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Agenda: Saturday 25 June 2011

*THIS IS A WORKING AGENDA AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*

Neal Lawson
08:45 REGISTRATION /TEA AND COFFEE/EXHIBITION

09:45 INTRODUCTION TO COMPASS & OVERVIEW OF BUILDING THE GOOD SOCIETY)

Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass

09:55 MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Prof Francesca Klug OBE
Representative, UK Uncut
Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass

Questions and Discussion

10:50 TEA, COFFEE & EXHIBITION

11:15 SEMINARS (PART 1)

1. Is 38 Degrees helping build the good society? Reflections, feedback and future campaigns (38 Degrees)
SPEAKERS: David Babbs, 38 Degrees

2. Credit, the crisis, and poverty: a call for action (Centre for Responsible Credit)
SPEAKERS: Stella Creasy MP; Damon Gibbons, Centre for Responsible Credit

3. Imagining democratic futures: opportunities and challenges for the 21st century (Electoral Reform Society)
SPEAKERS: Nick Couldry, Centre for the Study of Global Media; Dan Hind, author, The Return of the Public; Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper; Michael Calderbank, ERS (chair)

4. What political economy for a Good Society in Europe? (FES & Social Europe)
SPEAKERS: Thorben Albrecht, SPD; Henning Meyer, Social Europe; David Schoibl, LME; Karl-Heinz Spiegel, FES London (chair)

5. How can Labour engage with the "progressive left"? And should they bother? (LabourList)
SPEAKERS: Mark Ferguson, LabourList; Emily Thornberry MP; John Harris, The Guardian; Cat Smith

6. What progressives need to know - and do - about the coalition's disability reforms (Left Foot Forward)
SPEAKERS: Neil Coyle, Policy Director, Disability Alliance; Sue Marsh, Blogger, Diary of a Benefit Scrounger; Kaliya Franklin, Blogger, Broken of Britain; Richard Excell, Senior Policy Officer, TUC

7. From discussion to strategy: which debates does the Left have to win over in the next 5 years? (Liberal Conspiracy)
SPEAKERS: Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy (chair); John Chistensen, Tax Justice Network; Joss Garman, Greenpeace

8. Unions building the Good Society (Unions 21)
SPEAKERS: Carl Roper, TUC; Paul Moloney, Unions 21; Hilton Dawson, British Association of Social Workers

9. Ending Child Poverty by 2020: the investment that makes us all better off (NUT & End Child Poverty)
SPEAKERS: Zoe Williams, The Guardian (chair); Lisa Nandy MP; Alison Garnham, CPAG; Kevin Courtney, NUT

10. Bad for workers, bad for business, bad for a good society: progressive policies for reducing the UK's excessive pay ratios (One Society)
SPEAKERS: Kevin Curran, Unite; Tom Powdrill, PIRC; Duncan Exley, One Society

11. Breaking the Live Aid legacy: why and how to change cultural understandings of global poverty (Oxfam)
SPEAKERS: Martin Kirk, Oxfam

12. Must Labour's road to Number 10 run through middle Britain? (Progress)
SPEAKERS: Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP; Lord Maurice Glasman; Ben Shimshon; Peter Kellner, YouGov; Joan Ryan (chair)

13. The Robin Hood Tax: what's not to like?  (Robin Hood Tax Campaign)
SPEAKERS: Max Lawson, Oxfam; Owen Tudor, TUC

14. A journey to HOPE (Searchlight)

15. Tackling our housing crisis: what's the vision for housing? (Shelter)
SPEAKERS: Vidhya Alakeson, Resolution Foundation; Jack Dromey MP; Roger Harding; Dave Hill, The Guardian (chair)

16. Foresight in Times of Uncertainty: Can Common Sense Save the NHS? (Socialist Health Association)
SPEAKERS: Brian Fisher, Socialist Health Association; Andy Brogan, Vanguard Consulting; Noemi Fabry, Socialist Health Association

17. Good Banking: building a banking system that is safe and good (nef & Compass)
SPEAKERS: Catherine Howarth, Fair Pensions; Professor Victoria Chick, UCL; Lindsay Mackie, Post Bank Campaign;  Mel Evans, PLATFORM; Tony Greenham,  nef; Gavin Hayes, Compass (chair)

12:30 LUNCH & EXHIBITION

12:45 LUNCHTIME PLENARY (organised by Compass Youth)

