Conference Fringe Event Diary
Labour Party Conference 2010: Manchester: 26-30 September
Sunday 26th September
The Howard League for Penal Reform: Labour Party fringe meeting 27 September 2010, 8am – 9.30am, Manchester Central, (Charter A, Marquee 2)
Speakers will include: Maria Eagle MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Frances Crook, Director, The Howard League for Penal Reform
The BHA and Accord Coalition Labour Conference Event
Venue Radisson Hotel, Pankhurst Room Starting at / on 26th September 2010
Start time 13.00-14.00
The British Humanist Association and Accord Coalition Labour Conference Event:
Should we have faith in faith schools?
Daycare Trust Labour Conference Event
Sunday 26th September, 17:30-18:30 Usdaw Marquee, Charter A
Daycare Trust along with other members of the the Childcare Forum, will be putting childcare at the forefront of the political agenda during party conference season this autumn via a series of dedicated fringe events.
V Labour Conference Event
v is a partner in the Coalition for Young People events at the 2010 party conferences
Labour – Sunday 26 September from 6.15pm, Youth Zone (off the main Exhibition Hall
Monday 27th September
Campaign for Better Transport: Labour fringe meeting: Making the Right Choices for Transport
Date: Monday 27 September
Time: 8.15 am to 9.00 am
Location: Stanley Suite, Midland Hotel
Chair: Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport
Speakers: Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Secretary for Transport, Andrew Pakes, Chair of SERA, Member of Transport Select Committee (tbc)
Reform: Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Shadow Minister for Digital Britain
Saving families from poverty?
Panel: Carol Sergeant, Chief Risk Officer, Lloyds Banking Group
Venue: Manchester Central, The Usdaw Marquee
Time: 17.30 – 18.30
Kindly sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group
Tuesday 28th September
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: Preventing another Mid-Staffs: debating the essential steps to secure patient safety in the NHS
Lancaster Suite, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: Help the Hospices, MND Association, Parkinson's Disease Association
Speakers: David Brindle, Public Services Editor, The Guardian (Chair); Jonathan Ellis, Director of Public Policy & Parliamentary Affairs – Help the Hospices; Baroness Thornton, Shadow Health Minister
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: Smarter spending for better care
Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: Help the Hospices, MND Association, Parkinson's Disease Association
Speakers: David Brindle, Public Services Editor, The Guardian (Chair); Jonathan Ellis, Director of Public Policy & Parliamentary Affairs – Help the Hospices; Baroness Thornton, Shadow Health Minister
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: Solving the Public Health Crisis – We've Found the Miracle Cure!
Stanley Suite, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: RNIB, British Red Cross
Speaker: Barbara Keeley MP, Shadow Minister of State for Health; Imelda Redmond CBE, Chief Exec, Carers UK; Lally, Interim Director of UK Operations, British Red Cross; Steve Winyard, Head of Campaigns, RNIB
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: A caring Big Society?
Colony Restaurant, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: RNIB, British Red Cross
Speakers: Barbara Keeley MP, Shadow Minister of State for Health; Imelda Redmond CBE, Chief Exec, Carers UK; Lally, Interim Director of UK Operations, British Red Cross; Steve Winyard, Head of Campaigns, RNIB
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: New politics, new healthcare: Can the web help patients and clinicians transform the NHS?
Colony Restaurant, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: British Society of Gastroenterology, Patient Opinion
Speaker: Chair: Martin Rathfelder (Director, Socialist Health Association). Panel includes Diana Johnson MP, Professor Chris Hawkey (Chair, BSG Public Affairs Committee), Dr Paul Hodgkin (Chief Executive, Patient Opinion), Dr Tom Smith (Chief Executive, BSG)
Alzheimers: Labour Party Conference fringe event: Research to the rescue! Is medical research the new growth area for Britain's Economy?
Derby Suite, Midland Hotel
Collaborators: The Stroke Association, British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK
Speaker: Mark Henderson, Science Editor, The Times (Chair) Joe Korner, Director of Communications, The Stroke Association. Dr Mike Knapton, Associate Medical Director, British Heart Foundation. Dr Iain Frame, Director of Research, Diabetes UK
British Humanist Association (BHA) and Labour Humanists present: 3rd Annual "No Prayer Breakfast"
What role for non-religious people in opposition?
