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Prospect at the 2017 Party Conferences

Read the full events listing, and discover how to find out more about Prospect at this year's party conferences

August 08, 2017
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Prospect will once again be putting on a series of discussions and debates at the party conferences to give delegates and parliamentarians the opportunity to debate some of the key issues affecting the UK.

If you would like to register your interest to attend our events or to find out more about our thought leadership programmes please contact Saskia Abdoh.

 

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A question of leadership: Why everything in elections and public policy hinges on the frontman or woman


Date: Sunday 17th September, 18.15 Venue: Westbourne Room, Highcliff Marriott (secure Zone) Chairman: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeaker: Andrew Adonis, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission




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The Great Jobs Agenda: How do we get more of the sort of work that works for everybody


Date: Monday 18th September, 11.00 Venue: Purbeck Suite, Highcliff Marriott (secure Zone) Chairman: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Jo Swinson MP, Deputy Leader; Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC




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Digital Safety—helping your constituents get fraud smart


Date: Monday 18th September, 13.15 Venue: Meyrick Room, Bournemouth International Centre (secure Zone) Speaker: Norman Lamb MP, Chair, Science and Technology Select Committee; Andy Booth, Managing Director, Current Accounts and FX, Barclays




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Tom Clark in conversation with Nick Clegg

Date: Monday 18th September, 18.15 Venue: Meyrick Room, Bournemouth International Centre (secure Zone)

 




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Tom Clark in conversation with Andy Burnham


Date: Sunday 24th September, 19.30 Venue: Hall 7, Hilton Brighton Metropole (secure zone) InviteonlyE-mail Saskia.Abdoh@prospect-magazine.co.uk to request a ticket

 




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How can investment in national infrastructure help to re-balance the UK economy?


Date: Monday 25th September, 08.00 Venue: Lancaster Suite | Hilton Brighton Metropole (secure zone) Chair: Stephanie Boland, Head of Digital, ProspectSpeakers: Andrew Adonis, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission; Bill Esterson MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Stephen Kinnock MP, Member for Aberavon; John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, Heathrow Airport




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A question of leadership: Why everything in elections and public policy hinges on the frontman or woman


Date: Monday 25th September, 12.45 Venue: Gloucester Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole (secure zone) Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Andrew Adonis, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission; Steve Richards, Political Columnist




10 years after the crash

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Date: Monday 2nd October, 12.45 Venue: Manchester Central, Exchange 11 Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, Prospect Speakers: Ed Smythe, Chief Economist, Positive Money; Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Vicky Pryce, Economist, CEBR




How can trade policy and export promotion support the successful delivery of Brexit and a local industrial strategy?

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Date: Monday 25th September, 12.45 (invite only) Chair: Duncan Weldon, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Industrial Strategy; Tina Hallett, Government and Public Sector Leader, PwC; Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Treasury Minister; Rushanara Ali MP, Trade envoy for Bangladesh; Stephen Timms MP, Committee on Exiting the European Union




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How can we provide banking services to the financially excluded in a cashless society?


Date: Monday 25th September, 12.45 (invite only) Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Seema Malhotra MP, Member for Feltham and Heston; Yvonne Fovargue MP, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government; Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product and Strategy, Bacs




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The Prospect and City of London Business Reception


Date: Monday 25th September 2017, 20.00 Venue: The Pavillion, The Grand Brighton Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Hilary Benn MP, Chair, Committee on Exiting the European Union; Catherine McGuinness, Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation

 




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Digital Safety—helping your constituents get fraud smart


Date: Tuesday 26th September 2017, 12.45 Venue: The Ambassador Suite, Hilton Brighton Metropole (secure zone) Speakers: Bill Esterson MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Andy Booth, Managing Director, Current Accounts and FX, Barclays




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The Financial Inclusion Reception


Date: Tuesday 26th September 2017, 18.00 Venue: Victoria Terrace, The Grand Brighton Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Chris Pond, Vice-Chair, Financial Inclusion Commission; Yvonne Fovargue MP, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government; Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

 




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Beyond the bank: how can we ensure that SMEs get the funding they need during times of economic uncertainty?


Date: Sunday 1st October, 19.30 (invite only) Chair: Jon Bernstein, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury; Neil O’Brien MP; Andrew Bowie MP; Samir Desai, CEO, Funding Circle




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How can the UK best support development in the occupied Palestinian territory?


