Friday 9 March Drop‐In Q&A

30 years fighting for a fair, free and open society

ASK AN EXPERT ‐ AUDITORIUM FRINGE SESSION SOCIAL PROGRAMME CONSULTATION Friday 9 March Drop‐in Q&A

Southport Theatre & Ramada Plaza Convention Centre ‐ secure zone

Auditorium Floral Hall Waterfront 6 Marine Suite Promenade Room Hesketh 2 Hesketh 3 Executive Lounge (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (1/F) (1/F) (2/F) (2/F) (2/F) 1430 14 3 0 14 3 0

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Doors open ‐ 16:30 Immigration, refugees Tuition fees in Power for People 1630 16 3 0 & identity 16 3 0 Higher Education and Communities

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First Timers' Reception Reforming business Be a Councillor: What Brexit Means 2030 2030 The Liberal Party & 2030 rates and council tax Women in Local for the North of Women's Suffrage Action for Land Government Book England Lib Dem History 2100 2100 Taxation and Launch Catherine Bearder 2100 Doors close ‐ 20:45 Group Economic Reform ALDC & LGA MEP / ALDE

2130 2130 2130 Liberal Democrats 2200 2200 Quiz 2200 Tickets £7 ‐ available on the 2230 2230 2230 door

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30 years fighting for a fair, free and open society

ASK AN EXPERT ‐ AUDITORIUM TRAINING SESSION FRINGE SESSION MASTERCLASS Saturday 10 March ‐ morning programme Drop‐in Q&A

Southport Theatre & Convention Centre ‐ secure zone Ramada Plaza Auditorium Floral Hall Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Waterfront 4 Waterfront 5 Waterfront 6 Marine Suite Promenade Room Hesketh 2 Hesketh 3 Executive Lounge (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (1/F) (1/F) (2/F) (2/F) (2/F) Doors open ‐ 07:45

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Getting started with 0830 the membership 0830 0830 database

0900 0900 0900 F1 ‐ Opening Ask An Expert Drop‐in Q&A ‐ F2 & F3 Conf. & See the app for Policy Committee 0930 schedule of 0930 0930 experts F4 ‐ Policy motion: Candidate's briefing Speaking in public at Liberty Network Local government Councillor training: for approved First Timers' Tour Membership Being an agent for a selection or at Introduction to Campaign 1000 & housing Getting your building a councillor 1000 parliamentary Effective community 1000 Meet at the info database drop‐in local elections public meetings becoming an Roundtable message right brand candidates campaigning desk session (basic level) approved candidate (basic level) (women only) (by invitation only) Work & Welfare (by invitation only) 1030 F5 ‐ Policy motion: 1030 1030 Spokespeople Q&A Exit from Brexit Ask An Expert Stephen Lloyd, Ben Drop‐in Q&A ‐ Stoneham, Christine See the app for 110 0 F6 ‐ Speech: Jardine (TBC) 110 0 110 0 schedule of Ed Davey MP experts Successful Pick a ward and win 113 0 Masterclass ‐ Ask me for money: 113 0 The new Data Young and winning: Parliamentary 113 0 How to write the Using video to it: winning the Interview skills for F7 ‐ Policy motion: Topic TBC conversations with a Using Connect and Protection develop skills to selection ‐ Foreign Affairs best email and campaign postal vote/the last selection Every child real, live major data to win Regulations ‐ what become a successful kickstarting your Spokespeople Q&A target letters (advanced level) week (women only) empowered‐ Ask An Expert donor you need to know young candidate PPC selection in the 1200 Jo Swinson and (basic level) 1200 1200 education for a Drop‐in Q&A ‐ local elections Shas Sheehan changing world See the app for schedule of 1230 experts 1230 1230

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30 years fighting for a fair, free and open society

ASK AN EXPERT ‐ AUDITORIUM TRAINING SESSION FRINGE SESSION MASTERCLASS Saturday 10 March ‐ afternoon programme Drop‐in Q&A