Tea, coffee and secular pastries will be available!
Speakers:
Polly Toynbee, BHA President
Dianne Hayter, Labour peer and former chair of the Labour Party
Andrew Copson, BHA Chief Executive
Kelvin Hopkins MP, Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group
Chair:
Paul Blanchard, chair Labour Humanists
Tuesday 28th September, 08.00-09.00, Manchester Central, Charter 1.
Please visit us at Stand 115, or www.humanism.org.uk
ATL/NASUWT/NUT JOINT FRINGE MTG: England's schools: a free for all?
Tuesday 28 September 13.00 – 14.00
Charter 7 Manchester Central
Chair:
Gill Goodswen, NUT President
Speakers:
Ed Balls MP
Professor Becky Francis, RSA
Fiona Millar, Writer & Journalist
Reform: Rt Hon Angela Eagle MP
Saving welfare
Panel: Brian Bussell, Pensions Director, AVIVA
Venue: Manchester Central, Marquee 2
Time: 17.30 – 18.30
Kindly sposored by AVIVA
ERS Labour Conference Event
Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 20:00
Electoral Reform:Winning the Battle
Conference Hall, Manchester Town Hall
with Compass/Fabians/Progress
Chair: Jackie Ashley (Guardian)
Speakers: John Denham, Peter Hain, Tessa Jowell, Neal Lawson and Stephen Twigg
*EVENT ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ERS Labour Conference Event
Labour "Yes" reception with Left Foot Forward:
Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 22:00
Obsidian Bar, Aurora Hotel, Princess St
Hosts: John Denham, Billy Bragg, Ben Bradshaw (invited) and others.
Wednesday 29th September
Actionaid: Labour Party Conference: ON THE FRONTLINE: WOMEN. PEACE AND CONFLICT
Wednesday 29th September
12.30-13.30
Secure zone
Manchester Central Central 4
Speakers:
Chair: Samira Ahmed – (Presenter/Reporter, Channel 4 News)
Baroness Kinnock – (Former FCO Minister and Minister for International VAW)
Rushanara Ali MP – (Member for Bethnal Green and Bow)
Belinda Calaguas – (Director of Policy & Campaigns ActionAid)
Actionaid: Labour Party Conference: AID: HELP OR HINDRANCE? CAN IT ENABLE THE POOR TO HOLD THEIR LEADERS TO ACCOUNT?
ActionAid with Foreign Policy Center and BBC World Trust Service
Wednesday 29th September – 17.30 – 19.30 – secure zone – Chester Suite Midland Hotel
Speakers:
Chair – Tracy McVeigh – Chief Reporter The Observer
Richard Beeston* – Foreign Editor The Times
Richard Howitt MEP* – Labour's Foreign Affairs Spokesperson European Parliament
Belinda Calaguas* – Director of Policy and Campaigns ActionAid
TCPA: Labour Party Conference, Manchester Wednesday 29th September, 6.30-8.00pm.
Can a national planning guidance help to address social, environmental and economic inequalities?
Charter A, Marquee 1, outside Manchester Central, M2 3GX – within the security cordon
Speakers include: Alan Whitehead MP (Energy and Climate Change Select Committee); Cllr David Sparks OBE (Dudley Met. Borough Council, LGA Vice Chair and Leader, Labour Group); Dr Anna Watson (Senior Campaigner Rights and Justice, Friends of the Earth); and Kate Henderson (Chief Executive, TCPA). Chaired by Peter Hetherington, The Guardian
Conservative Party Conference 2010: The ICC Birmingham: 3 – 6 October 2010
MRSA Action UK: EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE: LIBERATING THE NHS
The Government White Paper "Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS" introduces changes to the structure and governance of healthcare. There is little detail on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and the lack of a mention on antimicrobial prescribing, stewardship and how this may impact on infection rates. It is apparent that we have reached a plateau in reducing the reportable infections and innovation and good governance will play a significant role in understanding the problems and driving infections to the irreducible minimum. We need assurances that this will remain high on the Government's agenda in terms of resources and investment in the right areas. Preventing infections must remain a high priority for survival from groundbreaking surgeries to happen.
