The stronger bonds we built with our communities were one of few silver linings of the pandemic, with many people volunteering for the first time, and many others realising the power of social action. Yet as we look to the future, how do we ensure the huge potential of volunteering is realised in our post-Covid society?

Join an expert panel to explore lessons from the pandemic and how we can embrace volunteering as a key part of our national recovery.

The panel will be chaired by Demos Chief Executive, Polly Mackenzie, who will be joined by:

• Danny Kruger – Conservative MP
• Matt Hyde – CEO of Scouts and co-chair of Shaping the Future with Volunteering
• Catherine Johnstone – CEO of Royal Voluntary Service and co-chair of Shaping the Future with Volunteering

Breakfast will be provided at the event.

This event is happening as a part of the Conservative Party Conference on 3rd-6th October.

Levelling Up constitutes this government’s most ambitious domestic policy response. Yet for it to work, the UK’s housing market needs to step up: providing not only the right homes in the right places to fuel the changes that are needed, but also to level up housing opportunity between those who already own their home and those who aspire to, by delivering homes that young people can actually afford to buy.

This event is happening as a part of the Conservative Party Conference on 3rd-6th October.

New research from the LIPSIT (Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs) programme has been exploring what is needed to level-up successfully.

With levelling-up at the top of the Government’s list of priorities, Demos is hosting a drinks reception to start the conversation on the vital agenda at this year’s Conference.

Drinks will be provided at the event.

This event is happening as a part of the Labour Party Conference on 25-29th September.

New research from the LIPSIT (Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs) programme finds that however much money is pumped into local industrial growth, regions across the UK will struggle to benefit without first strengthening the infrastructure they rely on, including devolving power to local institutions to invest based on their citizens’ priorities. But what are the institutions needed, and how do we ensure they and the people they represent play a meaningful role in determining the future of their areas?

Join LIPSIT and Demos at Labour Party Conference as we discuss how to build democratic accountability alongside empowered places across the UK.

The panel will be chaired by Demos Chief Executive, Polly Mackenzie, who will be joined by:

• Andy Burnham – Mayor of Greater Manchester
• Bridget Phillipson – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Charles Seaford – Research Fellow at Demos

Lunch will be provided at the event.

It is widely acknowledged that society is on the cusp of dramatic change due to advances in technology such as AI. This is likely to have important implications for the research sector. It will change the way research is carried out and what research it is even possible to carry out.

However, it is vital to ensure that the findings of ‘automated research’ can be trusted and that research is conducted in a way that minimises the potential for harm.

Join Demos and Jisc to discuss how automated research will change the way we conduct research.

Speakers include:

• Dr Paul Feldman – Chief Executive, Jisc
• Ben Glover – Senior Researcher, Demos
• Lord James O’Shaughnessy
• Dr Sarah Main – Executive Director, Campaign for Science and Engineering
• James Crouch – Head of Omnibus and Research Manager, Opinium Research
• Polly Mackenzie (Chair) – Chief Executive, Demos

Details:

Date: Tuesday 1st October

Time: 8:15am – 9:30am

Venue: Exchange 5, Manchester Central Convention Complex

This event is kindly supported by Jisc.

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

Considering the scale of the effort needed to tackle climate change, businesses, financial services, policymakers, and regulators need to work together, but they should also not overlook the power of the individual consumer. Individuals are increasingly conscious of how their personal investments whether in a simple savings account or in private pension funds, has an impact – how their money talks – and how individuals can hold companies accountable on their sustainability performance.

Rather than overlooking this trend, financial services and policymakers should be looking at how we can capitalise on it. Join Demos and AVIVA to discuss: how can personal spending and saving be part of our international action on climate change?

Speakers include:

• Neil Parish MP
• Marte Borhaug – Head of ESG Strategic Projects, AVIVA Investors
• Dame Julie Mellor DBE (Chair)
• Michael Kind – Campaign Manager, ShareAction
• Richard Hardyment – Research Director, World Benchmarking Alliance
• Charles Seaford – Senior Associate, Demos

Details:

Date: Tuesday 1st October

Time: 8:15am – 9:30am

Venue: Chester Suite, Midlands Hotel

This event is kindly supported by AVIVA Investors

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

For many of us, banking and easy access to the digital payments infrastructure are taken-for-granted facilitators of our everyday lives. With more recent expansions of contactless cards and smartphone payments, people are increasingly going cashless. The decline of cash use has been raising questions about whether Britain is ready to transition to a cashless economy.

But not everyone has equal access, or levels of participation, in the digital payments infrastructure. This leaves them at risk of being excluded from the mainstream economy. In this time of transitioning importance for cash, engaging with issues of access to cash and digital literacy are crucial. 

Join Demos and MasterCard for this panel discussion on how we ensure that the financial inclusion agenda can profit, rather than be hindered, by the digital age.

Speakers include:

• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos (Chair)
• Mark Barnett – Division President, MasterCard UK, Ireland, Nordics and Baltics
• John Howells – CEO, LINK
• Caroline Normand, Director of Advocacy, Which?
• Colleen Murray – Head of International Policy, Square
• More TBC

Details:

Date: Tuesday 1st October

Time: 1:00pm – 2:15pm

Venue: Cobden 1, Manchester Central Convention Complex

This event is kindly supported by MasterCard

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

The Financial Inclusion Commission is an independent body of experts drawn from UK politics, senior management in financial services, businesses and the charity sector, national regulators and academia.  

Financial exclusion remains a significant challenge for 21st century Britain, a nation which prides itself on being a global leader in financial services. More needs to be done, and the Commission champions financial inclusion as a public policy priority, working with policy makers and a wide range of stakeholders to come up with practical policy proposals for government, business and civil society.