Liam Burns, President, NUS
Adam Ramsey, UK Uncut
Shiv Malik, Author
Tom Wood, Liberal Youth

13:30 SEMINARS (PART 2):

1. Safe havens? -  Tackling the tax dodgers (Action Aid & War on Want)
SPEAKERS: Caroline Lucas MP; Dave Tucker, War on Want; Daniel Garvin, UK Uncut; Hugh Lanning PCS; Anna Thomas, Action Aid (chair)

2. Equality or social mobility? A debate on the right goal for the good society (Child Poverty Action Group)
SPEAKERS: Louise Bamfield, Barnardos; Rebecca Hickman; Alison Garnham, CPAG; Kitty Usher, Demos

3. UK Companies in conflict (CORE)
SPEAKERS: Lisa Nandy MP; Rushanara Ali MP; Andy Whitmore, London Mining Network 

4. Education and the Good Society (Compass)
SPEAKERS: Prof Ken Spours; Prof Jane Martin; Prof Michael Fielding

5. Is free speech being privatised? (Index on Censorship)
SPEAKERS: Dan Hind, author; Robert Dougans; Emily Butsaleer, Index on Censorship; Michael Harris, Index on Censorship (chair)

6. What can we do instead of cut? A Green New Deal to build the good society (nef)
SPEAKERS: Mike Harris, nef; Max Lawson, Robin Hood Tax Campaign; Andrew Simms, nef; Ruth Potts, nef (chair)

7. Blue Labour's economy (Soundings & New Political Economy Network)
SPEAKERS: Lord Glasman; Frances O'Grady, TUC;  Paul Everitt, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd; Duncan Weldon, New Political Economy Network

8. How to fill crowded rooms for a good society: ideas and entertainment vs the terminal boredom of meetings (Philosophy Football)
SPEAKERS: Deborah Grayson, Climate Rush; Pat Kane, author Radical Animal : Balancing Innovation, Sustainability and Human Nature;  Anna Minton, author Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City ; UCL Occupation online organiserJessica Riches ; Heather Wakefield, National Officer for Local Government, UNISON; Mark Perryman, co-founder Philosophy Football (chair).  With live music from Maddy Carty, film by Sunam Ghafoor , visuals from Hugh Tisdale, co-founder and designer Philosophy Football. Plus a Red Stars vs Blue Labour cupcake poll! 

9. How can trade unions be agents of the social change we need today? (Red Pepper)
SPEAKERS: Prof Huw Beynon, Cardiff University; Tina Mackay, Unite; Hugh Lanning, PCS; Clare Williams, UNISON; Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper (chair)

10. The battle for progressive health policy (The Social Liberal Forum)

11. The Feeling's Mutual - a Left response to financial exclusion (The Cooperative Party)
SPEAKERS: Chris Evans MP; Martin Tiedemann, The Cooperative Party (chair); Andy Love MP

12. Is ‘the State’ really the problem? (The Fabian Society)
SPEAKERS: Neal Lawson, Compass; Tim Horton, The Fabian Society; Paul Richards, Author

13. What next for political reform? (The Green Party)
SPEAKERS: Caroline Lucas MP; John Harris, The Guardian; David Babbs, 38 Degrees

14. Resisting porn culture (UK Feminista)
SPEAKERS: Anna van Heeswijk, OBJECT; Rebecca Mott; Matt McCormack Evans, Anti Porn Men Project; Kat Banyard, UK Feminista

15. The Left & Lords Reform: championing elections or defending jobs for life? (Unlock Democracy)
SPEAKERS: Chris Bryant MP; Polly Toynbee, The Guardian

16. How do we build the Good Society in our own neighbourhood? (RSA)
SPEAKERS: Alvin Carpio, London Citizens; Laura Billings, Mindapples; Kevin Harris, Blogger; Barry Navarro, Community Development Foundation; John Houghton, Shared Intelligence

17. #UKUncut (UKUncut)

14:45 BUILDING THE GOOD SOCIETY QUESTION TIME

John Harris, The Guardian
Baroness Prof Ruth Lister CBE
Caroline Lucas MP
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
Chuka Umunna MP

Chaired by: Mehdi Hasan, New Statesman

15:45 AFTERNOON KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Lisa Nandy MP
Simon Hughes MP
Jon Cruddas MP

Chaired by: Gavin Hayes, General Secretary, Compass