Regulation, relying on patient feedback and the proposed new body Healthwatch are all featured in the White Paper. MRSA Action UK will be drafting a response and in addition to this we have joined forces to respond with Diabetes UK, C.diff Support, the Kidney Alliance, the National Kidney Federation and other patient stakeholders to ask for real and meaningful engagement with patient organisations and charities in shaping healthcare and supporting patients and carers. For more information email info@mrsaactionuk.net
MRSA Action UK: INQUIRY INTO THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSIONING, SUPERVISORY AND REGULATORY BODIES IN RELATION TO THEIR MONITORING ROLE AT MID STAFFORDSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
We will be combining our approach to the response to the White Paper with the response to the Mid Staffs Public Inquiry. The terms of reference of the Public Inquiry are to consider the regulators and their role in acting on the information on the high mortality rates and patient and relatives' complaints. Of concern is the Strategic Health Authority's role, there may be some improvements at Mid Staffs however within the same Strategic Health Authority's remit is the University Hospital of North Staffs and they continue to have the highest number of C.diff cases in the country, data is not being reported on a weekly basis in the timely manner that other hospitals are reporting it, which is now a mandatory requirement. We are concerned that this marker of patient safety appears to be being ignored and that patients will suffer as a consequence. The regulators reports are available at the Mid Staffs Inquiry website at http://www.midstaffsinquiry.com
Sunday 3rd October
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference: A caring Big Society?
Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: RNIB, British Red Cross
Speaker: Steve Winyard, Head of Campaigns, RNIB; Margaret Lally, Interim Director of UK Operations, British Red Cross; Imelda Redmond CBE, Chief Exec, Carers UK
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference: Innovation as cure: how medical research can crack our toughest health problems
Marquee 2, ICC
Collaborators: Alzheimer's Research Trust, Anthony Nolan Trust, ABHI
Speaker: Chair (TBC), Anne Milton MP, Fred Turok, Chairman FIA, Sue Tibballs, CEO WSFF, Harry MacMillan, CEO MEND, Sue Sharpe, CEO PSNC
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference: Innovation as cure: how medical research can crack our toughest health problems
Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: FIA, WSFF, MEND, PSNC
Speaker: Chair (TBC), Anne Milton MP, Fred Turok, Chairman FIA, Sue Tibballs, CEO WSFF, Harry MacMillan, CEO MEND, Sue Sharpe, CEO PSNC
Daycare Trust Conservative Conference Event
Sunday, 3 October 2010, 12.30 – 2.00pm Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham
Daycare Trust along with other members of the the Childcare Forum, will be putting childcare at the forefront of the political agenda during party conference season this autumn via a series of dedicated fringe events.
V Conservative Conference Event
v is a partner in the Coalition for Young People events at the 2010 party conferences
Conservatives – Sunday 3rd October from 5.30pm, IET: Austin Court
TCPA: Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham Sunday 3rd October 2010, 5.45-7.00pm.
Can a national planning framework help to deliver localism more effectively, addressing social and economic inequalities?
Hall 10A, The ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA – within the security cordon
Speakers include: John Howell MP (Chair, Planning Sounding Board); Cllr Keith Mitchell CBE (Oxfordshire County Council); Crest Nicholson spokesperson; and Kate Henderson (Chief Executive, TCPA). Chaired by Lee Shostak, TCPA Chair.
The Howard League for Penal Reform: Conservative Party fringe meeting 3 October 2010, 5.45pm – 7pm, The ICC, Birmingham, Exec Room 1, The ICC, Broad Street, B1 2EA
Speakers will include:
Chair: Mary Riddell, Assistant Editor, The Telegraph
Panel: Crispin Blunt MP, Frances Crook, Director the Howard League for Penal Reform, Claire Perry MP, Dominic Raab MP
Meet Birmingham: Centre for Cities Reception
Time: 19.30 – 21.00
Location: The Waterhall, Chamberlain Square, B3 3DH
Speakers: Cllr Mike Whitby, Leader, Birmingham City Council; Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Notes: Invitation only
Organiser: Marketing Birmingham; Centre for Cities
Monday 4th of October
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Research to the rescue! Is medical research the new growth area for Britain's Economy?
