2020 Digital Conference

2020 Digital Conference 30 September – 3 October

1 2020 Digital Conference Changing for Good

I would like to warmly welcome members and stakeholders from all parts of Wales to ’s 2020 Annual Conference.

We meet for a conference like no other at a With just seven months until the Welsh General time like no other. Election, I am more determined than ever that Plaid Cymru leads the next government. Not Our nation has faced much adversity and for the sake of winning, but for the sake of uncertainty in recent months. everyone whose future depends on leadership with more ambition, imagination, and The pandemic which has come to define every determination to create the Wales we all know aspect of our lives has not gone away and is we can be. unlikely to do so any time soon. We may not be able to meet face to face, but That is why we were determined to come up in this digital age, we can keep having those with an innovative way of allowing members to conversations that will engage and inspire continue to meet, to debate and explore ideas more people than ever before to join our about how we create a better future for Wales, campaign. whilst ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Let’s change Wales for good, together. This virtual conference will no doubt be different – tinged with the disappointment of not being able to embrace old friends and meet new faces, but nevertheless a crucial forum for discussing how we move forward to create a ‘new normal’ that is fairer, greener, and , Leader Plaid Cymru. more prosperous than the status quo.

2 2020 Digital Conference Plaid Cymru Timetable

Wednesday 30th September

19:00 19:30 Adam Price Speech in Conversation Sian Gwenllian MS with Angharad Mair

Thursday 1st October

17:30-19:00 19:00-19:45 A Wales for Everyone LGBTQ+ Rights panel discussion and Issues with our Sections in Modern Wales Chaired by MS with Plaid Pride

17:30-18:15 19:45-20:30 It’s not “either or” Wales, it’s us! How to create a fair private Welsh and BME, reaching out rented sector without pitting for diversity with Plaid BME tenants and landlords against each other with the NRLA 19:45-20:30 17:30-18:15 Why Join a Union? Spain, Democracy and With Undeb the National Question 20:30-21:15 18:30-18:40 Pub Quiz Speech MS 20:30-21:15 19:00-19:45 Women and the Councillors Association Workplace with Merched Plaid

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Friday 2nd October

12:50-13:30 16:30-17:15 Wales: Fringe Meetings A Caring Nation discussion session 18:00 Re-imagining the Shape of Any Questions: Health and Care in Wales​ with Parliamentary Leader MP 13:45-14:45 - Facebook Live Event Fringe Meetings 19:00-19:30 14:50-15:30 Leader’s Speech Post-Covid Wales: A New First Minister for a New Building Back Better Wales: Adam Price MS

15:35-16:20 Fringe Meetings

Saturday 3rd October

12:20-13:00 15:40-16:40 18:45-18:55 A Fulfilling Education Fringe Meetings Speech An Opportunity for All MS 17:15-17:55 13:10-14:10 The Disunited Kingdom: 20:00 Fringe Meetings Forging a Four Nation Future Art Wales Online Art Auction 14:30-14:40 18:00-18:40 Speech The Independence Leanne Wood MS Commission: Towards an Independent 14:45-14:55 Wales Speech MS

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Communities and Cymunedau a Covid: Covid: What’s Next? Beth Nesaf?

Community activity has been essential Mae gweithgarwch cymunedol wedi bod yn in helping us cope with the impacts hanfodol i’n helpu ni i ymdopi ag effeithiau from Covid-19. Covid-19.

This event will hear from two different Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn clywed gan ddwy community initiatives about the work they do fenter gymunedol wahanol ynghylch y gwaith and how they and similar organisations provide maen nhw’n ei wneud a sut maen nhw a vital support in so many Welsh communities. sefydliadau tebyg yn darparu cymorth hollbwysig mewn cynifer o gymunedau yng Nghymru. Chaired by: Cadeirio gan: Mabon ap Gwynfor Friday 2nd October Dydd Gwener 2il Hydref 4.30pm 4.30yp

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Who are Pwy yw CECA Wales? CECA Cymru?

The Civil Engineering Contractors Mae’r CECA Cymru yn cynrychioli 60 Association (CECA) Wales represents o gwmnïau contractio peirianneg sifil 60 of Wales’ largest and smallest civil fwyaf a lleiaf Cymru. Busnesau gyda engineering contracting businesses throsiant blynyddol cronnus dros with a cumulative annual turnover in £1bn ac yn cyflogi dros 6,000 excess of £1bn and employing over o bobl. 6,000 people. Mae ein haelodau yn adeiladu’r Our members build the infrastructure seilwaith y mae angen ein cenedl that our nation needs to prosper. i ffynnu.

