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CentreForum held events at all three of the main party's 2007 conferences.
The Liberal Democrats - Brighton
Sunday 16th September
13.00 – 14.00
Ashdown Suite, Holiday Inn
CentreForum and Fabian Society
Labour and Liberal Democrats: whose progressive agenda?
Speakers: Dr Vince Cable MP; Gareth Thomas MP and Baroness Williams of Crosby
Chair: Tim Hames, The Times
Refreshments
Sunday 16th September
17.00 – 18.15
Albert Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum
Tackling poverty and expanding opportunity
What next for welfare reform?
Speakers: Mike Brewer, Institute for Fiscal Studies; David Freud, author of Welfare to Work Report; Kate Green, Child Poverty Action Group and David Laws MP.
Chair: Jennifer Moses, CentreForum
Refreshments
Sunday 16th September
18.30- 19.30
Conference Auditorium
CentreForum
Rally: Human rights and civil liberties: home and abroad
Speakers: Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP; Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty; Nick Clegg MP and Philippe Sands QC.
Sunday 16th September
20.00 – 21.15
Alexandra Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum and RSPB
Food, jobs, homes, wildlife: what is land for?
Speakers: Gideon Amos, Chief Executive, Town and Country Planning Association; Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, RSPB and Tom Brake MP.
Chair: Sarah Mukherjee, BBC
Refreshments
Sponsor: RSPB
Monday 17th September
07.45 -09.00
Regent Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum with Help the Aged and Liverpool Victoria
The generation clash
How do we avoid a politics of young versus old?
Speakers: Danny Alexander MP; Mervyn Kohler, Help the Aged and Mike Rogers, Group Chief Executive, Liverpool Victoria.
Chair: Alasdair Murray, CentreForum
Breakfast.
Sponsors: Liverpool Victoria and Help the Aged
Monday 17th September
13.00 – 14.00
Ashdown Suite, Holiday Inn
CentreForum and the Centre for Cities
Cities Question Time
Speakers: Warren Bradley, Leader, Liverpool City Council; Simon Hughes MP tbc; Sunand Prasad, President, RIBA; Neil Sherlock, CentreForum and John Shipley, Leader, Newcastle City Council.
Chair: Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities
Refreshments
Monday 17th September
18.15 – 19.30
Norfolk Room, Metropole
CentreForum and Nuclear Industry Association
Nuclear waste: yes please
Speakers: Malcolm Grimston, Chatham House and Lembit Opik MP.
Chair: James Gurling
Refreshments
Sponsor: Nuclear Industry Association
Monday 17th September
20.00 – 21.15
Norfolk Room, Metropole
CentreForum and Institute of Chartered Accountants
Green light to green taxation? What makes a good green tax?
Speakers: Chris Huhne MP; Michael Izza, Chief Executive, ICA and Susan Kramer MP.
Chair: Duncan Greenland, CentreForum
Refreshments
Sponsor: Institute of Chartered Accountants
Tuesday 18th September
07.45 - 09.00
Regent Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum and Arts Council England
From ASBO to artist
Can the arts help children and young people at risk?
Speakers: Althea Efunshile, Arts Council England; Don Foster MP and Prof. Martin Stephenson, Nottingham Trent University
Chair: Anthony Rowlands, CentreForum
Breakfast.
Sponsor: Arts Council, England
Tuesday 18th September
13.00 – 14.00
Ocean Room, Belgrave Hotel
CentreForum and BUPA
Paying for care in old age
Speakers: Stephen Burke, Chief Executive, Counsel and Care; Sandra Gidley MP; Michelle Mitchell, Head of Public Affairs, Age Concern England.
Chair: Alasdair Murray, CentreForum
Refreshments
Sponsor: BUPA
Tuesday 18th September
18:15 - 19.30
Norfolk, Metropole
CentreForum and Policy Exchange
Addressing educational failure
Speakers: Paul Marshall, CentreForum; Sir Michael Wilshaw, Principal, Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney and David Laws MP.
Chair: Jennifer Moses, CentreForum
Refreshments
Tuesday 18th September
20.00 - 21.15
Lancing Suite, Holiday Inn
CentreForum
Globalisation: a liberal response
Speakers: Lord Ashdown and Dr Vince Cable MP.
Chair: Julian Astle, CentreForum
Refreshments
Wednesday 19th September
07:45 – 09.00
Regent Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum and Microsoft
Personalised healthcare
Can technology make healthcare personal?
Speakers: Norman Lamb MP and Matthew Lambert, Microsoft.
Chair: Malcolm Dean
Breakfast.
By Invitation Only
Sponsor: Microsoft
Wednesday 19th September
13.00 – 14.00
Norfolk Room, Metropole
CentreForum, IPPR and KPMG
New localism, new public services?
Can New Labour’s mixed economy for public services be made more local and more accountable?
Speakers: Richard Brooks, IPPR; Erin McFeely, ACEVO; Chris Nicholson, KPMG; Gary Sturgess, Executive Director, Serco Institute and Lord Wallace of Saltaire.
Chair: Neil Sherlock, CentreForum
Refreshments
Sponsor: KPMG
Wednesday 19th September
13.00 – 14.00
Walnut Suite, Quality Hotel
CentreForum
Bringing peace to the 21st Century
Lord Ashdown discusses the issues raised in his new book: ‘Swords and Ploughshares’
Chair: Julian Astle, CentreForum
Refreshments
Wednesday 19th September
18.15 – 19.30
Charlotte Room, Grand Hotel
CentreForum, Policy Network and Parliamentary Candidates Association
The challenge of immigration and integration
Achieving a new progressive consensus
Speakers: Emine Bozkurt MEP and Peter Kellner, Chairman, YouGov.
Chair: Nick Clegg MP
Refreshments
The Labour Party: Bournemouth
Monday 24th September
1230 -1330
Cork Suite, Tralee Hotel
CentreForum and IPPR
Teacher Knows Best? Closing the class gap
Speakers: Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families; Paul Marshall, CentreForum
Chair: Mike Baker BBC.
*Inside the secure cordon
Monday 24th September
1800 -1930
Connaught Suite, Connaught Hotel
CentreForum and Fabian Society
Labour and Liberal Democrats: whose progressive agenda?
Speakers: Dr Vince Cable MP; James Purnell tbc, Alan Johnson tbc
* Outside the secure cordon
The Conservative Party: Blackpool
Tuesday 2nd October
13.00-14.00
CentreForum and Policy Exchange
Whatever happened to education, education, education?
Speakers: Jennifer Moses, CentreForum, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Principal, Mossbourne Academy, and Michael Gove MP (Conservative Shadow Secretary of State)
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