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Friday 20 March Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Friday 20 March Time Room Session/Event 11.00-18.00 Registration desk open 12.00-13.15 Workshop: A1 SOC Workshop: B1 Food and Agriculture Voting Paper Workshop: A3 DRC – A2 PDC Meeting: Land Use Policy Working Group Meeting: Climate Emergency Policy Working Group 13.30-14.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) WELCOME TO CONFERENCE and CO-LEADER SPEECH 14.15-15.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: Rising to the challenge: can capitalism be green? Fringe: Introduction to plenaries for first timers Workshop: A5 GPRC – A4 Transition Team Workshop: A6 Climate Emergency Policy Working Group Training: Election agents – how to make your role simple Meeting: Food and Agriculture Policy Working Group Meeting: LGBTIQA+ Greens 15.45-18.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 15.45-15.55 GREENS OF COLOUR SPEECH followed by 15.55-18.30 OPENING PLENARY - Section A (SOC and other Reports); Emergency Motion 18.45-20.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: The Big Surveillance Capitalism Scandal Fringe: Before we tax meat - exactly what is a healthy diet? Fringe: What happened in Bristol West 2019 Training: Moving from climate emergency to climate action planning in your Council and community Workshop: D3 Diversity of media representation (18.45-19.20) D4 Diversity in Target Seats (19.20-20.00) Meeting: Migration, Refugees and Asylum Policy Working Group Meeting: Green Party Women Evening Wagner Hall £5 veggie and vegan curries made just for us by the Real Junk Food Catering (see map) Project. 18.00-21.00, Bar open until 22.30 1 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Evening Wagner Hall 20.00-22.00 Big Green Quiz night, £3 per team member. All funds raised (see map) will go to the Young Greens and Brighton and Hove Green Party Regency Tavern 21.00-23.30 Queer Cabbage (see map) A joyous evening of entertainment brought to you by LGBTIQA+ Greens. Tickets on the door. More info here. Pubs of Brighton Pub Tour (self-guided – meet at registration desk 20.15) Hilton Metropole 20.00-22.00 Board Games night Play games including Catan, Carcassonne, Pandemic, or bring your own. Everyone - including novices - welcome. Saturday 21 March Time Room Session/Event 08.30-18.00 Foyer Registration desk open 09.00-10.15 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Transport me to the future! Fringe: What next after Brexit? Brainstorming the future for ex-MEPs and an ex-Remain agenda Fringe: The Green Doughnut: How we create a distinct Green economic narrative Workshop: D1 New Constitution Workshop: D2 IHRA, Palestine and Free speech (09.00-09.55) D7 Brand Consistency within the party (09.55-10.15) Training: Breakthrough 2021 - how to win in 2021 Meeting: Wildlife and Habitats Policy Working Group Meeting: Green Party Trade Union Group 10.00-13.00 Off-site Boat trip to windfarm (booking required) 10.30-12.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 10.30-10.50 DEPUTY LEADER’S SPEECH followed by 10.50-12.45 PLENARY B1 Food and Agriculture Voting Paper 10.30-12.30 Off-site Training: 60 Second Surveys: for real! (with B&H Green Party) 12.45-13.30 Catering area LUNCH BREAK Quiet Room Meditation (drop in. See website for more info) Meeting: International Policy Working Group 13.00-14.00 Off-site Beach Volleyball (sign up required) 13.30-14.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: Radical Climate Democracy in the run-up to COP 2 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Fringe: Electoral agreements with other parties – how can cooperation work successfully at local elections? Fringe: Universal Basic Income - how to make it happen! Workshop: D5 Proactive stance for standing in elections (13.30-13.55) D7 Campaigning against green candidates (13.55-14.45) Workshop: E16 Remove the manifesto from RoPS (13.30-13.55) C1 The 2019 GE manifesto and Climate change mitigation (13.55-14.45) Training: Election literature - sharing the best to help your campaign win Meeting: Disability Greens Meeting: Tax & Fiscal Policy Working Group Meeting: Young Greens 14.00-17.00 Off-site Boat trip to windfarm (booking required) 15.00-17.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) PLENARY D1 then C1, Emergency motion 17.15-18.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Climate justice is empty without social justice! Fringe: View from the House of Lords Training: The membership journey, using CiviCRM and exciting members so they stick with us Training: Canvassing - how to do it seriously well Workshop: E1 Transport Statement (17.15-17.50) E2 Social Care Funding (17.50-18.30) Workshop: E3 Cars and Vans to go zero carbon by 2030 (17.15-17.50) E4 Access to nature and health (17.50-18.30) Meeting: Disability Policy Working Group Meeting: Security, Peace and Defence Policy Working Group 18.45-20.