IPPR at Party Conferences 2022

Sunday 25 September, 17.00 - 18.30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

The IPPR Big Ideas Debate: what should the UK do with the £28bn for climate?

Hosted by IPPR's Fair Transition Unit

• Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP,Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero
• Fatima Ibrahim, Co Executive Director, Green New Deal
• Hirra Khan Adeogun, Head of Car Free Cities, Possible
• Kate Bell, Head of the Rights, International, Social and Economics department, TUC
• Guy Shrubsole, Writer and Campaigner
• Luke Murphy, Associate Director for the Energy, Climate, Housing and Infrastructure, IPPR
• Chair: Carys Roberts, Executive Director, IPPR

Sunday 25 September, 19.30 - 21.30

IPPR Drinks Reception

• Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP,Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero
• Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Carys Roberts, Executive Director, IPPR

Monday 26 September

Monday 26 September, 10.00-11.30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

Labour and levelling up: what's the plan?

Hosted by IPPR North, Power to Change and Bright Blue

• Alex Norris MP, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue
• Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North
• Brian Dawe, CEO, Safe Regeneration
• Hannah Al-Othman, News Reporter, The Sunday Times

Chair: Harry Quilter-Pinner, Director of Research and Engagement, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 10.00-11.00 | Meeting Rooms One and Two, Premier Meetings Albert Dock

Fair funding for regional devolution: Where should funding for local economic development go, and who should spend it?

Hosted by IPPR North, the University of Sheffield and UK2070

• Mayor Steve Rotheram, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
• Mayor Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne Combined Authority
• Rosie Lockwood, Head of Media and Advocacy, IPPR North and Scotland
• Malcolm Tait, University of Sheffield
• Lord Kerslake, UK2070
• Dr Ruth Lucas, University of Sheffield

Chair: Carys Roberts, Executive Director, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 10.00 - 11.30 | Meeting Room Seven, Jury's Inn Liverpool

What would be a fair transition for farming?

Hosted by IPPR and Green Alliance

• Jim McMahon MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Alice Groom, Senior Policy Officer, RSPB
• Mike Innerdale, Director for the North, National Trust
• Becca Massey-Chase, Co-Head of Participative Research and Principal Researcher, IPPR

Chair: Shaun Spiers, Executive Director, Green Alliance

Monday 26 September, 10.30 - 12.00 | Hall Two, Room Three, ACC Liverpool

Private roundtable:
Net zero and the future energy workforce

Hosted by IPPR and National Grid

• Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Net Zero
• Sue Ferns, Deputy General Secretary, Prospect
• Michelle Hubert, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, National Grid

Chair: Luke Murphy, Associate Director for the Energy, Climate, Housing and Infrastructure, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 12.00 - 13.30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

How can people be properly supported through the cost of living crisis?

Hosted by IPPR and KPMG

• Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Ruwani Purcell, Director of External Affairs, Citizens Advice
• Simon Virley, UK Vice Chair and Head of Energy & Natural Resources, KPMG
• Dr George Dibb, Head of the Centre for Economic Justice, IPPR

Chair: Rachel Statham, Associate Director for Work and Welfare State, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 12.30 - 14.00 | Hall Two, Room Three, ACC Liverpool

The citizens’ perspective: what would the future of health and care look like if it were up to the people?

Hosted by IPPR and Engage Britain

• Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Charlotte Augst, Chief Executive, National Voices
• Dr Sonia Adesara, GP and Activist
• Julian McCrae, Director, Engage Britain

Chair: Chris Thomas, Head of the Commission on Health and Prosperity, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 13.00 - 14.15 | Hall 2H, ACC Liverpool

Closing the gap: improving working class representation in British politics and the Labour Party

Hosted by IPPR, Labour Unions and the Democracy Network

• Angela Rayner MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
• Louise Haigh MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
• Jessie Joe Jacobs, Coordinator, UK Democracy Network
• Gavin Sibthorpe, Political Officer, GMB
• Cllr Julie Gibson, Postal Worker and CWU Activist
• Harry Quilter-Pinner, Director of Research and Engagement, IPPR

Chair: Parth Patel, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 14.00 - 15.30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

The increasing cost of living and the disproportionate impact of the ‘poverty premium’

Hosted by IPPR and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

• Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Emma Hardy MP, Member of the Treasury Select Committee
• Martin Coppack, Director, Fair by Design
• Lalitha Try, Researcher, Resolution Foundation
• Sameer Keshani, Chair of General Insurance Board, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Chair: Rachel Statham, Associate Director for Work and Welfare State, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 14.30 - 16.00 | Hall Two, Room Three, ACC Liverpool

Private roundtable:
How can the transition to a net zero power system improve our energy security?

