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Conservative Party Conference 2017 Events listing | Manchester Central (inside the secure zone)

2:30pm | 1st OctSep Energy policy and the industrial strategy st th hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance and Offshore Wind Industry Council 1 – 4 October Speakers: • John O’Connell, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair) • Nirj Deva MEP • David Morris MP (invited) • Benj Sykes, Head of Programme Asset Management, DONG Energy Wind Power • Alex Wild, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance

4:15pm | 1st OctS How should the Conservative Party tackle intergenerational unfairness hosted by: IEA Speakers: • Andy Silvester, Head of PR and Leader Writer, The Sun (Chair) • Kate Andrews, News Editor, Institute of Economic Affairs • George Freeman MP, Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board • Richard Graham MP • Owen Jones, Journalist and Commentator

6pm | 1st OctS

TPA question time hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance Speakers: • Jonathan Isaby, Editor, Central (Chair) • MP • James Price, Campaign Manager, TaxPayers’ Alliance • Alex Wickham, Guido FawkesDevelopment

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11am | 2nd Oct 4:15pm | 2nd Oct st th 1 – 4 October Vaping: Could Brexit be good for our health? Solving the housing shortage – how can we ensure hosted by: IEA housing stock keeps pace with demand? Speakers: hosted by: IEA and McCarthy & Stone • Mark Littlewood, Director General, IEA (Chair) Speakers: • Clive Bates, Director, Counterfactual Consulting Limited • Dr Jamie Whyte, Research Director, IEA (Chair) 7.30am | 2nd Oct • MP • MP, Chair – APPG, Housing and Care for Older People • MP (invited) • Bob Blackman MP, Secretary of the • Dan Marchant, Board Member, UK Vaping Association • MP, PPS to Environment Secretary The City: Post-Brexit (Breakfast roundtable*) • Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, IEA hosted by: IEA and City of • Paul Swinney, Principal Economist, Centre for Cities • Paul Teverson, Director or Communications, McCarthy and Stone Speakers: • Julian Jessop, Chief Economist, IEA (Chair) 12:45pm | 2nd Oct • Catherine McGuinness, Chairman of the Policy & Resources 6pm | 2nd Oct Committee, City of London Defence after Brexit • The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance and Veterans for Britain A manifesto for change – free market ideas for *This event is strictly invite-only. Speakers: Conservative renewal If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] • Alex Wild, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair) (Followed by drinks reception) • MP hosted by: IEA and Free Enterprise Group • Rear Admiral Roger Lane-Nott, CB Speakers: • Professor Gwythian Prins 2nd Oct • Dr Lee Rotherham • Mark Littlewood, Director General, IEA (Chair) 9:15am | • Kevin Hollinrake MP What are the chances for Tax Reform? • Dr Philip Lee MP • The Rt Hon MP, Secretary of State for hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance 2nd Oct 2:30pm | International Development 2 Speakers: : • John O’Connell, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair) Should the European Court of Justice have a post-Brexit • Charlie Elphicke MP remit in the U.K.? 8.30pm | 2nd Oct • Stephen Herring, Head of Taxation, Institute of Directors hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance and The Federalist Society • Warwick Lightfoot, Head of Economics, Policy Exchange Speakers: ThinkTent drinks reception with senior cabinet minister • Heather Self, Partner, Pinsent Masons • Alex Deane, Managing Director, FTI Consulting (Chair) (Invite-only) • Alex Wild, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance • Nirj Diva MEP hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance, IEA and Curtin & Co • Lord Faulks QC Kindly supported by Curtin & Co, specialists in • Daniel Hannan MEP (invited) community consultation and political engagement • Martin Howe QC If you would like to attend, please email [email protected]

:45 pm | 30th Sep 45 pm | 30th Sep

Monday 2nd October 12:45pm | 3rd Oct 7:30pm | 3rd Oct 1st – 4th October Alcohol policies – how much is too much? Standing up for the British beer industry hosted by: IEA and Pernod Ricard UK Kindly supported by AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer Speakers: hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance and IEA supported by: AB InBev • John O’Connell, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair) • Stephen Carpenter, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Pernod Ricard UK Speakers: • Byron Davies AM, Director, Drinkers Voice • John O’Connell, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance 9:15am | 3rd Oct • Lord Ian Duncan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland • Nigel Evans MP, Conservative MP for and and former Deputy Speaker • Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, IEA A Brexit that works for consumers If you would like to attend, please email hosted by: IEA and Tate & Lyle Sugars [email protected] Speakers: 2:30pm | 3rd Oct • Mark Littlewood, Director General, IEA (Chair) • Helen Dickinson, CEO, British Retail Consortium 11am | 4th Oct • MP, Chair of 1922 backbench committee on Exiting the EU Gig Economy – Seeing the wood for the trees • Gerald Mason, Senior Vice President, Tate & Lyle Sugars hosted by: IEA Leader’s speech viewing • Isabel Oakeshott, journalist and commentator Speakers: • Christian May, Editor, City AM (Chair) • Charlie Elphicke MP 11am | 3rd Oct • Patrick Gallagher, CEO, CitySprint • MP How do we future proof the NHS? • Carole Woodhead, CEO, Hermes hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance and IEA Speakers: 3rd Oct • Kate Andrews, News Editor, Institute of Economic Affairs (Chair) 4:15pm | • James Bartholomew, Author of The Welfare of Nations • Sam Collins, Director, Age Endeavour Fellowship How do we make the moral case for free markets? • Alex Wild, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance hosted by: TaxPayers’ Alliance Speakers: • Christian May, Editor, City AM (Chair) • MP • John O’Connell, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance • Jacob Rees-Mogg MP • Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP (invited) • Dr Jamie Whyte, Research Director, Institute of Economic Affairs

Tuesday rd 43th October