TIMETABLE

Abbreviations explained –

FConference fringe session

WWorkshop on conference motion before debate in plenary session

HHustings for committee election

Cnn, Dnn etc Motion number in Final Agenda

VPVoting PaperDVPDraft Voting Paper

SOCStanding Orders CommitteeDRCDisputes Resolution Committee

GPEXGreen Party ExecutiveGPRCGreen Party Regional Council

F/T – Fast-tracked motion: Motion D01 has been recommended by SOC for fast-tracking. If agreed during the debate on the SOC report (A01), this motion will be voted on at the end of the Section A session on Friday afternoon and the workshop on this motion will not take place.

Note: See pages 6-12 for fringe and panel descriptions.

Time / Room / Friday 9th September
1100 - 1800 / Registration desk open
1240 - 1330 / 1025 / W – A01 - Standing Orders Committee report
1032 / W – A02 - Treasurer’s report
1023 / W – A05 - Policy Committee report
1033 / W – A06 - Campaigns Committee report
1340 - 1450 / PENNINE / Leader’s Opening Speech – Caroline Lucas, MP
1500 -1550 / 1025 / W – A03 - GPEX Report
1031 / W – A09 - Green World Editorial Board report
1032 / W – C06 - Libel Law Reform & C07 – Against immigration cap
1033 / W – C08 - Coerced adoption apology & C09 - Industrial policy Enabling Motion
1029 / F – Justpay! Living wage campaign (James Davies, PCS Union)
1023 / F – First timers at Conference (Leila Kiersch)
1600 - 1750 / PENNINE
/ 1600-1610 PLENARY – Results of this year’s GPEX elections (Jon Nott, ERO)
1610-1740 SECTION A (Reports, n.b. GPRC Co-Chairs report Saturday 1700)
1740-1750 Voting on Fast-Tracked motions; Emergency Motions
1800 - 1930 / PENNINE / PANEL – The Artful Dodgers: Who's not paying their tax and what can we do about it? chaired by Caroline Lucas MP
1800 - 1850 / 1021 / W – C01 - 1million jobs & C02 -Special status of Corporation of London
1025 / F – Farewell to the old GPEx (Jayne Forbes)
1029 / F – Making a buzz - why bees matter (Keith Taylor)
1031 / F – The people of Britain should have the right to elect our Head of State
(Suzanne Campbell, Republic)
1900 - 1950 / 1032 / W – C03 - Shale Gas (n.b. C04 and C05 composited into C03)
1033 / F – Web-based support for local party campaigning (David Murray)
1029 / F – 7 billion reasons to go green (Roger Martin, Population Matters)
1023 / F – Building your region – the missing link (Chris Williams and James Burn)
Time / Room / Saturday 10th September
0830 - 1800 / Registration desk open
0900 - 0950 / 1032 / W – Food and Agriculture DVP – 1 of 2
1033 / W – Marine DVP – 1 of 2
1029 / W – A04 - GPRC Co-Chairs report
1031 / W – C10 - Severn Barrage (n.b. – C11 and C12 composited into C10)
1023 / F – First timers at Conference (Leila Kiersch)
1000 – 1150 / PENNINE / 1000-1115 PLENARY – SECTION C (Policy Motions);
1120-1150 Deputy Leader’s Speech, Adrian Ramsay
1200 - 1250 / 1033 / W – A10 - Conferences Committee report
1032 / W – C13 - Amend TR175 & C16 - Wales tidy up motion
1023 / F – The basics of targeting to win (Chris Rose)
1025 / F – Green Party communications strategy
(Tracy Dighton and Penny Kemp – members only)
1029 / F – Equalities and diversity within the Green Party (Shan Oakes)
1031 / F – Housing Fringe (Jack Parker, Young Greens)
1300 - 1430 / PENNINE / PANEL – Air Pollution: the invisible killer
1300 - 1350 / 1021 / W – A07 - Disputes Resolution Committee report and A08 - MEP Trust report
1031 / W – C14 - Microchipping of Dogs & C15 - Release of GMOs
1032 / F – The members website: information and help (Natalie Bennett)
1033 / F – How to write a conference motion (Teresa Delaney / SOC)
1400 – 1450 / 1025 / W – D03 – Making the Green Party a model employer (1 of 2)
1031 / F – Stop Betting on Hunger (Christine Haigh, World Development Movement)
1032 / F – How to canvass (Chris Rose)
1029 / F – Can the Greens sustain success without electoral change (Electoral Ref Soc)
1033 / F – A Green roadmap for preventing a new European war (Constantine Buhayer)
1023 / F – First timers at Conference (Leila Kiersch)
1500 - 1550 / 1025 / W – D03 - Making the Green Party a model employer (2 of 2)
1032 / F – Radical Democracy (Alasdair Thompson)
1031 / F – IASJ – a new think tank for animals and justice (Dan Lyons)
1029 / F – A Green voice in Europe – MEPs’ update (Jean Lambert and Keith Taylor)
1033 / F – Campaigning lessons from Disability Rights (Ali Hayward, Douglas Johnson)
1600 – 1750 / PENNINE / 1600-1650 PLENARY – Section C (continued)
1655-1735 Section A (Reports, starting with GPRC Co-Chairs report),continued 1735-1750 Emergency Motions
1800 – 1930 / PENNINE / PANEL – Inequality – Enough!!
1800 - 1850 / 1032 / W – D04 - Coalition of Resistance & D05 - MEP Trust
1031 / F – Greens and Capitalism (Peter Allen. Green Left)
1025 / F – Brighton – First Green Council (Cllr Amy Kennedy)
1028 / F – Question Time (Jan Clark)
1900 - 1950 / 1021 / W – D06 - YG membership & D10 - Jewish National Fund
1025 / F – The future of GPEX and GPRC (Jo Steranka)
1032 / F – Campaigning for Green Jobs (Gary Dunion)
1029 / F – Green Party Women AGM (Natalie Bennett)
HUBS / F – Greens in Power (Cllr Andrew Cooper, AGC)
1930-2030 / Hallam View / New Members’ Reception
1930-2030 /