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: New borders, old borders - Brexit and UK’s place in the region and in Europe Hustings: House of Lords Training: Mediation training Fringe: Together with Gypsy, Roma and Travellers Training: Local media - how to get great coverage 3 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Workshop: E5 No New Nuclear (18.45-19.25) E8 Reaffirm support for BDS (19.25-20.00) Meeting: Greens of Colour (BAME/BME) Meeting: Green Left Local Government Association Independent Group reception (Councillors only) Evening Wagner Hall £5 veggie and vegan curries made just for us by the Real Junk Food Catering (see map) Project. 18.00-21.00, Bar open until 22.30 Evening Brighthelm Centre 19.30-22.00 Fundraising Ceilidh, hosted by Brighton and Hove Green (see map) Party Hilton Metropole Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale – a one-man show by Marlon Solomon. More info here. Hilton Metropole 20.00-22.00 Board Games night Play games including Catan, Carcassonne, Pandemic, or bring your own. Everyone - including novices - welcome. Sunday 22 March Time Room Session/Event 09.00-10.15 Quiet Room Quaker meeting for worship Fringe: Localism agenda: Greens in power transforming towns Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Preventing war while tackling climate chaos Training: Safeguarding - how to meet standards in your local party activities Workshop: E9 Strengthening the regulation of election spending (09.00- 09.35) E10 Recognising the impact colonialism had on climate change (09.35- 10.15) Workshop: E11 Suspend the rollout of 5G (09.00-09.35) E13 Modernising sport policy (09.35-10.15) Meeting: Energy Policy Working Group Meeting: Future of policy making Hustings: Committee hustings 10.30-12.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 10.30-10.40 AGC CONVENOR SPEECH followed by 10.40-12.45 PLENARY Remaining D motions, then C1 , then E1 onwards 4 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton 12.45-13.30 Catering area LUNCH BREAK Quiet Room Meditation (more info here) Room tbc Laughter yoga (more info here) 13.00-15.00 Off-site Brighton: Home to the National Elm Collection – guided walk (more info here) Off-site Silent Disco Beach Clean (more info here) 13.30-14.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Leaders’ Q&A Fringe: Join the Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) campaign Fringe: Young Greens housing campaign launch Fringe: General election debrief session Workshop: E14 Directly Elected individual positions (13.30-14.05) E15 Music Venues and new developments (14.05-14.45) Workshop: E17 Abolish the OFSE6 (13.30-14.00) E6, E7, E12 – Enabling motions (15 mins each) Meeting: Science and Technology Policy Working Group Meeting: Green Seniors 15.00-16.00 Main Hall (Oxford Suite) CLOSING PLENARY E motions; Late motions; Emergency motions PANELS Friday 20 March, 18.45-20.00 RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: CAN CAPITALISM BE GREEN? Society’s most challenging problems cannot be solved by government and non-profits alone. By harnessing the power of business, B Corps use profits and growth as a means to a greater end: for employees, communities, and the environment. There are currently over 2,500 Certified B Corporations in more than 50 countries. Chair: Liz Reason Speakers: Chris Turner, Chief Executive of B Lab UK Christopher Davis, International Director of CSR & Campaigns, The Body Shop Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (invited) Saturday 21 March, 13.30-14.45 5 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton RADICAL CLIMATE DEMOCRACY IN THE RUN-UP TO COP This panel will explore the future of democracy in our country through the lens of climate change. Chair: Caroline Lucas MP Speakers: Matthew Taylor - Chief Executive, RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) Farhana Yamin - Climate change lawyer, author, speaker & activist, Green New Deal and Extinction Rebellion Noga Levy-Rapoport - UK youth climate coalition, climate striker Saturday 21 March, 18.45-20.00 NEW BORDERS, OLD BORDERS - BREXIT AND UK’S PLACE IN THE REGION AND IN EUROPE The UK has left the EU. Within a decade, Scotland is likely to hold a referendum on leaving the UK. Northern Ireland is gravitating towards the Republic. What can this mean for citizens’ rights? What is our place in in Europe, in the region? How do we promote and protect mobility? Chair: Michal Chantkowski, International Coordinator, Green Party of England and Wales Speakers: Patrick Harvie, Co-Leader, Scottish Greens Cllr Lorna Bogue, Cork City Council Councillor, Irish Greens Molly Scott Cato, former MEP FRINGES, TRAINING AND MEETINGS Friday 20 March 12.00-13.15 Meeting: Land Use Policy Working Group Contact person: Tony Firkins, [email protected] Discussion on land use across policy working groups.
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