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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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