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SCOTTISH GREENS AUTUMN CONFERENCE 2017 CONFERENCE

LEADING THE CHANGE 21-22 October 2017 Contents 3. Welcome to Edinburgh 24. Sunday timetable

4. Welcome to Conference 26. Running order: Sunday

5. Guest speakers 28. Sunday events listings

6. How Conference works 32. Exhibitor information

10. Running order: Saturday 36. Venue maps

12. Child protection 40. Get involved!

13. Saturday events listings 41. Conference song

22. Saturday timetable 42. Exhibitor information Welcome to Edinburgh! I am pleased to be able to welcome you to the beautiful City of Edinburgh for the Scottish Green Party Autumn Conference.

It’s been a challenging and busy year: firstly the very successful Local Council Elections, and then the snap General Election to test us even further. A big thank you to everyone involved. And congratulations – we have made record gains across the country electing more councillors than ever before!

It is wonderful to see that Green Party policies have resonated with so many people across Scotland. We now have an opportunity to effect real change at a local level and make a tangible difference to people’s lives. At our annual conference we are able to further develop and shape our policies and debate the important questions that form our Green Party message.

On behalf of the Edinburgh Greens, welcome to the Edinburgh Conference. Evelyn Weston, Co-convenor Edinburgh Greens

3 Welcome to our 2017 Autumn Conference!

Welcome! We had a lot to celebrate at last year’s conference, with our best Holyrood election in more than a decade. This year we’ve gone even further, with the best council election in our party’s history. More councillors than with a ban on fracking, better ever, on more councils than support for young carers and ever, and a real opportunity to protection from sanctions, shape politics both locally and and more attention than ever nationally. for Green ideas like net-zero It’s also a time of challenge, carbon emissions, safer streets, with the urgent environmental and universal basic income. and social crises we face That change begins with you, being met with complacency; gathering together to debate and a chaotic and destructive the issues, learn from one Brexit process threatening another, and decide the way to fundamentally undermine forward. Scotland’s right to govern itself. Thanks so much for being here, But Greens in Scotland and and have a great weekend. around the world are showing the ability to inspire change. Maggie Chapman and Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens We’re already making progress, co-convenors 4 Guest Speakers CLAIRE BAILEY We warmly welcome Clare Bailey to conference this year. She was deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland from 2014-17 and was elected as an MLA for South Belfast in May 2016 and March 2017. She was the driving force behind Green Party NI becoming the first pro-choice party in the Assembly, and previously worked for Nexus, a charity supporting those who have experienced sexual abuse and violence. Growing up during the conflict has given her a commitment to human rights and equality. She remains an active campaigner on a range of equality issues. PER BOLUND We’re also delighted that Per Bolund, Swedish minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs will be joining us. Minister Bolund has been at the forefront of designing Sweden’s economic path away from fossil fuels, delivering significant social and infrastructural improvements along the way. Come and hear him speak about being a Green in government and how we can learn from Sweden’s innovative approach to low-carbon economics.

5 HOW Emergency Motions are intended to allow conference to CONFERENCE debate issues that have arisen WORKS since then, and should be sent to [email protected]. The Party’s Constitution and org.uk seven days before the Policy Reference Document start of conference, signed by (PRD) have been voted in, and two people who have been amended, by a succession of members for at least a year. Party conferences on the basis An Emergency Motion relating of one member, one vote. The to events that have arisen since Standing Orders Committee then can be submitted to SOC (SOC) is responsible for ensuring any time up until noon on the conference rules are upheld, first day of conference (also and for guaranteeing its smooth signed by two people who have and democratic running. been members for at least a If you have an issue relating year). Emergency Motions will to conference procedures, be rejected if they could have please raise it with a member been submitted in time for the of SOC. SOC reports directly first agenda, or are not concise to conference, and its annual and focused. report – given during the AGM – must be approved by OFFICE BEARER REPORTS conference. SOC has a table in There is a folder containing front of the stage throughout reference copies of office- conference should you have bearers’ reports and accounts any queries. at the registration desk. Digital copies are also available. MOTIONS Motions have to be submitted LANYARDS / VOTING CARDS 11 weeks before conference, Please keep close watch over amendments five weeks before. your voting cards. Please also The intention is that branches wear your lanyard at all times can debate them and, if wished, and remember to hand them agree proxy votes or branch back at the end of conference. amendments.

6 DEBATES AND VOTING proposed amendment from the Motions are debated and voted floor, as this has not proved to on as follows: be an effective way of deciding • There is a short debate on the party policy. motion itself. • Each amendment is then As a member you may vote at debated and voted on in Yes conference providing that you turn. You have the choice have the red, green and white of voting for, against or voting cards you were given at abstain. registration. Please don’t lose • The final stage is a vote them! They are colour-coded, on the full motion, like traffic lights. as amended (or not amended), and again the Any member who can’t attend choice is between for, Conference may delegate against or abstain. another member to vote on their behalf. This is called a proxy At any point in the debate a No vote. No member may have member may ask (from the more than eight proxy votes. floor) to vote on referring a motion back to the relevant SPEAKING committee. That member Any member may speak during would have to explain a debate. If you think in advance their reasons and another that you’d like to speak, please member would have to fill in a speaking slip and hand it second that proposal. The in to the SOC table as soon as chair may refuse that proposal possible, giving a note of any or may put it to a vote, at expertise or special interest their discretion. Abstain you have in the topic. This will allow the chair Amendments will not be to ensure an equal number of accepted from the floor if speeches for and against, and more than ten members to give priority to those with object, or if the chair background knowledge of the refuses to allow them. subject, rather than just those It is unusual for all other who are better at catching the members to agree to hear a chair’s eye.