12:45 14:00
Marquee 2, ICC
Collaborators: Breast Cancer Care, Macmillan Cancer Support, The Prostate Cancer Charity
Speakers: Patrick Hennessy, Sunday Telegraph (Chair); Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health; Ciarán Devane, Macmillan Cancer Support; Layne Hamerston, Bournemouth Aftercare Cancer Survivorship Project
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: What's next for cancer survivors? Aftercare that works for all
12:45 14:00 Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: FPA, BDA, RSPGB
Speaker: Patrick Hennessy, Sunday Telegraph (Chair); Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health; Ciarán Devane, Macmillan Cancer Support; Layne Hamerston, Bournemouth Aftercare Cancer Survivorship Project
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: The Unheard Voice: are health services failing the most vulnerable?
17:45 19:00 Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: FPA, BDA, RSPGB
Speaker: Chair: Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent, The Sunday Telegraph. Speakers: Marc Seale, Chief Executive and Registrar, Health Professions Council; Dr Stephanie Bown, Director of Policy and Communications, Medical Protection Society; Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives; Simon Burns MP, Health Minister;
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Trust and Openness in the NHS: From Paternalism to Partnership
17:45 19:00 Marquee 2, ICC
Collaborators: HPC, RCM, MPS
Speaker: Chair: Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent, The Sunday Telegraph. Speakers: Marc Seale, Chief Executive and Registrar, Health Professions Council; Dr Stephanie Bown, Director of Policy and Communications, Medical Protection Society; Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives; Simon Burns MP, Health Minister;
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: The Health Debate
21:30 23:00 Symphony Room Foyer, Level 4, ICC
Collaborators: The Health Hotel
ActionAid: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: ON THE FRONTLINE: WOMEN. PEACE AND CONFLICT
Monday 4 October
12.45-14.00
(Outside secure zone)
Crowne Plaza Hotel Vista Suite 2
Speakers:
Chair: Heather Blake – (Reporters without Borders)
Henry Bellingham – (Parliamentary Under-Secretary FCO) – TBC
Nicola Blackwood MP – Chair APG Women, Peace and Security
Belinda Calaguas – (Director of Policy & Campaigns ActionAid)
Campaign for Better Transport: Conservative fringe meeting: Making the Right Choices for Transport
Date: Monday 4 October
Time: 8.00 am to 9.00 am
Location: Fortissimo room, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chair: Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport
Speakers: Rt Hon Theresa Villliers MP, Transport Minister Daniel Moylan, Dep Leader RBKC and board member of TfL, Colin S Walton, Chairman, Bombardier Transportation UK
Meet Birmingham: Innovation and the green revolution
Time: 08.00-09.30
Location: The Hyatt – Andante Suite
Chair: Vice-Chancellor Prof. Julia King, Aston University
Speakers: Prof. Andreas Hornung, Dr Bruno Polett
Organiser: Birmingham Science City
Meet Birmingham: From finance to guidance: what can the new Government do to support business growth?
Time: 08.00 – 09.30
Location: RBS, St Philip's Place
Chair: David Frost, Director- General, British Chambers of Commerce
Speakers: Justine Greening, Brian Groom, Andrew Tyrie, Will Butler-Adams, Brompton Bikes
Respondents: Senior Director, RBS
Notes: Invitation only
Organiser: Birmingham Chamber Group
Meet Birmingham: HS2: Making Connections
Time: 08.30-09.30
Location: The Hyatt – Allegro Suite
Chair: Cllr Angus Adams, Chairman, Centro
Speakers: Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive, Centro; Julie Mills, Director, Greengauge 21; Cllr Tim Huxtable, Cabinet Member for Transportation and Regeneration Birmingham City Council
Organiser: Centro
Meet Birmingham: The city as a platform
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: The Hyatt – Concerto Room
Introduced by: Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
Keynote: Jon Kingsbury, Head of External Supply, Future Media and Technology at the BBC
Chair: Neil Crockett, MD,Public Sector, Cisco
Panel: Tony Barnes, Mudlark/ChromaRoma; Matt Walsh, Maverick/NHS Local; Rob Annadale, Axis/BE2Camp
Organiser: Screen WM
Meet Birmingham: The Business Debate: Spending cuts and policy changes: will the Government's programme secure economic recovery?
