Fabian Summer Conference 2017 | Path to Power Organised jointly with: Franklin-Wilkins Building, Kings College London Waterloo Campus, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH Saturday 8 July 2017
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9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00 Welcome B5 • Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) • Kate Green MP (Stretford & Urmston, & Fabian Society chair) • Ernst Stetter (secretary general, FEPS)
10.10 Keynote speech B5 • Yvette Cooper MP (Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford, & former cabinet member)
11.00 Morning plenary B5 Future Left: What next for Labour? • Alison McGovern MP (Wirral South) • Baroness Jan Royall (Labour peer & former leader, House of Lords) • Owen Jones (columnist, Guardian) • Ryan Shorthouse (director, Bright Blue) • Chair - Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society)
12.15-13.15 Morning breakout sessions B5 For the Many: Understanding and expanding Labour’s coalition of voters • Lisa Nandy MP (Wigan) • Seema Malhotra MP (Feltham & Heston) • Deborah Mattinson (founder, Britain Thinks) • Maya Goodfellow (writer and researcher) • Chair – Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society)
G.73 Learning from the Campaign: What went right, what went wrong, where next? (INTERACTIVE SESSION) • Richard Angell (director, Progress) • Emma Bean (staff writer, LabourList) • Abi Wilkinson (freelance writer & commentator) • Cllr Larry Culhane (general election organiser, Hammersmith)
• Chair – Linda Perks (regional organiser, UNISON)
G.79 Labour in Power: Opportunities beyond Westminster • Mayor John Biggs (mayor, Tower Hamlets) • Mayor Robin Wales (mayor, Newham) • Jeremy Miles AM (Neath) • Cllr Bev Craig (executive member, Manchester City Council) • Chair – Cllr Vaila McClure (Prince’s ward, Lambeth)
1.10 Resurgence: What now for Labour in Scotland? (first floor) • Anas Sarwar MSP (Glasgow) • Ayesha Hazarika (commentator & former Labour advisor)
• Johanna Baxter (Scottish Labour SEC) • Chair – Frankie Grant (EC member, Scottish Fabians)
13.15-14.40 Lunch 13.20-14.20 Lunchtime fringe sessions B5 The Economy: A New Narrative Organised by the Fabian Women’s Network • Seema Malhotra MP (Feltham & Heston)
• Emma Burnell (co-editor, Open Labour)
• Nita Clarke (director, IPA)
• Faiza Shaheen (director, Class)
• Chair – Cllr Reema Patel (EC member, Fabian Society)
G.79 How can Labour ensure the protection of LGBTQI+ rights for the future? Organised by the Young Fabians • Chris Bryant MP (Rhondda) • Emily Brothers (former Labour PPC, Sutton & Cheam) • Tyrone Steele (founder & co-director, LGBT Leaders) • Sophie Cooke (former Labour PPC, East Worthing & Shoreham) • Chair: Rebecca Meredith (Young Fabians)
1.10 Education policy for the future (first floor) Organised by the Fabian Education and Children MIG There will be an informal meeting run by the Education MIG to have an open discussion on what is needed in education.
14.40 -15.40 Afternoon breakout sessions B5 Ready to Govern?: Looking credible and preparing for power • Jim McMahon MP (Oldham West & Royton)
• Torsten Bell (director, Resolution Foundation) • Ann Pettifor (director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics) • Chair – Sarah Sackman (former PPC, Finchley)
G.73 Learning from the Campaign: What went right, what went wrong, where next? (INTERACTIVE SESSION) • Jasmin Beckett (Labour NEC member) • Emma Bean (staff writer, LabourList) • Abi Wilkinson (freelance writer & commentator) • Cllr Larry Culhane (general election organiser, Hammersmith) • Chair – Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society)
G.79 Revival: How will UK and EU election results affect the Brexit negotiations? • Mary Honeyball MEP (London) • John Mills (entrepreneur & Labour funder) • Ania Skrzypek (senior research fellow, FEPS) • Chair – Ivana Bartoletti (chair, Fabian Women’s Network)
1.10 High Alert: What should Labour’s approach to security be? (first floor) Organised with the Fabian International Policy Group • Mike Gapes MP (Ilford South) • Giacomo Filibeck (deputy secretary general, PES) • Sarah Church (former PPC, South Swindon & army veteran) • Stefan Soesanto (digital policy fellow, ECFR) • Ulrike Esther Franke (drone warfare scholar, University of Oxford) • Chair – Peymana Assad (Fabian International Policy Group)
15.40-16.00 Break 16.00 Fabian Question Time B5 • Andy Slaughter MP (Hammersmith) • Lord Roy Kennedy (Labour peer & shadow DCLG minister) • Sarah Olney (former Liberal Democrat MP, Richmond Park) • Philip Collins (The Times) • Stephen Bush (New Statesman) • Chair – Kate Green MP (Stretford & Urmston, & Fabian Society chair)
17:30 Close
Please join us at the Mulberry Bush for post-conference drinks 89 Upper Ground, Lambeth, London SE1 9PP