HUBS

/ AGC reception
2030-2330 /

HUBS

/ Young Greens’ Brainbusting Quiz and Grand Raffle Draw

HUBS = Hallam University Student Union, See page x for more information

Time / Room / Sunday 11th September
0900 - 1800 / Registration desk open
0900 - 0950 / 1021 / W – Food and Agriculture DVP – 2 of 2
1023 / W – Marine DVP – 2 of 2
1032 / W – D02 - Global Greens & D01 - SOC timetable (F/T motion)
1033 / W – D09 - Wales leader on GPEX & D08 - MPs’ remuneration
1000 - 1150 / PENNINE / 1000-1130 PLENARY – SECTION A (Motions - Delegate Conferences and Electoral Regulations) PLENARY Workshop followed by PLENARY Voting Session
1130-1150 Emergency Motions
1200 - 1250 / 1021 / W – B01 - Countryside Voting Paper (1 of 2)
1032 / W – D07 - Green Islands Network
1033 / F – Expanding your election activist base (Chris Rose)
1029 / F – The rise of the populist right in Europe (Andrew Murphy, GEF)
1031 / F – Where should the Green Party stand on free schools (Martin Francis)
1025 / F – What’s happening in Westminster (Cath Miller and Caroline Lucas MP)
1300 - 1350 / 1021 / W – B02 - Countryside Voting Paper (2 of 2)
1023 / F – How to increase working class representation in the GP (Karen Bell)
1029 / F – Assisted dying: assisted suicide (Victoria Holloway, Dignity in Dying)
Lunch will be provided
1032 / F – Green House – the new green think tank (Brian Heatley)
1031 / F – LGBT Greens meeting (Stephen Wood)
1033 / F – STV for ordering lists (Shahrar Ali)
1400 - 1550 / PENNINE / PLENARY – SECTION D (Organisational motions)
1600 - 1650 / 1033 / Hustings – Campaigns Committee
1032 / Hustings – Conferences Committee
1021 / Hustings – International Committee
1031 / F – Increasing your council election candidates (Eamonn Ward, Chris Williams)
(1600-1730) / Cinema / F - One Million Climate Jobs (Jenny Patient, Sheffield CACC – with DVD film)
1700 - 1750 / 1021 / Hustings – Disputes Resolution Committee
1023 / Hustings – Green World Editorial Board
1032 / Hustings – Policy Committee
1033 / Hustings – Standing Orders Committee
1800 - 1930 / PENNINE / PANEL – The future of nuclear power post Fukushima
1800 - 1850 / 1023 / F – Improving our internal communications culture (Jo Steranka)
1029 / F – Social Enterprise and Mutuals: the potential to blend the social, environmental and financial bottom lines (Audaye Elesedy)
1031 / F – Minority ethnic groups and involvement in environmental issues
(Douglas Johnson and Maxwell Ayamba)
1021 / F – Elected women’s meet-up (women only) (Claire Stephenson)
1800 - 2015 / Void Cinema / F – Shale Gas Fracking Campaign launch with film Gasland (Jackie Turvey)
1900 - 1950 / 1025 / F – Meet your Green Party Regional Councillors (Nigel Rolland)
1029 / F – Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Dick Pitt)
1031 / F – Women by Name (women only) (Natalie Bennett)
1023 / F – Young Greens – Future Structure (Jack Parker)
Time / Room / Monday 12th September
0900 - 1200 / Registration desk open
0930 - 1050 / PENNINE / PLENARY SECTION B (B01 Countryside Voting Paper)
1100 - 1220 / PENNINE / PANEL – Care for the elderly in our society
1230 - 1320 / 1023 / F – Towards participatory democracy: European Citizens Initiative (Haroon Saad)
1021 / F – The pre-agenda process: how was it for you? (Jo Steranka)
1031 / F – The politics of food (Heather Hunt)
1033 / F – Feedback on this conference and looking forward to Spring Conference
1330 - 1500 / PENNINE / 1330 - 1440 PLENARY – REMAINING BUSINESS
1440 – 1500 Emergency Motions
1500 - 1510 / PENNINE / CLOSING SPEECHES