AGENDA – FEPS-Fabian New Year Conference 2023
Conference Agenda
9.00: Registration
10.00: Introduction from Fabian Society General Secretary Andrew Harrop, Fabian Society Chair Lord Roy Kennedy, and FEPS Director-General Ania Skrzpek.
10.10: Keynote Speech from Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s shadow chancellor.
11.10: Parallel sessions start
Room: The Light
The left’s agenda for Prosperity and Growth with: Jonathan Reynolds MP, Torsten Bell, Kate Bell, Dominic Afscharian. Chair: Sasjkia Otto
Room: George Fox
The left’s agenda for Education and Children with: Bridget Phillipson MP, João Albuquerque MEP, Cllr Marianna Masters, Anne Longfield, Darren Northcott. Chair: Ben Cooper
Room: Sarah Fell
The left’s agenda for Devolving Power with: Mick Antoniw MS, Mayor Oliver Coppard, Ayesha Hazarika, Jess Studdert, Frazer Clarke. Chair: Luke Raikes.
12:10: Parallel sessions pause, guests reassemble in the Light
12:20: International address from Katarina Barley MEP, introduced by Andrew Harrop
12:25: Plenary session:
The left’s agenda for Winning Elections with: Anneliese Dodds MP, Cllr Satvir Kaur, Chris Curtis, Dr Eunice Goes, Paul Mason. Chair: Cllr Sara Hyde.
13:20 – Lunch
13:25 – Lunchtime fringes
Room: George Fox
Fabian Women’s Network – How does Labour address black health and wellbeing? With: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Mariama Kandeh, Dr Sonia Adesara, Natalie Creary. Chair: Cllr Marianna Masters.
Room: Sarah Fell
Young Fabians – Why young people vote Labour, and why they will stick with Labour – Kitchen Table Discussion.
14.20 – Afternoon parallel sessions
Room: The Light
The left’s agenda for The Environment: Ed Miliband MP, Cllr Dr Kindy Sandhu, Shaun Spiers, Fiona Harvey, Polly Billington, Chair: Eloise Sacares.
Room: Ada Salter
The left’s agenda for Britain in the World: Catherine West MP, Cllr Jessica Toale, Cllr Shaista Aziz, Cllr Alice Macdonald, Mark Leonard, Nicoletta Pirozzi.
Room: George Fox
The left’s agenda for Poverty and Inequality: Jonathan Ashworth MP, Lord Stewart Wood, Dr Halima Begum, Stewart Lansley, Cllr Sara Hyde. Chair: Cllr Catherine Fookes.
Room: Sarah Fell
The left’s agenda for Defeating Populism: Dame Diana Johnson MP, Baroness Ruth Anderson, Ian Dunt, Sunder Katwala, Prof. Daphne Halikopoulou, Marcin Duma, Chair: Thom Brooks.
15:35 – Final parallel sessions
Room: George Fox
The left’s agenda for Health and Care: Sara Cerdas MEP, Cllr Salma Arif, Anita Charlesworth, Dr Sonia Adesara, Dr Anna Dixon MBE, Chair: Dr Martin Edobor.
Room: The Light
The left’s agenda for Crime and Security: Sarah Jones MP, Cllr Khayer Chowdhury, Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle, Dame Vera Baird KC, Kate Green, Rick Muir. Chair: Cllr Sara Hyde
Room: Sarah Fell
The left’s agenda for Transport: Neil Bibby MSP, Cllr Liz Clements, Seb Dance, Jen Thornton. Chair: James Potts.
16:35: Parallel sessions end, delegates reassemble in the Light
16:50: International address from Pedro Silva Pereira MEP, introduced by Ania Skrzypek
17:00: Policy Dragon’s Den
17:45: Closing remarks by Andrew Harrop and conference end.