Speakers

The CRE is delighted to welcome the following distinguished speakers and contributors to the Race Convention 2006:

Speakers include

Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
Department for Communities and Local Government

Azouz Begag
Minister for Equal Opportunities, France

Trevor Phillips
Commission for Racial Equality

Doudou Diène
Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari
Muslim Council of Britain

Lord Bill Morris

Tarique Ghaffur
Metropolitan Police


David Aaronovitch
The Times
Dr Mohammed Abdul Bari
Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain
Keith Ajegbo OBE
Former headteacher, Deptford Green School
Rushanara Ali
Associate Director, The Young Foundation
Anushka Asthana
Education Correspondent, The Observer
Laurent Bazin
Ministry of Education, France
Krystyna Bleszynska
Professor, College of Education, University of Warsaw
Rear Admiral John Borley
Flag Officer Training and Recruiting, Royal Navy
Madeleine Bunting
Director, Demos
Dorothy Byrne
Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4
Alistair Campbell
Former director of communications, 10 Downing Street
Ted Cantle
Professor, The Institute of Community Cohesion and Associate Director, IDeA
Karen Chouhan
Trustee, 1990 Trust
Jean-Claude Gaudin
Mayor of Marseille, France
Steve Clayton
Group Managing Director for Corporate Affairs, Arriva plc
Zaki Cooper
Director, Business for New Europe
Jon Cruddas MP
Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan-Smith MP
Lynne Featherstone MP
Mary Fitzpatrick
Editorial Executive of Diversity, BBC
Shareefa Fulat
Director, Muslim Youth Helpline
Geoffrey Bindman
Bindman and Partners
Tarique Ghaffur
Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
James Goldston
Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
David Goodhart
Editor, Prospect
Rodney Green
CEO, Leicester City Council
Jagdish Gundara
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Teacher Education
Dipankar Gupta
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Broadcaster
Dr Hisham Hellyer
Associate Fellow, Centre for Research and Ethnic Relations
Peter Hewitt
Chief Executive, Arts Council England
Mary Hickman
Director of ISET and Irish Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University
Gary Hoffman
Group Vice Chairman, Barclays
Sir Dexter Hutt
Executive Headteacher of the Ninestyles Federation of Schools
Boris Johnson MP
Steve Jones
Professor of Genetics, Department of Biology, University College London
Rajiv Joshi MSYP
Chair, Scottish Youth Parliament
Stephen Karle
CEO, West Bromwich Building Society
Sunder Katwala
General Secretary, Fabian Society
David Kerr
NFER
Sadiq Khan MP
Andrew Kilburn
CEO, Oldham Council
Francesca Klug OBE
Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics
Jean Lambert MEP
David Lammy MP
Minister for Culture, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chris Leslie
Director, New Local Government Network
Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC
Michael Lynch
CEO, South Bank Centre
Sarfraz Manzoor
Commentator, The Observer
Sir Trevor McDonald
Broadcaster
Neil McGregor
Director, British Museum
Geoff Meade
Europe Editor, Press Association
Raja Miah
Director, Oldham Peacemakers
Gloria Mills
President, TUC
Joe Montgomery
Director General of Communities, Department of Communities and Local Government
Lord Bill Morris
Geoff Mulgan
Director, Young Foundation
Daljit Nagra
Poet
Sandy Nairne
Director, National Portrait Gallery
Andrew Neil
Broadcaster
Amir Or
Poet
Ben Page
Director, Ipsos MORI
Brian Pearce
Director, Interfaith Network for the UK
Mike Phillips
Cross-Cultural Curator, Tate Britain
Matthew Pike
Executive Director, The Scarman Trust
Keith Porteous-Wood
Executive Director, National Secular Society
Anuja Prashar
Chair of Interfaith and Race Relations Committee, Hindu Forum of Britain
Ben Rogers
Associate Director, IPPR
Sir Nicholas Serota
Director, Tate Gallery
Dr Ludi Simpson
Reader in Social Statistics, Manchester University
Darra Singh
Chair, Commission on Integration and Cohesion
Jon Snow
Broadcaster
Sarah Spencer
Associate Director, COMPAS, Oxford University
Danny Sriskandarajah
Associate Director, IPPR
Rebecca Stephens
Editor, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Hanne Stinson
Executive Director, British Humanist Association
Tim Taulman
Director, Press Complaints Commission
Gemma Tumelty
President, NUS
Steven Vertovec
Director of COMPAS, Oxford University
Robert Winder
Author
Dr Andrew Wingate
St Philip's Church, Interfaith Centre