029 2081 1116 [email protected] www.ceca.co.uk @ceca_wales

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Thursday 17:30 Thursday 19:45-20:30

A Wales for Wales, it’s us! Welsh and BME, reaching out Everyone, for diversity with Plaid BME panel discussion with our Sections – Chaired by Leanne Wood Why Join a It’s not Union? With Undeb “either or” How to create a fair private rented sector without pitting tenants and landlords Thursday 20:30-21:15 against each other with the Residential Landlords’ Association Pub Quiz with Plaid Ifanc Spain, Democracy and the National Question Women and the Workplace with Merched Plaid Thursday 19:00-19:45

Councillors Association

LGBTQ+ Rights and Issues Issues in Modern Wales with Plaid Pride

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Friday 13:45-14:30 Friday 15:30-16:15 Saturday 13:00-13:45

‘Back the Bill’ Leave No-one Citizens a Right to Housing for All with Tai Pawb Behind: Advice Cymru: Making Change Happen Taxing Times: It’s not “either or” – How to with the Older People’s Commissioner What does Covid19 mean for create a fair private rented the future of Council Tax in sector without pitting tenants Wales? and landlords against each Building other with the Residential Landlords’ Association Back Well: British Heart How it will be achieved by a Foundation Building a better Plaid Cymru Government Wales Friday 16:30-17:15 with CECA Saturday 15:40 – 16:25 Community Banc Cambria Pharmacy Wales GOOOOOAALS! Communities in sustainable development with Hub Cymru Africa and COVID – what’s next with Building Communities Trust

#Diverse5050 with the Women’s Equality Network

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Thursday 17:30

A Wales for Spain, Everyone, Democracy and panel discussion with our Sections the National Chaired by Leanne Wood Question What are the issues facing Why does the Spanish the diverse membership of state have such a problem our country and party and regarding the Basque Country how can we tackle them and Catalonia? Spanish centre together? We can begin by left, centre right and far right connecting and supporting parties are united in defending Party members through the unity of Spain and in their work with our Sections. opposing any referendum Through the work of our on Catalan independence. Sections we can help push The right wing want to roll towards a truly inclusive and back the autonomy achieved welcoming Wales in our party, by the Basque and Catalan communities and country. Parliaments.

It’s not This Fringe will hear from representatives of Bildu, the “either or” radical pro-independence party which has made Join the National Residential significant advances despite Landlords Association to the efforts of the Spanish hear what the UK’s foremost state, and the Catalan Left landlord representative Republican Party, ERC, whose organisation’s policy priorities leader, Oriol Junqueras, is in are ahead of the 2021 jail and who Spain refuses to election. With panellists from allow to take his seat in the Plaid Cymru and the housing European Parliament. sector, this event promises to reveal much about ambitions for the private rented sector for years to come.

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Thursday 19:00-19:45

Councillors level and to shape policies Why Join a within Plaid Cymru. Our core Association aim is the establishment of an Union? independent Welsh Republic With Undeb This association was which is equal, socially just formed to aid Plaid Cymru and fair. We will discuss the benefits in fulfilling all our aims in and positives of joining Local Government, including a Union and how being a County, Town and Community It’Spai union member can help Councils. The association Thursday 19:45-20:30 during your employment. assists every councillor We campaign under the currently elected on behalf Plaid Cymru umbrella on of Plaid Cymru on every level Wales, it’s us! trade union issues within our of local government. We also Welsh and BME, reaching out own unions and the wider work as a research body for diversity with Plaid BME workers’ movement. We on behalf of our councillors are active in campaigning and help to coordinate Plaid Plaid BME is pleased to for equality within the Cymru’s work in councils present our section here at workers’ movement. Winning across our country. Join the fringe. We aim to engage, organised workers over. the Plaid Cymru Councillors empower and advocate BME Association during this voices in Welsh politics, to Sections Fringe evening. build a Wales that is truly representative of all its people. Our section wants LGBTQ+ Rights to begin the conversation on our place in Wales, our and Issues identities and how we can in Modern Wales engage others in better with Plaid Pride representing seldom heard parts of our communities. Speaking with LGBTQ+ We are also keen to work Candidates and with other marginalised Representatives we discuss voices in recognition of the navigating the political intersectional nature of our landscape and the issues that struggle toward developing a we face. How we can support Wales where everyone has an members of Plaid Pride and equal chance of succeeding, empower them to become through education, party activists. Our work is to employment, housing and champion LGBTQIA+ rights at representation in decision a Welsh, European and Global making.

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Thursday 20:30-21:15

Pub Quiz Plaid Ifanc

A pun based quiz and social event for Plaid members. Test your knowledge, meet members a fun time guaranteed.

Women and the Workplace with Merched Plaid

“I don’t think that elected politics is in general, family friendly.” MS cites parenthood as one of the reasons for not seeking re-election in the May 2020 Senedd Elections. Merched Plaid invites its members to explore the issues around returning to work after maternity/paternity leave; balancing work, life and politics; the difficulties facing women in politics. The discussion will be led by an elected politician.

