Social Innovation in the Foundational Economy Programme

Day One – 5th September 2018,

09:00 Registration and Coffee

9.15 Welcome by Kevin Morgan and Ian Rees Jones

Mark Drakeford, AM (Finance Secretary) “Wales now” 9:30 Chair: Kevin Morgan

Regional economies developed and exhausted Adam Leaver (SPERI, Sheffield): “Financialisation and regional economies” 10:00 Andreas Novy and Leonhard Planck (Vienna): “Austrian intermediary institutions” Ferdinando Spina (Lecce): “Innovative practices in water for Italy” Discussant: Josh Miles, FSB Wales

11:30 Coffee Break

Regional economies developed and exhausted Mike Hodson and Kim Wei (SCI, Manchester): “Developers and captured planning in Greater Manchester” 11:45 David Bassens and Sarah de Boek (VUB Brussels): “Making space for a more foundational economy sector in Brussels” Discussant: Ian Rees Jones, Cardiff

12:45 Lunch Plenary 13:30 Oriol Estela Barnet “On Barcelona’s first steps towards a foundational strategy”

Building active citizenship Filippo Barbera and Nicola Negri (Turin) and Angelo Salento (Lecce): “From individual choice to collective choice: foundational economy, local commons and citizenship” 14:15 Karel Williams (Manchester): “Re-inventing social citizenship” - in memory of Mick Moran Joe Earle (economy): “Educating citizen economists” Discussant: TBC

15:30 Coffee Break

Book Launch: The Foundational Economy Panel and discussion 16:00 Aditya Chakrabortty (The Guardian) Calvin Jones (Cardiff)

17.30- Drinks, canapes and networking 18:30 Close

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Day Two - 6th September 2018, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent 9:00 Registration and Coffee 9:30 Welcome: TBC

Background on Foundational activities Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, Nicholas Tsitsianis (Queen Mary University of London): “Wales through a foundational lens” Steve Cranston (United Welsh) and Calvin Jones (Cardiff): “Evidence from Ebbw Vale” 9:40 Discussion Procurement Leanne Connor (Blaenau Gwent) Kevin Morgan /Jayne Lynch (Cardiff) Discussion with , AM (: Caerphilly)

11:10 Coffee Break

Care Mandy Tilston-Viney (Cartrefi Cymru): “Bethesda experiment” 11:25 Diane Burns (Sheffield): “Learning from experiments in care” Adrian Roper (Cartrefi Cymru): “Manifesto for Care” Discussion with , AM (Welsh Labour: Cynon Valley)

12.25 Lunch

Panel: What assembly members can and cannot do (and what needs to happen to do more of the good things) 13.10 , AM (: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) and , AM (Welsh Labour: Llanelli) Discussion

14:40 Coffee Break

Foundational needs and High Street regeneration Jill Ebrey et al (Manchester): “Foundational needs” Ross Williams (Coastal Housing): “Morriston High Street” 14:55 Mark Hooper (IndyCube): “Why we’re gonna mess this FE opportunity up, unless we realise what we have” Discussion with Julie Froud

Panel: What intermediary institutions can and cannot do (and what needs to happen to do more of the good things) Debbie Green: “The role of intermediary institutions: doing the right thing or enlightened self- 15:55 interest” Simon Pickthall (Vanguard Cymru): “Learning and Delivering” Glenn Morgan and Malu Villela Garcia (Bristol): “Social Enterprise”

Panel: Priorities and where next 16:55 Derek Walker (Wales Co-operative Centre) Aditya Chakrabortty (The Guardian)

17:25 Close

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