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ippr at party conferences 2006
24 September 2006 - 27 September 2006Labour Party Conference - Manchester
ippr and Channel 4 at the Bridgewater Hall
Supported by UK Online Centres
View images and download mp3 audio recordings from ippr's 2006 conference events.
Conference season is a vital part of the political calendar and provides an excellent opportunity to debate new ideas and policy solutions. ippr has a presence at all three main party conferences, and for the past four years we have partnered with Channel 4 to run a policy hotel for the week of the Labour Party Conference.
Throughout the week, ippr and Channel 4 worked with partners and sponsors in hosting around 30 events. We hosted policy fringe meetings and debates covering a wide range of topics from social mobility and migration, through to transport and climate change. See a full list of daytime events here.
ippr and Channel 4’s late evening events have become a key fixture of conference. This year our comedy night on Monday 25th September had comedians Barrie Hall, Nick Revell, Stefano Paolini and Ian Stone joining us.
If you have any questions about our events during the party conference season please contact Ruth Eldridge on 020 7470 6105 or r.eldridge@ippr.org
ippr and Channel 4 at the Bridgewater Hall
Lower Mosley Street
Manchester
M2 3WS
Tel 0161 950 0000
Fax 0161 950 0001
Conference Programme
| Labour Party Conference |
| Manchester |
| Sunday 24 September |
| Monday 25 September |
| Tuesday 26 September |
| Wednesday 27 September |
|
Liberal Democrat Party Conference |
| Brighton |
| Monday 18 September |
| Wednesday 20 September |
|
Conservative Party Conference |
| Bournemouth |
| Sunday 1 October |
| Monday 2 October |
Labour Party Conference, Manchester
Sunday 24 September
4:45-6:00pm
Social Justice
| Chair: | Polly Toynbee, The Guardian |
| Speakers: | Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development |
| Ed Miliband MP, Minister for the Third Sector, Cabinet Office | |
| Nick Pearce, Director, ippr | |
| Lord Raymond Plant, King’s College, London |
6:15-7:30pm
Faith in the state?
Politics, religion and the state
| Chair: | Laurie Taylor, Radio 4 |
| Speakers: | Khurshid Ahmed, CRE Commissioner |
| Karen Armstrong, author of The Great Transformation | |
| David Blunkett MP | |
| Prof Richard Dawkins, University of Oxford and author of The God Delusion |
Monday 25 September
12:45-2:00pm
Globalisation
For richer or poorer?
With the Labour Movement for Europe
Supported by SAB Miller
| Chair: | Stephen Byers MP |
| Speakers: | Rafael Estrella, Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Spokesman |
| Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) | |
| Peter Mandelson, European Commissioner for Trade | |
| H.E. Kamalesh Sharma, High Commissioner of India to the UK |
12:45-2:00pm
Social Mobility
Educating for life
Supported by the Association of Colleges
| Chair: | Claire Phipps, Editor, Education Guardian |
| Speakers: | Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills |
| Prof Stephen Machin, Director, Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics | |
| Nick Pearce, Director, ippr | |
| Peter Tavernor, Principal, Manchester College of Art and Technology |
6:00-7:30pm
Cities question time
Centre for Cities with Policy Exchange
Supported by the British Property Federation
| Chair: | Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities |
| Speakers: | Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
| Tom Bloxham, Chairman, Urban Splash | |
| Richard Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council | |
| Liz Peace, Chief Executive, British Property Federation | |
| Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London |
6:00-7:30pm
Does Labour care about the family?
Supported by Relate
| Chair: | Libby Brooks, The Guardian and author of The Story of Childhood |
| Speakers: | Beverley Hughes MP, Minister for Children, Young People and Families |
| Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds and author of Liquid Fear | |
| Duncan Fisher, Chief Executive, Fathers Direct | |
| Catherine Hakim, Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics | |
| Carey Oppenheim, Chair, London Child Poverty Commission |
8:00-9:30pm
The Middle East in crisis
Is there a way out?
