The Green Alliance 2011 conference
date: Tuesday 1 February 2011
time: 11:00 - 5:00, registration from 10:30
venue: The Royal Society, central London
Keynote speaker: Nick Hurd MP, minister for civil society
Other confirmed speakers
Dame Fiona Reynolds, director-general, National Trust
Paul Twivy, chief executive, Big Society Network
Matthew Taylor, chief executive, RSA
Nick Boles MP
This conference is a unique opportunity to examine the Big Society and localism agendas in light of efforts to build a more sustainable society. It offers new insight from the minister responsible for helping to make it all happen, informed debate between high profile commentators and a range of in-depth, interactive workshop sessions led by experts in their field.
The event will bring key thinkers together with a diverse and influential audience drawn from Green Alliance's civil society, local and central government, policy and business networks. It is the ideal opportunity to get a handle on the implications and potential benefits that these agendas offer and will firmly place the aspiration of a greener society at the heart of the Big Society vision.
Summary conference programme
§ Opening keynote speech by Nick Hurd MP, minister for civil
society, followed by panel debate
§ Two rounds of interactive workshop sessions – more detail below
§ Closing debate on localism with high profile panellists
Workshop sessions – round 1
§ Harnessing the power of environmental volunteering
§ The role of low carbon social enterprise and innovation in building the
Big Society - NOW FULL
§ Regime change – securing environmental progress in a new world of
planning
Workshop sessions – round 2
§ Empowering and engaging communities – putting sustainability at their
heart - NOW FULL
§ Community renewables – the Big Society in action?
§ Working together – can big business help to build the Big Society?