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Summer Conference 2016 Britain's Future, Labour's Organised with: SUMMER CONFERENCE 2016 BRITAIN’S FUTURE, LABOUR’S FUTURE Saturday 21 May 2016, 09.30-17.00 TUC Congress Centre - 28 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS 9.30-10.20 REGISTRATION | Tea and coffee 10.20-10.45 WELCOME Congress Hall Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) Massimo D’Alema (president, FEPS and former Prime Minister of Italy) Seema Malhotra MP (Labour MP, Feltham and Heston) 10.45-11.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Gordon Brown (former Prime Minister) Congress Hall 11.30-12.30 MORNING PLENARY ‘Should we stay or should we go now’: What should the left decide? Congress Hall Sir Vince Cable (former secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, Liberal Democrats) Caroline Flint MP (Labour MP, Don Valley) Baroness Jenny Jones (Member of the House of Lords, Green Party) Tim Montgomerie (columnist, The Times) 12.30-13.30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS It’s the economy, stupid: what’s best for jobs and growth? Congress Hall Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour MP, Birmingham Ladywood) John Mills (director, Labour Leave) Lucy Anderson MEP (Labour MEP, London) Vicky Pryce (economist) Chair: Michael Izza (chief executive, ICAEW) The jury’s out: can the campaigns persuade the ‘undecideds’? Interactive session Council Chamber Antonia Bance (head of campaigns and communications, TUC) Brendan Chilton (general secretary, Labour Leave) Richard Angell (director, Progress) Chair: Felicity Slater (executive member, Fabian Women’s Network) Drifting apart? The four nations and Europe Meeting Room 1 Nia Griffith MP (Shadow secretary of state for Wales and Labour MP for Llanelli) John Denham (director, University of Winchester’s Centre for English Identity and Politics and former Labour MP) Johanna Baxter (former Scottish Labour MSP candidate) Lee McGowan (senior lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast) Chair: Neena Gill MEP (Labour MEP, West Midlands) Europe in the world: what’s best for UK security and influence? Invision Suite Catherine West MP (Labour MP, Hornsey & Wood Green) Ivana Bartoletti (chair, Fabian Women’s Network) Suzanne Evans (parliamentary spokesperson, UKIP) Elizabeth Quintana (director of military sciences, RUSI) Chair: Sophy Gardner (former Labour PPC for Gloucester and ex-RAF operations officer) 13.30-14.30 LUNCHTIME AND FRINGE SESSIONS The state of the race: arguments, tactics, personalities and polls Council Chamber Ania Skrzypek (senior research fellow, FEPS) Adam Ludlow (senior consultant, ComRes) Cordelia Hay (associate director, BritainThinks) Matthew Laza (director, Policy Network) Chair: Sarah Waite (political adviser, Labour) 13.30-14.30 LUNCHTIME AND FRINGE SESSIONS cont. Fabian Women’s Network fringe: What do women stand to lose or gain from Meeting Room 1 Brexit? Anna Firth (co-chair and founder, Women for Britain) Lucy Thomas (director, Britain Stronger In Campaign) Kymberly Loeb (senior research executive, BritainThinks) Sue Cohen (Women’s Budget Group) Chair: Paulina Jakubec (Fabian Women’s Network) Young Fabian fringe: What is the future of the youth movement? Invision Suite Martin Edobor (chair, Young Fabians) Caroline Hill (chair, Young Labour) Bex Bailey (former NEC Youth Rep) Chair: Ria Bernard (vice-chair, Young Fabians) 14.30-15.30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS The party of democracy: do we need a new charter for political reform? Congress Hall Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour MP, Stalybridge and Hyde) Alexandra Runswick (director, Unlock Democracy) Stephen Bush (special correspondent, New Statesman) Ellie Reeves (member, Labour’s National Executive Committee) Chair: John Rentoul (chief political commentator, The Independent) The party of community: devolving real power to places and people Council Chamber Jim McMahon MP (Labour MP, Oldham West & Royton) Liz Kendall MP (Labour MP, Leicester West) Cllr Bob Price (leader, Oxford City Council) Chair: Ed Wallis (editorial director, Fabian Society) The party of labour: how should the left respond to the changing world of work? Meeting Room 1 Yvette Cooper MP (Labour MP, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) John Park (assistant general secretary, Community) Norman Pickavance (leader: brand, culture, innovation, Grant Thornton and chair, Fabian Society Retail Industry Taskforce) Christine Armstrong (co-founder, Jericho Chambers) Chair: Cameron Tait (head of the Changing Work Centre & senior research fellow, Fabian Society) The party of fairness: fresh principles for tax and welfare reform Invision Suite Margaret Hodge MP (Labour MP, Barking) Owen Smith MP (shadow secretary of state for work and pensions and Labour MP, Pontypridd) Polly Toynbee (columnist, The Guardian) Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) Chair: Sarah Sackman (lawyer and former parliamentary candidate) 15.35-15.55 AFTERNOON BREAK | Tea and coffee 16.00-17.00 CLOSING PLENARY Congress Hall Future Left: can Labour respond to a changing society? Angela Eagle MP (shadow first secretary of state and shadow secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, and Labour MP, Wallasey) Keir Starmer MP (Labour MP, Holborn & St Pancras) Ayesha Hazarika (former Labour adviser) Phil Collins (writer, The Times) Chair: Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) .
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