7:30 AM:
7:45 AM:
Hard times: What will the changing economic climate mean for cities? (Meeting Room 2 &)
Money, Debt, Finance: Young people (Concerto Room)
7:50 AM:
8:00 AM:
Affordable, Sustainable and Desirable: How can we acheive all our housing goals?
Association of British Insurers (Hall 7)
Can Flexible Working be the Labour Market's Flexible Friend? (Exec Room 1)
Can the Conservatives be the Party of the Poor? (Allegro Room)
Climate change: an increase in fuel poverty? (TBC)
How we can ensure that the flexible new deal reaches those with most barriers to... (Exec Room 7)
Little Britons: Making the UK more child friendly
Missing the Target: How we can ensure that the flexible new deal reaches those w... (Exec Room 7)
Quality or Quantity: How can the Conservatives improve patient outcomes? (Dolce Room)
The Freedom Zone (Kingston Theatre)
Tory Green Initative (Hall 11A)
Transforming Public Services: Social enterprise solutions (TBC)
Where does an economic downturn leave social justice? (Sonata Room)
Will we get the housing we need or the housing we deserve? (Andante Room)
9:00 AM:
9:15 AM:
11:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
Can nature conservation & industry co-exist in marine envt? (TBC)
Energy Security (Exec Room 2)
England's Green and Pressured Land? How can we address the challenges of a chang... (Banqueting Hall)
NCVO Bursary Scheme Winners' Debate
Revolutionising Public Transport (Hall 10A)
Sould We Equip Our Army '?Off the Shelf'? (Hall 7)
Sustainable Communities: A Role for the retail-led regeneration? (Exec Room 8)
The Challenge of Europe 2009 (Hall 9)
The NHS at 60: Time for retirement? (Hall 11B)
The UK in the Global Knowledge Economy (TBC)
Welfare that works (Wedgewood Suite)
Welfare that Works (Wedgewood Suite)
12:30 PM:
An Audience With David Davis MP (The Freedom Zone)
Ask 2012 (Media Suite)
Changing in Wales: Winning for Britain (Hall 6)
Children's Well Being: How responsible are schools? (Symphony Hall)
Connecting Cities: What next for urban transport? (Meeting Room 2 &)
Conservative Future? Can Conservatives engage young people as voters? (Exec Room 1)
Conservatives and the Voters (Andante Room)
It's your Local...: Can urban parishes work for communities? (Library Theatre)
Reclaiming the Streets: Solutions to gun, gang and knife crime (Burne-Jones Suit)
Speed Meeting Influential Londoners (Allegro Room)
Student Voice or Anarchy - What is a Rights Respecting School? (Fortissimo Room)
Venture: Women and business (Hall 10B)
Working for a living - how healthy employees help the NHS (Darwin Suite)
Automotive Lunch Reception 2008 (Main Area)
The Rural Reception (Scherzo)
12:45 PM:
Britain After the Credit Crunch (TBC)
Energy: Not in my council (Climate Clinic)
Hitting the Targets: Who is accountable in a devolved NHS? (Exec Room 7)
Invest Now or Pay Later: Are we doing enough to adapt to climate change? (Room 112)
Leadership: Has style overtaken substance? (Jubilee Suite)
Micropower Council/PRASEG (Climate Clinic)
Science and Society (TBC)
The Challenges of Defence Procurement (TBC)
Transport in a climate and oil-constrained world? (Climate Clinic)
What Will the Conservatives Do With Power? (Hall 5)
DUP Reception (Hall 8A)
1:00 PM:
Can Social Cohesion be Policed? (Burne-Jones Suit)
Civic Conservatism: The Birmingham tradition (GVA Grimley Ltd)
Civic Conservatism: The Birmingham Tradition (GVA Grimley Ltd)
Connecting the Disconnected: Does online equality matter? (Kohinoor Suite)
Degrees of Employability: Is the Government making effective use of higher educa... (Room 110)
Dragons Den: Investing in enterprise and innovation (Lodge Rooms 1 &)
Is the Government making effective use of higher education to close the skills g... (Room 110)
National ID Cards: Will they reduce underage sales? (St Paul's Suite)
2:30 PM:
4:00 PM:
Northern RDAs: The Future of the North (Scherzo)
You Can't Do That! The Regulation of Public Space (The)
4:45 PM:
5:00 PM:
Business taxes: Less = more
From cradle to grave - effective welfare for young and old in the 21st century (Concerto Room)
5:30 PM:
5:45 PM:
ABCUL, Credit Action and Cattles Plc (Allegro Room)
Another Country? The hidden inequality of the rural idyll (Hall 8B)
Are High Energy Prices Inevitable? Action now to tackle fuel poverty (Climate Clinic)