Date: Monday 2nd October, 08.00 (invite only) Chair: Sameer Rahim, Managing Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas (invited); Terence English, Former President of the Royal College of Surgeons; Aimee Shalan, Chief Executive, Medical Aid for Palestinians




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Fair lending for small businesses


Date: Monday 2nd October, 12.45 (invite only) Speakers: Jeremy Quin MP (invited); Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State at the Home Office (invited); David Pickering, Chief Executive, Lending Standards Board; John van Kuffeler, Chairman, Non-Standard Finance plc; Matt Smith, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurs




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Starting small: what support do small scale housebuilders need?


Date: Monday 2nd October, 12.45 (invite only) Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Richard Bacon MP, Chair, APPG on Self-Build, Custom and Community Housebuilding and Place-Making; Chris Philp MP; Peter Aldous MP; Christian Faes, CEO, Lendinvest




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Smart cities, smart politics? What are the UK’s infrastructure priorities?


Date: Monday 2nd October, 17.45 Venue: Central 6, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Duncan Weldon, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Paul Maynard, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport (invited); Stephen Hammond MP; Paul Plummer, CEO, Rail Delivery Group; Sadie Morgan, Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission and Design Panel Chair, HS2




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Towards an Inclusive Economy: Delivering services for changing consumer needs


Date: Monday 2nd October, 17.45 (invite only) Chair: Jon Bernstein, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: David Willetts, Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation; Mandy Griffin, Director of Membership Propositions, Nationwide

 




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Mind the gap: how can we ensure that our pensions system does not leave behind the self-employed?


Date: Monday 2nd October, 17.45 Venue: Exchange 1, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Richard Graham MP; Guy Opperman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion; Steven Levin, CEO—UK Platform, Old Mutual Wealth




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The Financial Inclusion Reception


Date: Monday 2nd October, 19.00 Venue: Petersfield Suite, Midland Hotel (secure zone) Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Guy Opperman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion; Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chair, Financial Inclusion Commission

 




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How can we avoid turning biomass into the Cinderella of the energy industry?


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 08.00 Venue: Central 6, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Jon Bernstein, Associate Editor, Prospect Speakers: Richard Harrington MP, Minister for Energy and Industry; Ray Tucker, CEO, Real Ventures




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Helping your constituents keep their finances safe online

Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 12.45 Venue: Central 6, Manchester Central (secure zone) Speakers: Ben Wallace MP, Minister of State for Security; Andy Booth, Managing Director, Current Accounts and FX, Barclays




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Has increased competition in banking benefitted all consumers?


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 12.45 (invite only) Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Bim Afolami MP; Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product and Strategy, Bacs




How can trade policy and export promotion support the successful delivery of Brexit and a local industrial strategy?

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Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 12.45 (invite only) Chair: Duncan Weldon, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Steve Baker MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union; Richard Graham MP, Trade Envoy for Indonesia, AEC, Philippines and Malaysia; Vicky Ford MP; Tina Hallett, Government and Public Sector Leader, PWC; Lesley Batchelor, Director General, Institute of Export (IOE); Alexander Lockwood Smith, Former High Commissioner of New Zealand to the UK; Sir John Grant KCMG Former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union




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How can investment in national infrastructure help to rebalance the UK economy?


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 12:45 Venue: Exchange 1, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Andrew Adonis, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission; Mims Davies MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP (invited); Nigel Milton, Director of Communications, Heathrow; Adam Marshall, Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce




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What are the myths and realities of self-employment?


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 17.45 Venue: Exchange 1, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Employment; Simon McVicker, Director of Policy and External Affairs, IPSE; Andrew Burke Dean of Trinity Business School and the Chair of Business Studies, University of Dublin; Andy Byrne, Head of Public Policy, Uber




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A question of leadership: Why everything in elections and public policy hinges on the frontman or woman


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 17.45 Venue: Chester Suite, Midland Hotel (secure zone) Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Andrew Adonis, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission




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How can trade rebalance the economy in a post-Brexit Britain?


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 17.45 Venue: Central 6, Manchester Central (secure zone) Chair: Duncan Weldon, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: James Cooper, CEO, Associated British Ports; Lesley Batchelor, Director General, The Institute of Export; John Howell MP, Trade Envoy for Nigeria




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The Devolution Reception


Date: Tuesday 3rd October, 18:00 Venue: Banqueting Hall, Manchester Town Hall Chair: Duncan Weldon, Associate Editor, ProspectSpeakers: Jesse Norman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads, Local Transport and Devolution; Jason Pavey, Market Director-Local Transport, Atkins




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The Great Jobs Agenda: How do we get more of the sort of work that works for everybody?

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Date: Monday 9th October, 12.45-14.00 Venue: Dochart (B), SEC Centre (secure zone) Chairman: Tom Clark, Editor, ProspectSpeaker: Hannah Bardell MP, Shadow SNP Spokesperson on Trade and Investment; Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC




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