Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton NB There may be changes to sessions, timings and rooms before the event Friday 20 March Time Room Session/Event 11.00-18.00 Foyer, Ground Floor Registration desk open 12.00-13.15 Stanmer Workshop: A1 SOC Ambassador Workshop: B1 Food and Agriculture Voting Paper Sandringham Workshop: A3 DRC – A2 PDC Osborne Meeting: Land Use Policy Working Group Hall 4 Meeting: Climate Emergency Policy Working Group 13.30-14.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) WELCOME TO CONFERENCE and CO-LEADER SPEECH 14.15-15.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: Rising to the challenge: can capitalism be green? Hall 4 Fringe: Introduction to plenaries for first timers Sandringham Fringe: Greens in Power (Councillors only) Stanmer Workshop: A5 GPRC – A4 Transition Team Cambridge Workshop: A6 Climate Emergency Policy Working Group Ambassador Training: Election agents – how to make your role simple Innovation Meeting: Food and Agriculture Policy Working Group Osborne Meeting: LGBTIQA+ Greens 15.45-18.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 15.45-15.55 GREENS OF COLOUR SPEECH followed by 15.55-18.30 OPENING PLENARY - Section A (SOC and other Reports); Emergency Motion 18.45-20.00 Ambassador Fringe: The Big Surveillance Capitalism Scandal Cambridge Fringe: Before we tax meat - exactly what is a healthy diet? Hall 4 Fringe: What happened in Bristol West 2019 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Training: Moving from climate emergency to climate action planning in your Council and community Sandringham Workshop: D3 Diversity of media representation (18.45-19.20) D4 Diversity in Target Seats (19.20-20.00) Osborne Meeting: Migration, Refugees and Asylum Policy Working Group Innovation Meeting: Green Party Women 1 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Evening Wagner Hall £5 veggie and vegan curries made just for us by the Real Junk Food Catering (see map) Project. 18.00-21.00, Bar open until 22.30 Evening Wagner Hall 20.30-22.00 Big Green Quiz night, £3 per team member. All funds raised (see map) will go to the Young Greens and Brighton and Hove Green Party Regency Tavern 21.00-23.30 Queer Cabbage (see map) A joyous evening of entertainment brought to you by LGBTIQA+ Greens. Tickets on the door. More info here. Pubs of Brighton Pub Tour (self-guided – meet at registration desk 20.15) Preston, Hilton 20.30-22.30 Board Games night Play games including Catan, Carcassonne, Pandemic, or bring your own. Everyone - including novices - welcome. Saturday 21 March Time Room Session/Event 08.30-18.00 Foyer Registration desk open 09.00-10.15 Hall 4 Fringe: Transport me to the future! Ambassador Fringe: What next after Brexit? Brainstorming the future for ex-MEPs and an ex-Remain agenda Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: The Green Doughnut: How we create a distinct Green economic narrative Osborne Workshop: D1 New Constitution Stanmer Workshop: D2 IHRA, Palestine and Free speech (09.00-09.55) D7 Brand Consistency within the party (09.55-10.15) Sandringham Training: Breakthrough 2021 - how to win in 2021 Cambridge Meeting: Wildlife and Habitats Policy Working Group Innovation Meeting: Green Party Trade Union Group 10.00-13.00 Off-site Boat trip to windfarm (booking required) 10.30-12.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 10.30-10.50 DEPUTY LEADER’S SPEECH followed by 10.50-12.45 PLENARY B1 Food and Agriculture Voting Paper 10.30-12.30 Off-site Training: 60 Second Surveys: for real! (with B&H Green Party) Meet at B&H Green Party stall. 11.00-12.00 Innovation Meditation (drop in. See website for more info) 12.45-13.30 Catering area LUNCH BREAK Osborne Meeting: International Policy Working Group 2 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton 13.00-14.00 Off-site Beach Volleyball (sign up required). Meet at court on seafront opposite hotel. 13.30-14.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: Radical Climate Democracy in the run-up to COP Hall 4 Fringe: Electoral agreements with other parties – how can cooperation work successfully at local elections? Ambassador Fringe: Universal Basic Income - how to make it happen! Sandringham Workshop: D5 Proactive stance for standing in elections (13.30-13.55) D7 Campaigning against green candidates (13.55-14.45) Cambridge Workshop: E16 Remove the manifesto from RoPS (13.30-13.55) C1 The 2019 GE manifesto and Climate change mitigation (13.55-14.45) Stanmer Training: Election literature - sharing the best to help your campaign win Innovation Meeting: Disability Greens Osborne Meeting: Tax & Fiscal Policy Working Group Preston Meeting: Young Greens 14.00-17.00 Off-site Boat trip to windfarm (booking required) 15.00-17.