Join the Financial Inclusion Commission for a reception with John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, which will bring together varied stakeholders, activists and campaigners to discuss priority areas through which to promote financial inclusion in the UK.

Details:

Date: Monday 30th September

Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Venue: Exchange 4, Manchester Central Convention Complex

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

This event is kindly supported by Visa.

In a country polarised not only by Left and Right, but also Leave and Remain, few agendas are able to inspire consensus. Localism, however, might be one of them. With the events of the past few months front and centre in the mind, wouldn’t now be a good time to discuss the constitutional reform and the move towards more efficient, effective and inclusive governance? 

Shaping the next steps of this agenda is more important than ever – join Demos and the Effective Governance Initiative at the Conservative Party Conference to discuss if localism were to be the first step in consensus post-Brexit, what should it look like?

Speakers include:

• Bim Afolami MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos
• Nick Tyrone – Chief Executive, Effective Governance Initiative
• Lord Porter of Spalding

Details:

Date: Monday 30th September

Time: 1:00pm – 2:15pm

Venue: Rolls Suite, Midlands Hotel

This event is kindly supported by the Effective Governance Initiative

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

It is to the credit of modern medicine and improvements in public health that we are living longer lives. A girl born in the UK today has a 1 in 3 chance of living to 100, and the chance of living to 100 will double in the next 50 years.

However, these headlines give little indication of the quality of life we will be enjoying in later life. It is forecast that older people could spend up to a quarter of their lives in poor health. We must therefore ensure that greater focus is given to expanding healthy lifespan.

This aligns with the Government’s Industrial Strategy, which contains a mission to ensure that people can enjoy at least 5 extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035, while narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest.

Physical activity is key to maintaining health as we age. Sport and Exercise Science is a critical part of delivering the Government’s healthy ageing agenda. A fundamental component of Sport and Exercise Science is physiology – the science that aims to understand the mechanisms of the living body. It is core to understanding how the human body works during exercise and how it changes as we age. 

A report by The Physiological Society and GuildHE shows that Sport and Exercise Science graduates contribute £7.8 billion to society and the public purse, through higher earnings, added tax revenue and savings to public services.

In addition to these economic contributions, the research carried out by Sport and Exercise Scientists is intimately related to important health outcomes. For example, The “exercise” component of SES includes investigation of the positive and preventative impact of exercise on a wide range of major physical and mental health conditions, including inactivity, obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiac rehabilitation, and depression.

Join Demos, The Physiological Society and GuildHE to discuss how Sport and Exercise Science education can have a positive impact on society, and lead to healthier, longer lives.

Speakers include:

• George Freeman MP
• Dame Julie Mellor DBE (Chair)
• Nick Chamberlin – Policy Manager, British Cycling
• Alison Giles – Joint Associate Director of Healthy Ageing, Centre for Ageing Better
• Dr John Rogers – Sport and Exercise Medicine Consultant, Manchester Institute for Health and Performance

Details:

Date: Monday 30th September

Time: 4:15pm – 5:30pm

Venue: Cobden 1, Manchester Central Convention Complex

This event is kindly supported by the Physiological Society

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

In the race to design and redesign the internet, Western democracies have fallen behind, focusing on what we don’t want, and forgetting about what we do. A broad focus on harms and failures has taken precedence in governments and in the media at the expense of a clear articulation of the web we want to see.

Where international governments have articulated their vision for the internet, it is an authoritarian one, aimed at restricting the power of the internet to promote democratic participation, freedom of expression and a healthy information space.

Join Demos’ Director of CASM, Alex Krasodomski-Jones, as he sits down with Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, to discuss what we can be doing to promote an internet for good, and bring into being a strategy focused on maximising the positive potential of the internet.

Details:

Date: Monday 30th September

Time: 8:15am – 9:30am

Venue: Exchange 4, Manchester Central Convention Complex

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

Demos is excited to be hosting a drinks reception at this year’s Conservative Party Conference. Join us for a drink and some informal networking.

Special guests include:

• Nigel Huddleston MP

Details:

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Sunday 29th September

Exchange 4, Manchester Central Convention Complex

Please note that this event takes place within the secure zone. A conference pass will be required for access. 

This event is kindly supported by Huawei.

Health inequalities are described by the NHS as ‘preventable, unfair and unjust’ – so in the 21st century, why do they still persist? Health Foundation research has shown that the risk of preventable death is higher in more deprived local areas, with people living in these areas at risk of developing long term health conditions as much as ten years earlier. Digital innovations are starting to be used to address both physical and mental health inequalities – but there is a long way to go. 

Join Demos and JUUL to discuss solutions to the gulf in health provision across the country, and how tech could be the answer to the UK’s most pressing public health battles.

Speakers include:

• Helen Goodman MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos
• Max Chambers – Director, Government and Public Affairs, JUUL
• Helen Milner OBE – Chief Executive, Good Things Foundation

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 8:30am – 10:00am

Venue: Innovation Hub, Hilton Brighton Metropole

This event is kindly supported by JUUL

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

Politicians of all parties are committed to social mobility. They want everybody in this country to have the same opportunities to get on in life and get the right reward for their talent and effort, regardless of their background. But is socioeconomic diversity being overlooked, and is equal ability being recognised?

Join Demos and The Investment Association to discuss the value of diversity in businesses and what government and employers can do to promote social mobility.

Speakers include:

• Seema Malhotra MP
• Owen Jones – Columnist and author
• Harry Carr – Director of Innovation, Demos (Chair)
• Chris Cummings – CEO, The Investment Association
• Claire Ainsley – Executive Director, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Duncan Exley – Author, the End of Aspiration

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 8:30am – 10:00am

Venue: Edinburgh, Hilton Brighton Metropole

This event is kindly supported by the The Investment Association

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

For many of us, banking and easy access to the digital payments infrastructure are taken-for-granted facilitators of our everyday lives. With more recent expansions of contactless cards and smartphone payments, people are increasingly going cashless. The decline of cash use has been raising questions about whether Britain is ready to transition to a cashless economy.

