Agenda

09:00 Registration and refreshments


Session one

10:00 Open and welcome

Jim Fitzpatrick MP, MP for Poplar and Canning Town

Lorna Fitzsimons, Patron, Progress

10:05 Keynote address

Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families


11:00 Refreshments


Session two

11:30 Policy seminars

1. After Iraq: Can Labour make the case for a progressive foreign policy?

Michael Bailey
Head, Humanitarian and Security Issues Team, Oxfam (GB)

Professor Brian Brivati
Kingston University

Gareth Thomas MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Roger Liddle
Vice Chair, Policy Network

Karen Pollock (chair)
Chief Executive, Holocaust Education Trust


2. The public services: Will Labour get the credit?

David Coats
Associate Director – Policy, The Work Foundation

Jim Knight MP
Minister of State for Schools and Learners

Frances O'Grady
Deputy General Secretary, TUC

Ben Page
Chairman, Ipsos-MORI Social Research Unit

David Walker (chair)
Editor, Guardian Public


3. Property ladder: Can housing rebuild the New Labour coalition?

Rushanara Ali
Associate Director, Young Foundation

Lynsey Hanley
Author, Estates: An Intimate History

Cllr Steve Reed
Leader, Lambeth Council

Emily Thornberry MP

Adam Sampson (chair)
Chief Executive, Shelter


4. Beyond the politics of fear: How does Labour win the security debate?

Martin Bright
Political Editor, New Statesman

Juliet Lyon
Director, Prison Reform Trust

Shahid Malik MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Ben Leapman (chair)
Home Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph


5. Equality and aspiration: Can Labour stand for both?

Patrick Diamond
Visiting Fellow, LSE

Anthony Giddens
London School of Economics

Oona King
Former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow

Kitty Ussher MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Sunder Katwala (chair)
General Secretary, The Fabian Society




13:00 Lunch

13:05 The lunchtime debate: Should business promote social justice?

Stephen Alambritis
Head of Public Affairs, Federation of Small Businesses

Howard Dawber
Strategic Adviser, Canary Wharf Group

Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Former Secretary of State for Trade & Industry

Polly Toynbee
The Guardian

David Coats (chair)
Associate Director – Policy, The Work Foundation

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Session three

14:00 Keynote address

Rt Hon James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Chris Leslie (chair)
Vice Chair, Progress


Session four

14:45 Political seminars

1. Heir to nowhere: Is the Cameron effect wearing thin?

Julia Clark
Head of Political Research, Ipsos-MORI

Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP MBE
Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries, and Tourism

Martin Kettle
The Guardian

Tim Montgomerie
Editor, ConservativeHome.com

Mark Stuart
University of Nottingham

Chris Leslie (chair)
Vice Chair, Progress


2. GC RIP? Can we make the Labour party relevant again?

Tim Horton
Research Director, Fabian Society

Dave Rowntree
Drummer from Blur and Labour activist

Mandy Telford (chair)
Dignity at Work Co-ordinator, Unite


3. Politics post-spin: Will the next election be different?

Derek Draper
Former adviser to Peter Mandelson

Peter Kellner
Chairman, YouGov

David Lammy MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Rt Hon Baroness Estelle Morris

Dr Rupa Huq (chair)
Kingston University


4. It's the ecology, stupid: How does Labour reclaim the green agenda?

Paul Flatters
Managing Director, Opinion Leader

Andrew Pakes
Vice Chair, SERA

Martyn Williams
Senior Parliamentary Campaigner, Friends of the Earth

Phil Woolas MP
Minister of State for the Environment



5. Show a little faith: Should progressives engage with political Islam?

Nick Cohen
The Observer

Parmjit Dhanda MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government

Rokhsana Fiaz
Founding Director, Change Institute

Ed Husain
Author, The Islamist

Shiv Malik
Journalist and author of upcoming book on British terrorism


Session five

16:15 Question Time

David Aaronovitch
The Times

Wendy Alexander MSP
Leader of the Labour Group, Scottish Parliament

Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP
Former Home Secretary

Dr Tristram Hunt
Queen Mary, University of London

Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office

Oona King (chair)
Patron, Progress

17:30 Close