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: GVA Grimley, Brindley Place
Chair: Iain Dale, Political commentator and leading UK blogger
Speakers: David Gauke, MP, Stephen Timms MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills; David Frost, Director- General, British Chambers of Commerce; Margaret Eaton, LGA
Organiser: Birmingham Chamber Group
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: Monday 4th October at the ICC, Marquee 4, 12:30pm
Speakers: Anne Ashworth, The Times (CHAIR); Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Housing Minister; John Howell MP; Imtiaz Farookhi, NHBC, Tony Bowron, RICS; Professor Alan Evans, University of Reading.
ERS Conservative Conference Event
Monday, October 4th 2010, 12:30
Who's Affraid of Electoral Reform, Respublica Marquee
Speakers: Philip Blond, Mark Harper MP, David Alexander (former advisor to John Howard), Michael Brown (Independent)
Leading voices from the centre right from Britain and Australia make the case for electoral reform.
For latest updates visit our website or contact activist@electoral-reform.org.uk
BHA Conservative Conference Event
BHA and Accord Coalition Conservative Conference Event
Venue ICC, Media Suite A. Starting at / on 4th October 2010
Start time 12:30 – 14:00
The British Humanist Association and Accord Coalition Conservative Conference Event: Should we have faith in faith schools?
Speakers:
Andrew Copson, BHA Chief Executive, since January 2010 after five years coordinating the BHA's education and public affairs work. His writing on humanist and secularist issues has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and New Statesman.
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, chair of the Accord Coalition is a writer and broadcaster, and serves as minister of the Maidenhead Synagogue
Please note this event is open to conference pass-holders only
IFAW Conservative Conference Event
Monday 4th October 17.45 – 19.00 Hall 6B, ICC
"Whale meat again? What next for whale conservation?"
Chairman: Robbie Marsland, UK Director, IFAW
Speakers:
Richard Benyon, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries;
Charles Clover, journalist and author;
Arni Finnsson, Chairman, Iceland Nature Conservation Association
Meet Birmingham: 'Giving People Real Transport Choices'
Time: 18.00-19.30
Location: Birmingham Council House
Chair: Neil Scales – Chief Executive and Director General Merseytravel
Speakers: Lee Scott, Permanent Private Secretary to Phillip Hammond; Steve Norris, Former Transport Minister & Director on the board of TFL; Steven Joseph, Executive Director Campaign for Better Transport; Shona Johnstone, Councillor Cambridgeshire County Council
Organiser: ACT TravelWise
ACT TravelWise presents how to give people real transport choices includes
Q & A
Meet Birmingham: Total Neighbourhood: What role for local government in the Big Society? (Report Launch)
Time:19.30-21.00
Location: The ICC – Media Suite B
Speakers: Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Communities & Local Government; Cllr Mike Whitby, Leader, Birmingham City Council
Notes: Invitation only
Organiser: Birmingham City Council
Tuesday 5th of October
UK-GBC: Regional Case Study Event: Langley Point, Birmingham
UK-GBC Regional Event
Langley Point, Birmingham
Tuesday 5th October, 3pm-6:30pm
To coincide with the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, the UK-GBC highlights some of the best sustainable building practice in the region. Trigram Properties and Folkes Holdings will be showcasing one of their latest projects, Langley Point, Birmingham.
Speakers include:
.Simon Kimberley, Chief Executive – Optima –
.Trigram Properties – Langley Point – The Scheme
.DJDeloitte specialist – Sustainable development – the benefits
.CPW Simon Seaton-Smith – Langley Point design issues and systems
Crop Protection Association: Conservative Party Fringe Event: Breakfast Debate
Tuesday 5th October at 8:00am – 9:45am
The ICC Marquee 4.
The debate will focus on the importance of agriculture and food production to the UK economy, how best we can produce more food in ways that protect and enhance the natural environment, and why investment in technology, skills and knowledge will help the farming and food industry prosper.
PANEL INCLUDES: Anne McIntosh Chair, Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Bill Jordan Managing Partner, Jordans Cereals , Chris Brown head of ethical and sustainable sourcing, Asda and Meurig Raymond Deputy President, National Farmers Union.