7 If you wish to respond to a access to either of these on point being made during the your phone, please ask another debate, raise your hand and member to help, or flag up to you will be called if there’s time. your workshop leader that you Please do not speak unless would like to hear when the called upon and you have the alert for your motion comes microphone. Because of the up. We think this will give size of the auditorium and the conference attendees more number of people attending options and a better experience this year, there will be very little of conference. You can let us time for speakers who have not know whether it worked in filled in a request-to-speak slip. the post-conference feedback You may ask a short question form – or the feedback session of the motion proposer – but (Sunday 2-3pm, Room 3D04). this must be just that – a short question. FRINGES The chair is there to ensure Conference is not just the fair and smooth running of the main sessions organised by session – please respect their the SGP. It is also the fringe authority. meetings and stalls organised by outside groups, where PARALLEL SESSIONS new ideas flourish and where GOING This year council agreed to party members listen to the FOR experiment with running concerns of campaigning and workshops during the voting representative groups. Please sessions. If you would like to take part in them. They are as attend one of the workshops, much a part of conference as GROWTH but are also waiting for a the main sessions. specific motion to come up, please check #SGPConf on VENUE ACCESSIBILITY FRINGE EVENT: The importance of funding higher Twitter or the whatsapp group There are lifts and accessible education in Scotland can be joined by sending CONF toilets on all levels of the venue. as a whatsapp message to The main and lower entrances 12.15 - 1.15pm on Saturday, 21 October in Room 2.D.05 07999 496 980, as there will both have accessible doors. The be alerts a couple of minutes main entrance is accessed by a Join Universities Scotland to find out why it’s crucial in advance of each motion long, shallow shallow ramp and that both teaching and research at Scotland’s 19 higher being called. If you don’t have the rear is at lower ground education institutions are funded sustainably. With Ross Greer MSP. 8 Buffet with fruit juice and hot drinks will be available. level, close to disabled parking TWITTER bays. All plenary sessions The Twitter hashtag for will have BSL interpretation. Conference is #SGPConf Please speak to the conference FURTHER INFORMATION For organiser if you would like BSL any further information about interpretation in any of the conference, please ask at the breakout sessions, as this may registration desk. be possible to arrange. Room 3D12 is a quiet room.

FIRST TIME AT CONFERENCE? There is a special session for people new to Conference, which will be held at 9am on Saturday in Room 2D04.

GOING FOR GROWTH

FRINGE EVENT: The importance of funding higher education in Scotland

12.15 - 1.15pm on Saturday, 21 October in Room 2.D.05

Join Universities Scotland to find out why it’s crucial that both teaching and research at Scotland’s 19 higher education institutions are funded sustainably. With Ross Greer MSP.

Buffet with fruit juice and hot drinks will be available. Running Order: Saturday

8am-9am Registration, crèche and children’s activities open 9am-10.15am Group sessions 1D04 International Committee 2D04 New to conference? 2D05 Disabled Greens 2D07 Highlands & Islands and Rural Greens 3D05 Green Councillors 10.30am-Noon Opening Plenary, Main Hall 1D02 Mary Campbell & Susan Rae Emergency motions Per Bolund Patrick Harvie 12.15pm-1.15pm External Fringe sessions 1D02 British Heart Foundation 1D04 UNISON 2D04 Smart Energy 2D05 Universities Scotland 2D07 Law Society 3D04 Scottish Association for Mental Health 3D05 Nourish 1.15pm-2.15pm Lunch Also: Policy groups 3D04 Turning Scotland into an active nation 3D05 Discussion of the “Energy” policy motion 2.15pm-3.45pm Plenary, Main Hall 1D0 Claire Bailey Breakthrough Campaigns: Ross Greer, Bryan Quinn, Kim Long, Pippa Hadley Maggie Chapman

10 3.45pm-5.30pm Voting, Main Hall 1D02 Adoption of the agenda Changes to General Meeting Standing Orders Policy motions Conference motions 4pm-5.30pm Parallel sessions 1D04 Meet your Green MSPs 2D04 Building a campaign from scratch 2D05 Training Civi CRM 2D07 Training: Working with the press 3D04 Campaigning for change 3D05 Council election campaign 5.30pm-6pm Break 6pm-7pm Fringe Sessions 1D02 Educational Institute of Scotland 1D04 Business Scotland 2D04 Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations 2D05 Planning Democracy 2D07 SCND 3D04 Scottish Young Greens 7.15pm-8.30pm Workshops 1 1D02 Claire Bailey on Europe and Brexit 1D04 The Green Economy of Tomorrow 2D04 Hustings for internal positions 2D05 Trade Union Group 2D07 Women’s Network 8.30pm Close Social events: Ghost Tour Social events: Pub Quiz

11 CHILD PROTECTION What do I need to do? AT CONFERENCE If a child tells you they are at SGP considers all persons actual or potential risk: under the age of 18 children • Take them seriously; for the purposes of this policy. • Don’t ask unnecessary questions; As an organisation that • Don’t promise to keep the has members as young information confidential; as 12, we have a duty to • Make a note using the inform and support all our child’s words and make members in upholding our sure you date the note; child protection policy. The • Contact your branch following will help you to convenor, the Child Rights know what to look for and Volunteer or local social what to do if you have any work department; concerns during conference. • Don’t contact the child’s parents/guardian; What constitutes a risk? • Don’t attempt to • Witnessing an incident investigate the situation; involving a child that • If you are concerned about causes you concern; the immediate safety of a • A child tells you they are child, contact the police. being abused or neglected or are at risk of being If you suspect an adult or abused or neglected; child is posing a risk to child • Someone tells you that a protection: child is at risk of abuse or • Contact your branch neglect, even if the child convenor or the Child has no connection to the Rights Volunteer; SGP. • If you are concerned about the immediate safety of a child, contact the police.

