The dirty money laundry? Stopping economic crime to uphold UK security and values

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 13:00 – 14:15
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham 
Inside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• John Penrose MP, Former UK PM’s Anti-Corruption Champion
• Tom Keatinge, Director of Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, RUSI
• Bob Wigley, Chairman, UK Finance
• Susan Hawley, Executive Director, Spotlight on Corruption
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Pride, place and prosperity: the importance of a strong social fabric

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 14:30 – 15:45
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• The Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP, Secretary of State for Wales
• Bob Blackman MP, Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
• Sara Britcliffe MP, Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
• Anvar Sarygulov, Head of Research, Bright Blue (Chair)

A breath of fresh air? Fair, affordable solutions for a public health crisis

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 14:45 – 16:00
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Alexander Stafford MP, Member, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
• Cllr Joe Porter, Cabinet Member – Climate Change and Biodiversity, Staffordshire Moorlands Council
• Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, Founder and Executive Director, The Ella Roberta Family Foundation
• Kate Langford, Programme Director, Impact on Urban Health
• Ioana Diac, Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Transformational times? Making levelling up felt by local communities

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 16:30 – 17:45
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Paul Scully MP, Minister for Local Government
• Dehenna Davison MP, Minister for Levelling Up
• Duncan Robinson, Political Editor, The Economist
• Professor Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
• Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North
• Ailbhe McNabola, Director of Policy and Communications, Power to Change
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Tipping the scales: breaking the junk food cycle

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 18:15 – 19:30
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Maggie Throup MP, Former Minister for Public Health
• Henry Dimbleby MBE, Non-Executive Director at DEFRA, Co-Founder of LEON & Lead Author, National Food Strategy
• Richard Walker OBE, Managing Director, Iceland
• Anna Quigley, Research Director, Ipsos Mori UK
• Katharine Jenner, Director, Obesity Health Alliance
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Too hot to handle? Ensuring greater and greener housing 

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 18:30 – 19:45
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
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• Ruth Edwards MP, Member, Environment APPG
• Brian Berry, Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders
• Nicholas Boys Smith, Co-Chair, Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
• Martina Lees, Senior Property Writer, The Times
• Samuel Hughes, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
• Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor, GB News
• James Cullimore, Senior Nature Programme Manager, Conservative Environment Network
• Alexandra Jezeph, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)

Drink Tank

Sunday 2nd October 2022, 20:30 – 22:30
Hall 8, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone

• Tom Tugendhat MBE MP, Minister of State for Security
• Timiko Cranwell, Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue

Doing good better: foreign aid’s role in delivering Global Britain 

Monday 3rd October 2022, 08:00am – 09:15am
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Former Secretary of State for International Development
• Alina Rocha Menocal, Principal Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
• Richard Blewitt, Executive Director International at British Red Cross
• Stephanie Draper, Chief Executive, Bond
• Neil Heslop OBE, Chief Executive, CAF
• Diane Banks, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)

Powering ahead? The future of the UK’s transport industry on the road to net zero

Monday 3rd October 2022, 08:30am – 09:45am
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• Roberts Courts MP, Minister for Transport
• Mark Pawsey MP, Member, Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee
• Cllr Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change, Coventry City Council
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Putting victims first: improving the justice system for victims

Monday 3rd October 2022, 10:00am – 11:15am
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email bartek@brightblue.org.uk

• James Cartlidge MP, Former Minister for Justice
• Dr Kieran Mullan MP, Member, Justice Select Committee
• Natalie Byrom, Director of Research, The Legal Education Foundation
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Flexi-future? The future of work in the UK

Monday 3rd October 2022, 10:30am – 11:45am
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• Matt Warman MP, Lead, Government’s Future of Work Review
• Anna Thomas, Co-Founder and Director, Institute for the Future of Work
• Anvar Sarygulov, Head of Research, Bright Blue
• Jimmy McLoughlin OBE, Former Business Special Adviser to the PM (Chair)

Securing supply now: building UK energy resilience away from authoritarian actors 

Monday 3rd October 2022, 12:00 – 13:15
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Andrew Bowie MP, Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
• Benet Northcote, Deputy Chair, Conservative Environment Network
• Professor Jim Watson, Director, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
• Will Webster, Energy Policy Manager, OEUK
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

The whole plate: affordable, healthy and sustainable food?

