Join us in Birmingham between Sunday 2 to Wednesday 5 October 2022 for a programme of events relevant to local government.
The Conservative Party Conference will take place between Sunday 2 and Wednesday 5 October 2022 at The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA.
Join us at the following events:
Sunday 2 October
National Youth Agency – The lost generation: the endless mental health crisis
2.15pm–2.40pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr Mark Sutton, LGA Children and Young People’s Board and Cabinet Member for Children and Young People at South Staffordshire Council; Victoria Atkins MP, British Youth Council Honorary President; Michael Hough, Mental Health Foundation; Callum Parr, Chair British Youth Council
Type of event: Panel Q&A
Bright Blue, in partnership with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) – Pride, place and prosperity: the importance of a strong social fabric
2.30pm–3.45pm
Venue: Suite 116 of Jury's Inn Birmingham, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ
Key speakers: The Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP, Secretary of State for Wales (invited); Dehenna Davison MP, Minister in Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (invited); Bob Blackman MP, Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee; Cllr Glen Sanderson, Leader, Northumberland County Council; Anvar Sarygulov, Head of Research, Bright Blue (Chair); Cllr Louise McKinlay, LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board
Type of event: Private roundtable (invite only)
National Youth Agency – A year on from COP26: What are your plans and hopes for the future?
2.45pm–3.10pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman; Cllr Samuel Kasumu, former No. 10 Special Advisor for Civil Society and Communities; Jess Smith, Public Affairs Officer, WWF; Sophie O’Connell, Policy Assistant, Green Alliance; Osaro, Chair, the British Youth Council
Type of event: Panel debate
Local Government Association – Local government welcome reception
3.30pm–5.00pm
Venue: Hall 8a, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman; Izzi Seccombe, LGA Conservative Group Leader
Type of event: Drinks reception
The Institute for Public Policy Research – Same difference? Making levelling up felt by local communities
4.40pm–5.45pm
Venue: Executive Room Seven, ICC, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Paul Scully MP, Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities; Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North; Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, British Academy; Ailbhe McNabola, Director of Policy and Communications, Power to Change
Type of event: Panel debate
Girlguiding – Girlguiding’s girls’ attitudes survey 2022 – what do girls and young women need from levelling up?
5.15pm–6.30pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr Louise McKinlay, LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board
Type of event: Private roundtable
National Youth Agency, Forward Trust and Centrepoint – In communities we trust' – local councils and community groups and with young people
6.30pm–7.30pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr Sutton, LGA Children and Young People’s Board; Ben Bradley MP; Cllr Samuel Kasumu, former No.10 advisor; Sally Benton, Forward Trust; Seyi Obakin Centrepoint; Leigh Middleton, National Youth Agency
Type of event: Evening reception
Conservative Councillors' Association (CCA) – Local government reception (ticket only)
8.30pm–10.00pm
Venue: Symphony Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ
Type of event: Reception
Monday 3 October
National Youth Agency – HAFs and HAF-nots? Youth work supporting families and young people
8.00am–9.15am
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Mims Davies MP, Minister, Home Office; Seyi Obakin, Chief Executive, Centrepoint; Cllr Mark Sutton, LGA Children and Young People’s Board
Type of event: Panel discussion
Localis – After the Gold Rush – levelling up for a decade of opportunity in Birmingham
9.00am–10.00am
Venue: Banqueting Suite, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB
Speakers: Cllr Izzi Seccombe, LGA Conservative Group Leader; Cllr Ian Ward, Leader, Birmingham City Council; Rebecca Riley, Associate Professor Enterprise, Engagement, and Impact, City-REDI, Birmingham Business School; James Morris MP, Halesowen and Rowley Regis; Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman, Conservative LGA Group and Professor Colin Copus, Visiting Fellow, Localis
Type of event: Panel debate
Localis – The connected society (sponsored by Kensington and Chelsea Council)
12.00pm–1.00pm
Venue: Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB (outside the secure zone)
Speakers: Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman; Cllr Elizabeth; Campbell, leader, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman, Local Government Association; Ailbhe McNabola, Director of Policy and Communications, Power to Change; Danny Kruger MP for Devizes; Mark Robinson, chair, High Streets Taskforce and David Simmonds MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Type of event: Panel debate
Plan International – Equality for girls
2.45pm–3.45pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr Louise McKinlay, LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board; Katy Bourne, Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
Type of event: Private briefing
LGA Local Government Debate – Supporting communities through the rising cost of living and economic recovery
3.30pm–5.00pm
Venue: Concerto, Hyatt Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ
Chair: Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman
Speakers: Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman, LGA Conservative Group and Deputy Chair of the LGA; John Park, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google Cloud; Nick Park, Director at Public First; Government Minister TBC
Future Social Care Coalition – Can we fix social care for good?
