Localis Conference Events 2012
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We are pleased to announce our events schedule for this year’s party conferences.
Please see below for details of all Localis’ public events, or click here for a printable version.
In addition to our public events, we are also hosting a range of private events, including private roundtable discussions on a number of topics from community budgets to the future front office of government. For further details please contact Charlotte Domanski.
Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Brighton, 22nd – 26th September
Panel event/pub quiz: The Big Health Quiz (in association with Boehringer Ingelheim, Patient Information Forum and the Royal College of Surgeons)
Sun 23rd Sept, 19:30, Regency Tavern, 32/34 Russell Square
Panel event: Game changer or flash in the pan: what next for localism?
Mon 24th Sept, 18:15, Old Ship Hotel
Chair: Mike Burton (Editorial Director, the MJ)
Speakers: Rt Hon Don Foster MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) (tbc), Gordon Birtwistle MP (PPS to Danny Alexander MP), Stephen Gilbert MP (Member, Communities and Local Government Select Committee), Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson (Leader, Portsmouth City Council)
Labour Party Conference, Manchester, 30th September – 4th October
Panel event/pub quiz: The Big Health Quiz (in association with Boehringer Ingelheim, Patient Information Forum and the Royal College of Surgeons)
Sun 30th Sept, 19:30, Purity, 36 Great Peter St
Panel event: The Great Divide – will localism improve or worsen the gap between North and South?
Mon 1st Oct, 12:45, Novotel Hotel
Chair: Jonathan Freedland (The Guardian)
Speakers: Chris Williamson MP (Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government), Clive Betts MP (Chair, Communities and Local Government Select Committee), Lord Peter Smith (Chairman, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Leader of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council), Sir Albert Bore (Leader of Birmingham City Council)
Panel event: Access Denied – how can we reignite social mobility?
Mon 1st Oct, 18:00, Novotel Hotel
Chair: Alex Thomson (Chief Executive, Localis)
Speakers: Rt. Hon. Hazel Blears MP (former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Labour Party Chair), Lord Glasman (Founder of the Blue Labour movement and senior lecturer in Political Theory, London Metropolitan University), Owen Jones (columnist, The Independent and author of ‘Chavs’), Janet Grauberg (UK Director of Strategy, Barnardo’s)
Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham, 7th – 10th October
Panel event/pub quiz: The Big Health Quiz (in association with Boehringer Ingelheim, Patient Information Forum and the Royal College of Surgeons)
Sun 7th Oct, 19:30, Pitcher and Piano, The Waters Edge, Brindley Place
Panel event: Halfway To 2015: How can we secure Britain’s housing needs? (In association with HBF)
Mon 8th Oct, 12:30, Jurys Inn Hotel
Chair: Alex Thomson (Chief Executive, Localis)
Speakers: Mark Prisk MP (Minister for Housing) (tbc), Stewart Baseley (Executive Chairman – HBF), Neil Jefferson (Executive Director – NHBC), Mark Clare (Group Chief Executive – Barratt Developments)
Panel event: Back off Brussels! Is Europe a barrier to localism?
Tues 9th Oct, 08:30, Jurys Inn Hotel
Chair: Alex Thomson (Chief Executive, Localis)
Speakers: Rt. Hon. Eric Pickles MP (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government), Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell (Chairman, Local Government Association), Phillip Souta (Director, Business for New Europe)
Panel event: Healthy Prospects: Can the government’s injection of localism defuse the demographic timebomb and save the NHS?
Tues 9th Oct, 12:45, Jurys Inn Hotel
Chair: Sarah Neville (Public Policy Editor, The Financial Times)
Speakers: Dr Daniel Poulter MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health), Rt. Hon. Stephen Dorrell MP (Chairman, Health Select Committee), Dr Jesse Norman MP (Member, Treasury Select Committee), Cllr Paul Carter (Leader, Kent County Council)