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) PLENARY D1 then C1, Emergency motion 17.15-18.30 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Climate justice is empty without social justice! Ambassador Fringe: View from the House of Lords Cambridge Training: The membership journey, using CiviCRM and exciting members so they stick with us Hall 4 Training: Canvassing - how to do it seriously well Preston Workshop: E1 Transport Statement (17.15-17.50) E2 Social Care Funding (17.50-18.30) Stanmer Workshop: E3 Cars and Vans to go zero carbon by 2030 (17.15-17.50) E4 Access to nature and health (17.50-18.30) Osborne Meeting: Disability Policy Working Group Innovation Meeting: Security, Peace and Defence Policy Working Group 18.45-20.00 Main Hall (Oxford suite) Panel: New borders, old borders - Brexit and UK’s place in the region and in Europe Hall 4 Hustings: House of Lords Innovation Training: Mediation training 3 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Cambridge Fringe: Together with Gypsy, Roma and Travellers Ambassador Training: Local media - how to get great coverage Stanmer Workshop: E5 No New Nuclear (18.45-19.25) E8 Reaffirm support for BDS (19.25-20.00) Osborne Meeting: Greens of Colour (BAME/BME) Preston Meeting: Green Left Sandringham Local Government Association Independent Group reception (Councillors only) Evening Wagner Hall £5 veggie and vegan curries made just for us by the Real Junk Food Catering (see map) Project. 18.00-21.00, Bar open until 22.30 Evening Brighthelm Centre 19.30-22.00 Fundraising Ceilidh, hosted by Brighton and Hove Green (see map) Party Ambassador, Hilton 20.30-22.00 Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale – a one-man show by Marlon Solomon. More info here. Preston, Hilton 20.30-22.30 Board Games night Play games including Catan, Carcassonne, Pandemic, or bring your own. Everyone - including novices - welcome. Sunday 22 March Time Room Session/Event 09.00-10.15 Innovation Quaker meeting for worship Main Hall (Oxford suite) Fringe: Localism agenda: Greens in power transforming towns Hall 4 Fringe: Preventing war while tackling climate chaos Preston Training: Safeguarding - how to meet standards in your local party activities Ambassador Workshop: E9 Strengthening the regulation of election spending (09.00- 09.35) E10 Recognising the impact colonialism had on climate change (09.35- 10.15) Stanmer Workshop: E11 Suspend the rollout of 5G (09.00-09.35) E13 Modernising sport policy (09.35-10.15) Osborne Meeting: Energy Policy Working Group Cambridge Meeting: Future of policy making Sandringham Hustings: Committee hustings 4 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton 10.30-12.45 Main Hall (Oxford suite) 10.30-10.40 AGC CONVENOR SPEECH followed by 10.40-12.45 PLENARY Remaining D motions, then C1 , then E1 onwards 11.00-12.00 Innovation Meditation (more info here) 11.00-12.00 Osborne Laughter yoga (more info here) 12.45-13.30 Catering area LUNCH BREAK 13.00-15.00 Off-site Brighton: Home to the National Elm Collection – guided walk (more info here). Meet 13.00 at registration desk. Off-site Silent Disco Beach Clean (more info here) Meet 13.00 at registration desk. 13.30-14.45 Cambridge Fringe: Leaders’ Q&A Hall 4 Fringe: Join the Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) campaign Stanmer Fringe: Young Greens housing campaign launch Ambassador Fringe: General election debrief session Sandringham Workshop: E14 Directly Elected individual positions (13.30-14.05) E15 Music Venues and new developments (14.05-14.45) Preston Workshop: E17 Abolish the OFSE6 (13.30-14.00) E6, E7, E12 – Enabling motions (15 mins each) Osborne Meeting: Science and Technology Policy Working Group Innovation Meeting: Green Seniors 15.00-16.00 Main Hall (Oxford Suite) CLOSING PLENARY E motions; Late motions; Emergency motions PANELS Friday 20 March, 18.45-20.00 RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: CAN CAPITALISM BE GREEN? Society’s most challenging problems cannot be solved by government and non-profits alone. By harnessing the power of business, B Corps use profits and growth as a means to a greater end: for employees, communities, and the environment. There are currently over 2,500 Certified B Corporations in more than 50 countries. Chair: Jenny Jones Speakers: Chris Turner, Chief Executive of B Lab UK Christopher Davis, International Director of CSR & Campaigns, The Body Shop 5 Green Party Spring Conference, 20-22 March 2020 Hilton Metropole Brighton Saturday 21 March, 13.30-14.45 RADICAL CLIMATE DEMOCRACY IN THE RUN-UP TO COP This panel will explore the future of democracy in our country through the lens of climate change. Chair: Caroline Lucas MP Speakers: Matthew Taylor - Chief Executive, RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) Farhana Yamin - Climate change lawyer, author, speaker & activist, Green New Deal and Extinction Rebellion Noga Levy-Rapoport - UK youth climate coalition, climate striker Saturday 21 March, 18.45-20.00 NEW BORDERS, OLD BORDERS - BREXIT AND UK’S PLACE IN THE REGION AND IN EUROPE The UK has left the EU.