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Vuelio Home<\/a> – Conservative Party Conference 2017<\/a>\u00a0– Fringe Events<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Fringe Events – Conservative Party Conference 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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How can we win community support for housebuilding?<\/span><\/a>
\nConservativeHome in partnership with Shelter and CPRE<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers: Mark Wallace, Executive Editor, ConservativeHome (Chair); Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Toby Lloyd, Head of Housing Development, Shelter; Tom Fyans, Director of Campaigns and Policy, CPRE; Anne Ashworth, The Times, Bricks and Mortar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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The Brexit technical skills challenge<\/span><\/a>
\nCentre for Progressive Capitalism<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers: Thomas Aubrey, Director, Centre for Progressive Capitalism (Chair); Andy Norman, Head of skills, Centre for Progressive Capitalism; Sandy Lindsay MBE, Chair, Institute of Directors North West and chair, North West Business Leadership Team; James Scott, Vice Principle of Curriculum, Trafford College.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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How do we future proof the NHS?<\/span><\/a>
\nInstitute of Economic Affairs and TaxPayers’ Alliance<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers: Nerissa Chesterfield, Communications Officer, Institute of Economic Affairs (Chair); Alex Wild, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance; James Bartholomew, Author of The Welfare of Nations; Kate Andrews, News Editor, Institute of Economic Affairs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

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Securing More Funds for Local and National Charities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chair: Rachel Ruxton, Head of Communications, People\u2019s Postcode Lottery Malcolm Fleming, Public Affairs Manager, People\u2019s Postcode Lottery Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General, National Trust Oonagh Aitken, Chief Executive, Volunteering Matters Wendy Morton MP, PPS to the Secretary of State for International Development<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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The Shape of Things to Come: young people and future jobs, skills and careers<\/span><\/a>
\nGirlguiding; Ambition; Design Council<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Weir, CEO, Design Council (Chair)
\nAbigail Harris, Girlguiding Advocate (young person)
\nEmma Revie, CEO, Ambition
\nCllr Paul Bettison, Local Government Association
\nRt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Chair Education Select Committee
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Centre for Progressive Capitalism: The Brexit Technical Skills Challenge<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel: Thomas Aubrey (Chair; Director, Centre for Progressive Capitalism); James Scott (Vice-Principal Curriculum, Trafford College); Andy Norman (Head of Skills, Centre for Progressive Capitalism); Sandy Lindsey MBE (Chair, Tangerine & The Juice Academy; Skills Chair, IoD North West)<\/span><\/p>\n

The three panellists presented different perspectives of the challenges facing Britain over skills. James Scott outlined the issues from the point of view of a skills provider, working to implement the large quantity of reforms which are currently affecting the sector.<\/p>\n

He spoke of the need to collaborate with other providers and to put the employer at the centre of provision, as well as focussing on basic skills: English, maths and digital.<\/p>\n

Andy Norman spoke about the work he had been doing with Local Enterprise Partnerships to find solutions to a situation where there are 0.5million unfillable manufacturing vacancies. He welcomed the apprenticeship levy and T-levels, and advocated a local approach to skills, identifying over and under provision of courses relative to the number of vacancies.<\/p>\n

Finally, Sandy Lindsey gave the point of view of employers, with her firm running its own social media academy for apprentices. She highlighted the difficulty many SMEs face in engaging with the system and proposed an online skills hub to match employers and training providers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Conservative Christian Fellowship: No Lost Generation: Tackling the refugee crisis & ending violence against children<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Panel: Gareth Wallace (Executive Director, Conservative Christian Fellowship), Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP, Theodora Clarke (Director, Conservative Friends of International Development), Rory Stewart MP (minister at the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development), Peter Keegan (World Vision UK)<\/span><\/p>\n

Theodora Clarke spoke about a recent trip she had made to Uganda, which is currently hosting 1.3million refugees from the conflict in South Sudan, using the case study of an orphaned boy called Edison. She praised the Ugandan government for handing over bushland to the refugees but called on the UK to tackle the root cause as a global leader.<\/p>\n

Peter Keegan provided further background, calling this a \u2018children\u2019s crisis\u2019: 63% of the refugees are children. He highlighted the underfunding of ending violence against children, which is costing the world $7 trillion a year.<\/p>\n

Desmond Swayne talked about responding correctly both as individuals (citing the Bible) and as a nation, defending the 0.7% of GDP spent on aid.<\/p>\n

Rory Stewart spoke of the differing variety of refugees and their treatment, from the positive reaction in Uganda to more negative experiences in Jordan and Lebanon, as well as the difficulties posed by a poor \u2018host\u2019 community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Bright Blue and Hanover Housing Association: Solutions for Social Care<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel: Ryan Shorthouse (Chair; Director, Bright Blue), Alice Thomson (Columnist, The Times), Richard Humphries (The King\u2019s Fund), Cllr Izzi Seccombe (Leader, Warwickshire County Council), Dame Clare Tickell DBE (Chief Executive, Hanover Housing Association)<\/span><\/p>\n

Izzi Seccombe introduced the subject of social care from a county council perspective, with funding challenges and increasing demand. She welcomed additional funding from the spring budget but raised the question of what would happen if it ran out, calling on the Government to engage with councils whilst drawing up its green paper.<\/p>\n

