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SMF at the Lib Dem Conference 18-21 September 2011

Monday 12 September 2011 14:20

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Sunday 18 September
 
 
18.15-19.30

Keeping the home fires burning: who’s to blame for spiralling energy bills – companies, consumers or government?
 
Soprano, Hyatt Regency
 
Speakers: Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP (tbc); Richard Lloyd, Which?; Christine McGourty, Energy UK; Matthew Sinclair, The TaxPayers’ Alliance
 
CHAIR: John Springford, SMF
 
 
20.00-21.15
 
Pensions auto-enrolment: nudging to higher or lower savings? 
 
Fortissimo, Hyatt Regency
 
Speakers: Steve Webb MP, Pensions Minister; David Nish, Standard Life; Dr Ros Altman, Saga; Dr Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce
 
CHAIR: Ian Mulheirn, SMF
 
 
Monday 19 September
 
 
13.00-14.00
 
Success by degrees? Social mobility and higher education
 
Chamberlain Suite, Council House
 
Speakers: Baroness Sharp; Professor Julia King, Aston University; Professor Nick Barr, London School of Economics; Phil Collins, The Times
 
CHAIR: Ian Mulheirn SMF
 
 
18.15-19.30
 
Routes to success: improving skills to encourage social mobility
 
Executive Room 8, ICC
 
Speakers: Simon Hughes MP, Access to University Tsar (tbc); Heather McGregor, Taylor Bennett Foundation and Adam Hopley, a recent graduate from the Career Academies programme; Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Tom Clark, The Guardian
 
CHAIR: Mary Ann Sieghart, SMF
  
 
20.00-21.15
 
No NEET solution?
 
Room 105, Jury’s Inn
 
Speakers: Stephen Lloyd MP, Work and Pensions Select Committee; Graham Hoyle OBE, Association of Employment and Learning Providers; Katja Hall, CBI; Rafael Behr, New Statesman
 
CHAIR: John Springford, SMF
 
 
Tuesday 20 September
 
 
 
08.00-09.00
 
Whose crime is it anyway?
 
Room 104, Jury’s Inn
 
Speakers: Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith, Chair of the Justice Select Committee; Tom Brake MP, Co-Chair Parliamentary Party Committee on Home Affairs, Justice and Equalities; Paul McDowell, Nacro
 
CHAIR: Ian Mulheirn, SMF
  

13.00-14.00
 
Smart on crime, tough on the causes of crime 
 
Chamberlain Suite, Council House
 
Speakers: Lord Thomas of Gresford, (tbc); A representative from the Community Justice Partnership; Ashley Ames, Ipsos MORI; Brian Paddick, Liberal Democrat Mayoral Candidate (tbc)
 
CHAIR: Ian Mulheirn, SMF
 
 
18.15-19.30
 
Growing Pains? Where next for jobs and the economy?
 
Executive Room 8, ICC
 
Speakers: Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Cabinet Minister; Brendan Barber, TUC; Ian Mulheirn, SMF
 
CHAIR: Olly Grender, Liberal Democrat Commentator
 
 
18.15-19.30
 
The Green Growth challenge: opportunities for public-private partnerships on development finance 
 
Dolce, Hyatt Regency
 
Speakers: Baroness Kramer; Yvo De Boer, KPMG; Ingrid Holmes, E3g; Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
 
CHAIR: John Springford, SMF
 
 

 

 

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