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: New politics, new healthcare: Can the web help patients and clinicians transform the NHS?
08:15 09:30 Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: British Society of Gastroenterology, Patient Opinion, GS1 UK
Speakers: Sponsor's Welcome – Gary Lynch, Chief Executive, GS1 UK. Panel includes Professor Chris Hawkey (Chair, BSG Public Affairs Committee), Dr Paul Hodgkin (Chief Executive, Patient Opinion), Dr Tom Smith (Chief Executive, BSG), Roger Lamb, Healthcare Sector Manager, GS1 Healthcare UK
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Better outcomes for patients: NHS Dragons in the Den
12:45 14:00 Marquee 2, ICC
Collaborators: Breakthrough Breast Cancer, PRTC, RCGP
Speaker: Health Minister, Denis Campbell (Guardian/Observer), Dr Kay Mohanna (GP & Keele Universtiy Medical School)
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Preventing another Mid-Staffs: debating the essential steps to secure patient safety in the NHS
12:45 14:00 Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: RCS, GMC, NMC, Patient's Association
Speaker: Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health; Dr Phil Hammond, Vice President, Patients Association (Chair); John Black, President, RCS; Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, GMC; Professor DIckon Weir-Hughes, Chief Executive, NMC; Roswyn Hakesley-Brown, Patients Association
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Getting in early: transforming care through early diagnosis and intervention
17:45 19:00 Marquee 1, ICC
Collaborators: Alzheimer's Society, Eye Health Alliance, RNID
Speaker: Tony Baldry MP (Chair); Julia Manning, Chief Executive, Health 2020.org; Professor Steve Field, Chairman, Royal College of General Practitioners; Leighton Jones, person with hearing loss; Minister tbc
Alzheimers: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: Smarter spending for better care
17:45 19:00 Marquee 2, ICC
Collaborators: Alzheimer's Society, Eye Health Alliance, RNID
Speakers: Tony Baldry MP (Chair); Julia Manning, Chief Executive, Health 2020.org; Professor Steve Field, Chairman, Royal College of General Practitioners; Leighton Jones, person with hearing loss; Minister tbc
Actionaid: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: AID: HELP OR HINDRANCE? CAN IT ENABLE THE POOR TO HOLD THEIR LEADERS TO ACCOUNT?
Conservatives
ActionAid with Foreign Policy Center and BBC World Trust Service
12.30 – 14.00 – Tuesday 5th October – secure zone – Executive Room 8 – International Conference Centre (ICC)
Speakers:
Chair: Jon Snow* – Newscaster Channel 4 News
Alison Evans* – Executive Director Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Stephen O'Brien* – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development.
Belinda Calaguas* – Director of Policy and Campaigns ActionAid
Caroline Nursey – Executive Director BBC World Service Trust
McGrigors: Conservative Party Conference fringe event: How to sell cuts on the doorstep
McGrigors are holding a drinks reception to discuss managing reductions in public sector spending without damaging service delivery. Guest speakers include Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council.
Date: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Time: 5.45-7pm
Venue: Castle Fine Art Gallery, Section F, Level 2, ICC, Birmingham
Meet Birmingham: Local business, local economies: how can business and councils lead renewal together?
Time: 08.00 – 09.30
Location: GVA Grimley, Brindley Place
Chair: Jerry Blackett, Chief Executive, Birmingham Chamber Group
Speakers: Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; David Frost, Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce
Notes: Invitation only
Organiser: Birmingham Chamber Group
Meet Birmingham: The Big Society in action
Time: 08.00 – 09.30
Location: The ICC – Room 10B
Chair: Professor David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
Speakers: Rory Stewart MP; Ben Lucas, Director, 2020 Public Service Trust; Helen Sullivan, Professor of Government and Society, University of Birmingham; Max Wind-Cowie, Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project, Demos
Organiser: Demos in partnership with University of Birmingham
Meet Birmingham: Transforming Bus Travel and the Environment
Time: 08.00 – 09.30
Location: Edwardian Tea Rooms, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Chair: Cllr Angus Adams
Speakers: Stephen Rhodes, Passenger Services Director, Centro; Nick Coad, Group Environmental Director, National Express; Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport
Organiser: Centro
Meet Birmingham: Aid and UK Security – what's the relationship?
