- Conference opens : Party chairman Caroline Spelman and conference chair Jeremy Middleton formally open the conference . - Shadow skills secretary David Willetts and shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell discuss Birmingham 's heritage and future . - Shadow community cohesion minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi introduces this year 's Social Action Project . - Shadow chancellor George Osborne , shadow foreign secretary William Hague and other shadow cabinet members outline their economic plans . - Mayor of London Boris Johnson on his vision for London . - Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox discusses the Military Covenant Commission 's findings . - Shadow Scottish secretary David Mundell , shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan and shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson report on developments in Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland . - Shadow business secretary Alan Duncan , shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers and shadow skills secretary David Willetts discuss strategy for enterprise and business success . - Shadow chief secretary to the treasury Philip Hammond and shadow housing minister Grant Shapps outline their plan for the economy . - Shadow chancellor George Osborne delivers a keynote speech . - Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley and his team outline their plan for services in the NHS . - Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley and shadow health minister Stephen O 'Brien outline their plan for care for the elderly . - Former party leader and chair of Social Justice Policy Group Iain Duncan Smith on poverty , family breakdown , economic dependency and educational failure . - Shadow education secretary Michael Gove on education . - Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve and shadow justice secretary Nick Herbert on crime . - Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt on young people and sport . - Shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling on welfare reform . - Shadow education secretary Michael Gove , shadow children 's minister Maria Miller and shadow women 's minister Theresa May on supporting Britain 's families . - Chairman of policy review and conservative research department Oliver Letwin and shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude on preparing for government . - Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth and shadow communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles on the environment . - Shadow foreign secretary William Hague , shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones and shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell on a world of new and unpredictable threats . - Conservative leader David Cameron closes conference with the party leader 's speech .