12 NEW TO CONFERENCE? Saturday SGP Fringe events & Room 2D04 If this is your first time at workshops conference then it can be a Full timetable on centre pages bit bewildering! Come along, 9.00am-10.15am get a crash course in how conference works and meet CHALLENGING THE FAR RIGHT other first-timers. International Group Hosted by John Nichol, Hall 1D04 Membership Secretary. The Far Right, including fascism and neo-Nazism, DISABLED GREENS has been making gains DISCUSSION GROUP AND across the world, combining AGM racism with nationalism, Disabled Greens religious fundamentalism and Room 2D05 totalitarianism. The response If you experience barriers of some centrist and even to participation relating to a leftist parties has been to adopt physical or mental impairment some of the same racist and or difference, please come anti-immigrant language. along and join us to discuss However there have also been cross-party campaigning strong voices challenging on disability, new devolved the rise of the Far Right, from benefits, and more. We will also popular mobilisations and from be holding the AGM to elect Green and Left parties. In the a new committee. Remote Netherlands, GroenLinks took participation available. on the Far Right and more than Phyl Meyer, Co-Convenor, tripled its seats in the House of Disabled Greens group Representatives. What can we learn in Scotland from what WINNING RURALLY is happening throughout the Highlands & Islands Greens world to tackle the Far Right? Room 2D07 This is a participatory workshop Fresh from two successful facilitated by members of the election campaigns, Highlands international committee. & Islands Branch want to share 13 Saturday 9.00am-10.15am continued our reflections and work with wondering how to raise a local other Rural Greens to develop issue with your local councillor? best practice. We’ll tell the This is your chance to ask stories behind our winning questions and get involved. campaigns, draw out common factors and take questions. Afterwards there will be a 12.15pm-1.15pm networking session for those SOCIAL SCIENCE: WHY interested in connecting with PARTICULATE MATTER Rural Greens. PARTICULARLY MATTERS Chairs: Sheila and James British Heart Foundation MacKessack-Leitch (H&I co-convenors) Main Hall 1D02 Panel: Cllr Pippa Hadley, co- Join British Heart Foundation campaign manager Roy Brown funded researchers from and Cllr Steve Sankey (via Skype) the BHF Centre of Research Excellence at the University of GREEN COUNCILLORS Edinburgh as they discuss their Green Councillors world-leading research into air pollution and heart disease. Room 3D05 Refreshments will be provided. We now have our biggest ever Speakers: David McColgan group of Green Councillors, BHF Policy and Public Affairs including eight in our host city Manager; Kylie Barclay, BHF of Edinburgh. Come along and Policy and Public Affairs Officer. meet some of our councillors and the organisers who got PUBLIC SERVICES, POVERTY them elected. This informal AND PAY drop-in session is a chance to UNISON grab a coffee, say hello and have a chat. Find out what Hall 1D04 councillors do, how they work, Fighting poverty through high- and what they’ve been doing. quality public services, an Are you interested in organising effective welfare system and fair a campaign, standing for working conditions. election in the future, or just Talk with Q&A session Speakers: Trisha Hamilton; Kay Sillars; Dave Watson

14 HOW CAN SMART Speakers: Professor Gerry TECHNOLOGY HELP McCormac, Principal of EMPOWER SCOTLAND’S University of Stirling and Deputy COMMUNITIES? Convener, Universities Scotland, Smart Energy Room 2D04 AVOIDING A CLIFF-EDGE? Scotland’s energy CITIZENS’ RIGHTS POST- transformation is well under BREXIT way, and the smart meter Law Society Scotland rollout will open up a new Room 2D07 range of possibilities for There is a pledge to safeguard innovation. Join us to hear the rights of EU citizens in from several of Scotland’s the UK and vice versa post- most exciting urban and rural Brexit, but how will these rights energy projects, and discuss the be enforced? And what will opportunities and challenges Brexit mean for our citizens, that smart technology offers communities and institutions? our communities. Join John Finnie MSP, Clare Speakers:Ben Miller, Policy and Bailey MLA and experts from Communications Manager, the legal profession to consider Smart Energy GB; Gordon the impact of Brexit on citizens Cowtan, Smart Fintry; Georgy in Scotland and beyond. Davis, Community Energy Scotland GOING TO BE Scottish Association for Mental GOING FOR GROWTH Health Universities Scotland Room 3D04 Room 2D05 In May, SAMH launched our Ahead of the Scottish new children and young Government’s Spending people’s campaign, Going Review, Universities Scotland to Be. Three children in are making the case for funding every classroom will have for the sector that is sustainable experienced a mental health and will continue to keep the problem by the time they’re 16 higher education sector in with thousands struggling to Scotland as one of the best in get the help they need. This has the world. got to change. Our event will 15 Saturday 12.15pm-1.15pm continued cover the changes SAMH wants about volunteering on a branch to see to make sure Scotland’s or national committee, or as young people get the help they part of a representative group. need, when they need it. Speaker: Billy Watson, SAMH CEO 1.15pm-2.15pm GOOD FOOD NATION BILL TURNING SCOTLAND INTO Nourish AN ACTIVE NATION Room 3D05 SGP We’ll be talking about the Good Room 3D04 Food Nation bill which will Active travel has the potential read across agriculture, health, to positively impact on public social justice, environment, health, climate change, air procurement and waste. It is a pollution, congestion, social and chance to pass truly ground- economic inequality and much breaking legislation to repurpose more. Discuss concrete ways to the food and farming system increase the level of active travel in Scotland and establish across Scotland and explore pro-people and pro-planet how Greens can make this governance based on the SDGs happen in their local areas. and a “right to food” approach Speakers: John Chivall, Caroline Speakers: Allan Faulds; Pete Thompson-Noble and Iain Ritchie, director, Nourish McLarty Scotland; Elli Kontorravdis, policy and campaigns manager, DISCUSSION OF THE Nourish Scotland “ENERGY” POLICY MOTION SGP 1.15pm-1.45pm Room 3D05 The 2015 conference tasked a JOB FAIR group of members to prepare SGP a revised energy policy. The Main Hall 1D02 conference motion “Energy” The Scottish Green Party is run proposes to substitute the result by volunteers and your party of their work for the current needs you. Drop by our “job fair” energy policy in the PRD. This to for a chance to ask questions workshop is an opportunity to