But not everyone has equal access, or levels of participation, in the digital payments infrastructure. This leaves them at risk of being excluded from the mainstream economy. In this time of transitioning importance for cash, engaging with issues of access to cash and digital literacy are crucial. 

Join Demos and MasterCard for this panel discussion on how we ensure that the financial inclusion agenda can profit, rather than be hindered, by the digital age.

Speakers include:

• Seema Malhotra MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos (Chair)
• Jennifer Duncan – Director, Government and Public Sector, MasterCard UK&I
• Sir Mark Boleat – Chairman, LINK
• Richard Piggin – Head of External Affairs and Campaigns, Which?
• Colleen Murray – Head of International Policy, Square

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 12:45pm – 1:45pm

Venue: Napoleon, The Grand

This event is kindly supported by MasterCard

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

Housing policy doesn’t need to be a zero-sum-game, or part of an intergenerational war: insightful policy making and support for retirement housing can bring the generations together in mutual benefit.

Join Demos and Homes for Later Living to discuss how the provision of older people’s housing might help to unlock the housing market and boost the economy in a way that will also minimise intergenerational tensions over housing.

Speakers include:

• Alex Cunningham MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos (Chair)
• Victoria Hills – Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute
• John Tonkiss – Chief Executive, McCarthy & Stone
• Caitlin Wilkinson – Director of Policy, Generation Rent

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 2:45pm – 3:45pm

Venue: Durham Hall Room 2, Hilton Brighton Metropole

This event is kindly supported by the Homes for Later Living

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

As one of the world’s leading financial sectors, the City of London is well-placed to champion a national response to the climate emergency and set a precedent worldwide. There is growing recognition that what the City of London chooses to invest in can lead the way in ensuring a greener, cleaner and healthier economy.

Join Demos and AVIVA to discuss how we can encourage people and businesses in the City toward tackling climate change.

Speakers include:

• Jonathan Reynolds MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos (Chair)
• Marte Borhaug – Head of ESG Strategic Projects, Aviva Investors
• Karen Ellis – Director of Sustainable Economy, WWF
• Charles Seaford – Senior Fellow, Demos

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 4:45pm – 5:45pm

Venue: Durham Hall Room 2, Hilton Brighton Metropole

This event is kindly supported by the AVIVA Investors

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

The Financial Inclusion Commission is an independent body of experts drawn from UK politics, senior management in financial services, businesses and the charity sector, national regulators and academia.  

Financial exclusion remains a significant challenge for 21st century Britain, a nation which prides itself on being a global leader in financial services. More needs to be done, and the Commission champions financial inclusion as a public policy priority, working with policy makers and a wide range of stakeholders to come up with practical policy proposals for government, business and civil society.

Join the Financial Inclusion Commission for a reception with Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Minister for the Treasury, which will bring together varied stakeholders, activists and campaigners to discuss priority areas through which to promote financial inclusion in the UK.

Details:

Date: Tuesday 24th September

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue: GB2, The Grand

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

This event is kindly supported by Visa.

In a country polarised not only by Left and Right, but also Leave and Remain, few agendas are able to inspire consensus. Localism, however, might be one of them. With the events of the past few months front and centre in the mind, wouldn’t now be a good time to discuss the constitutional reform and the move towards more efficient, effective and inclusive governance? 

Shaping the next steps of this agenda is more important than ever – join Demos and the Effective Governance Initiative at the Labour Party Conference to discuss if localism were to be the first step in consensus post-Brexit, what should it look like?

Speakers include:

• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos
• Nick Tyrone – Chief Executive, Effective Governance Initiative
• Cllr Judith Blake CBE – Leader of Leeds City Council
• Lord Beecham – House of Lords Shadow Spokesperson, Communities and Local Government

Details:

Date: Monday 23rd September

Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm

Venue: Innovation Hub, Hilton Brighton Metropole

This event is kindly supported by the Effective Governance Initiative

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

Demos is excited to be hosting a drinks reception at this year’s Labour Party Conference. Join us for a drink and some informal networking.

Special guests include:

• Stephen Kinnock MP
• Stella Creasy MP

Details:

5:30pm – 7:00pm

Sunday 22nd September

Gloucester Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole

Please note that this event takes place within the secure zone. A conference pass will be required for access. 

This event is kindly supported by Huawei.

Community energy schemes are leading the way in shaping a cleaner, fairer approach to the way the UK generates and distributes energy. As a result, leveraging the sector’s potential will be essential if the UK is to meet its net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

Community energy can also give local residents access to cheaper energy and reducing fuel poverty. By reinvesting surpluses back into the local area, community energy schemes encourage thriving rural and urban communities. But given a failure to properly support the sector in recent years, the future of community energy now looks threatened.

Join us for this panel at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference, discussing the role and future of community energy in the UK’s transition to a green economy.

Speakers include:

• Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey MP
• Wera Hobhouse MP
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos
• Vidhya Alakeson – Chief Executive, Power to Change
• Rachel Coxcoon – District Cllr & Cabinet Member for Planning Policy, Climate Change & Energy at Cotswold DC.
• Ryan Shea – Senior Associate, PUBLIC

Details:

Date: Monday 16th September

Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

Venue: Durley Suite, Bournemouth International Centre

Please note that this event takes place inside the secure zone. You will need a conference pass in order to attend.

In a country polarised not only by Left and Right, but also Leave and Remain, few agendas are able to inspire consensus. Localism, however, might be one of them. With the events of the past few months front and centre in the mind, wouldn’t now be a good time to discuss the constitutional reform and the move towards more efficient, effective and inclusive governance? 