Hosted by IPPR and SSE

• Darren Jones MP,Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
• Rachel McEwen, Chief Sustainability Officer, SSE

Chair: Joshua Emden, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 14.30 - 16.00 | Meeting Room 7, Jury's Inn Liverpool

A gear shift on low-carbon transport

Hosted by IPPR, Green Alliance and Liberty Charge

• Louise Haigh MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
• Ashok Sinha, CEO, London Cycling Campaign
• Neil Isaacson, CEO, Liberty Charge
• Becca Massey-Chase, Co-Head of Participative Research and Principal Research Fellow, IPPR

Chair: Helena Bennett, Head of Climate Policy, Green Alliance

Monday 26 September, 16.00-17:30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

How can we ramp up retrofit to alleviate cost of living pressures?

Hosted by IPPR and Santander

• Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Net Zero
• Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy, Citizens Advice
• Bindi Patel, Head of Customer Experience, Vattenfall
• Nick Potter, Head of Mortgages, Santander

Monday 26th September, 16.15 - 17.30 | Hall Two, Room Three, ACC Liverpool

Renewing democracy in an age of authoritarians

Hosted by IPPR and the Electoral Reform Society

• David Lammy MP,Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Thangam Debbonaire MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• Dr Hannah White OBE, Acting Director, Institute for Government
• Parth Patel, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Chair: Harry Quilter-Pinner, Director of Research and Engagement, IPPR

Monday 26 September, 17.45 - 18.45 | Hall Two, Room Three, ACC Liverpool

What’s Labour’s plan for the UK economy?

Hosted by IPPR and the Federation of Small Businesses

• Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Tina McKenzie, Chair of UK Policy and Advocacy, Federation of Small Businesses

Chair: Carys Roberts, Executive Director, IPPR

**please note this event will take place within the secure zone and so a conference pass will be required to attend.

Monday 26 September, 18.30 - 20.30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

The North: the net zero powerhouse: IPPR North drinks reception

Hosted by IPPR North and Scottish Power

• Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region
• Tessa Khan, Founder, Uplift
• Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, Scottish Power

Chair: Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North

Tuesday 27 September

Tuesday 27 September, 08.30-10.00 | Meeting Rooms One and Two, Premier Meetings Albert Dock

Private roundtable:

Inaccessible justice: how can we make the legal system fairer for vulnerable groups?

Hosted by IPPR and the Solicitors' Regulation Authority

• Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Shadow Spokesperson for Justice
• Dame Vera Baird DBE KC, Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales
• Dr Halima Begum, Chief Executive, Runnymede Trust
• Ben Fisher, Director of Communications, Solicitors Regulation Authority

Chair: Marley Morris, Associate Director for Migration, Trade and Communities, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 10.00-11.30 | Meeting Room Four, Jury's Inn Liverpool

Warm homes, lower bills: a retrofit revolution this winter

Hosted by IPPR, Green Alliance, Stonewater and the Federation of Master Builders

• Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Net Zero
• Nicholas Harris, Chief Executive, Stonewater
• Brian Berry, Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders
• Bindi Patel, Head of Customer Experience, Vattenfall
• Helena Bennett, Head of Climate Policy, Green Alliance

Chair: Becca Massey-Chase, Principal Research Fellow and Co-Head of Participative Research, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 10:30-12:00 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

Safeguarding health by breaking the junk food cycle

Hosted by IPPR, the British Heart Foundation, the Obesity Health Alliance, the Food Foundation and Sustain

• Kieron Boyle, Chief Executive, Impact on Urban Health
• Dr Sonia Adesara, GP and Activist
• Jordan Cummins, Programme Director Health, CBI
• Dolly Theis,Research Associate in Population Health Interventions, University of Cambridge
• Anna Taylor, Executive Director, The Food Foundation

Chair: Chris Thomas, Head of the Commission on Health and Prosperity, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 12:30 - 14:00 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

The long-term impacts of the pandemic on mental health and the case for universal care

Hosted by IPPR, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the UK Council for Psychotherapy

• Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health
• Fiona Ballantine Dykes, Chief Professional Standards Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
• Mark Rowland, Chief Executive, the Mental Health Foundation
• Hannah Davies, Health Inequalities Lead, the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA)
• Chris Thomas, Head of the Commission on Health and Prosperity, IPPR

