Compass Conference Program

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DIRECTION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC LEFT
Agenda - The Shape of Things to Come
09:45
Opening of 'The Shape of Things to Come'
Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass
09:55
Morning Keynote Addresses
Ed Balls MP
Derek Simpson, Amicus
10:30
Energy Debate:
This conference believes the UK Government should commit to switching to majority renewable
energy within 20 years and favour renewable & bio-fuels over new nuclear power.
For: Jonathon Porritt   Against: TBC
11:15 Seminars (Part 1)
1. Comprehensive Education? Learning in the 21st Century
Run by: NUT
Speakers: Steve Sinnott, General Secretary, NUT; Emma Biermann, English Secondary Student's Association; Hazel Danson, NUT (chair)
2. Human Security: A new approach to Foreign Policy
Run by: LSE Centre for Global Governance
Speakers: Prof Mary Kaldor; lavor Rangelov
3. Pensions smenshions – who really cares about pension reform?
Run by: Age Concern
Speakers: James Purnell MP, Minister for Pension Reform; Neil Churchill, Age Concern England; Kat Fletcher, NUS
4. A Left political strategy for the future
Run by: RENEWAL
Speakers: Kitty Ussher MP; David McKnight, University of Technology, Sydney; Prof David Marquand; Steve Richards, The Independent; Neal Lawson (chair)
5. Reconnecting people to power: A new future for energy
Run by: The Green Alliance
 Speakers: Stephen Tindale, Greenpeace; Hwyel Lloyd, SERA
6. Building Hope - the future for housing policy and social justice
Run by: Shelter
Speakers: Yvette Cooper MP; Adam Sampson, Shelter; Maggie Jones, Unison
7. Power failure: can Labour share power?
Run by: IPPR
Speakers: Ed Miliband MP; lan Kearns, IPPR; Stephen Twigg, Progress; Nick Pearce, IPPR (chair)
8. Left behind on climate change?
Run by: Friends of the Earth
Speakers: Elliot Morley MP; more tbc
9. Innovating new solutions to social challenges - past, present and future
Run by: The Young Foundation
Speakers: Geoff Mulgan, Young Foundation; Hilary Cottam, Designer of the Year 2005; Mustafa Sulerman, Trustee of Muslim Youth Helpline
10. Is the media the cause of our political malaise?
Run by: New Statesman
Speakers: Polly Toynbee, The Guardian; John Kampfner, New Statesman
11. Changing priorities in the World of Work
Run by: Unions21
Speakers: John Hannett, USDAW; David Coats, Work Foundation; Juliet Webster, Involvement & Particpation Association; John Lloyd, Unions 21 (chair)
12. Partying alone: what is the future of political parties?
Run by: New Politics Network
Speakers: Fiona Mactaggart MP; Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham
13. Defining and Developing the Citizenship-rich Society: the role of Citizenship Education
Run by: The Citizenship Foundation
Speakers: Emily Robinson, New Politics Network; Prof John Annette, Centre for Citizenship and Lifelong Learning; Matt Burfield, The Charter School; Richard Wilson, Involve; Tony Breslin, Citizenship
Foundation (chair)
14. The marketisation of public services – and the democratic alternative
Run by: Red Pepper
Speakers: Catherine Needham; Dexter Whitfield; Martin Mcivor; Hilary Wainwright
12:45 Lunchtime Plenary & Fringe events
'Dreaming of a progressive future':
 Billy Bragg in conversation with John Harris
1. Taking crime seriously - from criminal justice to social justice
Run by: Crime and Society Foundation
2. A negative inheritance tax that will help to spread more widely the private ownership of wealth and bring about greater equality of opportunity