Shaping the next steps of this agenda is more important than ever – join Demos at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference to discuss if localism were to be the first step in consensus post-Brexit, what should it look like?

Speakers on the panel include:

• Christine Jardine MP
• Nick Tyrone – Chief Executive, Effective Governance Initiative
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos (Chair)
• Baroness Thornhill
• Dr Mark Pack – Associate Director, Teneo

Details:

Date: Monday 16th September

Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

Venue: Branksome Suite, Bournemouth International Centre

Please note that this event takes place within the secure zone. You will need a conference pass to attend. 

With the coming fourth industrial revolution, there is concern about jobs being disaggregated or even disappearing entirely. But, as with every previous industrial revolution, there have been new tasks, roles, and even professions to fill the gap. Technology, urbanisation, population demands, organisation complexity and human creativity have consistently created new and unexpected jobs.

Join Demos and PwC at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference as we discuss how we can prepare for jobs that don’t exist yet, highlighting the opportunities and challenges associated with an increasingly automated world and workforce.

Speakers include:

• Neil Sherlock CBE (Chair)
• Polly Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Demos
• Alastair Woods – Partner, PwC
• Siobhan Benita – Liberal Democrat Candidate for Mayor of London 2020

Details:

Date: Monday 16th September

Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Venue: Bayview Suite 1, Bournemouth International Centre

Please note that this event takes place within the secure zone. You will need a conference pass to attend. 

Financial inclusion enables people to more easily manage and be in control of their money. It means being able to transfer money easily and securely; being supported and able to save money; engaging in transactions without facing high fees and charges, and accessing credit without fear of excessive and escalating repayments. But the reality for many is quite the opposite – for instance, 1.23 million people in the UK do not have access to a bank account.

With people’s available financial options often restricted by factors such as precarious employment, health conditions, or where they live, it is often those most in need of good financial products and services that are denied access to them. But these problems are not insurmountable – designing early interventions, or new, tailored products to support people can help reduce financial exclusion.

Join Demos and Wagestream at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference as we discuss how innovation can help overcome these problems and ensure that everyone is enabled to move towards greater financial security.

Speakers include:

• Neil Sherlock CBE (Chair)
• Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP
• Archie Chappel – Strategic Affairs Director, Wagestream
• Sacha Hilhorst – Senior Researcher, Demos
• Kirsty Good – Head of Campaigns, PR and Social, MoneySavingExpert.com

Details:

Date: Monday 16th September

Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

Venue: Durley Suite, Bournemouth International Centre

Please note that this event takes place within the secure zone. You will need a conference pass to attend. 

The referendum divided the nation. If there were to be a second referendum, what policies would we need to address the concerns of the 52% who voted leave? We must ask what led to this division and look at how we rebuild a sense of trust and pride in our political institutions. With greater understanding of why people voted as they did; could a different outcome be provoked?

EVENT DETAILS

Date and time

2nd October, 8.00am-9.30am

Venue

Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham

This event will be situated inside the secured zone at Conservative Party Conference 2018. Event attendees must be in possession of a relevant conference pass to obtain admittance.

Speakers

Lord Adonis

Polly Mackenzie, Director of Demos

More to be confirmed

Labour Party Conference Fringe Event

This event will explore the possibilities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence as it becomes more ubiquitous within the health service. How do we enable the NHS to reap the benefit of advances within diagnostics, sensor technology and service provision while ensuring that algorithms we rely on to keep us healthy are transparent, accountable and free from systemic demographic bias? Where will the vast amounts of personal patient data required to develop effective systems come from and who will be ultimately responsible for protecting it?

EVENT DETAILS

Date and time

Tuesday 25th September, 11am – 12pm

Venue

Concourse Room 1, ACC Liverpool

This event will be situated inside the secured zone at Labour Party Conference 2018. Event attendees must be in possession of a relevant conference pass to obtain admittance.

Speakers to be announced shortly.

Labour Party Conference Fringe Event

The place where you live plays a vital part in your personal well-being, a place you should enjoy living in, be proud of and feel safe and protected. Today, we are experiencing a housing crisis at a scale not experienced before; should local councils and house builders focus on providing as much stock as possible or does this mean we run the risk of large numbers of poor quality homes? How can we ensure that not only are enough homes are built but that they are of the right type and quality to meet the needs of everyone?

EVENT DETAILS

Date and time

Monday 24th September, 7.30am – 9.30am

Venue

Concourse Room 9, ACC Liverpool

This event will be situated inside the secured zone at Labour Party Conference 2018. Event attendees must be in possession of a relevant conference pass to obtain admittance.

Speakers

Sarah Jones MP

Professor Tom Holbrook, Director 5th Studio

John Myers, Co-founder, YIMBY

David Thomas, Group Chief Executive, Barratt Development

Alan Lockey, Head of Research, Demos

Questions

If you have any questions about this event, please contact the events team via email; [email protected]

This event is kindly supported by Barratt Homes.

The referendum divided the nation. If there were to be a second referendum, what policies would we need to address the concerns of the 52% who voted leave? We must ask what led to this division and look at how we rebuild a sense of trust and pride in our political institutions. With greater understanding of why people voted as they did; could a different outcome be provoked?

EVENT DETAILS

Date and time

17th September, 11.30am-12.30pm

Venue

Hilton Brighton Metropole, Edinburgh Room

Register for a ticket here

Speakers

Lord Adonis

Leyla Moran MP

Stephen Bush, New Statesman

Polly Mackenzie, Director of Demos

More to be announced

On 1 March 2018, Demos think tank, Christ Church Oxford and Balderton Capital joined together for an exciting event focusing on the Future of Artificial Intelligence.

Paanelists explored the opportunities and challenges AI presents for business, government and citizens, and its potential to reshape our existing social order.