16 discuss the proposed policy CIVICRM FOR BRANCHES before the motion is debated. Training Civi CRM Facilitators: Susan Brush, Nick Room 2D05 TRAINING Gotts Civicrm is our new membership system, come to this session to 4.00pm-5.30pm find out how to use Civi to help your branch. Learn how to: MEET YOUR GREEN MSPS • Organise your branch, SGP MSPs committee or group online • Manage your members Hall 1D04 (4.00pm-4.40pm) • Write and send emails to your Since their election in 2016 members our six Scottish Green MSPs • Learn how wards, have consistently fought for a constituencies and regions fairer economy and a cleaner are organised online, and Scotland. Join us as we meet how to use this information with some of them: find out effectively about their day-to-day work, • How to segment and contact discuss the issues that matter to members for local campaigns. you, or just stop by for a chat. Speakers: Pete Morrison and Leckie BUILDING A CAMPAIGN FROM SCRATCH WORKING WITH THE PRESS SGP Training Room 2D04 TRAINING ROOM 2D07 TRAINING What does it take to run a How do we get Green ideas successful election campaign and campaigns into the press? in an area with almost no What works best for what Green presence? Hear the story kind of message? What are behind the election of the first the pitfalls and opportunities Green councillor in the East in press work? Come along End of Glasgow and explore to this session to find out how this might translate to your more or contribute your own local campaigns. experience. Speakers: Iain McLarty and Kim Speakers: Green councillor Long Gavin Corbett and freelance journalist Shaun Milne. 17 Saturday 4.00pm-5.30pm continued CAMPAIGNING FOR CHANGE: 6.00pm-7.00pm WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? Workshop INVESTING IN TEACHERS Room 3D04 The Educational Institute Of As we enter an election- Scotland free period, the party has Main Hall 1D02 the opportunity to campaign Education is a central part of the on a number of issues. government’s plans and legislative This workshop will present programme, with fundamental the results of the recent changes in education governance membership survey on and funding being proposed. The which issues the party should EIS believes that more must be campaign on, seeking feedback done to support and empower and new ideas on the best way teachers. to implement them. Speakers: Nicola Fisher, EIS Speaker: John Hardy, President; Alison Thornton EIS Campaigns Officer Vice-President David Belsey, EIS Assistant Secretary

THE COUNCIL ELECTION PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY CAMPAIGN – HOW WAS IT AT THE HEART OF THE NEW FOR YOU? ECONOMICS SGP Business for Scotland Room 3D05 Hall 1D04 Candidates, campaign The economic system has failed organisers, and volunteers and it has failed completely – – join us to discuss how the 2007 was not another cyclical Council election campaign economic crisis – it was the went in your area. Find out crisis of economics. what happened in other places Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp; in the country and help us learn economist, environmentalist, lessons for planning future newspaper columnist and election campaigns in this lively Chief Executive of Business for and interactive workshop. Scotland will outline his vision Chair: Morvern Rennie of a new economic system and challenge you in an interactive session to help answer some of 18 the vital questions surrounding from the review process and the new economy. will it lead to better community Speakers: Gordon MacIntyre- empowerment when it comes Kemp, BfS Chief Executive; to planning? Introductory talk Katy Johnson, BfS Membership followed by a participatory Engagement Executive; Tonie workshop. McKay, BfS Researcher Speaker: Clare Symonds, Convenor of Planning Democracy DIVERSITY ADDS VALUE Council of Ethnic Minority GREEN CND & THE TREATY Voluntary Sector Organisations: TO PROHIBIT NUCLEAR Room 2D04 WEAPONS Scotland’s communities are SCND growing in diversity. What are Room 2D07 the advantages of engaging with Janet Fenton, delegate at the different ethnic groups, how do UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear we learn from each other and Weapons (TPNW) adopted in what are the benefits? Come New York outlines a Scottish hear what the members of the Greens contribution to the Ethnic Minority Environmental Treaty’s implementation, Network (EMEN) have to say. articulating global nuclear Speakers: Zarina Ahmad, CEMVO abolition as core to addressing Scotland, and EMEN members accelerated climate change and the achievement of the COMMUNITY RIGHTS IN sustainable development goals. PLANNING? Planning Democracy GOING FORWARD Room 2D05 CAMPAIGNING What do communities stand to Scottish Young Greens gain from the current reforms? Room 3D04 In 2015 the Government began Join us as we discuss what a review of Scottish planning. issues we feel we can campaign This is now reaching its on now that we have time to conclusion and new legislation make an impact, as a group, will be drafted and debated at without elections every the end of 2017 into 2018. What second Thursday. With our rights will communities gain campaign on Mental Health 19 Saturday 6.00pm-7.00pm continued education under way, as well much undesirable work can as a campaign for Fossil Fuel be automated. At the same Divestment a possibility, help us time renewable energy offers move forward in our long-term us the potential of plentiful, aims for SYG. cheap energy at little cost to Speakers: Allan Faulds the planet. This creates an opportunity for a truly Green economy, where we put caring, 7.15pm-8.30pm creating and collective decision making at the heart of our BREXIT – WHAT NOW FOR society. Here’s how. SCOTLAND & NORTHERN Speaker: Maggie Chapman IRELAND? Main Hall 1D02 HUSTINGS FOR INTERNAL Neither Scotland or Northern COMMITTEES Ireland voted for Brexit but with Room 2D04 an imminent independence This will be the hustings for referendum off the table, the internal party elections for no Assembly or Executive at any of the positions that are Stormont and a significant contested. Your chance to hear power-grab from the UK from the candidates before you Government, where do the vote. devolved nations go from here? Hear from MSPs Patrick Harvie A JUST TRANSITION TO A & Ross Greer and MLA Clare GREEN ECONOMY Bailey and join the discussion on SGP Trade Union Group how Greens respond to the UK’s leaving the European Union. Room 2D05 Speakers: Clare Bailey, Ross Scotland’s Just Transition Greer, Patrick Harvie. coalition unites trades unions and environmentalists in THE GREEN ECONOMY OF campaigning for the transition TOMORROW: CARING AND to a fossil-fuel-free future to be CREATING socially just. Workers with jobs dependent on the oil industry Hall 1D04 need to be protected as jobs Technological change is in a sustainable economy are creating an economy where