In collaboration with FES London
| Chair: | Karl Sabbagh, author of Palestine: A Personal History |
| Speakers: | Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence |
| Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
| Dr Katerina Dalacoura, Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics | |
| Walter Kolbow MdD, Spokesman for Defence, SPD Parliamentarian Party | |
| David Mepham, Associate Director, ippr |
Evening Event
11:00pm
Comedy Night
Tuesday 26 September
7:45-9:00am
E-Accessibility: The Challenges of New Technology
| Featuring: | Margaret Hodge MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions |
| Dr Guido Gybels, Director of New Technologies |
1:00-2:15pm
Changing Places
Delivering housing fit for the 21st century
Supported by CABE and Places for People
| Chair | John Sorrell, Chair, CABE |
| Speakers | Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning |
| Jim Bennett, Senior Research Fellow, ippr | |
| David Cowans, Chief Executive, Places for People | |
| Wayne Hemingway, Founder, Hemingway Design |
12:45-2:00pm
Steering through change
Winning the debate on road pricing
Supported by Norwich Union and T-Systems
| Chair: | Ian Kearns, Deputy Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport |
| David Begg, Director, Centre for Transport Policy, Robert Gordon University and publisher, Transport Times | |
| Stephen Joseph, Executive Director, Transport 2000 | |
| Richard Lambert, Director-General, CBI |
6:00-7:30pm
New Labour less liberty?
Freedom and security in an insecure world
| Chair: | Nick Pearce, Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor |
| John Denham MP | |
| Prof Alan Ryan, University of Oxford | |
| Charles Clark MP |
6:15-7:30pm
UK Enterprise
What should Government do next?
Centre for Cities supported by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
| Chair: | Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities, ippr |
| Speakers: | Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs |
| Margaret Hodge MP,Minister of State for Industry and the Regions | |
| Eric Anstee, Chief Executive, ICAEW | |
| Prof Phil Redmond, Chair, Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission | |
| Angie Robinson, Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce |
7:45-9:00pm
The media we deserve
| Chair: | Steve Richards, Chief Political Commentator, The Independent |
| Speakers: | James Purnell MP, Minister of State for Pensions Reform |
| Emily Bell, Editor in Chief, Guardian Unlimited | |
| David Blunkett MP | |
| Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor, Evening Standard |
7:45-9:00pm
Has Labour forgotten the white working class?
Supported by the Commission for Racial Equality
| Chair: | Danny Sriskanderajah, Associate Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion |
| Prof Peter John, Director, IPEG, University of Manchester | |
| Nick Johnson, Director of Policy and Public Sector, CRE | |
| Kwame Kwei-Armah, playwright and actor | |
| Ferdinand Mount, author of Mind the Gap: Class in Britain now | |
| Paul Goggins MP |
9:15-10:00pm
The politics we deserve
With Policy Exchange
| Chair: | Gary Gibbon, Political Editor, Channel 4 News |
| Speakers: | Harriet Harman MP, Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs |
| Nicholas Boles, Director, Policy Exchange | |
| Tristram Hunt, Queen Mary, University of London | |
| Geoff Mulgan, Director, Young Foundation | |
| Jacqui Smith MP, Chief Whip |
Evening Event
11:00pm
In conversation with…
Wednesday 27 September
8:00-9.15am
Ready for the e-generation?
Digital inclusion and active citizenship in a networked age
Supported by UK Online Centres
with Pat McFadden MP
12:45-2:00pm
The environmental debate
Do we need a new approach for the 21st century?
Supported by the Environment Agency and Sky
| Chair: | Barbara Young, ippr Trustee |
| Speakers: | David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Prof Anthony Giddens | |
| Simon Retallack, Head of Climate Change, ippr | |
| Stephen Tindale, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK |
1:00-2:00pm
Can the NHS keep up with public expectations?