Bringing together some of Britain’s most dynamic young thinkers and practitioners, we will debate how best to seize the huge potential of AI as a force for good, without surrendering to the powerful risks it poses.

Carl Miller, Research Director, Demos, shares his thoughts on the discussions;

‘There are two areas of uncertainty, even mystery, around AI. The first is the tech itself: what it will do, how it will be applied, how quickly it will improve and in which direction. The second is everything else: how we change, adapt, draft new law, teach new skills, to make sure that the changes that are happening will be broadly positive and pro-social ones. Both in where speakers and audience agreed, and where they differed, we learnt something about how to address this second question.

The strongest consensus was that huge changes are already happening and will only get faster. There was little doubt too that these changes will be sweeping, unconstrained by industry, market sector, or part of society. But much less clear was how it could be controlled and channelled. What, indeed, were the right levers to use. Should new law and regulation be drafted, new professional standards, will technology itself be the only thing that can now constrain it? How could journalists seek to expose malicious uses of it, how could legislators move quickly enough, and how could the harms be identified and mitigated when the pace of change was just relentlessly accelerating. Here there were more questions, I think, than answers: a sure sign that many more events like this will happen in the future too’.

Speakers
Professor Charlie Beckett, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Ian Goldin, Oxford Martin School
Carl Miller, Demos (Chair)
Baroness Kate Rock

View a video of the discussions here.

Demos and Bruegel think tanks joined for an event in Brussels to discuss the potential of the flexicurity model as an employment strategy, and how it could be successfully implemented in European countries.

Demos held a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to discuss current online safety and digital citizenship policy and practice. From cyber bullying and trolling to grooming and child protection, the challenge of the digital world for young people is quickly rising to the top of political agendas. This session included a first sight of new primary research, conducted by Demos’ Centre for Analysis of Social Media, exploring the relationship between character and social media use, investigating not just what young people do online, but why they do it. This fringe event explored and considered how young people can be best equipped with the knowledge, skills and character attributes to make healthy choices and support positive engagement with social media.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 0800 – 0930

Speakers
Vicky Ford MP
Jamie Bartlett, Demos
Alex Holmes, The Diana Award
Jonathan Baggaley, The PSHE Association

Chair: Nicholas Hellen, The Sunday Times

Venue
Exchange 2 & 3, Manchester Central, Manchester

This event was kindly supported by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham 

Demos held a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to discuss how housing associations and homebuilders can play a role in social mobility for the younger generation. Quality and affordable housing plays a critical role in supporting good health and wellbeing, and housing providers and associations can also give much- needed skills, jobs and training to vulnerable people.

The event marked the launch of Orbit’s Happy, Healthy Starts campaign, and will see panellists discuss practical ways to help spread this approach to supporting young people across the housing sector; as well as debating how housing providers can contribute more to the Government’s wider social mobility agenda. The discussion also provided an opportunity to explore the work that is already being done, with both the panel and audience making new recommendations in tackling this challenge.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 0800 – 0930

Speakers
Charlie Elphicke MP
Richard Bacon MP
Claudia Wood, Demos
Paul Richards, Orbit Group
Alison Garnham, Child Poverty Action Group
Katie Schmuecker, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Chair: Jonn Elledge, New Statesman

Venue
Central 3, Manchester Central, Manchester

This event was kindly supported by the Orbit Group 

Demos held a private roundtable at Conservative Party Conference to discuss what more can be done to improve the diversity of the legal profession, including progression opportunities for minority groups, and access routes from a wider range of social backgrounds. Women and ethnic minority groups remain under-represented in the most senior positions of the legal profession, despite the gender and ethnicity balance being broadly representative overall. And the significant under-representation from those from less affluent backgrounds has yet to be tackled head-on.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority and Demos are keen to discuss what more can be done to support a modern, open and accessible legal profession that reflects the people it represents.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 1245 – 1400

Venue
Exchange 2 & 3, Manchester Central, Manchester

This event was kindly supported by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Demos held a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to debate the challenges and opportunities that global digital platforms present for the economy, society and our diverse communities. The discussion explored topics such as: the role a ‘digital charter’ could play in striking the balance between regulation and protecting civil liberties and freedom of speech; the responsibilities of online platforms to deal with issues of abuse and trolling; and the high quality news production in an era of fake news, clickbait and falling digital advertising revenues.

As the Government continues to consider how its manifesto to create a ‘Digital Charter’ might work in practice, this panel brought together experts in digital policy, representatives from business, technology companies and the media to explore the challenge of taming the Wild West of the Web.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 1245 – 1400

Speakers
Damien Collins MP
Jamie Bartlett, Demos
Matt Rogerson, The Guardian
Simon Milner, Facebook
Nick Pickles, Twitter
Clare Sumner, BBC
Romilly Denys, Coalition for a Digital Economy
Tom Morrison- Bell, Tech UK

Chair: Kate Russell, BBC

Venue
Lancaster Suite, Midland Hotel, Manchester

This event was kindly supported by The Guardian

Demos will hold a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to discuss effective methods of increasing access to legal services. The rapidly changing market has presented legal service providers with both opportunities and challenges. Solicitors and law firms are already adapting with innovative new business models and ways of working are being introduced. These will help widen access to legal services for individuals and small businesses, however, as it stands, only 1 in 10 people use a solicitor or barrister for their legal problems. This event will debate what more can be done to create a fair and open market for legal services that supports better access for individuals and business. The Solicitors Regulation Authority and Demos are keen to discuss what more can be done to support a modern, open and accessible legal profession that reflects the people it represents.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 1545 – 1700

Speakers
John Howell OBE MP
Robert Buckland QC MP
Claudia Wood, Demos
Richard Collins, Solicitors Regulations Authority
Martin McTague, Federation of Small Business

Chair: Jonathan Ames, The Times

Venue
Central 3, Manchester Central, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Demos held a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to discuss the changing needs and preferences of working Britons, and how the Government, employers, trade unions and political parties can ensure that work remains the best avenue to a fulfilling life and strong communities.  This fringe event was a continuation of the Demos and the Conservative Workers and Trade Unionists partnership, looking at the future of work. Demos first supported this project in 2012, when we published Rob Halfon MP’s Stop the Union Bashing paper. We were delighted to partner with the CWTU in this event to take this work further.