20 generated. The market alone MEDIA INTERVIEW SKILLS will not deliver this: we need a Women’s Network political commitment so that 2D07 TRAINING the state, trade unions and We all live in fear of that communities can work together dreaded car-crash interview. As to protect work and working part of the Women’s Network conditions as we transform the Development Programme economy. This workshop will we are hosting a practical explore how this might happen workshop to build confidence and how we can influence the in live interviews and hustings. Scottish Government’s recently With step-by-step preparation announced Just Transition processes and a worked Commission. example – everything you Speakers from Scotland’s Just need to say YES to media Transition coalition: Matthew opportunities! Crighton (Friends of the Earth’s Facilitators: Morvern Rennie & green jobs campaigner) and Gill MacDonald Steven Smellie (Vice-Convenor Unison Scotland).

9.00pm onwards Pub Quiz, venue TBC Hosted by Scottish Young Greens. SOCIAL EVENTS Back by popular demand (we like to think so) the Scottish Ghost Tour, St John’s Church Young Greens return with Join one of Edinburgh’s another fun and challenging famous ghost tours, hosted by quiz. Teams are limited to Councillor Alexander Staniforth. six. To register your team Suggested donation £10, in advance please email meeting at St John’s Church at [email protected]. the west end of Princes Street Venue tbc but keep an eye out between 9-9.15pm on Saturday. for the Facebook event which Maximum 40 people. will be appearing shortly. Route will be at least an hour and will attempt to avoid stairs.

21 Saturday Timetable Main Hall 1D02 Hall 1D04 Room 2D04 Room 2D05 Room 2D07 Room 3D04 Room 3D05

8.00am-9.00am Registration in entrance hall 9.00am-10.15am Set-up, no public International New to Disabled Greens: Highlands & Green Councillors access Committee: conference? Discussion group Islands and Rural Challenging the Far and AGM Greens: Right Winning rurally 10.30am-Noon Opening plenary with guest speaker Per Bolund, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs

12.15pm-1.15pm British Heart UNISON: Public Smart Energy: Universities Law Society: Scottish Nourish: Good External fringe Foundation: services, poverty How can smart Scotland: Avoiding a cliff- Association for food nation bill sessions Social science: and pay technology Going for growth edge? Citizens’ Mental Health: why particulate help empower rights post-Brexit Going to Be matter particularly Scotland’s matters communities? 1.15pm-2.15pm Lunch Turning Scotland Discussion of the Visit the exhibition downstairs, including the volunteer fair in Main Hall 1D02 from 1.15-1.45pm. into an active “Energy” policy 1.30pm-2.15pm in the exhibition area, Evan Davis will be signing his book Post-Truth: Why We Have nation motion Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It. 2.15pm-3.45pm Plenary with guest speaker Clare Bailey MLA + Breakthrough Campaigns (ECC)

3.45pm-5.30pm Voting 4pm-5.30pm Parallel sessions 4pm-4.40pm Building a Training: Civi CRM Training: Working Campaigning for The council Meet your Green campaign from with the press change: what are election campaign MSPs scratch the issues? – how was it for you?