Breast Cancer Beaten! Responsible science (Exec Room 2)
Coping with conflict (Sonata Room)
Disabled Children: Part of everything! (Fortissimo Room)
Facing up to Climate Change: Adapting our Landscape (Climate Clinic)
How Can Personalisation in Care Empower Older People? (Hall 6)
How can the Conservatives win the battle of ideas on health? (Hall 10A)
Is Carbon Reduction Always Ethical? (Burne-Jones Suit)
Is the Health Service Really Listening: And is it learning? (Media Suite)
Making outcomes public: Who benefits? (Hall 10B)
Managing Migration: The economic and social impacts (Symphony Hall)
Mission Impossible? Britain in Afghanistan and beyond (Hall 11B)
Planning for Future Water: Who pays the bill? (Room 112)
The BIG Debate: Green taxes (Hall 7)
The built environment: Can the state design happiness? (Meeting Room 2 &)
The Skills Challenge (Crompton Room)
What is a Fair Admissions Policy? (Exec Room 8)
Winning Votes Through Mental Health (Dolce Room)
Women - We Need You! The Party's winning agenda (Hall 11A)
Chinese Conservative Group Reception (Symphony Hall)
Innovation Debate and Reception (Soprano room)
6:00 PM:
Beating Obesity: What about our toddlers? (Exec Room 10)
Conviction Politics (Wedgewood Suite)
Flooding: The future challenges (Exec Room 7)
From Picturehouse to Pixel: Delivering our film archive to the YouTube generatio... (Halcyon Gallery)
How would a Tory Government influence public health? (TBC)
Less Waste, More Wellbeing: Can commissioning improve efficiency and maximize se... (Room 108)
Liberty Fringe (Lunar Suite)
New Approaches to Ending Violence (TBC)
Reform Required? Is our pension policy fit for purpose or in need of rethinking? (Room 110)
Representation and Participation: Is our Democracy in Balance? (Birmingham Libra)
The Challenge of Energy Security (Pinsent Mason Su)
The Guardian Debate: The greatest Tory hero (Hall 5)
Thinking Outside the Bin: What incentives are needed to encourage recycling and... (Andante Room)
Transatlantic Bridge? Britain, Europe and the post Bush Era (Cascade Foyer)
We're All Ethnic Minorities Now: Living in a plural city (TBC)
What business and governments can do globally to cut carbon emissions (TBC)
What is the Post-Bureaucratic Age? (TBC)
Birmingham Business Reception (Deloitte)
6:15 PM:
Collaboration or Control? Politics and the Internet in the 21st Century (Telford Room)
The City of London: Heart of the UK economy or a world of its own? (Room 102)
6:30 PM:
Our Food and Our Natural Environment: How secure are they? (TBC)
The Financial Services Reception (The Bank)
Think Differently About Social Care: Cocktails and conversation (Priestley and Da)
7:00 PM:
7:15 PM:
7:30 PM:
Britain: A nation of foul play? (Exec Room 6)
Litter: Whose responsibility? (Hall 10B)
NEF/Climate Clinic fringe and reception in Climate Clinic (Climate Clinic)
Schools for the 21st Century (Media Suite A)
Searching for Hope in Iraq & Zimbabwe (Birmingham Cathe)
Searching for hope in Iraq and Zimbabwe (Birmingham Cathe)
The Credit Crunch: Can Europe make a difference? (Fortissimo Room)
Venture-Philanthropists to the Rescue: How far can business help in the fight ag... (Room 110)
What Makes Public Service Managers Accountable? (Exec Room 2)
Where Will Our Children Live? (Hall 7)
A Reception to Celebrate Later Life (Symphony Hall)
Responsible Retailers Reception (Halcyon Gallery)
The Equality & Human Rights Commission evening reception (Hall 11A)
Towards A Green New Deal: Drinks reception (Climate Clinic)
Women & the vote reception 2008 (Canal Side Foyer)
7:45 PM:
A Green and Prosperous Land? (Exec Room 7)
Cities Question Time (Meeting Room 2 &)
Consumers Vote: Reception to launch Which? manifesto (Sonata Room)
8:00 PM:
Energy 2020 Targets: An action plan (Climate Clinic)
The Robert Kinghorn Memorial Lecture (Banqueting Suite)
Conservative Way Forward Conference Dinner (Main Area)
9:00 PM:
9:30 PM:
Conservative Humanist Association Launch Reception (Media Suite B)
Conservative Local Government Reception (Hall 11A)
Essex County Council Drinks Reception (Andante Room)
Health Hotel reception (Sonata Room)
Saving Children's Lives Reception (Media Suite A)
The Bow Group Conference Social (Drawing Room)
The Small Business Reception (Hall 7B)
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