Date & Time
Monday 2 October, 1745 – 1900

Speakers
Rt Hon. Rob Halfon MP
in conversation with
Sebastian Payne, Financial Times

followed by a panel discussion: 
Dr. Spencer Pitfield, Conservative Workers and Trade Unionists
Crawford Temple, PRISM
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, House of Lords
Seamus Nevin, Institute of Directors
Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian
Shakira Martin, NUS President

Chair: Sophie Gaston, Demos

Venue
Exchange 3 & 4, Manchester Central, Manchester

This event was kindly supported by PRISM.

Demos held a panel discussion at Labour Party Conference to discuss how Brexit can provide opportunities to reveal and reevaluate long-existing issues within Britain’s economy. Brexit has thrown light on many of the structural issues which have been plaguing our economy long before the Referendum last year. As we begin a new phase for Britain, so too must our economy be brought up to speed. This event explored how a fairer, more sustainable and more productive economy could be built, and the role that investment, liberation and devolution could play in achieving this.

Speakers 
Sandy Martin MP
Mary Honeyball MEP
Georgia Gould, Leader of Camden Council
Vicky Pryce, Economist
Alan Lockey, Demos
John Mills, JML Group

Venue
Hall 7 – Tweed, Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton

This event was kindly supported by the Politics and Economics Research Trust.

Demos held a private lunch at Labour Party Conference to explore the challenges and opportunities of the next frontiers of digital policy. The lunch brought together experts in digital policy, representatives from business, technology companies and the media, to explore topics such as: the role a ‘digital charter’ could play in striking the balance between regulation and protecting civil liberties and freedom of speech; the prevalence of online abuse and trolling; and the sustainability of news organisations, and the importance of ensuring quality and standards in news production in the digital age.

Date & Time
Monday 25 September, 1245 – 1415

Speakers
Liam Byrne MP
Jamie Bartlett, Demos
Matt Rogerson, The Guardian

This event was kindly supported by The Guardian.

Demos is delighted to be joined by a number of MPs and MSPs at a private roundtable event at SNP Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by university assessment reform for Scottish higher education institutions.

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Date & Time
Friday 14th October, 0900 – 1oo0.

Speakers
Carol Monaghan MP
Roger Mullin MP
Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
Professor Blair Grubb, University of Liverpool
Chair: Ralph Scott, Demos

Venue
Barra Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow

This event is kindly supported by

We are delighted to be joined at the SNP Conference by Pete Wishart MP to launch a new digital observatory tool Demos is building bespoke to the needs of politicians in the UK. The event will open with an exposition of the tool and its capabilities and will also provide an opportunity to explore, more generally, the role that technology, particularly social media, can play in political campaigns and politicians’ engagement with their constituents.

Date & Time
Friday 14th October, 1230 – 1330

Speakers
Pete Wishart MP
Clare Adamson MSP
David Evans, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Alex Krasodomski-Jones, CASM at Demos
Chair: Ralph Scott, Head of Citizenship, Demos

Venue
Finnieston Suite, Hilton Garden Inn, Glasgow

This event is kindly supported by

Demos is hosting a series of exclusive roundtable events where economists, representatives of business and other experts will discuss ideas for post-Brexit economic policy. These events, taking place in Liverpool, Birmingham and London, will explore the challenges of how to boost productivity and where to prioritise investment and trade against a backdrop of the UK’s changing relationship with the EU, focusing on bold and innovative proposals for boosting growth.

Liverpool:
Monday 26th September, 1430 – 1600
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

Birmingham:
Tuesday 4th October, 1430 – 1600
Room 107, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

London:
Thursday 13th October, 0900 – 1030
Frank Whittle Room, One Birdcage Walk

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Supported by

Demos will host a panel event at Conservative Party Conference to discuss the issues surrounding the implementation of the extended school day and the opportunities for – and challenges to – bringing character education into schools.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 0800 – 0930

Speakers
Lord Nash (invited)
Lord O’Shaughnessy
Professor James Arthur, The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues
Charlotte Hill, Step Up To Serve
Ralph Scott, Demos
Chair: Sonia Sodha, The Observer

Venue
Room 105, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

Demos is delighted to be joined by Lord Willets at a private roundtable at Conservative Party Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the new higher education teaching excellence framework (TEF).

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 0800 – 0930.

Speakers
Lord Willetts
Professor Bridget Lumb, The Physiological Society
Chair: Louis Reynolds, Demos

Venue
Room 107, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

Demos is delighted to be hosting a private roundtable at Conservative Party Conference to launch Community Chest, a Demos report about local banking. In particular, this event will explore the potential for local and regional banks to function on a ‘dual bottom line’ – promoting local economies, while also turning a profit.

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 1000 – 1130.