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Friday 12:30-13:15

‘Back the Bill’ Building a better Community

Wales is in the midst of a Wales with CECA Pharmacy Wales housing crisis. Is what we build and how we build it “fit for the future”? Community Pharmacy Conference season 2020 Wales would like to invite comes at a critical point, At the start of the new you to attend a discussion not just for the Welsh decade we already faced of our manifesto for the housing sector but for many challenges in terms of Welsh Parliament election in equality and human rights “building a better Wales”. The 2021, and issues relating to – more especially in the pandemic has brought many community pharmacy arising light of COVID-19 where the of the challenges we face from Covid-19. importance of staying at into even sharper focus. In home has been central to all some cases it drives greater public health messages. For urgency, in others it may drive too many people, ‘home’ is us towards other solutions. insecure, unaffordable or unfit The issue of climate change for purpose. was considered an emergency prior to the pandemic. Our panellists will make the How we consider social case for fully incorporating the and environmental issues Right to Adequate Housing alongside economic ones is into Welsh Law which we also an issue which has come believe is the ambitious step more to the fore. needed to end the housing crisis, providing accessible This session will consider the and sustainable housing role of infrastructure, buildings options for everyone in and housing in supporting Wales. Hear from some of how we live our lives in the Wales‘ leading housing and future. homelessness organisations:

Alicja Zalesinska Director | Tai Pawb

John Puzey Director | Shelter Cymru

Matt Dicks Director | CIH Cymru

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Friday 15:30-16:15

Leave Building Back Communities No-one Behind: Well and COVID – Making Change Happen How it will be achieved by a with the Older People’s Plaid Cymru Government what’s next Commissioner With Building Communities Join us to hear Plaid Cymru’s Trust Join the Older People’s Shadow Economy Minister Commissioner for Wales, Helen Mary Jones MS outline Community activity has been Heléna Herklots, and Rhun ap how a Plaid programme of essential in helping us cope Iorwerth MS, Shadow Minister government will rebuild Wales’ with the impacts from COVID. for Health and Finance, to economy in light of Covid-19. As we move into a phase discuss the Commissioner’s With rising unemployment, where economic and health latest report Leave No- changes to the labour market, crises combine, community one Behind, which outlined and a reduction in economic organisations have a major the significant impact that productivity and output what role to play in promoting local Covid-19 has had on older measures will Plaid Cymru wellbeing and resilience. people, and set out the action introduce in Government needed as we move forward to ensure economic growth This event will hear from to ensure that older people and properity that embeds two different community can participate fully in Wales’s sustainabilty and equality initiatives about the work they recovery and can access any across Wales? Sponsored by do and how they and similar support they may need over the CIPD Wales, and chaired organisations provide vital the winter months. by Director of Deryn, and support in so many Welsh former Plaid AM, . communities This session will focus on how we make change happen The event will be chaired by over the coming months and Mabon ap Gwynfor; other priorities for the next Senedd Friday 16:30 – 17:15 speakers include Chris Johnes term ahead of next year’s from Building Communities election. Trust, Ceri Cunnington from Banc Cambria Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog and Claire Pugh from We are Plas Banc Cambria is the Madoc. community bank for Wales. As we move toward getting operational, come and meet some of the Banc Cambria team and hear more about their exciting plans to bring a Welsh owned, Wales-focused, not for profit community bank to every part of Wales. 13 2020 Digital Conference Fringe Guide

Friday 16:30-17:15 Saturday 13:00-13:45

#Diverse5050 Citizens Advice British Heart with the Women’s Equality Network Cymru: Foundation

Taxing Times: British Heart Foundation To what positive measures What does Covid19 mean for Cymru representatives will be must political parties the future of Council Tax in joined by two key clinicians commit to ensure diverse Wales? representation at the Senedd from across Wales and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Minister and in local government? The Coronavirus pandemic for Health, Rhun ap Iorwerth Following the publication of is having an unprecedented MS. The future of a Heart the report from the Committee impact on household finances. Disease Delivery Plan is for Senedd Electoral Reform, Despite interventions to uncertain, but it is vital that a coalition of 16 organisations protect people’s incomes Welsh Government commit representing approximately and give them options to to a strategic direction for 17k people are calling for reduce their costs during the diagnosis, treatment and strong action with their the pandemic, we are seeing care of heart and circulatory #Diverse5050 campaign. This people affected by the crisis diseases beyond 2021. fringe will discuss how quotas, who are struggling to make Panelists will aim to cover publication of diversity data ends meet. and a commitment to change three main themes: will all be needed to see a With Council Tax being the 1. The early detection and truly diverse Senedd. number one debt issue for the management of high- people Citizens Advice Cymru risk conditions, such Chair: Sian Gwenllian MS helps, policy-makers in Wales as high blood pressure, need to take steps to prevent atrial fibrillation and high Panel: Women’s Equality people falling further into cholesterol Network Wales, Ethnic Youth Council Tax debt as we move & Minorities Support Team into the next phase of the 2. Equitable and timely Wales (EYST), and Race Coronavirus crisis. Join our access to high-quality and Council Cymru. panel including Helen Mary whole system pathways of Jones MS and Delyth Jewel care MS to discuss the future of

Council Tax. 3. The importance and value of using data to drive quality improvement

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Saturday 15:40 – 16:25

GOOOAAALS! in sustainable development with Hub Cymru Africa

In Wales we have a proud tradition of International Development, solidarity and peace. We have an active and diverse sector working on community links, health and fair trade; and this needs to be celebrated. But in 2020 Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement has shown us just how interconnected we are, and how far we have to go to end inequalities internationally in a way that doesn’t perpetrate colonial structures. The wellbeing of Wales depends on global wellbeing. Join Dr Dai Lloyd and Hub Cymru Africa to discuss our vision for a globally responsible Wales.

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