Chair: Parth Patel, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 16:00-17:30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

Ensuring net zero benefits everybody: supporting vulnerable households through the net zero transition

Hosted by IPPR and EDF Energy

• Jonathan Reynolds MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy
• Dhara Vyas, Deputy Director, Energy UK
• Juliet Philips, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G
• Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action
• Tom Davis, Head of Corporate Affairs, EDF Energy

Chair: Luke Murphy, Associate Director for the Energy, Climate, Housing and Infrastructure Team, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 16:00-17:30 | Meeting Rooms One and Two, Premier Meetings Albert Dock

Private roundtable:

Labour's missing vision: Can technology policy reinvigorate Labour's agenda?

Hosted by IPPR and Reset

• Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Poppy Wood, UK Director, Reset
• Josh Simons, Trustee of New Economics Foundation and Engage Britain

• Parth Patel, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Tuesday 27 September, 18:00-19:30 | Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool

Levelling up health: what is the role of devolved authorities in improving the nation’s health?

Hosted by IPPR North and the Health Foundation

• Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
• Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, Mayor of Newham
• Chris Thomas, Head of the Commission on Health and Prosperity, IPPR
• Jo Bibby, Director of Health, Health Foundation

Chair: Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North

Sunday 2 October, 16.30 - 17.45 \ Executive Room Seven, ICC Birmingham

Transformational times? Making levelling up felt by local
communities

Hosted by IPPR, Power to Change and Bright Blue

• Paul Scully MP,Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
• Dehenna Davison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North
• Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, British Academy
• Ailbhe McNabola, Director of Policy and Communications, Power to Change
• Duncan Robinson, Political Editor, The Economist

Chair: Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue

Monday 3 October

Monday 3 October, 13.00 - 14.30 | Executive Room Eight, ICC Birmingham

Demographic dilemmas: How can we provide long term, sustainable support for an ageing population?

Hosted by IPPR and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

• Camilla Cavendish, FT columnist and former Head of the No 10 Policy Unit
• Samuel Kasumu, former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson
• John Teeling, Campaigner
• Stuart McDonald, Head of Demographic Assumptions & Methodology, Lloyds Banking Group
• Rachel Statham, Associate Director for Work and Welfare State, IPPR

Chair: Carys Roberts, Executive Director, IPPR

Monday 3 October, 15.30 - 17.00 | Drawing Room, Hyatt Hotel

Defending democracy in a digital age

Hosted by IPPR and Digital Tories

• Damian Collins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
• Alex Stepney, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK
• Amy Price, Associate Director, Public First
• Poppy Wood, UK Director, Reset
• Parth Patel, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Chair: Pierre Andrews, Head of Policy, Digital Tories

Tuesday 4 October, 13.00 - 14.30 | Fortissimo, Hyatt Hotel

How can health revitalise the economy?

Hosted by IPPR

• The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Lord Bethell, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care
• Henry Dimbleby, lead non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and co-founder of Leon restaurant chain
• Camilla Cavendish, FT columnist and former Head of the No 10 Policy Unit
• Dolly Theis,Research Associate in Population Health Interventions, University of Cambridge

Chair: Chris Thomas, Head of the Commission on Health and Prosperity, IPPR

Saturday 8 October, 12.30 - 13.30 \ Meeting Room Six, First Floor, TECA

Reversing the trends: Addressing the health inequality crisis in Scotland

Hosted by IPPR Scotland and the Health Foundation

• Angela Constance MSP, Minister for Drugs Policy
• Chris Creegan, Associate Director, Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland
• Jo Bibby, Director of Health, Health Foundation

Chair: Philip Whyte, Director, IPPR Scotland

Saturday 8 October, 16.30 - 17.30 | Meeting Room Six, First Floor, TECA

Towards a living income: Delivering a Minimum Income Guarantee

Hosted by IPPR Scotland

• Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
• Satwat Rehman, Chief Executive, One Parent Families Scotland
• Chris Birt, Associate Director, JRF Scotland

Chair: Philip Whyte, Director, IPPR Scotland

Sunday 9 October, 12.30 - 13.30 | Meeting Room Eight, First Floor, TECA

A border across Britain: Scotland's borders after independence

Hosted by IPPR Scotland and UK in a Changing Europe

• Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
• Professor Nicola McEwen, co-director, Centre on Constitutional Change
• Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe
• Philip Whyte, Director, IPPR Scotland