YOUR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS West Midlands Region

Anthea McIntyre MEP took her seat OBE MEP has also in the as part represented the West Midlands since of the West Midlands MEP team in 1999. As a former Local Government December 2011. She was appointed policy adviser he now has special as the Conservative Employment responsibility for Local Government Spokesman in January 2012. She liaison on the regional MEP team. He WEST MIDLANDS REGION is a member of the Agriculture committee and is the Conservative spokesman on Budgetary Control Deputy Chief Whip. She serves on the Civil Liberties, and serves on the Transport and Tourism committee. ANNUAL CONFERENCE Justice & Home Affairs Committee and the Special Robert Ashman is Field Director for Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and the West Midlands – a role he has held Saturday, 19 October 2013 Money Laundering. since 2009. Noreen Oliver MBE is founder and Grimstock Hotel Chairman of the Burton Addiction Centre. She has worked with Ian Gilson Road Duncan Smith on the recent welfare Richard Ashworth MEP is Leader Coleshill reforms. She is Chair of the Addictions of the Conservative delegation in the Warwickshire B46 1LJ Working Group and in 2010 she was European Parliament. He was first awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Centre elected in 2004 and represents the for Social Justice. South East region. Before entering Sajid Javed became MP for politics he worked extensively abroad Bromsgrove in 2010. He is a former before establishing a farming business in Sussex. Vice President of Chase Manhattan He also developed his own business processing Bank in New York then moved to and retailing dairy products and was chairman of Deutsche Bank, specialising in growing United Milk Plc. business in developing countries. He Afzal Amin is the Parliamentary became Economic Secretary to the Treasury in the candidate for Dudley North – one of Government re-shuffle last year. the Region’s 40/40 seats for the Malcolm Harbour CBE MEP has 2015 General Election. Afzal recently represented the West Midlands left the British Army where he saw since 1999 and stands down at next active service in Iraq and undertook ‘Winning year’s Elections. Before entering three tours of Afghanistan. He has special interest ‘Winning politics he was a partner in a motor in and experience of working across a range of industry consulting company. He is diverse communities. now the Chairman of the influential Internal Market Stephen Gilbert is Director of Campaigning for together Committee and continues his crusade for more open together the Conservative Party. and deregulated markets. Mark Harper MP became MP for Mark Spelman is Head of Global the Forest of Dean in 2005. He is by working Strategy with Accenture. He is a by working a qualified Chartered Accountant member of the CBI taskforce on and had his own practice in the creating a global role for Britain in constituency before entering politics. a new Europe, a member of the together’ He became Minister for Political and together’ World Economic Forum’s Council on Constitutional Reform in 2010 and in the last re- European competitiveness and Vice Chairman of the shuffle became Minister of State for Immigration in American Chamber of Commerce based in Brussels. Bringing members from across the Home Office. He fought the 2009 European Elections on the West the West Midlands together to Midlands candidate team. Mark is regarded as a leading expert on emerging markets. debate, inform and question. Our new look, free, one day Regional WEST MIDLANDS REGION ANNUAL CONFERENCE Conference is open to all members from PROGRAMME across the West Midlands. BOOKING FORM I wish to book places for the Regional conference It brings together key policy and campaign 09.15 Coffee and registration ‘Winning together by working together’ on Saturday 19 October issues for Westminster, Europe and Local 09.45 Chairman’s welcome 2013 at the Grimstock Hotel, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 1LJ. Government in an informative and challenging way under the overall title of ‘Winning 09.50 The Voters’ Concerns – panel discussion Name: Constituency: Position: Delivering quality Local Government services (speaker to be confirmed) Email address: Dietary requirements: together by working together’. Delivering a better deal for business – Anthea McIntrye MEP Delivering a fairer welfare system – Noreen Oliver MBE Name: Constituency: Position: The conference is designed to inform Journalist Chairman (to be confirmed) volunteers and help them address the Email address: Dietary requirements: 10.50 Coffee questions and challenges of electors in 2014 Name: Constituency: Position: – the last major elections before 2015. 11.05 Building an aspiration nation – keynote session Email address: Dietary requirements: Is our economy on the right track? – Sajid Javed MP In an exciting and different range of session Do we have policies for growth? – Malcolm Harbour CBE MEP Name: Constituency: Position: Negotiating the trade agreements for growth – Mark Spelman formats you will have an opportunity to debate Email address: Dietary requirements: and question speakers and, for the first time, 12.15 Working with you for the West Midlands in Europe. Name: Constituency: Position: meet the new Conservative candidate team The West Midlands Euro Campaign strategy – Philip Bradbourn OBE MEP Email address: Dietary requirements: and Robert Ashman and meet your new Euro candidate Team for the 2014 European elections. Name: Constituency: Position: 13.00 Lunch Thanks to the on-going support of our Email address: Dietary requirements: with guest speaker Richard Ashworth MEP outlining his Vision for the UK Region’s MEPs we can provide the in Europe and what needs to change. Name: Constituency: Position: Sponsored by conference and all the refreshments free Email address: Dietary requirements: of charge to members. Name: Constituency: Position:

Please tell all your members about this Email address: Dietary requirements: 14.40 The 2014 Campaign Challenges exciting and interesting day and book your Reaching out to all communities – Afzal Amin Name: Constituency: Position: The issues concerning electors and how we respond – Stephen Gilbert places as soon as possible. Email address: Dietary requirements:

I look forward to seeing you and your 15.45 Ministerial Interview Name: Constituency: Position: Mark Harper MP in interview with a journalist on the Government’s members at the conference. Email address: Dietary requirements: immigration achievements.

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Please return booking form to Karen Grinsell, The MEP Team, 285 Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common Warwickshire CV7 7EL or email [email protected] Chairman, West Midlands Region Thank you for supporting the conference