1300 Alternative War: 1300 Why should anyone 1300 Drop‐in Q&A ‐ Your Life, Your The Power of Green Parents' experience David Howarth and How Russian care about electoral LDEG Annual See the app for Choice ‐ Who Should Campaigning ‐ From Universal Credit and of today's education Bernard Greaves What future for cyberattacks reform? General Meeting schedule of Have the Right to Air Pollution To Welfare Reform system Launch of the new Adult Social Care? threaten Western Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat 1330 experts Die? Energy Liberal Democrat 1330 Liberal Democrat 1330 book “Towards a LGA & ALDC Democracy for Electoral Reform European Group Humanist & Green Liberal Voice Education Liberal Future” Social Liberal & Your Liberal (LDEG) Secularist Lib Dems Democrats Association Forum Britain Pressing topics in 1400 Masterclass ‐ 1400 International 1400 Topic TBC Development Lib Dems in F8 ‐ Policy motion: International 1430 A rural future‐ 1430 1430 Development time to act (Rural Be a councillor: Developing The new Data Designing and communities Local elections: how Media and public 150 0 Could you be an Growing your local Winning in the final approval and campaigning: Raising the money 15 0 0 Protection producing winning 150 0 policy paper) to win over young speaking skills for MP? party six weeks selection advanced literature to win Regulations ‐ what selection literature voters candidates procedures (advanced level) you need to know (women only)

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F9 ‐ Q&A session: Ask An Expert Vince Cable MP 1600 Drop‐in Q&A ‐ 1600 1600 See the app for schedule of F10 ‐ Federal Board experts F11 ‐ Campaign for Pick a ward and win 1630 Countdown to local 1630 Planning and 1630 Gender Balance it: knocking on Unconscious bias ‐ Being an agent for election fundraising: What a good digital winning a selection Business Rates F12 ‐ Consult. Amend.: doors / installing PCA meeting what it is and why it local elections every day from now campaign looks like campaign Review Group GDPR implementation and using MiniVan matters until May (women only) 170 0 F13 ‐ Business (basic level) 17 0 0 170 0 motion: reforming disciplinary

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30 years fighting for a fair, free and open society

ASK AN EXPERT ‐ TRAINING SESSION FRINGE SESSION SOCIAL PROGRAMME Saturday 10 March ‐ evening programme Drop‐in Q&A

Ask An Expert Key Issues In Drop‐in Q&A ‐ Corporate Tax Policy Radical Liberalism ‐ 1830 Undoing the Good 18 3 0 Education for 2018 1830 ‐ informal ONEPOST print and defining what we See the app for Friday Agreement & LDEA Annual consultation postal workshop stand for! schedule of Rights‐Liberties‐ General Meeting Corporate Tax ONEPOST Social Liberal experts Justice Liberal Democrat 1900 Working Group 19 0 0 Forum w. Compass 1900 Education Assoc.

Doors close ‐ 19:30

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The UK's broken 2000 2000 2000 Whisky tasting asylum system: Policy brainstorm: Hosted by Alistair The battle for filling the holes and Macdonald Review Ashdown Prize for Carmichael MP. Bedford Borough fixing the process Lib Dem Women radical thought 2030 2030 Tickets £30 ‐ email: LGA & ALDC Liberal Democrats 2030 Your Liberal Britain [email protected] for Seekers of Sanctuary

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Science and The Northern 2200 2200 Engineering Powerhouse: 2200 reception liberalism enacted, Association of Lib statism writ large or Dem Engineers and a vacuous slogan? 2230 2230 2230 Scientists Liberal Reform

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30 years fighting for a fair, free and open society

ASK AN EXPERT ‐ AUDITORIUM TRAINING SESSION FRINGE SESSION Sunday 11 March Drop‐in Q&A

Southport Theatre & Convention Centre ‐ secure zone Ramada Plaza Auditorium Floral Hall Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Waterfront 4 Waterfront 5 Waterfront 6 Promenade Room Hesketh 2 Executive Lounge (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (LG/F) (1/F) (2/F) (2/F) 0800 0800 0800

Doors open ‐ 08:30

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Ask An Expert 0900 0900 0900 Drop‐in Q&A ‐ F15 ‐ Party See the app for strategy schedule of 0930 experts 0930 0930

Councillor training: F16 ‐ Reports ‐ The new Data using the council to Be a councillor: New ways of 10 0 0 Parliamentary What a good digital Running your local Raising the money Could you be an 10 0 0 Protection campaign 10 0 0 making candidate fundraising in a Parties campaign looks like party to win MP? Regulations ‐ what Intermediate level ‐ Brexit pools more diverse digital landscape Spokespeople Q&A you need to know for elected councillors 10 3 0 F17 ‐ Emergency Tom Brake, 10 3 0 10 3 0 motions or topical Catherine Bearder, issues Dr Julie Smith Left luggage ‐ £2 per bag 110 0 110 0 110 0

F18 ‐ Policy motion: NHS at 70 113 0 113 0 113 0 Ask An Expert Drop‐in Q&A ‐

12 0 0 See the app for 12 0 0 12 0 0 F19 ‐ Speech: Rt schedule of Hon Sir Vince experts Cable MP, Leader 12 3 0 of the Liberal 12 3 0 12 3 0 Democrats

13 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 0 Close of conference ‐ 13:00