Fabian New Year Conference 2016 | Facing the Future Organised jointly with: Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Saturday 16 January 2016 Media partner: 9.15 Registration 10.20 Welcome Logan Hall Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) Seema Malhotra MP (chair, Fabian Society) 10.40 Keynote speech Logan Hall Jeremy Corbyn MP (leader, Labour party) 11.15 Morning plenary Logan Hall Winning battles, winning the war? The art of opposition Stella Creasy MP (Walthamstow) Owen Jones (journalist and author) Deborah Mattinson (founding director, Britain Thinks) Tom Baldwin (former senior adviser to Ed Miliband) Chair: Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) 12.30 Morning breakout sessions Drama Studio The mountain to climb: how does Labour win in the 2020s? Richard Angell (director, Progress) Ellie Mae O'Hagan (journalist) James Morris (partner, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research) Olivia Bailey (research director, Fabian Society) Chair: George Eaton (political editor, New Statesman) Jeffery Hall Rebalancing the economy, rebuilding trust: the left’s agenda for business and growth Rachel Reeves MP (Leeds West) Grant Robertson MP (finance spokesperson, New Zealand Labour) Sonny Leong (chair, Chinese for Labour and chief executive, Civil Service College) James Sproule (chief economist, Institute of Directors) Chair: Sarah Sackman (lawyer and former parliamentary candidate) Elvin Hall The fight of a generation? Labour and the EU referendum Emma Reynolds MP (Wolverhampton South West) Ernst Stetter (general secretary, FEPS) Anneliese Dodds MEP (Labour MEP for the South East) Sunder Katwala (director, British Future) Chair: Ivana Bartoletti (chair, Fabian Women’s Network) Time to act: leading from opposition to tackle Britain's housing crisis Clarke Hall Cllr Sarah Hayward (leader, Camden council) Roger Harding (director of communications, policy and campaigns, Shelter) Cllr James Murray (executive member for housing and development, Islington Council) Chair: Emma Burnell (campaigner and blogger) Logan Hall Future left: how is Britain changing and how should the left respond? Lisa Nandy MP (shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change) Dan Jarvis MP (Barnsley Central) Keir Starmer MP (Holborn and St Pancras) Chair: Ed Wallis (editorial director and senior research fellow, Fabian Society) 13.20 Lunch 13.30-14.30 Lunchtime fringe sessions Elvin Hall Smarter government, stronger economy. Organised by the Fabian Women’s Network Seema Malhotra MP (shadow chief secretary to the Treasury) Annajoy David (businesswoman) Wes Streeting MP (Ilford North) Glenys Thornton (chief executive, The Young Foundation) What common ground can the Party unite around to win in 2020? Organised by the Young Fabians Drama Studio James Bloodworth (journalist and blogger) Bex Bailey (Labour National Executive Committee) Shelley Asquith (vice president of welfare, National Union of Students) Conrad Landin (industrial reporter, Morning Star) Conor Pope (writer, LabourList) (13.40-14.20) In conversation with Sadiq Kahn MP (MP for Tooting, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London) Logan Hall Chair: Heather Stewart (political editor, The Guardian) 14.30 Afternoon breakout sessions A colder war? Defence and security in the 2020s Logan Hall Malcolm Chalmers (deputy director-general, Royal United Services Institute) Kate Hudson (general secretary, CND) David Clark, former special adviser to Robin Cook The best of our past: can Labour's traditions come together again? Drama Studio Dianne Hayter (Labour peer) Patrick Diamond (co-chair, Policy Network) Karin Christiansen (former general secretary, Co-operative Party) Charlotte Riley (lecturer, University of Southampton) Chair: Greg Rosen (chair, Labour History Group) A party of all the talents? Towards a movement that looks like modern Britain Elvin Hall Dawn Butler MP (Brent Central) Daniel Johnson (Labour Scottish Parliament candidate) Cllr Eleanor Southwood (vice-chair RNIB) Chair: Cllr Bev Craig (Burnage Councillor) Justice under siege: how can Labour save fundamental rights? Clarke Hall Andy Slaughter MP (shadow minister for justice) Frances Crook (chief executive, Howard League for Penal Reform) Lucy Rigby (lawyer and former parliamentary candidate) Chair: Sara Ibrahim (barrister and executive member, Fabian Society) Jeffery Hall Participative session - Public services in the next decade: debating the left’s alternative This session will be an interactive discussion with delegates and will consider how the left should develop an alternative direction for public services. Speakers will deliver opening remarks on assigned topics and pose a question to delegates. Topics include: people power, localism, alternatives to marketisation, and partnership between government and non-profits. Marc Stears (chief executive, New Economics Foundation) Sonia Sodha (chief leader writer, The Observer) Dan Corry (chief executive, New Philanthropy Central) Cllr Lib Peck (leader, Lambeth Council) Chair: Andrew Harrop (general secretary, Fabian Society) 15.45 Radical and realist? What vision for Labour in the 2020s? Logan Hall Chuka Umunna MP (Streatham) Polly Toynbee (columnist, The Guardian) Neal Lawson (chair, Compass) Laurie Penny (contributing editor, New Statesman) Chair: Jan Royall (Labour Peer) 17.00 Close – we hope you will join us for post-conference drinks at The Marquis Cornwallis .