3.45pm–4.45pm
Venue: ICC Hall 3 (Thatcher Theatre), The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Gillian Keegan MP, the Minister for Social Care; David Simmonds MP, the Chair of the APPG for Social Work; Matt Hancock MP, the former Health Secretary; and David Fothergill, Chair of the LGA Health and Wellbeing Board
Event type: Panel debate
Tuesday 4 October
Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham – Devolved solutions to domestic heat – a West Midlands blueprint
8.00am–9.30am
Venue: The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 2DR
Speakers: Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman; plus MPs, representatives from energy bodies; think tanks and universities
Type of event: Private roundtable (invitation only)
Institute for Government – How can skills policy help reduce regional inequality?
8.00am–9.15am
Venue: Dolce Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ
Speakers: Cllr Toby Savage, Vice Chair of LGA City Regions Board
Type of event: Private roundtable
Which? – Roundtable on the cost of living
8.00am–9.15am
Venue: Birmingham Library Building
Speakers: Cllr John Fuller OBE, Deputy Chair of the LGA
Type of event: Private roundtable
Conservative Tenants and Landlords Forum – What can we do to win back generation rent AND landlords?
8.45am–9.45am
Venue: ICC Hall 3 (Thatcher Theatre)
Speakers: Cllr David Renard, Chair of the LGA Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board, Ben Beadle, Chief Executive, National Residential Landlords Association; James Cartlidge MP for South Suffolk; Tilly Smith, Campaigns Officer, Generation Rent; Vanessa Warwick, Co-founder Property Tribe
Type of event: Panel discussion
ConservativeHome – The care debate: how can we tackle issues in social care to unlock growth across the country?
9.15am–10.30am
Venue: Hall 6, ICC, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Amanda Wood, Head of PR and External Affairs, Community Integrated Care; Victoria Parkinson, Director of Finance and IT, Mental Health Association; Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman
Type of event: Panel debate
Trussell Trust – What works? How to build financial resilience in our communities
10.30am–12.00pm
Venue: Concerto Room at the Hyatt Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ (inside the secure zone)
Speakers: Cllr David Fothergill, Chair of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board; other speakers TBC
Type of event: Panel debate
Conservative Councillors' Association (CCA), sponsored by LGA Conservative Group – Department of Levelling up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) Q&A
1.00pm–2.30pm
Venue: Hall 8b, ICC, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: DLUHC ministers
Type of event: Panel Q&A (CCA members only, registration required at the CCA exhibition stand)
DevoConnect and UK Ports Authority – The BIG transport fringe – building back world-class transport in a time of crises. What do we need to scale up and level up?
1.00pm–2.30pm
Venue: Hall 8A, ICC, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Sarah Longlands, CLES, Hew Merriman MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee, Martin Heffer, Technical Director for Rail and Transit, WSP; Julian Walker, Associated British Ports Chief Commercial Officer; Henri Murison, Director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership; Robert Courts MP, former Ports and Aviation Minister; Cllr John Fuller OBE, Deputy Chair of the LGA
Type of event: Panel debate
Princes Trust – A job half done? A youth unemployment crisis averted, now can NEET (not in education, employment or training) young people address labour shortages
1.45pm–2.45pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Cllr Linda Taylor, LGA Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board
Type of event: Private roundtable
Reform – High quality, fairly funded – the future of adult social care
2.30pm–3.30pm
Venue: Rhythm and Blues Room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, Central Square, Holliday Street, Birmingham B1 1HH
Speakers: Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Leader of LGA’s Conservative Group; Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice, Columnist and former head of the No 10 Policy Unit; Damian Green MP; Daniel Sperrin, Director, Newton
Type of event: Panel debate
Net Zero APPG and Design Council – Scaling up net zero – bridging the green skills gap
5.30pm–6.30pm
Venue: ICC Youth Zone, The ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
Speakers: Minnie Moll, Chief Executive, Design Council; Neil Isaacson, Chief Executive, Liberty Charge; Giles Perkins, Head of Profession, Future Mobility, WSP; Cllr Martyn Cox, Leader, Bolton Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority portfolio lead for the Green City Region, Waste and Recycling; Cllr James Jamieson, LGA Chairman