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Agenda: Saturday 12 June 2010

Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass

09:55 MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Caroline Lucas MP
Nick Dearden, Jubilee Debt Campaign
Christine Blower, General Secretary, NUT
Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass

Questions and Discussion

10:50 TEA, COFFEE & EXHIBITION

11:15 SEMINARS (PART 1)

1. Ending Child Poverty - what now? (Child Poverty Action Group) Speakers: Prof Ruth Lister CBE; Tim Nichols, Child Poverty Action Group (chair); Karen Buck MP; Rt Hon Ed Balls MP

2. What achievable policies could a common centre-left platform campaign for this Parliament? (Social Liberal Forum) Speakers: John Harris, The Guardian; David Hall Matthews, Social Liberal Forum (chair); Charles Marquand

3. What Not To Spend: How to Make Cuts Fair (The Fabian Society) Speakers: Rachel Reeves MP; Christopher Cook, FT; David Coats, Work Foundation; Polly Toynbee, The Guardian; Dr Evan Harris

4. Forward thinking: Building the infrastructure for a progressive fightback (Labour List & Left Foot Forward) Speakers: Will Straw, Left Foot Forward; Alex Smith, LabourList; Matthew McGregor, Blue State Digital; Sian Berry

5. The ABC of global poverty - Aid, Banks and Conflict. Is this the right way forward? (Jubilee Debt Campaign, War on Want, World Development Movement) Speakers: Nick Dearden, Jubilee Debt Campaign; John Hilary, War on Want; Deborah Doane, World Development Movement; Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

6. Why has the Left become so illiberal? (Index on Censorship) Speakers: Ken Macdonald QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions; John Kampfner, Index on Censorship; David Aaronovitch, The Times; Prof Francesca Klug, Human Rights Futures Project

7. Moving housing up the agenda in a new political era (Shelter) Speakers: Andy Slaughter MP; Dave Smith, London Citizens

8. What about organising communities for a change; what is a Community Organiser? (Citizens UK) Speakers: Matthew Bolton, The Living Wage Campaign; Deborah Littman, UNISON

9. After New Labour's Interventionism: towards a progressive foreign policy? (CND) Speakers: Kate Hudson, CND; Seumas Milne, The Guardian; Diane Abbott MP; Eric Joyce MP

10. Using co-operative values to reconnect politics with the people (The Co-operative Party) Speakers: Michael Stephenson, General Secretary, The Co-operative Party; Cormac Hollingsworth, Hope not Hate; Stella Creasy MP; Murad Qureshi AM

11. Making good society: how civil society can transform our economy (Carnegie UK Trust) Speakers: Colin Meech, UNISON; Erin van der Maas, Carnegie UK Trust; Louise Rouse, Fair Pensions; Karen Chouhan, Co-ordinator and Director Research and Policy, Equanomics UK

12. A little less Copenhagen, a little more action - tackling the obstacles to climate justice (Friends of the Earth) Speakers: Tony Kearns, Communication Workers Union; Farhana Yamin, Alliance of Small Island States; Counsellor Alvaro Sánchez, Venezuelan Embassy; Tom Picken, Friends of the Earth; Bibi van der Zee, The Guardian

13. Do we need a new immigration policy? (The Smith Institute) Speakers: Paul Hackett, The Smith Institute; Nick Johnson, Institute of Community Cohesion; Ruth Grove-White, Migrants' Rights Network; Kamaljeet Jandu, National Officer, GMB

14. Why the cuts won't cut it: fighting for fairness in education (NUT & UCU) Speakers: Kevin Courtney, NUT; Fiona Millar, author; Lisa Nandy MP; Alan Whitaker, President, UCU; Jon Trickett MP; Steph Peacock (chair)

15. The Booty Myth: Uncovering the truth about the sex industry (UK Feminista) Speakers: Emma, formerly involved in prostitution; Lucy, former lap dancing club performer; Kat Banyard, UK Feminista; Charlotte Raven, author & journalist

16. The Empire Strikes Back: how the monarchy is an obstacle to democratic reform (Republic) Speakers: Professor Stephen Haseler; Graham Smith, Republic; Louise Christian, campaigner; Lance Price

17. After the election: join the resistance (Labour Briefing/LRC) Speakers: John McDonnell MP, Graham Turner, LEAP economist; Christine Shawcroft (chair)

12:30 LUNCH & EXHIBITION

12:45 LUNCHTIME PLENARY (organised by Compass Youth)

