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.
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Tom Clark in conversation with Vince Cable MP
Date: Monday 17th September, 7.45pm
Venue: Clarence Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole (secure zone)
The Parliamentary Staffer Welcome Reception
Date: Sunday 23rd September, 6-10pm
Venue: Revolution, Albert Docks
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Stephen Kinnock MP, Exiting the European Union Committee; Chris Hulatt, Octopus
Beyond the bank: how can we advance access to talent and capital for Britain’s SMEs?
Date: Sunday 23rd September, 7.30pm (Invite only)
Speakers: Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Jonathan Reynolds MP, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury; Stephen Timms MP, Exiting the EU Committee; David de Koning, Director of Group Communication, Funding Circle
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Banking on Change: how can we better address the banking needs of the financially excluded?
Date: Monday 24th September, 12.45 (Invite only)
Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Yvonne Fovargue MP, Shadow Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government; Seema Malhotra, Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union; Rushanara Ali MP, Member, Treasury Select Committee; Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product and Strategy, CASS; Chris Pond, Vice Chair, Financial Inclusion Commission
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
How can we support our higher education sector post-Brexit?
Date: Monday 24th September, 12.45
Venue: Kings Suite, Pullman Hotel (secure zone)
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Paul Blomfield MP, Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union; Helen Brand, CEO, ACCA; Professor Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex; Tom McEwan, Higher Education Commission, Policy Connect
Delivering an inclusive economy— consumer markets for the many not the few
Date: Monday 24th September, 3.45pm (Invite only)
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email oliver.ward@prospectmagazine.co.uk
How can we preserve our trading relationship with the EU post-Brexit?
Date: Monday 24th September, 3pm
Venue: Hall 4B, ACC Liverpool (secure zone)
Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Treasury Minister; Barry Gardiner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade; Tim Reardon, Head of EU Exit, Port of Dover; Adam Marshall, Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce
Date: Monday 24th September, 7.30pm (invite only)
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email oliver.ward@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Date: Tuesday 25th September, 12.45pm (invite only)
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email oliver.ward@prospectmagazine.co.uk
The Financial Inclusion Reception
Date: Tuesday 25th September, 5.45pm
Venue: Revolution, Albert Docks
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chairman, Financial Inclusion Commission; Jessica Lennard, Head of UK Regulatory and Public Affairs, Visa Europe
Addressing the construction skills gap now and post-Brexit?
Date: Sunday 30th September, 3.45pm
Venue: Sonata Suite, Hyatt Regency Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Lord Porter, Chair, Local Government Association; Lord Adonis. Chair, National Infrastructure Commission 2015-2017; Brian Berry, Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders; Helen Gordon, CEO, Grainger
Rise of tech giants and data capitalism: the new you on Blockchains?
Date: Sunday 30th September, 3.45pm
Venue: Hall 8b, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Jon Bernstein, Associate Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Lee Rowley MP, Public Accounts Committee and Co-Chair, Cross-Party Parliamentary Commission on Technology Ethics; Birgitte Anderson, CEO, Big Innovation Centre; Lord David Willetts, Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation and former Minister for Universities and Science (2010-2014); Chris Francis, Director- Government Relations, SAP; Vikram Singla, Strategy and Marketing Director - Technology for the CFO/COO's offices, Oracle;
Beyond the bank: how can we advance access to talent and capital for Britain’s SMEs?
Date: Monday 1st October, 7.30pm (invite only)
Speakers: Lee Rowley MP, Member, Public Accounts Committee; David de Koning, Director of Group Communication, Funding Circle
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Brexeconomics, opportunity or threat?
Date: Monday, 1st October, 9.00am
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Vicky Pryce, Economist; Paul Ormerod, Volterra Partners
Date: Monday 1st October, 12.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Chris Green MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Research; Mohammad al-Ubaydli, CEO, Patients Know Best; Chris Holmes, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Oxford; Simon Gillespie, CEO, British Heart Foundation (BHF); Lara Carmona, Associate Director of Policy and Public Affairs
This event is part of Prospect's ongoing work on health data and innovation. To find out more or to register your interest in this event please get in touch with saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
How can we support our higher education sector post-Brexit?
