Keynote speech by Damian Green MP: What Modern Conservatism will mean in 2015
Keynote speech by Damian Green on "What Modern Conservatism will mean in 2015", which is being hosted by Bright Blue on Wednesday 12th December 2012 at 7:30pm in the Macmillan Room in Portcullis House..
Damian is Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, a vice-president of the Tory Reform Group and an advisory board member of Bright Blue.
Date: Wednesday 12th December, 2012, 19:30-20:30
Venue: Macmillan Room, 1st floor, Portcullis House.
Drink Tank with Amber Rudd MP
Drink Tank is a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas with Bright Blue on a monthly basis.
Amber Rudd is Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye and entered parliament at the 2010 election. Before becoming an MP she was an investment banker and venture capitalist focussing on small businesses before moving into recruitment and writing.
In 2012 she was appointed the new Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Date: Wednesday 31st October 2012, 19:00
Venue: The Two Chairmen, 39 Dartmouth St, Westminster, SW1H 9BP
Conservatives and climate change
Join us for a discussion on Conservative approaches to tackling climate change and what climate and energy policies the Government should implement to make this the "greenest government ever".
Speakers include:
• Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy & Climate Change
• Matthew Sinclair, Director, Taxpayers' Alliance
• Sir John Houghton, Former co-chair of the IPCC and former CEO of the Met Office
• Guy Newey, Head of Environment and Energy, Policy Exchange
Date: Sunday 7th October 2012, 17.45-19:00
Venue: Exec Room 1, Birmingham ICC
Kindly supported by:
Party Conference Drink Tank
Join us for our annual Conference Drink Tank with guest speakers Rt Hon David Willetts MP and Shaun Bailey.
Rt Hon David Willetts MP is the Minister of State for Universities and Science and is the President of Bright Blue. He is the author of numerous books including Civic Conservatism and The Pinch.
Shaun Bailey was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Hammersmith in the 2010 General Election. He is currently a Special Adviser on Youth and Crime in Number 10 Downing Street. He co-founded the charity My Generation, which supports disadvantaged young people.
Refreshments will be served.
Date: Sunday 7th October 2012, 19:30-21:00
Venue: Soprano Room, Hyatt Hotel, Birmingham
Next steps for electoral & constitutional reform
Join us to discuss the next steps for electoral and constitutional reform, in particular House of Lords reform.
Speakers include:
• Conor Burns MP
• Laura Sandys MP
• Katie Ghose, Chief Executive, Electoral Reform Society
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2012, 12:30-14:00
Venue: Exec Room 8, Birmingham ICC
In partnership with:
Family fortunes: Next steps to family fairness & ending child poverty
Join us to discuss how to measure child poverty, how it can be tackled, and which policies the Conservative Party should be implementing.
Speakers include:
• Harriett Baldwin MP
• Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group
Date: Wednesday 10th October 2012, 08:00
Venue: Hall 6A, Birmingham ICC
In partnership with:
Drink Tank with Zac Goldsmith MP
Drink Tank is a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas with Bright Blue on a monthly basis. Bright Blue are proud to welcome Zac Goldsmith as our guest speaker for July 2012.
Zac Goldsmith was elected as MP for the constituency of Richmond Park and North Kingston in May 2010.
Date: Monday 9th July, 2012, 19:00
Venue: Spying Room, Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, London. SW1P 4RW
Drink Tank with Charlotte Leslie MP
Drink Tank is a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas with Bright Blue on a monthly basis. Bright Blue are proud to welcome Charlotte Leslie as our guest speaker for May 2012.
Elected in 2010 as MP for Bristol North West, Charlotte was previously special adviser to David Willetts, now Universities Minster, when in Opposition and co-authored the report 'More Good School Places' for Policy Exchange (2005), which first suggested the Government adopt the policy of 'The Pupil Premium'.
Date: Wednesday 23rd May, 2012, 19:00
Venue: Spying Room, Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, London. SW1P 4RW
Keynote speech by the Rt Hon David Laws MP
The Rt Hon David Laws MP delivered a keynote speech to Bright Blue on "The future of the Coalition".
David was one of the Liberal Democrat team of four who negotiated the Coalition Agreement with the Conservative Party in May 2010, and he then served briefly as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. David is Co-Editor of the influential "Orange Book" (2004), which sought to re-establish his Party's liberal policy traditions. In 2010 he authored "22 Days in May", which is an insider account of the talks which led to the formation of the Coalition Government.
Date: Tuesday 13th March 2012, 19:00
Venue: Committee Room 16, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Click here to watch videos from the day
How can the private sector help the Big Society abroad?
The Coalition Government is keen for private businesses to flourish in some of the poorest countries in the world: a private sector unit has recently been established in the Department for International Development (DfID), with the intention of private enterprise being in the DNA of DfID. This event attempted to debate what positive role businesses can play in supporting development internationally.
Speakers:
Jesse Norman MP
Phillip Blond, Director, Respublica
Hugh Millward, Head of Advocacy and Responsibility, Starbucks
Belinda Calaguas, Campaigns Director, Action Aid
Date: Wednesday 29th February 2012, 19:00-20:00
Venue: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA
Kindly supported by:
Click here to watch videos from the day
Drink Tank with Matthew Taylor
Drink Tank is a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas with Bright Blue on a monthly basis. Bright Blue were proud to welcome Matthew Taylor as our guest speaker for February 2012.
Matthew Taylor became Chief Executive of the RSA in 2006. Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Adviser on Political Strategy to Tony Blair whilst in Downing Street.
Date: Monday 13th February, 2012, 19:00
Venue: Spying Room, Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, London. SW1P 4RW
Drink Tank with Rafael Behr
Drink Tank is a chance to meet, network, chat, have a beer and share ideas with Bright Blue on a monthly basis. Bright Blue is proud to welcome Rafael Behr as our guest speaker for the new year.
Rafael Behr is the Chief Political Commentator of the New Statesman. Before joining the New Statesman, Rafael worked as the Chief Leader Writer for The Observer, as a business reporter for the BBC and for the Financial Times as a foreign correspondent. Before becoming a journalist, Rafael worked as an emerging markets investment risk analyst.
Date: Wednesday 25th January, 2012, 19:30-20:30
Venue: Spying Room, Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, London. SW1P 4RW
