The Centre for Policy Studies and CapX are delighted to be hosting a packed programme of fringe events at this year’s Conservative Party Conference, in a dedicated space in the heart of the main ICC building in Birmingham.
Our great line-up of speakers includes multiple Cabinet ministers, as well as special guests such as Dr Frank Luntz, Dame Rachel de Souza, and other leading thinkers, politicians and commentators.
We’ll also be hosting a number of private breakfast roundtables on energy, Net Zero, digital skills and housing reform. For more information on those events please email [email protected].
Please direct all media enquiries to [email protected],uk
We are still finalising our programme and this page will be updated with a full version of our speakers closer to the time
We look forward to seeing you in the CPS & Capx Space, Symphony Hall Level 4, The ICC.
Current programme of events:
SUNDAY
14.00-15.00
CapX Live: Can the Tories win the next election?
John Ashmore, Editor – Capx (Chair); Dr Frank Luntz; James Johnson, Co-Founder – JL Partners; Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner – Public First
15.30-16.30
What can the Conservatives do for families?
Tom Clougherty, Director of Research and Tax – CPS (Chair); Dame Rachel de Souza DBE, Children’s Commissioner for England; Victoria Prentis MP, Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions; Danny Kruger MP; Luke Stanley, Senior Research – Onward
17.00-18.00
How can we persuade communities to accept new homes?
Sponsored by LPDF
Martina Lees – The Times (Chair); Lee Rowley MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman – LPDF; Nicholas Boys Smith, Director – Create Streets; Alex Morton, Director of Strategy – IEA
18.30-21.30
CPS Annual Sunday Evening Reception (Invitation only)
The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP, Secretary of State for Education
MONDAY
08.30-09.30
The future of housing reform (Private breakfast roundtable)
Sponsored by Thakeham
09.30-10.30
Net Zero and the cost of living crisis (Private breakfast roundtable)
Sponsored by EDF
11.00-12.00
What does the future of energy look like? (Private roundtable)
Sponsored by National Grid ESO
12.30-13.30
Can the City seize the opportunities of Brexit?
Sponsored by ABI
Tom Clougherty, Director of Research and Tax – CPS (Chair); Bim Afolami MP; Gareth Davies MP; Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist – Netwealth; Charlotte Clark, Director of Regulation – ABI
14.00-15.00
CapX Live: Is America doomed?
Dr Frank Luntz & John Ashmore – Editor, CapX
15.30-16.30
Trade, exports and the path to Global Britain
Sponsored by City of London Corporation
Nick King, Research Fellow – CPS (Chair); The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP, Minister of State at the Department for International Trade; The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP; Chris Hayward, Chairman of Policy and Resources – City of London Corporation; Charlotte Crosswell OBE, Chair and Trustee – Open Banking; Sally Jones, UK Trade Strategy and Brexit Leader – EY
17.00-18.00
Why choose Britain?
Robert Colvile, Director – CPS (Chair); Andrew Griffith MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Lord Spencer, Chairman – IPGL; Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP; Hannah Gurga, Director General – ABI
18.30-19.30
In conversation with…
The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office & Robert Colvile, Director – CPS
TUESDAY
09.30-10.30
How can the UK stay competitive and reach Net Zero? (Private breakfast roundtable)
Sponsored by Valero
11.00-12.00
Are business rates killing the high street?
Sponsored by Colliers
Tom Clougherty, Director of Research and Tax – CPS (Chair); Anthony Browne MP; John Webber, Director and Head of Rating – Colliers International; Vivienne King, Head of Real Estate Social Impact – The Good Economy; Nick Lakin, Corporate Affairs Director – Kingfisher
12.30-13.30
CapX Live: What would Maggie do?
Alys Denby, Deputy Editor – Capx (Chair); The Rt Hon Lord Willetts; Dr Nile Gardiner – Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom; Matthew Elliott – Senior Political Adviser, Shore Capital
14.00-15.00
How can we build more houses?
Sponsored by Thakeham
Elizabeth Dunkley, Researcher – CPS (Chair); The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, Minister of State Department of Health and Social Care; Robert Boughton, CEO – Thakeham; Freddie Poser, Director – PricedOut; John Myers – YIMBY Alliance; Samuel Hughes – University of Oxford
15.30 – 16.30
Road pricing and the future of transport
Sponsored by Clean Air Fund
Dillon Smith, Researcher for Environment and Energy Policy – CPS (Chair); Robert Courts MP; Huw Merriman MP; Imogen Martineau, UK Portfolio Manager – CAF; Sam Dumitriu, Economist
17.00 – 18.00
In conversation with…
Sponsored by Thakeham
The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy & Robert Colvile, Director – CPS
18.30 – 19.30
In conversation with…
Sponsored by Airbus
Chris Philp MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury & Robert Colvile, Director – CPS; introduced by Oriel Petry, Senior Vice President UK Public Affairs – Airbus
