Conservative Party Conference 2013 Fringe Events (outside secure zone)

Sunday 29 September
18.30 The State of Nature: Environment Question Time (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, M60 7HA : Whitworth Street Dr Mike Clarke, RSPB (Chair); Owen Paterson MP (invited), Secretary of State for Environment Question Time - Getting Growth: Economic policies for 2015 Manifesto (Bright Blue / ICAEW) Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 3 Alexandra Jezeph, Bright Blue (Chair); Andrew Tyrie MP, Chair of Treasury Select Cttee; Sean Worth, Former Special Adviser to Prime Minister; Nicola Smith, TUC; Michael Izza, ICAEW

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Monday 30 September
08.30 Transport Driving Growth (Transport Hub - Light Rail Transport Forum Event) Bridgewater Hall : Halle Room Patrick McLoughlin MP (invited), Secretary of State for Transport; David Brown - Peel Holdings; Roger Harrison, Tramlink Nottingham Ltd How Can The UK Attract New Investment In Energy Infrastructure? (Policy Exchange & ESB) Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room Dan Byles MP (invited); Paddy Hayes, ESB; Guy Newey, Policy Exchange; Andrew Buglass, RBS Conservative Rural Affairs Group Fringe Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, M60 7HA : Buckingham Suite Co-chaired by Richard Haddock, CRAG & Neil Parish MP; Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Defra Frontbench Team (invited) Smart Grids: Is this the way of selling low carbon policies? (New Statesman & Energy Networks Association) - Manchester Town Hall : Lord Mayor's Parlour Baroness Verma (invited), Parliamentary under Secretary of State Energy & Climate Change Get Britain Cycling (Transport Hub - Sustrans Event) Bridgewater Hall : Halle Room Panel of relevant industry and political speakers invited

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Manifesto For Cities: Conservative vision for jobs and growth beyond 2015 (Centre for Cities) Hilton Manchester Deansgate : Meeting rooms 2,3 and 4 Alexandra Jones, Centre for Cities (Chair); Greg Clark MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Digby Jones; Sir Howard Bernstein, M/cr City Council; Cllr Andrew Geary, Milton Keynes Council Solving The Aviation Conundrum: A simple and affordable plan for Heathrow (Centre for Policy Studies & Runway Innovations Ltd) - Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Pankhurst Tim Knox, Centre for Policy Studies (Chair); Steve Baker MP, Wycombe; Allister Heath, City A.M.; Captain William "Jock" Lowe, Runway Innovations Ltd; Corin Taylor, Institute of Directors Rule Britannia: How can the UK realise its growth potential in the global economy? Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room Philip Coggan, The Economist (Chair); Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Business & Enterprise / Minister of State for Energy; Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London; Matthew Oakley, Policy Exchange; David Sproul, Deloitte Can Planning Deliver Homes We Need In The Places We Need? (Royal Town Planning Institute) Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, M60 7HA : Directors Suite Speakers to be confirmed. Get On My Land! Planning ahead for housing (Social Market Foundation and Legal & General) Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 2 Emran Mian, Social Market Foundation (Chair); Conservative Party Spokesperson tbc; Nigel Wilson, Legal & General; Shaun Spiers, CPRE Sustaining The Growth In Rail Travel (Transport Times) Hilton Manchester Deansgate : Deansgate 1 Prof David Begg, Transport Times (Chair); Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP (Invited), Secretary of State for Transport; Alistair Gordon, Keolis UK; Steve Scrimshaw, Siemens Rail Systems UK Mobilising Growth In Greater Manchester (Transport for Greater Manchester Committee) Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 1 Jim Hancock, Broadcaster (Chair); Cllr Doreen Dickinson - TfGMC; Steven Norris, Minister for Transport in London; Transport Minister Invited In Conversation With Francis Maude MP, Minister For The Cabinet Office (Policy Exchange) Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room Is It Time To Return The Banks To The Private Sector? (Policy Exchange) Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Chetham Room Nadhim Zahawi MP, Stratford; James Barty, Policy Exchange; Lawrence Tomlinson, LNT Group Picking Winners: What role should state play in supporting UK industry? (Policy Exchange) Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities & Science; Lord David Sainsbury; Roland Aurich, Siemens; Martin Bean, Open University; Mike Ellwood, Santander UK Vision 2035: The Future of Roads (Transport Hub - CILT Event) Bridgewater Hall : Halle Room Jim Steer, CILT (UK), Steer Davies Gleave & Greengauge 21; Stephen Joseph (invited), Campaign for Better Transport; Prof. Stephen Glaister (invited), RAC Foundation Economic Green Shoots: What the Government should or shouldn't do (Centre for Policy Studies & City of London) - Manchester Town Hall : Reception Room Tim Knox, Centre for Policy Studies (Chair); Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman - Treasury Select Cttee; Fraser Nelson, The Spectator; Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Adviser - Office of the Mayor of London; Mark Boleat, Policy Chairman - City of London Should APD Be Abolished To Create Growth And Jobs? (Transport Hub - ABTA & AOA Event) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Barbirolli Luke Pollard, ABTA (Chair); Henry Smith MP (invited), Crawley; Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce; Ed Anderson, AOA; Anna Mahoney (invited), Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group