Run by: British Universal Inheritance
Speakers: Dane Clouston, Director, OPPORTUNITY; Julian Le Grand
3. A New Agenda: If not this, then what?
Run by: Open Democracy
Speakers: Anthony Barnett, Michael Wills, moderated by Sue Goss
4. Making Politics Matter
Run by: NUS
5. THE VOICE OF LABOUR – the grassroots take on Labour in power
Run by: LabOUR Commission
Speakers: Michael Meacher MP; Professor Stuart Weir
6. Does Britain need nuclear weapons? The case against Trident replacement
Run by: CND
Speakers: Jon Trickett MP; John Holmes; Kate Hudson, CND
13:30 Seminars (Part 2)
1. From Clone Town to Home Town: winning back where we live
Run by: nef
Speakers: Stewart Wallis, nef; Guy Rubin, nef; Lindsay Mackie, nef; David Boyle, nef associate; Jack Dromey, Transport and General Workers Union; Saskia Sassen, Chicago University
2. Mortal Enemies: will the private sector kill democracy in public services?
Run by: POWER
Speakers: Neal Lawson; Julian Le Grand; Prof David Marquand
3. Will the EU still be relevant in 2020?
Run by: Centre for European Reform
Speakers: Dr Denis MacShane MP; Polly Toynbee, The Guardian; Gary Titley MEP; Charles Grant, CER (chair)
4. Britain in 2020: A Sustainable Future?
Run by: Forum for the Future
5. The UN's responsibility to protect - how can we prevent another Rwanda?
Run by: Foreign Policy Centre
Speakers: Oona King; Stephen Twigg, FPC (chair); John Kampfner, New Statesman; James Smith, Aegis Trust; Mike Gapes MP
6. Is this the beginning of feminism's 3rd wave?
Run by: Fawcett Society
Speakers: Natasha Walter, The Guardian-Professor Haleh Afshar, University of York; Catherine Redfern, The F Word; Katharine Rake
7. Open Futures - Science, Technology & Everyday Democracy
Run by: Demos
Speakers: Steven Rose; Jim Giles, Nature; Ben Goldacre, The Guardian
8. Can the National Health Service be mutual?
Run by: The Co-operative Party
Speakers: Peter Hunt, Director, Mutuo; Karen Wilkie, Assistant General Secretary, The Cooperative Party; Geraint Day, Institute of Directors
9. Narrowing the gap: how can we make Britain more equal?
Run by: The Fabian Society
Speakers: Ed Miliband MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office; Carey Oppenheim, Chair, London Child Poverty Commission; Louise Bamfield, Lead Researcher, Fabian Commission on Life Chances
and Child Poverty; Martin Bright, New Statesman; Sunder Katwala, General Secretary, The Fabian Society (chair)
10. How do we successfully sustain a Left Political Party?
Run by: Tribune
Speakers: Lucy Anderson, deputy leader, Camden Labour Group; John Cruddas, MP for Dagenham; Angela Eagle, MP for Wallasey
11. Make Poverty History one year on: what next?
Run by: War on Want
Speakers: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP; Hugh Lanning, Deputy General Secretary, PCS; John Hilary, Director of Campaigns and Policy, War on Want
12. Voting reform - the missing piece of the jigsaw?
Run by: Electoral Reform Society; Make Votes Count and Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
13. 'Still no black in the union jack?' re-imagining English identity
Run by: Soundings
Speakers: Bilkis Malek; Roshi Naidoo; Ejos Ubiribo; Nira Yuval-Davis
14. Human Rights: opportunity or embarrassment?
Run by: Liberty
Speakers: Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror; Francesca Klug, Centre for the Study of Human Rights; Jago Russell, Liberty; Doug Jewell, Liberty (chair)
15. The Importance of the trade union link
Run by: Amicus
14:45 Plenary Question Time
Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Labour Party Chair; Greg Dyke; Jon Trickett MP; Polly Toynbee, The Guardian; Fiona Millar; Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
Chaired by: John Kampfner, New Statesman
15:45 Afternoon Keynote Addresses
Prof Richard Sennett
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
16:15 Closing Remarks
Meg Russell, Vice Chair, Compass
Enjoy the day and remember to add your voice to the
debate!!!