5.30pm-6pm Break 6.00pm-7.00pm Educational Business for Council of Planning Green CND & the Scottish Institute of Scotland: Putting Ethnic Minority Democracy: Treaty to Prohibit Young Greens: Scotland: Investing Sustainability at the Voluntary Sector Community rights Nuclear Weapons Going forward in teachers Heart of the New Organisations: in planning? campaigning Economics Diversity Adds Value 7.15pm-8.30pm Europe: Brexit The Green Hustings Trade Union Women’s Network: – what now Economy of for internal Group: A just Media interview for Scotland & Tomorrow: caring committees transition to a skills Northern Ireland? and creating green economy 8.30pm Close. Social events from 9pm Main Hall 1D02 Hall 1D04 Room 2D04 Room 2D05 Room 2D07 Room 3D04 Room 3D05

Main Hall 1D02 Hall 1D04 Room 2D04 Room 2D05 Room 2D07 Room 3D04 Room 3D05 9am-9.30am Registration in entrance hall 9.30am- AGM 10.30am 10.30am- Voting 11am-12.30pm Parallel sessions 1.00pm 11am-11.30am Social media Public Training: Campaigning The Council Meet your training speaking Working with for change: Election Green MSPs training the press what are the Campaign – issues? How was it for you?

1.00pm- Lunch 2.00pm 1.15pm- 2.05pm: 100 Years Of Balfour, 100 Years Of Conflict

2.00pm- Voting Justice in Policy Green Conference Green CND Citizens 3.00pm Palestine: Committee Councillors Feedback Relaunch Income - has what Greens workshop the time

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3.15pm- Closing plenary 3.45pm EIS FRINGE MEETING

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Speakers from the EIS and the Green Alison Thornton Party will provide their perspectives. EIS Vice-President

Sandwich Buffet and Refreshments provided.

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9.00am-9.30am Registration, crèche and children’s activities open 9.30am-10.30am AGM 10.30am-1pm Voting 1D02 Policy motions Conference motions 11am-12.30pm Parallel sessions 1D04 Meet your Green MSPs (till 11.30am only) 2D04 Social media Training 2D05 Public Speaking Training 2D07 Training: Working with the press 3D04 Campaigning for change 3D05 The Council Election Campaign 1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch 1.15pm-2.05pm 1D04 Performance: 100 Years Of Balfour, 100 Years Of Conflict (see opposite) 2.00pm-3.00pm Voting 1D02 Policy motions Conference motions 2.00pm-3.00pm Workshops 1D04 Justice in Palestine 2D04 Policy Committee workshop 2D05 Green Councillors 2D07 Conference Feedback 3D04 Green CND 3D05 Citizens Income 3.00pm-3.30pm Closing plenary

26 100 YEARS OF BALFOUR 100 YEARS OF CONFLICT Arthur James Balfour, as Foreign Secretary in 1917, was a man of his time and class. In a dramatised reading using original texts, visuals and music, John Molleson and Colin Cooper seek to show how the British government, in advancing its empire, flattered the ambitions of two peoples and started a conflagration that burns to this day. Hall 1D04 1.15pm This session will include case Sunday studies and examples of green Fringe events campaigns and accounts.

& workshops PUBLIC SPEAKING TRAINING Training: Public Speaking 11.00am-12.30pm Room 2D05 TRAINING A chance to develop your MEET YOUR GREEN MSPS public speaking skills SGP MSPs If you have to speak in public Hall 1D04 (11-11.30pm only) on behalf of the party, or would Since their election in 2016 like to, this session will help you our six Scottish Green MSPs prepare. We’ll cover the basics, have consistently fought for a including research, preparation fairer economy and a cleaner and delivery, and how to deal Scotland. Join us as we meet with questions or interruptions. some of them: find out about There will be a couple of their day-to-day work, discuss excellent public speakers in issues that matter to you, or just attendance to give advice on stop by for a chat. any area and to share how Speakers: Alison Johnstone, they prepare. If coming to this Mark Ruskell, John Finnie, Andy session please prepare a one- Wightman, Patrick Harvie, Ross minute speech about yourself Greer. and a green topic – you will only be asked to speak if you SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING volunteer, though! Training: Social Media Speaker: Lorna Slater Room 2D04 TRAINING Learn how to use social media to maximise the impact of your branch, group or campaign. • How to target the correct audience • What makes a good post • What to avoid when posting • Dealing with trolls, abuse and questions online 28 WORKING WITH THE PRESS THE COUNCIL ELECTION Training CAMPAIGN – HOW WAS IT ROOM 2D07 TRAINING FOR YOU? How do we get Green ideas SGP and campaigns into the press? Room 3D05 What works best for what Candidates, campaign kind of message? What are organisers, and volunteers the pitfalls and opportunities – join us to discuss how the in press work? Come along Council election campaign to this session to find out went in your area. Find out more or contribute your own what happened in other places experience. in the country and help us learn Speakers: Green councillor lessons for planning future Gavin Corbett and freelance election campaigns in this lively journalist Shaun Milne. and interactive workshop. Chair: Morvern Rennie CAMPAIGNING FOR CHANGE: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? Workshop 1.15pm-2.00pm Room 3D04 PALESTINE: 100 YEARS OF As we enter a election-free BALFOUR 100 YEARS OF period, the party has the CONFLICT opportunity to campaign Hall 1D04 on a number of issues. Arthur James Balfour, as This workshop will present Foreign Secretary in 1917, the results of the recent was a man of his time and membership survey on class. In a dramatised reading which issues the party should using original texts, visuals campaign on, seeking feedback and music, we seek to show and new ideas on the best way how the British government, to implement them. in advancing its imperial Speaker: John Hardy, ambitions, flattered the Campaigns Officer ambitions of two peoples and started a conflagration that burns to this day.

