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Partnership Opportunities Remaining for ResPublica Fringe Events

ResPublica fringe events open to partnership

ResPublica's fringe programme for party conference season this Autumn has now been finalised and we look forward to a varied range of events at Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative conferences. With over 20 events across all three conferences, we have already secured a range of senior parliamentarians, commentators and policy experts. Further details of the programme will be announced in due course.
 
There are still a number of ResPublica fringe events open to partnership with external organisations. For the events below, we are seeking support from either individual organisations or a consortia of partners:
 
Liberal Democrat Party Conference:
 
Employee Ownership: Driving co-operation, achieving long-term sustainability
Tuesday 25th September
In partnership with IPA Involve
Speakers include: Norman Lamb MP, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs; Jo Confino, Chairman and Editorial Director, The Guardian Sustainable Business
 
 
Labour Party Conference:

Responsible recovery: Balancing economic and social priorities
Wednesday 3rd October
Speakers include: Kate Green MP, Shadow Minister for Equalities Office; Lord Maurice Glasman; Simon Danczuk MP, PPS to the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham
 
Public Services, Social Value and the Social Economy
Wednesday 3rd October
In partnership with NAVCA
Speakers include: Jon Trickett MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office;  Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP,  Vice-Chair of the Social Enterprise APPG; Joe Irvin, Chief Executive, NAVCA

What does independence for local government mean? 
Wednesday 3rd October  
Speakers include: Graham Allen MP, Chair, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee; Cllr Keith Wakefield, Leader, Leeds City Council; Colin Copus, Professor of Local Politics and Director of the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montefort University; Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica
 
 
Conservative Party Conference:

Constructing growth: Skills and jobs for the real econom
Sunday 7th October 
In partnership with Construction SKills
Speakers include: John Hayes MP, Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning; Judy Lowe, Deputy Chairman, Construction Skills; Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica

Immigration and integration in civic life
Sunday 7th October
In partnership with Barrow Cadbury Trust
Speakers include: Damian Green MP, Minister of State for Immigration; Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future; Neil Jameson, Chief Executive, Citizens UK; Lord Popat, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Friends of India

Young people, the family and community institutions
Monday 8th October
Speakers include: David Burrowes MP; Richard Sved, Director of Income and External Affairs, Leap Confronting Conflict; hillip Blond, Director, ResPublica; Paul Lewis, Special Projects Editor, The Guardian (invited)
 
Beyond Portas: Town Centres for local economies and communities
Monday 8th October
In partnership with the Charity Retail Association
Speakers include: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister of State for Housing and Local Government; John Howell MP; Martin Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer, ATCM; Warren Alexander, Chief Executive,  Charity Retail Association
 
Infrastructure and Investment platforms for growth
Tuesday 9th October
Speakers: Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State for Transport; George Freeman MP,  Adviser on Life Sciences tothe Minister of State for Universities and Science ; Howard Dawber, Strategic Advisor, Canary Wharf Group; Rajay Naik, Director of External Affairs, Open University

Broken Society or Broken Politics? Post-Liberalism and the Conservative Party
Tuesday 9th October
In partnership with Demos
Speakers: Jesse Norman MP, Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire; David Goodhart, Director, Demos; Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica; Peter Oborne, Chief Political Commentator, The Daily Telegraph
 
Is the Party over? Reconnecting people and politics 
Tuesday 9th October
In partnership with CentreForum and the Fabian Society
Speakers include: Shaun Bailey, Special adviser to the Prime Minister's office on youth, crime and welfare issues; Anthony Rowlands, Director, CentreForum; Marcus Roberts, Fabian Society; Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica

Marriage: Changing the terms of debate
Wednesday 10th October
Speakers: Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice; Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali; Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica; Andrew Pierce, Columnist, Daily Mail
 
Our partners will benefit from co-branding at the event, publicity, media exposure, speaker representation on the panel and will be invited to contribute essays and articles to our online conference publication, "The ResPublica Fringe". Co-hosts at Conservative Party conference will also be offered a permanent visual presence in the ResPublica Marquee. 

Events will include public fringes, private roundtables and dinners, larger receptions and flagship high-tech participative events, and will feed into forthcoming ResPublica activity for 2012 and 2013; please follow this link for further details on current and future projects within our Models and Partnerships for Social Prosperity, New Economies, Innovative Markets and British Civic Life workstreams.

Should you wish to discuss interest and ideas further, please contact Annalisa Plachesi, Events and Partnerships Co-Ordinator, at annalisa.plachesi@ respublica.org.uk or on 0207 222 6552.

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Date Published
26 July 2012

Issue(s)
Models and Partnerships for Social Prosperity New Economies, Innovative Markets British Civic Life

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