Supported by GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Sharp & Dohme and Wyeth
| Chair: | Richard Brooks, Associate Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Health |
| Anna Coote, Commissioner for Health, Sustainable Development Commission | |
| Philip Cullum, Deputy Chief Executive, National Consumer Council | |
| Dr Michael Dixon, Chairman, NHS Alliance | |
| Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive, Breakthrough Breast Cancer |
5:45-7:00pm
Welfare Reform
Empowering people to work or penalising poverty?
Supported by the Shaw Trust
| Chair: | Ian Kearns, Deputy Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
| Ian Charlesworth, Managing Director, Shaw Trust | |
| Prof Ruth Lister, Loughborough University | |
| Dr Stuart White, University of Oxford |
6:30-7:30pm
Equality 2020
This event is funded through European Social Fund’s Equal Community Initiative Programme and supported by Carers UK.
| Chair: | Mary Riddell, Columnist, The Observer |
| Speakers: | Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
| Nck Pearce, Director, ippr | |
| Imelda Raymond, Chief Executive, Carers UK | |
| New Chair of Commission on Equality and Human Rights (to be announced in September) to be invited |
7:30-8:45pm
Africa question time
Supported by Amnesty International, Oxfam and Saferworld
| Chair: | David Mepham, Associate Director, ippr |
| Speakers: | Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development | |
| Mark Malloch Brown, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations | |
| Monica Naggaga, Programme Co-ordinator, Oxfam GB Uganda | |
| Tidjane Thiam, Commission for Africa and Aviva International |
7:45-9:00pm
Are young people engaging?
Supported by O2
| Chair: | Miranda Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, ippr |
| Speakers: | Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Prof Stephen Coleman, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford | |
| Rajeeb Dey, Founder and Chair, English and Secondary Students’ Association | |
| Eddie Izzard | |
| Martha Lane Fox, Non-Executive Director, Channel 4 | |
| Gautam Malkani, author of Londonstani |
9:00-10:00pm
Tackling Poverty
Has Labour reached its limits?
ippr north supported by Sunderland Housing Group
| Chair: | Sue Stirling, Director, ippr north |
| Speakers: | Vera Baird QC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs |
| Pat McFadden MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office | |
| Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive, Turning Point | |
| Lisa Harker, Trustee, Daycare Trust |
Evening Event
10:30pm
The annual ippr and Channel 4 Media Quiz
Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Brighton
7.15-8.30am
Working with the Skills Agenda
Metropole
Supported by North West Development Agency
Danny Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat shadow spokesperson, Department of Work and Pensions
Wednesday 20 September
12.45pm
Making Cities Work: what next?
Metropole
Centre for Cities supported by KPMG
This event will be hosted with Centre Forum
| Panel: | Barbara Janke, Leader, Bristol City Council |
| David Frost, Director-General British Chambers of Commerce | |
| Andrew Stunnel, Shadow Secretary of State for DCLG | |
| Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, LSE |
Conservative Party Conference, Bournemouth
6.00pm
In Conversation with George Osbourne MP
Deauville Suite, The Trouville
Policy Exchange in association with ippr
Chair: Mary-Ann Sieghart, The Times
Monday 2 October
8.15-9.15am
Working with the skills agenda
Collingwood Lounge, Highcliff Hotel
Phil Hammond MP, Shadow Secretary of State Work and Pensions
12.45pm
City Leadership: are elected mayors the answer?
Purbeck Lounge, Bournemouth International Conference Centre
Centre for Cities supported by the British Property Federation
This event, in conjunction with Policy Exchange, will consider the Conservative party's renewed interest in cities. It will be run in the format of BBC1's Question Time, with questions from the floor and audience interaction.
| Panel: | Steve Norris |
| Liz Peace, Chief Executive, British Property Federation | |
| James Brokenshire MP | |
| Nicholas Boles, Director, Policy Exchange |
7:00-8:00pm
Does the rural vote matter?
The Conservative Rural Action Group Fringe
| Panel: | Jim Paice MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
| Jane Midgley, Research Fellow, ippr north | |
| David Fursdon, President, Country Land and Business Association | |
| Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones | |
| Prof. John Shepherd, Birkbeck College, England Rural Evidence Centre |
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