29 2.00pm-3.00pm happens during conference. Chairs: Peter Ryan, Peter JUSTICE IN PALESTINE: WHAT Mountford-Smith GREENS CAN DO Green Friends of Palestine GREEN COUNCILLORS Green Councillors Hall 1D04 Following the performance Room 2D05 of 100 years of Balfour, Dr We now have our biggest ever Issam Hijjawi, convenor of group of Green Councillors, the international Balfour including eight in our host city Declaration Centenary of Edinburgh. Come along and Campaign, will lead a discussion meet some of our councillors on what role Scottish Greens and the organisers who got can play now in challenging the them elected. This informal outcomes of the Declaration drop-in session is a chance to and expressing solidarity with grab a coffee, say hello and the Palestinian people. Ross have a chat. Find out what Greer MSP will discuss current councillors do, how they work, and potential Palestine solidarity and what they’ve been doing. work in the parliamentary Are you interested in organising group, and the AGM of Green a campaign, standing for Friends of Palestine will take election in the future, or just place as part of this workshop. wondering how to raise a local Speakers: Dr Issam Hijjawi; Ross issue with your local councillor? Greer MSP This is your chance to ask questions and get involved. POLICY COMMITTEE WORKSHOP CONFERENCE FEEDBACK SGP Room 2D07 Room 2D04 If you’d like to share ideas This will be a chance to start on how to add to or improve addressing any business arising conference – or want us out of conference, such as to know about aspects you motions referred back, or else really enjoyed this time round looking at the policy aspects – please come along to this of the Structural Review. The informal feedback session. content will depend on what 30 GREEN CND RELAUNCH CITIZENS INCOME - HAS THE Room 3D04 TIME FINALLY COME? This is the year that Scottish Room 3D05 Greens can make a contribution With renewed political interest towards the elimination of around the world, councils and nuclear weapons if we liven up NGOs working on it in Scotland, with action and ideas. Time to and a newly announced organise across the country, Scottish Government fund to thinking global and acting support pilot schemes, has local. We need officers and a the moment come for this membership list. longstanding Green policy? Speakers: Alison Johnstone MSP, Patrick Harvie MSP, and Green councillors. greensdeli.co.uk Online ordering for delivery in Edinburgh Wide selec�on of Vegan & Vegetarian op�ons 20% oﬀ your ﬁrst order with Promo code GREENTEAM We recycle 100% of our waste, operate a return scheme and deliver with our zero-emission vehicle. Conferences, events and boardroom lunches Call: 07773 034608 [email protected] Child Poverty Action Group

Smart Energy GB CPAG works on Smart Energy GB is the voice behalf of the one in four of the smart meter rollout. children in Scotland growing It’s our task to help everyone up in poverty. We use our in Great Britain understand understanding of what causes smart meters, the national poverty and its impact on rollout and how to use their children’s lives to campaign for new meters to get gas and policies that will help prevent electricity under control. and solve poverty, including the Give Me Five child benefit For more information visit our top-up campaign. website smartenergyGB.org www.cpag.org.uk

RNIB Council Scotland of Ethnic The Minority Royal Voluntary National Sector Organisations Institute of Blind People CEMVO Scotland’s vision is a Scotland helps blind and secure and sustainable base partially sighted people for Scotland’s ethnic minority of all ages live as fully and voluntary sector and its independently as possible. communities. It provides advice, support, Underpinned by race equality, training, equipment and CEMVO Scotland’s mission is transcribes books and other to level the playing field for materials. It also campaigns Scotland’s ethnic minority across Scotland to improve voluntary sector and its sight loss prevention. communities. www.rnib.org.uk/scotland www.cemvoscotland.org.uk SAMH BUSINESS Around since FOR 1923, SAMH SCOTLAND operates over 60 Business for Scotland is a services in communities across campaigning business network Scotland providing mental and think-tank. We are health social care support, passionate about unlocking homelessness, addictions and Scotland’s potential by employment services, among promoting policies to create others. These, together with sustainable business and our national programme work economic growth. We support in See Me, respectme, suicide Scottish independence to deliver prevention, sport and physical our goals, setting Scotland activity; inform our policy and on a more inclusive, greener, campaign work to influence confident, more equal and positive social change. economically successful path. www.samh.org.uk www.businessforscotland.com

John One Kind Muir OneKind is Trust Scotland’s A recent leading animal YouGov poll for the John campaigns Muir Trust found that 80% of charity. We seek to expose Scottish people believe that and end cruelty to Scotland’s Scotland’s iconic Wild Land animals through campaigns, Areas should continue to be advocacy, investigations and protected from large-scale research. Our current priorities infrastructure. include mandatory CCTV in We’re calling on the Scottish abattoirs, greater protection Government to improve of mountain hares, a ban on protection for Wild Land Areas snares and a real ban on fox in the forthcoming Planning hunting. Drop by to find out Bill. more and get involved. www.johnmuirtrust.org www.onekind.scot League Against British Heart Cruel Sports Foundation Scotland The British Heart The League Foundation is the campaigns largest independent against cruelty funder of Cardiovascular to animals in the research in Scotland. The name of “sport”. BHF currently invests £70 Current Scottish campaigns million in world class research are for a real ban on fox across Scotland. Through hunting, against driven bird research we are leading the shooting and for a ban on fight against Scotland’s single snares. See @LeagueScotland biggest killer developing and or e-mail jenniferdunn@ delivering new treatments for league.org.uk for more details. the people of Scotland and www.league.org.uk/ beyond. cruel-sports-in-scotland www.bhf.org.uk