Monday 3rd October 2022, 12:30 – 13:45
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• Jo Gideon MP, Chair, APPG on National Food Strategy
• Henry Dimbleby MBE, Non-Executive Director at DEFRA, Co-Founder of LEON & Lead Author, National Food Strategy
• Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor, The Times
• Anna Taylor, Executive Director, The Food Foundation
• Ravi Gurumurthy, Chief Executive, NESTA
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Can international justice be served? Stopping modern war crimes

Monday 3rd October 2022, 14:00 – 15:15
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Alicia Kearns MP, Member, Foreign Affairs Select Committee
• Kateryna Busol, Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and European Law, University of Kyiv
• Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director,  International Civil Society Action Network
• Maxim Tucker, Assistant Foreign Affairs Editor, The Times
• Laura Kyrke-Smith, UK Executive Director, International Rescue Committee
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Switched on? How technology is transforming our way of life

Monday 3rd October 2022, 14:30 – 15:45
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
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• Damian Collins MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy
• James Plunkett, Author, End state: 9 ways society is broken and how we fix it
• Susie Buckridge, General Manager of Group Product, TalkTalk
• Jasper Jackson, Technology Editor, The Bureau
• Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Director of Careful Industries
• Daniel Korski CBE, Co-Founder and CEO of PUBLIC
• Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Bright Blue (Chair)

Greener pastures? Sustainable farming and food security

Monday 3rd October 2022, 16:00 – 17:15
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone

• Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food
• Rebecca Pow MP, Former Minister for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment
• Fay Jones MP, Vice Chair, APPG for the Environment
• Helena Horton, Environment Reporter, The Guardian
• Kyle Lischak, Head of UK, ClientEarth
• Dave Bench, Chief Executive, CropLife UK
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Back to business? How companies can support with the cost of living

Monday 3rd October 2022, 16:30-17:45
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
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• James Cartlidge MP, Vice Chair, APPG Fair Business Banking
• Lord Willetts, Former Minister for Universities and Science
• Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC
• Rocio Concha, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Which?
• Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG
• Diane Banks, Non-Executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)

Ending the debt trap? Improving financial resilience for low-income households 

Monday 3rd October 2022, 18:00 – 19:15
Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham
Inside the secure zone

• John Glen MP, Former Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
• Baroness Morgan, Former Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
• Shaun Bailey MP, Member, Work and Pensions Committee
• Sacha Romanovitch, CEO, Fair4All Finance
• Sheldon Mills, Executive Director, Consumers and Competition, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Giles Wilkes, Former Industrial and Economic Policy Special Adviser to the PM
• Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Firmer foundations: affordable and quality childcare in the UK

Monday 3rd October 2022, 18:30 – 19:45
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
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• Brendan Clarke-Smith MP, Minister, Cabinet Office
• Professor Kathy Sylva, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Oxford
• Rachel Carrell, CEO, KoruKids
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue
• Ravi Gurumurthy, CEO, NESTA
• Justine Roberts, CEO, Mumsnet
• Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor, The Daily Telegraph (Chair)

An affordable transition: how can we protect and empower consumers on the road to net zero?

Monday 3rd October 2022, 20:30 – 22:30
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• The Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee
• Jake Tudge, Associate Director in the Energy & Mobility Deal Strategy team, KPMG
• Robert Gray, Executive Director, Stakeholder Relations and Communications, SGN
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Green money: carbon pricing to achieve net zero

Monday 3rd October 2022, 20:30 – 22:30
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• Jerome Mayhew MP, Member, Environmental Audit Committee
• Josh Buckland, Former Energy and Environment Adviser, Number 10 Downing Street
• Tim Rotheray, Director of ESG and External Affairs, Viridor
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Smooth travels? Decarbonising transport on the road to net zero

Monday 3rd October 2022, 20:30 – 22:30
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email bartek@brightblue.org.uk

• The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Former Secretary of State for Transport
• Andrew Gilligan, Former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport
• Liz Clements, Cabinet Member for Transport, Birmingham City Council
• Ryan Johnson, Managing Director for UK & Ireland, Enterprise Holdings
• Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Bright Blue (Chair)

Trading up: the future of UK exports

Tuesday 4th October, 08:00am – 09:15am
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• Conor Burns MP, Minister of State, Department for International Trade
• Karen Betts, Adviser, UK Government’s Board of Trade and Chair, CBI’s International Trade and Investment Council
• Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor, The Financial Times
• Carl Ennis, Chief Executive, Siemens plc
• Thomas Birk, Managing Director, BASF UK
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Green gas? Making the hydrogen economy a reality

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 08:15am – 09:30am
Fortimisso, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• Andy Carter MP, Officer, APPG Hydrogen
• Clare Jackson, Chief Executive, Hydrogen UK
• Zoe Guijarro, Principal Policy Manager, Citizens Advice
• Professor John Irvine, Professor of Chemistry, University of St Andrews
• Dr Tony Ballance, Chief Regulation Officer, Cadent Gas
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Transformation at the top? The impact of diverse leadership 

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 10:00am – 11:15am
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email bartek@brightblue.org.uk

• Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (invited)
• Justine Lutterodt FRSA, Director, Centre for Synchronous Leadership
• Anna Bradley, Chair, SRA
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

