Liberal Democrats Party Conference

The Demos events programme will take place in the Monet Rooms Campanile Hotel 10 Tunnel Street G3 8HL Glasgow

demos.co.uk/events/partyconferences SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 13:00 — 14:00 Monet Rooms 21st century deterrents: 18:15 — 19:30 Monet Rooms Redefining work:

The Trident alternative review The end of the Danny Alexander MP; monthly pay cheque? Baroness Falkner; Jo Swinson MP; Max Wind-Cowie (Chair) Tom Hadley, Recruitment and Employment Confederation; Simon McVicker, PCG; Jodie Ginsberg, Demos Finance (Chair) 18:15 — 19:30 Monet Rooms After liberalism: What freedoms are left TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER to fight for? Sir Menzies Campbell; 08:00 — 09:00 Monet Rooms Quality or quantity? Jeremy Cliffe, the Economist; What’s the priority David Goodhart, Demos; for vocational education? Max Wind-Cowie, Demos (Chair) David Laws MP (invited); Judith Norrington, City & Guilds; MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Leon Flexman, Horizon Nuclear Power; Duncan O’Leary, Demos; Monet Rooms 08:00 — 09:00 Banking on growth: Paris Gourtsoyannis, Are local banks the answer? Holyrood Magazine (Chair) Matthew Oakeshott, Liberal Democrat peer; Ben Hughes, Community Finance Development Association; 08:30 — 09:30 Monet Rooms Beyond the banks: Max Wind-Cowie, Demos; (by invitation only) Innovations in SME finance Jodie Ginsberg, Demos Finance (Chair) Vince Cable MP; Jodie Ginsberg, Demos Finance; Erikka Askeland, the Scotsman (Chair) 13:00 — 14:00 Monet Rooms Last rights: How close is the UK to legalised assisted dying? 16:45 — 17.45 Monet Rooms Sharing the cost of social care: Lorely Burt MP; (by invitation only) A new settlement for later life Margo MacDonald MSP; Norman Lamb MP; Sir Graeme Catto, Dignity in Dying; Steve Lowe, Just Retirement; Greg Judge, Liberal Democrat Duncan O’Leary, Demos (Chair) Leadership Programme Candidate; Claudia Wood, Demos; Mary Riddell, columnist for the Telegraph (Chair) Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events. We have spent 20 years at the centre of the policy debate, with an overarching mission to bring politics closer to people. Demos is now exploring some of the most persistent frictions within modern politics, especially in those areas where there is a significant gap between the intuitions of the ordinary voter and political leaders. Can a liberal politics also be a popular politics? How can policy address widespread anxieties over social issues such as welfare, diversity and family life? How can a dynamic and open economy also produce good jobs, empower consumers and connect companies to the communities in which they operate?

For regular updates to our programme please visit www.demos.co.uk/events or contact [email protected]