MacAulay'. In addition, Fred has appeared in
more than ten successful series on television in Scotland and the
U.K.
He has hosted BBC Scotland's radio morning show
since June 1997 and is a regular panelist on the prestigious Radio
4 production 'The Newsquiz'.
He is much in demand for after dinner entertainment
and awards presentations throughout the U.K. and he has worked in
America, France, Iceland, Hong Kong, and Australia. Fred is the
Rector of Dundee University.
Fred is also half way through his current tour
of Scotland. "Simply put, Fred is as funny as hell". Edinburgh
Evening Times
Niall
Dickson, BBC Social Affairs Editor
 Niall
Dickson was born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy, Edinburgh
Academy and at Edinburgh University. He taught for two years at
a comprehensive in Edinburgh before joining the policy and research
body, the National Corporation for the Care of Old People (now the
Centre for Policy on Ageing). From there he went to Age Concern
England, first as a Press Officer and later as Head of Publishing.
In 1981 he took over as Editor of Therapy, a
weekly newspaper for the remedial professions, and in 1983 was appointed
Editor of Nursing Times. During his editorship the journal doubled
its circulation and won a string of awards including, on two occasions,
the industry's top accolade 'Business and Professional Periodical
of the Year'.
In 1988 Niall moved to the BBC as Health Correspondent
and went on to become Chief Social Affairs Correspondent. He took
up his present post as Social Affairs Editor in 1995. He now heads
a team of more than 80 journalists covering all aspects of social
policy from the environment, criminal justice and health to welfare,
science and religion.
He has been responsible for numerous television
and radio programmes on health and social issues including 'Tug
of Love' on parental kidnapping, 'No Crib for A Bed' on paediatric
intensive care and 'After the Asylum' an analysis of the impact
of community care on the mentally ill. He also wrote and presented
the award winning series 'Safe with Us' a three part examination
of the last government's health service reforms.
His television documentaries have included the
Panorama 'Out of Sight Out of Mind' which reported on high security
mental Hospitals and 'NHS On the Bone', an examination of the origins
of the health service, part of the BBC 2 history series Leviathan.
In 1999 (repeated in 2000) he presented 'The
Healers' on Radio 4, which examined the lives and careers of the
members of various health professions. Last year he presented 'Harsh
Realities' another Radio 4 series, which discussed the dilemmas
facing health professionals.
In 1997 he won the Charles Fletcher Medical
Broadcaster of the Year Award from the British Medical Association,
and in2002 won a nomination in the Royal Television Society Awards.
Niall Dickson is a Visiting Fellow of the Office
for Public Management, he is married, lives in Kent and has three
children.
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Stephen
Jardine
 Stephen
Jardine is one of Scotland's most experienced broadcasters. After
starting his career as a radio journalist, Stephen moved to Scottish
Television as an on-screen reporter. He then joined GMTV as the
station's Scotland Correspondent before moving to Paris as Europe
Correspondent. Returning to GMTV in London as a roving correspondent
and presenter, Stephen covered stories ranging from the Lockerbie
trial and the death of the Princess of Wales to the Cannes Film
Festival.
In 2000, Stephen returned to Scotland as a presenter
with Scottish Television. Since then he has fronted the daytime
talk show 'Room at the Top', the motoring series 'Wheel Nuts' and
the entertainment show 'Rich Gifted and Scots'. Stephen is currently
presenting the live current affairs series 'Seven Days', the flagship
news programme 'Scotland Today' and filming a new documentary series
for transmission in the Autumn.
Stephen recently received the Royal Television
Society's regional presenter of the year award and was described
the 'The Scotsman' as "the most distinguished television presenter
outside London".
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