Electric dreams: boosting EV uptake in the UK

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 10:30am – 11:45am
Fortimisso, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• Huw Merriman MP, Chair, Transport Select Committee
• Nicholas Hellen, Transport Editor, The Sunday Times
• Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research, Ipsos MORI
• Meera Vadher,  Former Special Adviser, Secretary of State for Transport
• Gill Nowell, Head of Electric Vehicle Communications, LV=
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Winter is coming? How to tackle poverty in tough times

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 12:00 – 13:15
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• Robin Millar MP, Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
• Emma Revie, CEO, The Trussell Trust
• Richard Partington, Economics Correspondent, The Guardian
• Syma Cullasy-Aldridge, Chief Campaigns Director, CBI
• Professor Jane Millar OBE, Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath
• Gareth McNab, Director of External Affairs, Christians Against Poverty
• Anvar Sarygulov, Head of Research, Bright Blue (Chair)

Mature policymaking? Protective policies for pensioners

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 13:00 – 14:15
Andante, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• The Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Ben Kentish, Westminster Editor, LBC
• Carole Easton OBE, Chief Executive, Centre for Ageing Better
• Morgan Vine, Head of Policy and Influencing, Independent Age
• Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Bright Blue (Chair)

Responding to Russia’s war in Ukraine: safeguarding European justice and security

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 14:00 – 15:15
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Former Secretary of State for Defence
• Ambassador Miguel Berger, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom
• João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Sir David Lidington, Former Deputy Prime Minister
• Günter Krings MdB, Spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group on Legal Affairs
• Oleksii Goncharenko, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Migration
• Evie Aspinall, Former Head of UK Youth, G7 Delegate
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue and Matthias Barner, Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung UK (Co-Chairs)

Leading the charge? Levelling up managerial skills in the UK

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 15:30 – 16:45
Andante, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Inside the secure zone
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• David Simmonds CBE MP, Former Member, Education Select Committee
• Justine Greening, Former Secretary of State for Education
• Marie Mohan, Chief Executive, Common Purpose
• Joe Mayes, UK Reporter, Bloomberg
• Professor Chris Millward, Former Director of Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students
• Anthony Painter, Director of Policy and External Affairs, CMI
• Diane Banks, Non-executive Director, Bright Blue (Chair)

Electric Britain? Equipping the power grid for increased electrification 

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 16:00 – 17:15
Suite 116, Jury’s Inn Birmingham
Outside the secure zone
You can watch the recording here.

• The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP, Minister for Climate (invited)
• Graeme Cooper, Head Future Markets, National Grid
• Stephen Bush, Columnist, Finacial Times
• Clementine Cowton, Director Of External Affairs. Octopus Energy Group
• Professor Philip Mawby, Head of Electronics Power and Microsystems, University of Warwick
• Dominic Quennell, Chief Executive Officer, Enertechnos
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)

How hydrogen can help levelling up

Tuesday 4th October 2022, 20:00 – 22:00
By invitation only. If you would like to attend, please email max.j@brightblue.org.uk

• The Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP, Secretary of State for Wales
• Guy Newey, Chief Executive, Energy Systems Catapult
• Professor Paul Dodds, Professor of Energy Systems, UCL
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

Labour and levelling up: what’s the plan?

Monday 26th September, 10:00 – 11:30
Education Area Three, Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 1DG
(Outside the secure zone)
You can watch the recording here.

• Alex Norris MP, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up
• Hannah Al-Othman, Reporter, The Sunday Times
• Brian Dawe, CEO, Safe Regeneration
• Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue
• Harry Quilter-Pinner, Executive Director, IPPR (Chair)

Green gas? Making the hydrogen economy a reality

Monday 26th September, 12:00 – 13:15
Meeting Room 9, Jury’s Inn Liverpool, No. 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool L3 4FN
(Outside the secure zone)

• Bill Esterson MP, Shadow Minister for Business and Industry
• Andy Prendergast, National Secretary, GMB Union
• Dr Tony Ballance, Chief Strategy & Regulation Officer, Cadent Gas
• Mike Clancy, General Secretary, Prospect Union
• Joshua Marks, Senior Researcher, Bright Blue (Chair)

The whole plate? Affordable, healthy and sustainable food

Monday 26th September, 16:30-17:45
Meeting Room 7, Jury’s Inn Liverpool, No. 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool L3 4FN
(Outside the secure zone)

• Ian Byrne MP, Member, Food and Health APPG
• Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (invited)
• Prof. Emma Boyland, Chair of Food Marketing and Child Health, University of Liverpool
• Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor, The Times
• Anna Taylor, Executive Director, Food Foundation
• Hugo Harper, Mission Director, NESTA
• Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive, Bright Blue (Chair)