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The Food And Farming Debate (National Farmers Union) Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, M2 5DB : The Great Hall Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State - Defra; Justin King CBE, J Sainsbury plc; Peter Kendall, NFU; Meurig Raymond MBE, NFU Getting Britain's Cities Moving (Transport Hub - FTA Event) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Barbirolli Karen Dee, Freight Transport Association (Chair); Patrick McLoughlin MP (invited), Secretary of State for Transport; Cllr Philip Atkins, LGA Economy & Transport Board; Clive Memmott (invited), Manchester Chambers of Commerce; Anthony Smith, Passenger Focus

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Tuesday 1 October
08.30 Air Tax, Visas, Connectivity: Does the UK have an aviation policy for growth? (AOA & ABTA) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Harty Darren Caplan, AOA (Chair); Iain Stewart MP (inv); Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce; Stephen D'Alfonso, ABTA; Anna Mahoney (inv), Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group How To Fix Corporate Taxes (TaxPayers' Alliance) The Freedom Zone, Bridgewater Hall : Barbirolli Room Andrew Allum, TaxPayers' Alliance (Chair); David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury; Allister Heath, City A.M.; Graeme Leach, Institute of Directors; Rory Meakin, TaxPayers' Alliance Picking Winners Or Hand-Outs For Losers: Should the UK have a green industrial policy? (Policy Exchange & UCL Public Policy) - Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Climate Change; Professor Paul Ekins, UCL Energy Institute; Boaz Moselle, FTI Consulting; Guy Newey, Policy Exchange Why Are Left Wing Activists Being Funded With Your Taxes? (TaxPayers' Alliance) The Freedom Zone, Bridgewater Hall : Barbirolli Room Mark Wallace, ConservativeHome (Chair); Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Govt; Matthew Sinclair, TaxPayers' Alliance; Chris Snowdon, IEA; Harry Cole, Journalist Pipe Up: Will the Water Bill deliver for the consumer? (All Party Parliamentary Water Group) Manchester Town Hall : Conference Hall Anne McIntosh MP, EFRA Select Cttee (Chair); Owen Paterson MP (inv), Secretary of State - Defra; Colin Skellett, Wessex Water; Paul Valleley, Anglian Water; James Bullock, United Utilities Banking On Growth: Are regional banks the answer? (Demos & Barrow Cadbury Trust) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Stanley Jodie Ginsberg, Demos Finance (Chair); Guy Opperman MP; Alex Halligan - Salford Credit Union; Ben Hughes - Community Development Financial Association High Speed Rail: Transforming our northern economies (Gtr M/cr HS2 Comms Leadership Grp) Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Liverpool Road, Castlefield, M3 4FP : Garratt Suite 1 Speakers : Professor John Brooks, MMU (Chair); Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport; Sir Richard Leese, Manchester City Council Placing The Customer At The Heart Of Parking Management (British Parking Association - BPA) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Harty Helen Crozier, BPA (Chair); Patrick McLoughlin (invited), Secretary of State for Transport; Graham Williams, NSL Ltd; Patrick Troy, BPA; Helen Dolphin, Disabled Motoring UK Where Next For Tax? 2015 & beyond (Institute for Fiscal Studies & Chartered Institute of Taxation) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Richter Chris Giles, Financial Times (Chair); David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury; Stephen Coleclough, CIOT; Paul Johnson, IFS The Future Of The Railways: 20 years of privatisation (Centre for Policy Studies - CPS) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Pankhurst Tim Knox, CPS (Chair); Rt Hon Simon Burns MP (Invited), Minister of State for Transport; Arthur Leathley, Virgin Trains; Tony Lodge, CPS; Richard McClean, Grand Central Railway

