WAYS FORWARD 5 CONFERENCE
Roads To A Democratic Economy
ALL WELCOME
Central Hall, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20th 9.30am-4.30pm
Hear
Ken Loach, film director
Rebecca Long Bailey MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP
Iain Macdonald (former ICA Director General),
Cheryl Barrott (Vice Chair, Coop Party) Josef DaviesCoates, Frances Coppola, Ed Mayo (General Secretary, Co-ops UK), Jenny Carlyle (SUMA), Ieva Padagaite, Christine Berry (New Economics Foundation),
Cliff Mills (Anthony Collins), Dr Paul Redgrave (Co-Housing, Leeds) and many more
Eve of Conference Supper:Hear Angela RaynerMP 6.30pm Thursday January 19th Central Hall
Debates, Workshops, Case Studies
Our annual conferences, organised by Co-operative Business Consultants, aim to discuss and debate co-operative and radical alternatives to austerity and capitalism and help shape our shared vision of a prosperous, caring society based on a democratic economy.
Agenda Debates:
21st Century Pioneering Co-ops
Speakers: Ieva Padergaite, Vivian Woodell, Cilla Ross, Molly Scott Cato, Jo Bird
Hierarchies & Salary Differentials: the Enemies of Co-operation?
Speakers: Bob Cannell (CBC) & Jenny Carlyle (SUMA)
Democratisation at the Co-op Group
Speakers: Iain Macdonald (former Director General, ICA) & Nick Crofts (President Co-op Members' Group)
Local Assistance for Co-operative Development
Speakers: Counciller Matthew Brown & Debbie Clarke (Unicorn Grocery)
Building with Platform Co-ops
Speaker: Josef Davies-Coates & Lynne Davis (Open Food Network)
Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op: Green Shoots
Pablo Pruiz (Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op) & Kati Venho
A Co-operative Blueprint for Older People's Social Care
Speakers: Cheryl Barrott (Vice Chair Co-op Party) & Dr Paul Redgrave (co-housing, Leeds)
Co-op & Community Finance for Co-op Development
Speakers: Cliff Mills (Anthony Collins), Kevin Wan (NWHS) & Christine Berry (New Economics Foundation)
Rojava: War Zone Co-operative Economies
Speakers: Ercan Ayboga & Jo Magpie
Co-ops and Brexit
Speaker: Molly Scott Cato (Green Party MEP)
The Co-operative Disadvantage
Speaker: Andrew Bibby
Roads to a Democratic Economy
Speakers: Rebecca Long Bailey MP, Ken Loach, Frances Coppola, Ed Mayo, Christine Berry
Who Should Attend? Co-operators, trade unionists, activists from anti austerity parties and social enterprises looking to shape new progressive practice and policies to combat the austerity agenda and create a society in which all can prosper.
Tickets:
Conference £45.00 (lunch & refreshments included) *
Eve of Conference £14.00 (inc.buffet supper, limited places)
Full Package Discount: Thursday + Friday sessions: £55.00
(inclusive of meals, advance payment required )*
*Late Booking Fee (chargeable after January 14th ): £15.00
For more details:
contact Phil 07901 338700 or phil@philframpton.co.uk