Venue
Room 107, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

We are delighted to be joined by Richard Harrington MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions, at the Conservative Party Conference to launch and discuss a new Demos report about financial exclusion. The report, Banking for All, focuses on the role of education, credit unions, technology and the third sector in combating this complex issue. This fringe event will provide an opportunity to discuss the report’s key recommendations as well as the issue of financial exclusion more broadly.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 1230 – 1400

Speakers
Richard Harrington MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions
Charlie Cadywould, Demos
Joanna Elson, Money Advice Trust
Alan Nicholls, Lloyds Banking Group
Sir Brian Pomeroy, Financial Inclusion Commission
Chair: Philip Collins, Demos and the Times

Venue
Room 105, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

Demos will hold a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference to explore the implications of the Government’s Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill. Striking the right balance between strengthening national security measures and safeguarding civil liberties is a challenge faced by any attempt to counter terrorism. As the Government guards against the spread of extremist ideologies, it will need to ensure new powers for law enforcement do not impinge upon citizens’ civil liberties or have the unintended effect of further alienating those young people vulnerable to radicalisation. This fringe event will explore the legal and democratic implications of the bill, as well as the practicalities surrounding enforcement.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 1230 – 1400

Speakers
Rachael Jolley, Index on Censorship
Rick Muir, The Police Foundation

Ghaffar Hussain
Rupert Myers, Bright Blue
Louis Reynolds, Demos
Chair: Robert Verkaik

Venue
Room 107, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

We are delighted to be joined at the Conservative Party Conference by Matt Warman MP to launch a new digital observatory tool Demos is building bespoke to the needs of politicians in the UK. The event will open with an exposition of the tool and its capabilities and will also provide an opportunity to explore more generally the role that technology, particularly social media, can play in political campaigns and politicians’ engagement with their constituents.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 1730 – 1900

Speakers
Matt Warman MP
David Evans, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Alex Krasodomski-Jones, CASM at Demos
Nick Pickles, Twitter
Chair: Kate Russell, BBC

Venue
Room 105, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

This event is kindly supported by

We are delighted to be joined at the Conservative Party Conference by George Freeman MP, Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board, to discuss the challenges the Government faces in delivering on social justice at home while negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Date & Time
Tuesday 4th October, 1930 – 2100

Speakers
George Freeman MP, Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board
Julian McCrae, Institute for Government
Anthony Wells, YouGov
Claudia Wood, Demos
Chair: Philip Collins, Demos and The Times

Venue
Room 105, Jurys Inn, Birmingham

In partnership with

Demos is delighted to be joined by The Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson and Jim McMahon MP at a private roundtable to discuss regional devolution and City Mayors. The event will reflect upon the findings of a one day Devolution ‘Citizens’ Jury’, hosted by PwC and facilitated by Britain Thinks on Monday 26^th September.  The Jury will involve in depth deliberation with people from across the city region, exploring their perspectives on devolved power in their community and their priorities for the new metro mayor. The event will open with a presentation from Britain Thinks on the findings of the Jury to stimulate a broader discussion on how we can ensure that devolution meets the needs of local people.

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Date & Time
Tuesday 27th September, 1430 – 1600.

Speakers
Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
Jim McMahon MP
Tina Hallett, PwC
Ben Shimshon, Britain Thinks
Chair: Claudia Wood, Demos

Venue
Meeting Room 2, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

In collaboration with

Demos is delighted to be joined by Roberta Blackman-Woods MP at a private roundtable at Labour Party Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the new higher education teaching excellence framework (TEF).

Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please email [email protected] to request a place.

Date & Time
Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1130.

Speakers
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP
Professor Lucy Donaldson, The Physiological Society
Chair: Ralph Scott, Demos

Venue
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

This event is kindly supported by

Demos is delighted to announce a stellar line up of MPs that will join us to discuss ‘Britishness’, and how best to forge a positive, inclusive sense of patriotism after the Referendum.

Date & Time
Monday 26th September, 1915 – 2045

Speakers
Tristram Hunt MP
Liz Kendall MP
Stephen Kinnock MP
Emma Reynolds MP
Chair: Philip Collins, Demos and The Times

Venue
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

We are delighted to be joined by Helen Goodman MP at the Labour Party Conference to launch and discuss a new Demos report about financial exclusion. The report, Banking for All, focuses on the role of education, credit unions, technology and the third sector in combating this complex issue. This fringe event will provide an opportunity to discuss the report’s key recommendations as well as the issue of financial exclusion more broadly.

Date & Time
Monday 26th September, 1230 – 1400

Speakers
Helen Goodman MP
Charlie Cadywould, Demos
Michelle Highman, The Money Charity
Michael Mercieca, Young Enterprise
Alan Nicholls, Lloyds Banking Group
Chair: Zoe Williams, The Guardian

Venue
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

This event is kindly supported by

Demos will host a lively panel event at the Labour Party Conference to demonstrate a new digital observatory we are currently building bespoke to the needs of politicians in the UK. The event will begin with an exposition of the tool and its capabilities but will also provide an opportunity to explore more generally the role that technology, particularly social media, can play in political campaigns and politicians’ engagement with their constituents.

Date & Time
Monday 26th September, 1730 – 1900

Speakers
Yvette Cooper MP
Alex Krasodomski-Jones, CASM at Demos
David Evans, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Andrew Seager, Citizens Advice
Chair: Jim Waterson, Buzzfeed

Venue
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

This event is kindly supported by

Demos is delighted to be joined by Lucy Powell MP at Labour Party Conference to discuss the issues surrounding the implementation of the extended school day and the opportunities for – and challenges to – bringing character education into schools.

Date & Time
Monday 26th September, 0800 – 0930

Speakers
Lucy Powell MP
Professor James Arthur, The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues
Shelagh Hirst, ATL
Ralph Scott, Demos
Chair: Laura McInerney, Schools Week

Venue
Meeting Room 6, Hilton Liverpool City Centre

This event is kindly supported by

Date & Time
08.30 – 10.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Marcus Jones MP
John Howell MP
Sarah Newton MP
Kevin Hollinrake MP
David Mackintosh MP
Gary Day, McCarthy & Stone
Duncan O’Leary, Demos (Chair)

Venue
Livingstone Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by McCarthy & Stone.

Date & Time
10.30 – 12.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
John Howell MP
Sarah Newton MP
Senior representative, Home Builders Federation
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

By invitation only.