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Bridging the Gap: Building skills to secure UK growth (Policy Exchange & Heathrow Airport) Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Chetham Room Matthew Hancock MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills; Mark Beatson, CIPD; Clare Harbord, Heathrow Airport; Matthew Oakley, Policy Exchange; Siobhan Kennedy (chair), C4 News Ensuring UK Aviation Remains Competitive (Transport Times) Bridgewater Hall : Charles Hall Room Prof David Begg, Transport Times (Chair); Simon Burns MP (Invited), Minister of State for Transport; Charlie Cornish, Manchester Airports Group; Tony Lacy, Atos Getting The Homes We Need: How better designed housing could help win over NIMBYs (Policy Exchange & Barratt Homes) - Novotel Centre, 21 Dickinson St, M1 4LX : Rylands Room Mark Clare, Barratt Developments; Alex Morton, Policy Exchange; Nick Boles MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Planning; Robert Colville (chair), The Telegraph (invited) Trams: A catalyst for jobs and growth (Transport Hub - All-Party Light Rail Event) Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 11 Alec Shelbrooke MP; Andrew Braddock, Light Rail Transit Association; Stephen Joseph OBE (invited), Campaign for Better Transport; Stuart Kerr, UK Tram & Centro - Vossloh Kiepe GmbH Building Communities Brick By Brick: Improving the impact of housing (The Centre for Social Justice with Orbit and Wates) - Jurys Inn, Great Bridgewater St : Rochdale Suite Christian Guy, Centre for Social Justice; Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Housing; Vivien Knibbs, Orbit Living; Steve Trusler, Wates Living Space Good Business: What role should business play in the local community? (Demos & Kellogg's) Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel : Stanley Philip Collins, The Times (Chair); Jesse Norman MP (invited), Hereford & South Herefordshire; Robert Halfon MP, Harlow; Nick Massey, Forever Manchester; Jonathan Myers, Kellogg's Hub Airport or Hub London? (HACAN) Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS : Main Hall Zac Goldsmith MP, Richmond Park & North Kingston (Chair); Steven Norris, former Transport Minister; Nigel Milton, Heathrow Airport Limited; James Colman, Gatwick Airport Power To The People: Should localism be the core of the 2015 manifesto? (Localis) Jurys Inn, Great Bridgewater St : Bridgewater Suite Greg Clark MP, Cities Minister, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Sir Merrick Cockell, LGA Best of British: A showcase of Co-operative products (The Co-operative Group) Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, M2 5NS : F12 and F13 Kate Jones, The Co-operative Group; David Clarke, Red Tractor Assurance Meeting The Challenge Of Growing Aviation In The UK Without Growing Noise (Transport Hub - Sustainable Aviation Event) - Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 11 Jonathon Counsell, BA; Simon Burns MP (inv), Minister of State (Rail & Aviation); Anna Mahoney (inv), Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group; Roger Gardner, Aviation Environmental Consulting The Big Pay Debate: Can the Conservatives be the party of fair pay? (The High Pay Centre) Arora Hotel, 18-24 Princess Street, M1 4LY : Charters Suite Deborah Hargreaves, The High Pay Centre (Chair); Nadhim Zahawi MP, Stratford upon Avon; Anthony Browne, British Bankers' Association; Ruth Bender, Cranfield School of Management In Conversation With Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Minister without Portfolio (New Statesman in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses) Manchester Town Hall : Lord Mayor's Parlour Beyond Portas: Can walking friendly places save the High Street? (Living Streets Event) Manchester Town Hall : Committee Room 11 Jake Berry MP (invited), Rossendale & Darwen; Martin Blackwell, Association of Town Centre Management; Tony Armstrong, Living Streets; Cllr Tony Ball, Leader - Basildon Council; Bill Grimsey, Retail specialist and author of the alternative review into future of our high streets

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