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Find out below who will be speaking in sessions ranging from Labour’s economic credibility to what the outcome of the upcoming local elections will mean for Labour heading towards 2015.
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10am
Introduction
Andrew Adonis, chair, Progress
10.15am
Opening plenary
Is there a new centre-ground – how does Labour win it?
Liam Byrne MP, shadow work and pensions secretary; Phil Collins, columnist, The Times and former chief speechwriter to the prime minister; Peter Kellner, president, YouGov; Mary Riddell, columnist, The Daily Telegraph
Chair: Andrew Adonis, chair, Progress
11.15am
Morning breakout session
Economic credibility: Are we all fiscal conservatives now?
Chris Leslie MP, shadow city minister; Meg Hillier MP, public accounts select committee; Anthony Painter, author and critic; Richard Exell, TUC Chair: Siobhain McDonagh MP
Restoring the contributory principle: Whither equality?
Stephen Timms MP, shadow employment minister; James Purnell, former work and pensions secretary; Alison Garnham, chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group; Maurice Glasman, academic and Labour peer Chair: Kezia Dugdale MSP
Value for money: How should progressives reform the public sector?
Stephen Twigg MP, shadow education secretary; Liz Kendall MP, shadow minister for care and older people; Andrew Harrop, general secretary, Fabian Society; Hopi Sen, Labour blogger Chair: Anna Turley, Progressive Localism
Sustainable growth: How should progressives reform the private sector?
Toby Perkins MP, shadow small business minister; Tim Hames, BVCA; Kitty Ussher, associate fellow, Smith Institute Chair: Seema Malhotra MP
The role of government: Is the era of the big state dead?
Ivan Lewis MP, shadow secretary international development secretary; Cllr Steve Reed, leader, Lambeth council; Paul Richards, author and Progress columnist; David Walker, contributing editor, Guardian Public Chair: Nathan Yeowell, LGA Labour Group
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm
Keynote speech
Ed Miliband MP
Chair: Alison McGovern MP
2.30pm
Afternoon breakout sessions
From Hollande to Obama: Towards a social democratic recovery?
Douglas Alexander MP, shadow foreign secretary; Denis MacShane MP; Matt Browne, visiting fellow, Centre for American Progress; Axelle Lemaire, Parti Socialiste candidate, Northern Europe Chair: Claude Moraes MEP
After 3 May: Where next for Labour in London?
David Lammy MP; Lewis Baston, Democratic Audit; Cllr Alison Moore, leader, Barnet Labour group; Cllr Wes Streeting, Redbridge council Chair: Caroline Crampton, Total Politics
Chronic discomfort: Where is the southern revival?
John Denham MP, PPS to Ed Miliband; Cllr Sharon Taylor, leader, Stevenage borough council; Joan Ryan, former MP, Enfield North; Bobby Duffy, Ipsos MORI Chair: Stuart King, Souther Front
Three years to go: What will the electoral landscape be in 2015?
Mary Creagh MP, shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary; Andrew Adonis, chair, Progress; Steve Van Riel, political consultant and former head of policy at the Labour party; Paul Hunter, Smith Institute Chair: Joy Squires, PPC for Worcester
Labour and the unions: What should a modernized link look like?
John Hannett, general secretary, Usdaw; Nita Clarke, IPA; Phil Collins, columnist, The Times and former chief speechwriter to the prime minister Chair: Jenny Simms, Unions21
3.45pm Break
4pm
Closing Plenary – Progress QT
Caroline Flint MP, shadow energy and climate change secretary; Chuka Umunna MP, shadow BIS secretary ; David Aaronovitch, author and columnist, The Times; ; Jacqui Smith, former home secretary
Chair: Simon Fanshawe
5pm Close