Date: Monday 1st October, 12.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education (invited); Claire Bennison, Head of UK, ACCA; Professor Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex; Shakira Martin, President, NUS; Dominic Trendall, Policy Manager, Policy Connect
Banking on Change: how would inclusive banking services work in practice?
Date: Monday 1st October, 12.45pm (invite only)
Chair: Andy Davis, Associate Finance Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Kevin Hollinrake MP, Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee; Anne Pickielon, Director of Product and Strategy, CASS; Chris Pond, Vice Chair, Financial Inclusion Commission
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Beyond tariffs: where are our opportunities to boost trade post-Brexit?
Date: Monday 1st October, 4pm
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Suella Braverman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for DExEU; John Howell MP, Trade Envoy to Nigeria; David Leighton, Group Head of Corporate Affairs, Associated British Ports; Alan Winters, Director, UK Trade Observatory
Date: Monday 1st October, 5.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Alok Sharma MP, Minister of State for Employment; Neil Carmichael, Chair, Pearson HE Commission; Raj Mack, Head, Digital Birmingham; Vinous Ali, Head of Policy, techUK; Hugh Milward, Senior Director of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft UK
This event is part of Prospect's ongoing thought-leadership programme on the future of work. To find out more or to register your interest in this event please get in touch with saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Risks, governance and crisis: how can the UK address emerging national security threats?
Date: Monday 1st October, 5.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Jay Elwes, Executive Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Vicky Ford MP, Team PPS, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Emily Taylor, Associate Fellow- International Security, Chatham House; Professor Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow, Defence, Industries and Society; Chris Burgess, UK Cyber Leader, AIG; Julian Enoizi. CEO, Pool Re
This event is part of Prospect's ongoing work on cyber security. To find out more or to register your interest in this event please get in touch with saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
The Parliamentary Staffer Welcome Reception
Date: Monday 1st October, 6pm
Venue: Revolution Birmingham
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor
Speakers: James Cleverly, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (invited); Lisa Townsend, Octopus
How could a smarter approach to infrastructure and mobility improve regional growth?
Date: Monday 1st October, 7.30pm (Invite only)
This is an invite only event. To register your interest please email oliver.ward@prospectmagazine.co.uk
The Financial Inclusion Reception
Date: Monday 1st October, 7pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Guy Opperman MP, Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion; Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chairman, Financial Inclusion Commission; Jessica Lennard, Head of UK Regulatory and Public Affairs, Visa Europe
Abuse, rage and fake news: how Twitter is ruining politics
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 10am
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Prospect’s Steve Bloomfield in conversation with Rafael Behr
The Civil War without muskets: The extraordinary analogy for Brexit
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 10am
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Richard Graham MP, Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union
Equality in the workplace: can the Conservatives lead the agenda
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 12.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Stephanie Boland, Digital Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Amber Rudd MP, Former Minister of Women and Equalities; Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC
How can investment in national infrastructure help to re-balance the UK economy?
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 12.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Jesse Norman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport; Jack Brereton MP, Member, Transport Select Committee; Steve Double MP, Transport Select Committee; Sadie Morgan, National Infrastructure Commission
This event is part of Prospect's ongoing infrastructure programme. To find out more or to register your interest in this event please get in touch with saskia.abdoh@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Going global: how can we support growth and innovation through place-making?
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 3.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Chair: Tom Clark, Editor, Prospect
Speakers: Lord Oliver Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, BEIS; Mark Pawsey MP, Member, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee; Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce; Antoinette Sandbach MP, Member, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee; Vicky Pryce, Economist, CEBR
Tom Clark in conversation with Nicky Morgan MP
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 5.45pm
Venue: Executive Room 1, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 5.45pm
Chair: Steve Bloomfield, Deputy Editor, Prospect
Venue: Executive Room 2, ICC Birmingham (secure zone)
Speakers: Richard Graham MP, Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union; Andrew Adonis; Christina Blacklaws, President, Law Society of England and Wales
Delivering sustainable learning for life, work and a changing economy and the cost of failing to act
Date: Tuesday 2nd October, 5pm
Chair: Jay Elwes, Executive Editor, Prospect
Venue: PLMR Business Hub (secure zone)
Speakers: Anne Milton MP, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills; Neil Carmichael, Chair, Pearson HE Commission; Katherine Bennett, Senior Vice President, Airbus; John Cope, Head of education and skills, CBI
