Break Out Session B

	15:30-16:40 BREAK-OUT SESSION B
1	Business and Diversity
	For richer or poorer: globalisation, economics and integration
	Changes in the global economy affect business needs, which have an impact on race relations. This relationship is still largely unexplored. Patrick Diamond, director of the Policy Network, will lead a debate including Philippe Legrain, author of ‘Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them’; Jan Niessen, director of the Migration Policy Group; and Axel Heitmueller, researcher on migration at the London Business School. In partnership with Policy Network.
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2	Communities
	Community matters
	Migration, extremism, interaction and participation are crucial topics for community relations today. Led by researchers from the Young Foundation, IPPR, SHM Limited and the Black Training and Enterprise Group, delegates will hear first hand about the outcome of on-the-ground research, ask questions, and take away fresh ideas to help inform their own work.
3	The Law and Integration
	Rewriting the Race Relations Act
	2006 marks the 30th anniversary of the Race Relations Act. One of the Act’s principal writers, Geoffrey Bindman, will consider whether and how he would change the Act, were it to be re-written for today’s Britain.
4	Arts and Popular Culture
	Young enough to know better: young people and integration
	Can young people build an integrated Britain? Four youth leaders from across the country will discuss what young people today think about equality and integration. Speakers Gemma Tumelty, NUS President; Shareefa Fulat from the Muslim Youth Helpline; Rajiv Joshi from the Scottish Youth Parliament; and Raja Miah from Oldham Peacemakers will debate. Sir Dexter Hutt, CRE Commissioner and executive headteacher of the Ninestiles Federation of Schools, will moderate.
5	Lessons from Around the World
	Canada's multiculturalism: could it work here?
	Canada is renowned for its tradition of multiculturalism and managed migration. This session will look at the country’s current immigration programme and how it deals with the integration of newcomers, including economic migrants and refugees. Rose Kattackal, director general at Citizenship and Immigration Canada; Randall Hansen from the University of Toronto; and Robert Orr, Minister-Counsellor for Immigration at Canadian High Commission, will discuss. Hamida Ghaffour, London correspondent of Globe and Mail, will moderate. In partnership with the Canadian High Commission in London.
6	Migration
	Global citizens: multiple identities and allegiances
	Globalisation and migration around the world are redefining how we understand identity and belonging. Multiple identities and trans-nationalism are matters of huge academic debate and pose a number of policy questions. Steven Vertovec, director of the Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS); Robert Winder, author of Bloody Foreigners; and Mary Hickman, director of the Institute for the Study of European Transformations will discuss. Ben Rogers, associate director of IPPR, will moderate
7	Public Services
	In the blood: genetics, race and health
	Do the distinctions we make on the apparent, visible basis of ‘race’ have any biological content? Or are we far more similar than we think? Dorothy Byrne, head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, will interview Professor Steve Jones from University College London, a leading expert in biology and genetics, on some of his recent findings. In partnership with Channel 4.
8	Hot Topic
	The CEHR: equality among equals?
	Trevor Phillips, chair of the brand-new CEHR, will speak about the direction of the equalities and human rights agenda in Great Britain and what society can expect from this new body.