This event is kindly supported by the Home Builders Federation.

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Fiona Bruce MP
Rob Lyons, Institute of Ideas
Thomas McTague, Mail Online (Chair)
Ian Wybron, Demos.

Venue
Livingstone Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by SABMiller

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Professor Blair Grubb, University of Liverpool
Nick Hillman, HEPI
Megan Dunn, NUS
John Gill, Times Higher Education (Chair)
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

Venue
Stanley Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by The Physiological Society.

Date & Time
17.30 – 19.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Ed Vaizey MP
Helen Whately MP (invited)
Dr Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce
Lyssa McGowan, Sky
Sonia Sodha, The Observer (Chair)
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

Venue
Stanley Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by Sky.

Time & Date
17.30 – 19.00, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Phillip Hammond MP
Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP
Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian (Chair)
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

Venue
Livingstone Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

Date & Time
19.30 – 20.30, Tues 6 Oct

Speakers
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Robert Halfon MP (invited)
Kirstie Donnelly MBE, UK Managing Director at City & Guilds
Phil Collins, The Times and Demos

Venue
Stanley & Livingstone Rooms, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by City & Guilds

Date & Time
08.15 – 09.45, Mon 5 Oct

Speakers
Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
Lucy Frazer MP
Lord Chris Holmes
Professor James Arthur, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Brimingham
James O’Shaughnessy, Floreat Education (Chair)
Ralph Scott, Demos

Venue
Stanley Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Brimingham

Date & Time
10.30 – 12.00, Mon 5 Oct

This event is an invitation-only private round-table event, kindly supported by Kellogg’s.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Mon 5 Oct

Speakers
Sam Gyimah MP
Simon Redfern, Starbucks
Elham Afzal, NCS Associate
Jon Yates, The Challenge
Emily Dugan, The Independent (Chair)
Ralph Scott, Demos

Venue
Livingstone Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by The Challenge.

Date & Time
17.30 – 19.00, Mon 5 Oct

Speakers
James Berry MP
David Goodhart
Dr Nick Saville, Cambridge Assessment
Ros Lucas, Migrants Resource Centre
Mary Dejevsky, The Independent (Chair)

Venue
Livingstone Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by Cambridge English Language Assessment.

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Mon 5 Oct

Speakers
Lord Faulks QC
Victoria Atkins MP (invited)
Alberto Costa MP
Dr Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce
Anthony Abrahams, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Joshua Rozenberg (Chair)
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

Venue
Stanley Room, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Manchester

This event is kindly supported by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Date & Time
12.15 – 13.45, Tuesday 29 Sept

Speakers
Lord Charles Falconer
Tulip Siddiq MP
Anthony Abrahams, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
John Longworth, British Chambers of Commerce
Ralph Scott, Demos (Chair)

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

This event is kindly supported by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Tuesday 29 Sept

Speakers
Professor Lord Maurice Glasman
Phil Collins, The Times and Demos

Venue
Coleridge South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

Date & Time
08.30 – 10.00, Monday 28 Sept

Speakers
Kevin Brennan MP
Professor James Arthur, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham
Matt Hood, School 21
Sonia Sodha, The Observer (Chair)
Ralph Scott, Demos

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

This event is kindly supported by the Jubliee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham

Date & Time
12.30 – 14.00, Monday 28 Sept

Speakers
Wes Streeting MP
Nick Hillman, HEPI
Professor Judy R Harris, University of Bristol
Dr Wendy Piatt, Russell Group
Duncan O’Leary, Demos (Chair)

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

This event is kindly supported by the Physiological Society

Date & Time
15.30- 17.00, Monday 28 Sept

Speakers
Seema Malhotra MP
Mary Monfries, PwC
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

By invitation only.

This event is kindly supported by PwC.

Date & Time
17.30 – 19.00, Monday 28 Sept

Speakers
Tristram Hunt MP
Stephen Kinnock MP
Melanie Onn MP
Ann McElvoy, The Economist (Chair)
Duncan O’Leary, Demos

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

Date & Time
10.30 – 12.00, Monday 28th Sept

Speakers
Lord Andrew Adonis
Paul Wheeler, Kellogg’s
Phil Collins, The Times and Demos

By invitation only.

This event is kindly supported by Kellogg’s.

Date & Time
17.30 – 19.00, Sunday 27 Sept

Speakers
Lisa Nandy MP
Musa Omar Khan, Senior Associate Mentor, NCS
Kirsty O’Brien, The Challenge
Ralph Scott, Demos
Tom Clark, The Guardian (Chair)

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

This event is kindly supported by The Challenge.

Date & Time
13.30 – 14.30, Sunday 27 Sept

Speakers
Chuka Umunna MP
Rafael Behr, The Guardian

Venue
Renaissance South, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton

Date & Time
18.00 – 19.30, Sunday 27 Sept

Speakers
Angela Eagle MP
Terry Scuoler, Chief Executive, EEF
Phil Collins,  The Times and Demos

By invitation only.

This event is kindly supported by ACCA, BCC, EEF, FSB, ICAEW, IOD, IPSE.

This year’s conference season falls just 5 months after the General Election and is likely to be the most dynamic and engaging conference seasons for many years. Many incoming Ministers are new to their portfolios, while the Opposition is set for a rethink about its ideological and intellectual direction.

As a genuinely cross-party think-tank, Demos delivers a full programme of incisive and broad-ranging events across the party conferences every year. 2015 will be no exception: using fresh and innovative formats to debate emerging policy and constitutional issues for the new parliament.

This year, Demos will be hosting events at four party conferences.

• Liberal Democrats: Bournemouth, 19–23 September
• Labour: Brighton, 27–30 September
• Conservative: Manchester, 4–7 October
• SNP: Aberdeen,16-17 October 2015