Everyone’s business: restoring trust and confidence in regulated markets

Monday 16th September, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Sandringham Suite, Hilton Metropole Brighton Seafront

• Wera Hobhouse MP, Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Energy & Climate Change and Transport
• Damian Lyons Lowe, Founder and Chief Executive, Survation
• David Maddox, Political Editor, The Independent
• Ed Dodman, Chief Ombudsman and Business Unit Director for Energy, Energy Ombudsman
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Britain’s farming future

Sunday 22nd September, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Rooms 1&2, Premier Inn Liverpool Albert Dock

• Julie Minns MP, Member for Carlisle and North Cumbria
• Kanishka Narayan MP, PPS to the Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Affairs
• Lesley Mitchell, Policy Director, Sustainable Food Trust
• David Exwood, Deputy President, National Farmers’ Union
• Josh Woolliscroft, Head of External Affairs, CropLife UK
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Warming up? Electrifying home heating

Sunday 22nd September, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Rooms 1&2, Premier Inn Liverpool Albert Dock

• Catherine Atkinson MP, Member, Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group
• Megan Kenyon, Policy Correspondent (Sustainability), The New Statesman
• Guy Newey, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Systems Catapult
• Dr Robert Barthorpe, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield
• Tom Lowe, Founding Director, Thermal Storage UK
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Powering the future: affordable, sustainable and equitable energy for the UK

Sunday 22nd September, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Britannia Two, Holiday Inn Express Albert Dock

• Bill Esterson MP, Chair, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
• Michelle Hubert, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, National Grid
• Martin Land, Project Director, Mersey Tidal Power project
• Eloise John, Director of Energy, AECOM
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Greater and greener development? New net zero communities

Sunday 22nd September, 8:00pm – 10:00pm
By invitation only

• Barry Gardiner MP, Former Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary
• Emily Darlington MP, Member for Milton Keynes Central
• Nathan Bennett, Head of Strategic Communications, RenewableUK
• Kate Groves, Chief Executive, AW Group
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Powering the future: how can the energy transition facilitate economic growth across the UK?

Monday 30th September, 8:30am – 9:30am
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Andrew Bowie MP, Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Douglas Lumsden MSP, Member, Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
• The Rt Hon Charles Hendry, Former Minister of State for Energy
• Jenny Stanning, External Relations Director, OEUK
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Nuclear guarantee: can UK nuclear support economic growth and net zero?

Monday 30th September, 10:00am – 11:00am
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Andrew Bowie MP, Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Sam Richards, CEO, Britain Remade
• Andrew Storer, CEO, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
• Rachael Glaving, Commercial Director for Generation, EDF
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Everyone’s business: restoring trust and confidence in regulated markets

Monday 30th September, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Jerome Mayhew MP, Shadow Minister for Business and Trade
• Luke Evans MP, Shadow Minister for Media, Creative Industries and Tourism
• Clementine Cowton, Director of External Affairs, Octopus Energy Group
• Anthony Browne, Former Minister
• Patrick English, Director of Political Analytics, YouGov
• Ed Dodman, Chief Ombudsman, Energy Ombudsman
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Fighting economic crime: cleaning up the UK’s dirty money problem

Monday 30th September, 2:15pm – 3:15pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary
• The Rt Hon David Davis MP, Former Secretary of State for Brexit
• Maria Nizzero, Finance and Security Research Fellow, RUSI
• James Bolton-Jones, Advocacy Adviser, Spotlight on Corruption
• Bartek Staniszewski, Senior Research Fellow, Bright Blue (Chair)

Britain’s farming future

Monday 30th September, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• George Freeman MP, Former Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
• The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Former Financial Secretary to HM Treasury
• Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
• Robert Sheasby, Chief Executive, Agricultural Industries Confederation
• Dave Bench, Chief Executive, CropLife UK
• Sarah Kuszynski, Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Secure supply? Supporting homegrown green energy

Monday 30th September, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)
Join us for drinks after this event for a further 30 minutes.

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• The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP, Former Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• The Rt Hon Charles Hendry, Former Minister of State for Energy
• Harriet Cross MP, Member for Gordon and Buchan
• Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive, Energy UK
• Tim Morris, Group Head of Corporate Communications, Associated British Ports
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Drink Tank

Monday 30th September, 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

• The Rt Hon Andrew Griffith MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Tamara Dewhirst, Head of External Affairs, Virgin Money
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Getting Britain booming again: reforming our economy

Tuesday 1st October, 10:00am – 11:00am
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Kevin Hollinrake MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
• Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research
• Cllr Abi Brown OBE, Deputy Leader, LGA Conservative Group
• Shevaun Haviland, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)

Power shift: preparing the UK’s housing for net zero

Tuesday 1st October, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Mark Garnier MP, Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Lord Callanan, Former Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance
• Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action
• Rachel Brisley, Head of Energy and Environment in Public Affairs, Ipsos
• Camilla McCorkell, Residential Operations Director, EDF
• Dr Will Prescott, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Family-friendly Britain? Increasing choices to start and sustain family life

Tuesday 1st October, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• David Simmonds MP, Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Patrick Spencer MP, Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• Phoebe Arslanagić-Little, Director, Boom
• Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue
• Abby Jitendra, Principal Policy Adviser on Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Kamal Ahmed, Director of Audio, The Telegraph (Chair)

After the riots: building a better integrated Britain

Tuesday 1st October, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham (Inside the secure zone)

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• Helen Grant MP, Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities (Invited)
• Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue
• Siobhan Aarons, Chair, Tory Reform Group
• Will Hazell, Whitehall Correspondent, The i newspaper (Chair)

The centre-right in cities

Tuesday 1st October, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Private dinner, by invitation only.

• Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley
• Andy Street, Former Mayor of the West Midlands
• Ryan Shorthouse, Executive Chair, Bright Blue (Chair)