Radical future: politics for the next generation

Noel Hatch, Compass Youth
Aaron Porter, NUS
Laurie Penny, journalist
Sam Tarry, Young Labour

Chaired by: John Harris, The Guardian

13:30 SEMINARS (PART 2):

1. Class, Power and Ownership: Liberalism and its Limits (Red Pepper) Speakers: Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper; Richard Burden MP; Anthony Arblaster, author, "Democracy" and "The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism"

2. Can the NHS tackle health inequality? (Socialist Health Association) Speakers: Dr Neil Goulbourne, SHA; Dr Brian Fisher, SHA

3. Revenge of the Top-Up-Fee generation? (NUS) Speakers: Stella Creasy MP; Gail Cartmail, Unite the Union; Dr Prof Richard Grayson; Aaron Porter, NUS

4. Public services fit for the 21st century - is mutualism the answer? (Progress) Speakers: Richard Angell, Progress (chair); Michael Stephenson, The Co-operative Party; Cllr Steve Reed, London Borough of Lambeth; Sharon Carr-Brown, Foundation Trust Governors' Association

5. Does Party Tribalism and Electoral Politics Keep Progresives Apart? (Vote for a Change & The Electoral Reform Society) Speakers: Professor David Marquand; Professor Alan Finlayson; Willie Sullivan, Director, Vote for a Change (chair)

6. Whose economy? (Oxfam) Speakers: Helen Longworth, Oxfam (chair); Judith Robertson, Oxfam Scotland; Lynsay Hanley, Journalist and author; Will Horwitz, Community Links

7. Sex and Power: How can we ensure an equal voice for women in shaping the future (Fawcett Society & ActionAid) Speakers: Ceri Goddard, Fawcett Society; Belinda Calaguas, ActionAid; Ruth Fox, Hansard; Dorothy Byrne, Channel 4

8. 21 Hours: making time for the great transition (nef) Speakers: Andrew Simms, nef; Anna Coote, nef; David Lammy MP

9. Just wages: the case for tackling inequality (One Society & The Equality Trust) Speakers: Karen Buck MP; Laura Wirtz, Just Wage, Bill Kerry, Equality Trust; Bronwyn McKenna, UNISON (chair)

10. Transforming Labour: how can we rebuild and renew the Party? (RENEWAL) Speakers: Sam Tarry, Young Labour; Gavin Hayes, Compass (chair); Tony Robinson, actor & broadcaster; Oona King; Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP; Ann Black, Labour NEC

11. Labour's Future: investment not cuts (Tribune) Speakers: Jon Trickett MP; Chris Mclaughlin, Tribune (chair); Ken Livingstone; Lisa Nandy MP; Michael Burke, economist

12. Robin Hood & the Tax Dodgers: Where next for tax justice around the world? (Actionaid) Speakers: Clifford Singer, The Other Taxpayers' Alliance & mydavidcameron.com; Polly Jones, UNISON; Anna Thomas, ActionAid; Nick Mathiason, Ethical Currency (chair)

13. New frontiers in climate change politics (Greenpeace) Speakers: Tim Baster, Climate Outreach Information Network; Ruth Davis, Greenpeace UK; Robert Falkner, London School of Economics

14. Post election: what now for democratic change? (Power 2010) Speakers: Pam Giddy, POWER2010; Baroness Helena Kennedy QC; Billy Bragg; Dr Evan Harris

15. How to rebuild a broken economy (Soundings) Speakers: Prof David Blanchflower; Paul Mason, author & broadcaster; Ha-Joon Chang, economist, Cambridge University; Jonathan Rutherford, Soundings; Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian (chair)

16. Latin America: Building a Progressive Consensus (Cuban Solidarity Campaign & Venezuela Solidarity Campaign) Speakers: Carolina Amador Pérez, Cuban Womens Federation; Alvaro Sanchez, Venezuelan Embassy

17. Will the new coalition ConDem Labour to another 18 years in opposition, or will it breakdown in 18 months? (New Statesman) Speakers: John Harris, The Guardian; Mehdi Hassan, New Statesman; Neal Lawson, Compass (chair)

14:45 A NEW HOPE FOR LABOUR: THE LEADERS' DEBATE

Diane Abbott MP
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP 

Chaired by: Polly Toynbee, The Guardian

15:45 AFTERNOON KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Pam Giddy, POWER 2010
Jon Cruddas MP
Chuka Umunna MP

Chaired by: Gavin Hayes, General Secretary, Compass

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