Richard Humphries set out a series of six \u2018key tests\u2019 for a new plan for social care, warning that if these weren\u2019t met the system would continue to \u2018lurch from crisis to crisis\u2019.<\/p>\n

Alice Thomson spoke about her experiences researching social care for The Times, inspired by her own experiences with relatives. She criticised the closure of day care centres and the so-called \u2018dementia tax\u2019 and spoke of Japan as a possible inspiration for a future UK system.<\/p>\n

Clare Tickell expressed doubt over the likelihood of a green paper, talking about her experience as a provider of social housing in a landscape where care is being rationed and criticised the idea of integrating social care with the \u2018rapacious\u2019 health service.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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RenewableUK \u2013 Connecting Industries: Modern Industrial Strategy <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Speakers: Jillian Ambrose, Business Reporter, The Telegraph (Chair); Claire Perry MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry; Hugh McNeal, CEO, RenewableUK; Jonathan Cole, Managing Director, Iberdrola Renewables Offshore; Deirdre Fox, Director of Strategic Business Development, Tata Steel<\/span><\/p>\n

Hugh McNeal, CEO of RenewableUK outlined the link between the renewables sector and the storage and digital economy. He explained how renewables can be transformative for the energy intensive and manufacturing sectors in the UK.<\/p>\n

Claire Perry MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry, spoke about the importance of integrating the industrial strategy with the clean growth plan, and mentioned that affordability, security and productivity is the new trilemma in this process.<\/p>\n

Deidre Fox, Director of Strategic Business Development for Tartar Steel, spoke about how they\u2019ve got demo projects using buildings as power stations.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Cole, Managing Director of Scottish Power Renewables Offshore, stated that offshore wind will invest in 50,000 high paid, high skilled, modern jobs in parts of the UK that most need them.<\/p>\n

Jay Hambro, Chief Investment Officer for GFG Alliance, spoke about how Liberty House building their subsidy free onshore wind farm will a) power metal making and b) be built with UK steel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Policy Exchange and Anglo American: How to Clean Up Road Transport<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers: Matthew Rooney, Energy and Environment Research Fellow, Policy Exchange (Chair); Jesse Norman MP, Minister for Roads and Local Transport; Hugo Spowers, Founder, RiverSimple; Mike Copson, Shell Global Solutions; Konstanze Scharring, Director of Policy, SMMT<\/span><\/p>\n

The chair asked the panel to give their thoughts on \u00a0what more can be done to clean up road transport in light of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions from road transport, as well as nitrogen dioxide levels exceeding legal healthy limits in London and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Lianna Etkind stressed the importance of roads not just having better cars but fewer cars. She argued that there needs to be more of an investment in cycle infrastructure and more support for car sharing schemes and the retrofitting of buses. She called for an integrated approach to transport and spatial planning.<\/p>\n

Hugo Spowers, Founder of RiverSimple, said that battery and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure must develop in parallel. He said the Automotive Council focus too much on batteries and less on hydrogen.<\/p>\n

Mike Copson, from Shell, said that collaboration between the government, manufacturers and energy industry is crucial. He said it is not about choosing between hydrogen or batteries, it is about these fuels coexisting.<\/p>\n

Jesse Norman MP, Minister for Roads and Local Transport, said that the government tries to be tech neutral, supportive of new technologies but enabling all of them to develop. He said that all parts of the government must take this on, including devolved administrations and elected mayors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Bright Blue & TUC \u2013 \u2018Getting Fair and Decent Jobs\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel: Ayesha Hazarika MBE (Chair), The Rt Hon Rob Halfon MP (Chair, Education Select Committee), Professor Paul Gregg (University of Bath), Ryan Shorthouse (Director, Bright Blue) and Frances O\u2019Grady (General Secretary, TUC)<\/span><\/p>\n

This event played host to a wide-ranging discussion about the future direction of employment and the economy. Rob Halfon MP talked about his efforts to revitalise the Conservative trade union movement, reminding the audience that a third of trade unionists vote Conservative. Frances O\u2019Grady highlighted the dangers posed by Brexit and technology, and the need for high-quality skills. Paul Gregg spoke about the more practical aspects of the changing situation, citing the worst decade for pay levels for decades, and highlighting the need for efforts to improve productivity and increase investment. Ryan Shorthouse suggested that raising the income tax threshold was now benefitting the better off, that attention should focus on measures such as increasing the National Insurance threshold, and cited research showing that most workers are happy with self-employment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

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Bright Blue with UK 100: Cleaning up the air we breathe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Speakers: Jess Shankleman, Business Journalist, Bloomberg (Chair); Andrew Selous MP, Member, Health Select Committee ; Cllr Sean Anstree, Leader, Trafford Council ; Sam Hall, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue; Alison Cook, Policy & Communications Director, British Lung Foundation ; Simon Alcock, Head of UK Public Affairs, Client Earth;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Waugh Zone Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in conversation with Paul Waugh<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Where now on Brexit? What to look out for at Conference – in conversation with Asa Bennett, The Telegraph’s Brexit Commissioning Editor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Speakers: Joe Mitton, PLMR Head of Brexit Unit (Chair); Asa Bennett, The Telegraph’s Brexit Commissioning Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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