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The Fabian Society are holding a talk on The Future of Britishness'
14th January 10am-5.30pm
http://www.fabian-society.org.uk/press_office/news_latest_all.asp?pressid=474
Join over 40 speakers and 800 delegates as Britains biggest think-tank conference unpacks the highly-charged themes of British identity, citizenship, diversity and integration
£ 20 for students.
9.00 Registration- tea & coffee provided
10.00 Welcome address
10.05 Keynote speech- (VIP speaker confirmed- to be announced)
11.00 Morning sessions
1: Ties that bind: What do we need Britishness for?
John Denham MP
Deborah Mattinson (Opinion Leader Research)
Fuad Nahdi (Editor, Q-News)
Tom Nairn (Writer & Professor of Nationalism & Cultural Diversity, RMIT)
Chair: Martin Kettle (Guardian)
2: Life chances: Which equalities? Whose integration?
Yvette Cooper MP
Tariq Modood (Bristol University)
Shamit Saggar (Sussex University)
Nick Pearce (Director, IPPR)
Chair: Louise Bamfield (Fabian Society)
3: History lessons: Does sharing a future depend on reimagining our pasts?
Dr Tristram Hunt (Queen Mary College)
Professor Humayun Ansari (Royal Holloway University)
Professor Paul Gilroy (LSE)
Gordon Marsden MP
Chair: Seema Malhotra, Fabian Executive
4: Whose Europe? Is there a European dream anymore?
Claude Moraes MEP
Timothy Garton Ash (Guardian and Oxford University)
Cem Ozdemir MEP (German Green Party)
Ed Balls MP
Chair: Gisela Stuart MP
5: Islam of the West: Will the reformers win?
Professor Tariq Ramadan (Visiting Fellow, Oxford University)
Ziauddin Sardar (Writer & broadcaster)
Sadiq Khan MP
Sarah Joseph (Editor, Emel Magazine)
Chair: Madeleine Bunting (Guardian)
12.30 Lunch
12.50 Lunchtime plenary- "Imagining Britishness"
with Tessa Jowell MP, more participants tba
14.00 Afternoon sessions
A: Culture and difference: How should conflicts over values be resolved?
David Lammy MP (Minister for Culture)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Independent)
Jude Kelly (South Bank Centre)
Leighton Andrews AM
Vince Cable MP
Chair: Jonathan Heawood (Director, English Pen)
B: Security matters: Can we be safe and free?
Hazel Blears MP (Home Office Minister)
Shami Chakrabarti (Director, Liberty)
Shahid Malik MP
Julian Baggini (Editor, Philisopher's Magazine)
Chair: Lord Alf Dubs (Fabian Executive)
C: Living together or living apart? How much integration do we need?
Trevor Phillips (Chair, CRE)
Ted Cantle (Associate Director, IDeA)
Sukhvinder Stubbs (Barrow Cadbury Trust)
David Edgar (Playwright)
Richard Brooks (Fabian Society & Tower Hamlets Councillor)
Chair: Ed Miliband MP
D: Global Britain: Must foreign policy divide?
John Kampfner (Editor, New Statesman)
John Lloyd (Contributing Editor, Financial Times)
Haleh Afshar (Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, University of York)
Nick Cohen (Observer)
Chair: Stephen Twigg (Foreign Policy Centre)
E: Creating Citizens: Are we educating for a shared society?
Sir Iqbal Sacranie, (Muslim Council of Great Britain)
Ben Summerskill (Stonewall)
Bishop Roger Sainsbury (National Youth Agency)
Gordon Marsden MP
David Goodhart (Editor, Prospect)
Chair: Mari Williams (Fabian Executive and West Ham secondary school teacher)
15.30 Refreshment break- tea & coffee provided
16.00 Final Plenary- What Must Be Done?
Speakers to be announced soon
17.30 Informal social- all welcome
The Fabian Society are holding a talk on The Future of Britishness'
14th January 10am-5.30pm
http://www.fabian-society.org.uk/press_office/news_latest_all.asp?pressid=474
Join over 40 speakers and 800 delegates as Britains biggest think-tank conference unpacks the highly-charged themes of British identity, citizenship, diversity and integration
£ 20 for students.
9.00 Registration- tea & coffee provided
10.00 Welcome address
10.05 Keynote speech- (VIP speaker confirmed- to be announced)
11.00 Morning sessions
1: Ties that bind: What do we need Britishness for?
John Denham MP
Deborah Mattinson (Opinion Leader Research)
Fuad Nahdi (Editor, Q-News)
Tom Nairn (Writer & Professor of Nationalism & Cultural Diversity, RMIT)
Chair: Martin Kettle (Guardian)
2: Life chances: Which equalities? Whose integration?
Yvette Cooper MP
Tariq Modood (Bristol University)
Shamit Saggar (Sussex University)
Nick Pearce (Director, IPPR)
Chair: Louise Bamfield (Fabian Society)
3: History lessons: Does sharing a future depend on reimagining our pasts?
Dr Tristram Hunt (Queen Mary College)
Professor Humayun Ansari (Royal Holloway University)
Professor Paul Gilroy (LSE)
Gordon Marsden MP
Chair: Seema Malhotra, Fabian Executive
4: Whose Europe? Is there a European dream anymore?
Claude Moraes MEP
Timothy Garton Ash (Guardian and Oxford University)
Cem Ozdemir MEP (German Green Party)
Ed Balls MP
Chair: Gisela Stuart MP
5: Islam of the West: Will the reformers win?
Professor Tariq Ramadan (Visiting Fellow, Oxford University)
Ziauddin Sardar (Writer & broadcaster)
Sadiq Khan MP
Sarah Joseph (Editor, Emel Magazine)
Chair: Madeleine Bunting (Guardian)
12.30 Lunch
12.50 Lunchtime plenary- "Imagining Britishness"
with Tessa Jowell MP, more participants tba
14.00 Afternoon sessions
A: Culture and difference: How should conflicts over values be resolved?
David Lammy MP (Minister for Culture)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Independent)
Jude Kelly (South Bank Centre)
Leighton Andrews AM
Vince Cable MP
Chair: Jonathan Heawood (Director, English Pen)
B: Security matters: Can we be safe and free?
Hazel Blears MP (Home Office Minister)
Shami Chakrabarti (Director, Liberty)
Shahid Malik MP
Julian Baggini (Editor, Philisopher's Magazine)
Chair: Lord Alf Dubs (Fabian Executive)
C: Living together or living apart? How much integration do we need?
Trevor Phillips (Chair, CRE)
Ted Cantle (Associate Director, IDeA)
Sukhvinder Stubbs (Barrow Cadbury Trust)
David Edgar (Playwright)
Richard Brooks (Fabian Society & Tower Hamlets Councillor)
Chair: Ed Miliband MP
D: Global Britain: Must foreign policy divide?
John Kampfner (Editor, New Statesman)
John Lloyd (Contributing Editor, Financial Times)
Haleh Afshar (Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, University of York)
Nick Cohen (Observer)
Chair: Stephen Twigg (Foreign Policy Centre)
E: Creating Citizens: Are we educating for a shared society?
Sir Iqbal Sacranie, (Muslim Council of Great Britain)
Ben Summerskill (Stonewall)
Bishop Roger Sainsbury (National Youth Agency)
Gordon Marsden MP
David Goodhart (Editor, Prospect)
Chair: Mari Williams (Fabian Executive and West Ham secondary school teacher)
15.30 Refreshment break- tea & coffee provided
16.00 Final Plenary- What Must Be Done?
Speakers to be announced soon
17.30 Informal social- all welcome