(Draft) Timetable for Spring Conference 2007 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea March 22nd to 25th 2007

Note – This timetable reflects the situation at March 1st, 2007. It’s not the final version; a more up to date version will be published nearer Conference and any late changes will be displayed on the timetable notice board at Conference. Everybody attending Conference will be given a printed copy of the timetable when they register.

Time Thursday 22nd March 1200 - 1900 Registration

1300 - 1350 Workshop on motion A1 (SOC report) Towards an Education DVP, 1 of 2, Democracy and the running of schools, Rachel Fryer, Education Working Group Workshop on motion C2 (Tidal generation in estuaries) Basic Media Training, Jim Killock, External Comms Co-ordinator

1400 – 1430 Opening Remarks (Rhodri Griffiths); followed by the GREEN PARTY’s response to the Budget () 1430 – 1550 PANEL DISCUSSION ON SWANSEA LAGOON AND SEVERN BARRAGE

1600 - 1650 Workshop on motions C5 and C6 (1600Climate Change, rain forests and peat and 1625C/C policy simplification) Workshop on motions C1 and C3 (1600Environmental Education and 1620Food in Schools) Fringe by panel speaker; Peter Ormond, MD of Tidal Electric, who are backing the Swansea Lagoon SOS - exploration for oil and gas in Cardigan Bay, Leila Kiersch Fringe by panel speaker

1700 - 1750 PLENARY – SOC REPORT (A1), Emergency Motions

1800 - 1850 Workshop on motion B1 – International Voting Paper – 1 of 2 Workshop on motions C10and C11 (1800West Papua and 1825Road Transport Carbon Emissions Reduction) Personal carbon trading, Chris Keene Let’s Talk: internal communications in the Green Party, , internal comms co-ordinator Improve your public speaking – Ann Were

1900 - 1950 Workshop on motions C8 and C9 (1900Animal experiments and 1925Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay) Green Bloggers; utilising new media, Jim Jepps Campaigning against an energy application, Sarah Longhurst, Environmental Law Foundation Darfur: an environmental crisis, George Graham Carbon Rationing Action Groups, John Ackers Time Friday 23rd March 0845 - 1900 Registration

0900 - 0950 Workshop on motion B1 – International Voting Paper, 2 of 2 Workshop on motions C4 and C7 (0900CO2 reduction targets and 0925ALMOs) Workshop on motion D1 (Leader and deputy leader of the Green Party), 1 of 2 Local Authorities and Schools – Jon Hooper, Association of Green Councillors

1000 – 1150 PLENARY – KEYNOTE SPEECH (1000-1020); Emergency Motions (1020-1030); SECTION C (POLICY)

1200 - 1250 Workshop on motion D1 (Leader and deputy leader of the Green Party), 2 of 2 Towards an Education Draft Voting Paper, 2 of 2, Curriculum for Young People, Rachel Fryer, Education Working Group Free West Papua, Richard Samuelson, Free West Papua Campaign Uranium weapons used by IDF in Lebanon – Chris Busby Young Greens campaigns: Trident and Xenophobia, Francesca Richards, Young Greens

1300 - 1410 PANEL DISCUSSION - LOCALISATION

1420 - 1510 Local Election Agents – Chris Rose, National Election Agent First-timers at conference, Leila Kiersch Education, history and slavery – Jean Lambert, MEP Abortion: how the law still fails women, Natalie Bennett Fringe by panel speaker

1520 - 1650 PLENARY – SECTION B – INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOTING PAPER

1700 - 1750 Meet the MEPs, Jean Lambert, MEP and , MEP Workshop on motions C12 and C13 (1700Climate Change Targets and 1725C/C – adaptation and leadership) Workshop on motions D2 and D3 (YGs constitution and Eligibility to stand for GPEx elections) Freepost scheme, Mark Hill Democracy and Localisation - Shaking Up Politics, Malcolm Clark, Make Votes Count