National Carer UNISON Scotland Organisations UNISON is the The National Carer public services Organisations union and the largest trade work together to union in Scotland. We improve recognition and support represent members across for unpaid carers. It is our shared vision that all of Scotland’s local government, health, unpaid carers will feel valued, community and voluntary included and supported as equal sector, utilities, the emergency partners in the provision of care. services, housing, higher and They are Carers Scotland, the further education and other Coalition of Carers in Scotland, areas like Skills Development Minority Ethnic Carers Project Scotland, children reporters (MECOPP), Carers Trust Scotland, and regulation of care. It gives the Scottish Young Carers us and unparalleled overview of Services Alliance, Crossroads public services and those who Caring Scotland and Shared Care deliver them. Scotland. www.unison-scotland.org Universities Royal Scotland College of Nursing Universities Scotland Scotland is the representative The RCN is the world’s largest body of Scotland’s 19 higher professional organisation education institutions. We are and trade union for nursing a membership organisation staff, with members in the working for the Principals and NHS, independent and third Directors of Scotland’s 19 sectors. The RCN promotes higher education institutions. patient and nursing interests We develop higher education by campaigning on issues policy and campaign on issues that affect members, where our members have a shaping health policies, and shared interest. representing members. The www.universities-scotland. RCN is the voice of nursing. ac.uk www.rcn.org.uk/scotland

The Educational Institute Of Scotland The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is Law Society Scotland Scotland’s largest teaching trade union with around The Law Society of Scotland is 55,000 members employed the professional body for over in nursery, primary, special, 11,000 Scottish solicitors. We secondary, further and higher have an overarching objective education. The EIS represents of leading legal excellence, over 80% of all teachers and and strive to excel and to be a lecturers in Scotland and world-class professional body, campaigns to protect and understanding and serving the improve pay and conditions of needs of our members and the service as well as seeking to public. promote “sound learning”. www.lawscot.org.uk www.eis.org.uk LEVEL 0: LOWER GROUND, EXHIBITORS, REFRESHMENTS AND LOWER ACCESS TO HALLS

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39 greens.scot. You can also help Get involved! build our national campaign After our fantastic wins in fund by joining the Holyrood Holyrood and the local authority Club – forms can be found at elections over the past year we the registration desk. need to continue to lead the change in our communities. Make use of your skills Here are a few ways you can get The party is mostly run by active and make a difference. volunteers. Everyone has skills that the party values, either Get involved locally at local or national level. Local branches are the backbone Whether you’re professionally of our party. For details visit qualified, or simply have time members.greens.scot or contact to stuff envelopes, your help is the SGP office (details below). invaluable! Recruit other members! Invite family, friends or colleagues who Become a social media might be interested in the Greens activist to make that next step. Like and share on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram Make a donation and more – or even write a Unlike big parties we don’t blog. We’d love you to tell the get any state funding and our world about your campaign policies tend not to attract experiences and connect with huge corporate donors. We other Greens! More details are rely on individuals like you. It’s at greens.scot/get-involved. easy to donate to one of our Be sure to tag any campaigning crowdfunder appeals – see our with the hashtag #ActiveSGP newsletters or visit Thank you for attending! Contact Please let us know what you Bonnington Mill, 72 Newhaven thought of conference. Look Road, Edinburgh EH6 5QG out for our online feedback [email protected] survey, which will arrive by 08700 772 207 email straight after conference. • Twitter: @scotgp By filling it in you can help • facebook.com/ScottishGreens make next year’s even better! • www.greens.scot

40 The Freedom Come-All-Ye by Hamish Henderson

Roch the wind in the clear day’s dawnin Blaws the cloods heelster gowdie ow’r the bay But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin Through the great glen o the warld the day. It’s a thocht that will gar oor rottans A’ they rogues that gang gallus, fresh and gay Tak the road and seek ither loanins For their ill ploys, tae sport and play

Nae mair will the bonnie callants Mairch tae war when oor braggarts crousely craw, Nor wee weans frae pit-heid and clachan Mourn the ships sailin doon the Broomielaw. Broken faimlies in lands we’ve herriet Will curse Scotland the Brave nae mair, nae mair; Black and white, ane til ither mairriet Mak the vile barracks o their maisters bare

So come all ye at hame wi Freedom, Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom In your hoose a’ the bairns o Adam Can find breid, barley-bree and painted room When MacLean meets wi’s freens in Springburn A’ the roses and geans will turn tae bloom, And a black lad frae yont Nyanga Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doon.

41 Show your support! Equality Network and Scottish Trans Alliance The Equality Network is a national lesbian, gay, bisexual FBU Scotland transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human The Fire Brigades Union is the rights charity for Scotland. democratic and professional Scottish Trans is the Equality voice of firefighters across Network project to improve the UK. We send solidarity gender identity and gender greetings to all Scottish reassignment equality, rights Green Party delegates and and inclusion in Scotland. wish them a successful www.equality-network.org conference. www.scottishtrans.org www.fbuscotland.org

Planning Nourish Democracy Scotland Planning We believe tasty, Democracy nutritious food is a national should be accessible to all, be charity established in 2009 sustainable, and produced, to strengthen democracy processed, sold and served in by promoting public voices a way that values and respects in the Scottish land-use workers. We campaign for planning system. Planning solutions that work across Democracy is a response the board: we take a systems to growing concerns about approach toward food and planning failures in Scotland health, poverty, fairness, where development is workers’ rights, economy, dictated by market forces environment, climate change, leading to social and land use, and waste. environmental injustices. www.nourishscotland.org planningdemocracy.org.uk Show your support! Our online shop has a wide range of merchandise, all made from certifi ed 100% organic cotton in a wind-powered factory.

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