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The deadlines for submitting official party conference fringe events listings are drawing near: 6th July for the Conservative Party conference; 13th July for the Labour Party conference; and the end of July for the Liberal Democrat Party conference.
 
Building on past years' successes, our fringe programme will feature a strong line up across all three party conferences. Confirmed speakers include Norman Lamb MP (Minister for Employment Relations),  Damian Green MP (Minister for Immigration), David Burrowes MP (PPS to Francis Maude),Stephen Lloyd MP, Graham Allen MP, the Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, the Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP (Chair of the Health Select Committee), George Freeman MP (PPS to Greg Barker) and Bernard Jenkin MP. 
 
Further senior party representatives will be confirmed in due course.

All our fringe events are based on the policy frameworks underpinned by ResPublica's three core workstreams. Provisional discussion topics include: 
 
Public service delivery and innovation

• Raising the bar for commissioning and innovation: Beyond the Public Services (Social Value) Act
• Power to the people or to a person? Elected mayors and police commissioners
• New social standards for Housing Associations
• Mutual solutions for care and support: How can micro-scale interventions address the new challenges?
• Assessing Gove’s agenda: Is there room for innovation in school education?
• Faith schools and free schools: New approaches to education, new outcomes for society?

Jobs and growth

• Making the Work Programme work: Lessons and opportunities
• Whose economy is it anyway: Can hybrid forms of ownership incentivise greater investment?
• Thinking Small: Promoting a vibrant SME sector
• What would a ‘John Lewis economy’ look like? Opportunities for employee ownership

Regeneration and infrastructure

• Piloting Portas and the future of the High Street
• On the horizon: 21st century regeneration and planning
• Foundations for growth: New approaches to infrastructure and transport finance
• Driving retail competition in the energy market

Financial models and new economies

• Can social finance challenge the power of the banks?
• Open for Business: Bringing Big Society Capital to scale
• Put your money where your membership is

Public and Civic Life

• One year on: Are our institutions failing young people?
• Independent Local Government: Creating a ‘magna carta’ for councils and communities  
• Re-thinking Journalism
• Broken Society or Broken Politics? Chartering a ‘post-liberal’ agenda
• The 'Giving Bug': Creating a culture of civic philanthropy
• The end of multiculturalism? Immigration and social integration

We have confirmed venues at the Holiday Inn Brighton (Liberal Democrat conference), Manchester Town Hall (Labour conference) and are hosting all public fringes at the Conservative conference in the exclusive ResPublica Marquee, within the secure zone of Birmingham ICC.

For further information, please contact Annalisa Plachesi, Events and Partnerships Co-Ordinator, at annalisa.plachesi@respublica.org.uk or on 0207 222 6552.

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