Time: 12.30 – 14.30
Location: The ICC, Marquee 4
Chair: Professor David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
Speakers: Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for Internatioanl Development; Dame Barbara Stocking, CEO, Oxfam; Professor Paul Jackson, Head of School of Government & Society, University of Birmingham; Dr Basia Spalek, Reader in Communities & Justice, University of Birmingham
Organiser: CWO & University of Birmingham
ATL/NUT JOINT FRINGE MTG: Can assessment measure up?
Tuesday 5 October 12.30 – 14.00 Hall 8A The ICC
Chair: Mike Baker
Speakers: Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment, Mary Bousted, ATL, Christine Blower, NUT, Lord Hill (invited)
Meet Birmingham: Science Parks without walls: Using digital connectivity to spark innovation-led growth and regeneration
Time: 17.00 – 19.00
Location: Nuvo, Brindley Place
Chair: Cllr Mike Whitby, Leader, Birmingham City Council and Chairman of Birmingham Science Park Aston
Speakers: Dr David Hardman MBE, MD, Birmingham Science Park Aston; Phil Smith, Chief Executive UK & Ireland, Cisco Systems Limited; Ralph Varcoe, Head of Strategy & Marketing, Europe Tata Communications
Organiser: Birmigham Science Park Aston
ATL/NASUWT/NUT JOINT FRINGE MTG: England's schools: a free for all?
Tuesday 5 October 17.30 – 18.45 Hall 10b The ICC
Chair: Andy Brown, ATL President
Speakers: Michael Gove MP
Professor Becky Francis, RSA
Fiona Millar, Writer & Journalist
Forum for the Future: 5th October 2010 5.45 – 7 PM
2010 Conservative Party Conference Executive Room 7 The ICC Broad Street Birmingham B1 2EA
Delivering the Green Deal
The fringe will focus on the Green Deal, the coalition's ambitious home energy retrofit scheme, and the role of private business, government and NGOs in mobilising consumers and delivering the scheme.
Speakers include:
Greg Barker MP, Minister for Climate Change
Matt Sexton, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, B&Q
Peter Madden, Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Please note that you must register to attend the Party Conference in order to have access to this event.
Contact Julia Clough to register for this event.
Meet Birmingham: TIFS/ADZ: Innovative funding for economic growth
Time: 17.45-19.00
Location: The ICC – Hall 7
Chair: Jerry Blackett, Chief Executive, Birmingham Chamber Group
Speakers: Tony Smith
Panellists: Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmimgham City Council; Ray Mills, PwC; Liz Peace, CEO of the British Property Federation
Organiser: Birmingham Chamber Group
Meet Birmingham: What role can Business Improvement Districts play in helping to prepare for the upturn?
Time: 17.45-19.30
Location: The Mailbox
Chair: Steve Dyson, BBC broadcaster and journalist
Speakers: Bob Neill MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Jacquie Reilly, ATCM; Alan Chatham, Retail Birmingham; Gary Cardin, Colmore Business District; Gary Taylor, Broad Street BID
Organiser: Birmingham City Centre Partnership
Notes: Booking required. To reserve your place please email marketing@colmorebusinessdistrict.com
BHA Conservative Conference Event
British Humanist Association (BHA) and Conservative Humanist Association: Multiculturalism. An expert panel discussion on faith, multiculturalism and the "Big Society", with Q&A.
Speakers: Dr Rumy Hasan, author of 'Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths', Andrew Copson, BHA Chief Executive, Parvin Ali, founder and CEO of Fatima Women's Network
Chair: Victoria Chamberlin, Conservative Humanist Association
Tuesday 5th October, 19.30-21.00, Hyatt Regency, Scherzo.
Please visit us at Stand 58, Hall 3, or www.humanism.org.uk
Wednesday 6th October
Meet Birmingham: Saving lives, saving time, saving money – using intelligent informatics
Time: 08.00 – 09.30
Location: The ICC – Media Suite B
Chair: TBC
Speakers: Dr David Rosser, Medical Director and Director of IT, UHB NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Simon Ball, Consultant Nephrologist, UHB; Daniel Ray, Director of Informatics and Patient Administration, UHB
Organiser: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
