Agenda: Day 1
08:45 Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

09:30-12:35

OPENING PLENARY
09:30 Welcome by session chair, Sir Trevor McDonald
09:45

Keynote Address, Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government

10:10 The State of the Nation’s Race Relations, Trevor Phillips, Chair, Commission for Racial Equality
10:50 Refreshments & Exhibition
11:20

International keynote address, Azouz Begag, Minister for Equal Opportunities, France             

11:50 Question and answer session
Moderated by Sir Trevor McDonald
12:35 Buffet Lunch
13:50-15:00 BREAK OUT SESSION A
15:00 Refreshments
15:30-16:40 BREAK OUT SESSION B
16:45-17:45 AFTERNOON PLENARY: QUESTION TIME
 

Delegates will have the opportunity to put questions to a panel of leading figures from public life. These include

  • Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain
  • Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan-Smith MP
  • Gary Hoffman, Group Vice Chairman of Barclays,
  • Gloria Mills, TUC
  • Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum.
17:45 CLOSING REFRESHMENTS
18:00 Closing Refreshments
EVENING PROGRAMME
19:30

30th Anniversary Gala Dinner

After-Dinner Speaker:
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP,

Secretary of State for International Development

Hosted at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel
Pre-dinner drinks sponsored by Trinity Development

Trinity Development

Book your place when registering

Day 2