1800 - 1850 Fundraising across the Party, Mark Hill Workshop on Public Administration Draft Voting Paper Workshop on motions D4 and D6 (Green Islands Network and Procedural motions) The Future Bites Back, Chit Chong General Election framework strategy – Chris Rose, National Election Agent 1900 - 1950 Migration Policy, Jean Lambert, MEP Workshop on motions D5 and D10 (Proxy votes and Final Authority of SOC) Scribus installation, Jim Killock, external comms co-ordinator National Campaigns Forum, Chris Keene Association of Green Councillors business meeting, Jon Hooper AGC

2000 onwards TRACY CURTIS + SEIZE THE DAY

Time Saturday 24th March 0845 – 1900 Registration

0900 - 0950 Workshop on motions C14 and C15 (09009/11 Inquiry and 0925Zimbabwe) Tai Chi with Steve Clegg Workshop on motions A2 and A3 (Policy Committee and Disputes Resolution Committee reports) Workshop on motions D8 and D9 (Associate members – two motions)

1000 - 1150 PLENARY – KEYNOTE SPEECH (1000-1020), SECTION A, A2 &A3 (1020); SECTION D (ORGANISATIONAL)

1200 - 1250 Economic Policy Working Group, Volker Heinemann and Miriam Kennet Radiation, cancer and Trawsfynnyd lake, Chris Busby An introduction to environmental law, Sarah Longhurst, Environmental Law Foundation Learning from the Tories and LibDems, Jim Killock external comms co-ordinator Social aspects, harm reduction and medical application of cannabis, Ingo Wagenknecht

1300 – 1410 PANEL DISCUSSION – ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

1420 - 1510 Young Greens’ National Strategy, Francesca Richards, Young Greens Workshop on motions D7 and D11 (Re-introduce membership cards and Replacing capitations) Trident and Iran: where now for Greens in promoting nuclear non-proliferation, Paul Ingram and Caroline Lucas, MEP Islam and ecology, Derek Wall and Muzammal Hussain Fringe with panel speaker

1520 - 1650 PLENARY – SECTION D (CONTINUED)

1700 - 1750 HUSTINGS FOR VACANT COMMITTEE POSITIONS 1700 - 1750 Local Party Branding, Jim Killock and Graham Lewis 1800 - 1850 A Green Future for Europe, Richard Lawson, joint international co-ordinator Workshop on Culture, Media and Sport Draft Voting Paper Transport Working Group, Jon Lucas and trades unionism - Green Party Trades Union group, Pete Murry Civil Liberties and the war on terror, Anne Gray

1900 - 1950 Peak Oil and Food, Caroline Lucas, MEP Being a local election candidate, Chris Rose, National Election Agent Green Islands Network, Joseph Healy Call for an independent inquiry into 9/11 – Shane Collins WomenByName – empowering women; female councillors’ experiences, Angela Thomson

2030 Green Party Conference Revue

Time Sunday 25th March 0900 - 1100 Registration

0900 - 0950 Workshop on motions C16 and C17 (0900Kurdistan and 0925Workplace bullying) Workshop on motion D12 (Regional Council members to be elected by postal ballot) Tai Chi with Steve Clegg Local election themes and communication, Jim Killock, external comms co-ordinator

1000 - 1150 PLENARY – REMAINING BUSINESS, FAST-TRACKED MOTIONS; EMERGENCY MOTIONS

1200 - 1250 Preparing for Autumn Conference, conferences committee Ethical issues in leadership, Green Economics Institute, Volker Heinemann and Miriam Kennet Paved with good intentions - Land Value Tax discussion, Mark Hill Better Photos for newsletters and press releases, Natalie Bennett

1300 - 1350 Postal voters: why you can't afford to ignore them, Chris Rose Sustainable Economics magazine, Brian Leslie Climate Tipping Point; The Challenge of Survival, Deepak Rughani Parish Councils tackling climate change, AGC, Jon Hooper Young Greens’ new website, Francesca Richards, Young Greens

1400 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE (Leila Kiersch)