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Social Market Foundation at Conservative Party Conference

The Social Market Foundation will be convening fringe events at this year's Conservative Party Conference. Find out more about our events below!

How to harness the digital healthcare revolution to tackle health inequalities
Monday 4 October | 10:00 – 11:00 | Private Room 19&20, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

Speakers:
George Freeman MP, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation
Lord Bethell of Romford 
Professor Arpana Verma, Clinical Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, The University of Manchester
Helen Milner OBE, Group Chief Executive, Good Things Foundation
Tim Barker, CEO, Kooth
James Kirkup, Director, SMF (Chair)

Kindly supported by Policy@Manchester


The Great Risk Transfer: how to ensure people make the best of financial freedoms
Monday 4 October | 11:00 – 12:00 | Private Room 17, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

Speakers:
Nigel Mills MP, Chair, APPG on Pensions & Member of the Work and Pensions Committee
Hilary Salt, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange Debt Charity
James Kirkup, Director, SMF (Chair)

Kindly supported by The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries


Gambling and the Red Wall: traditional pastime or modern menace?
Monday 4 October | 12:00 – 13:00 | Private Room 19&20, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

Speakers:
Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
Richard Holden MP
Dr Heather Wardle, Adam Smith Lord Kelvin Reader in Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
Carl Shoben, Director of Strategic Communications, Survation
Tim Montgomerie, Author and Journalist, Reaction (Chair)


Reimagining corporate purpose: how business can help restore faith in markets
Monday 4 October | 14:00 – 15:00 | Private Room 19&20, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

Speakers:
Alexander Stafford MP, Chair of the APPG for Environmental, Social, and Governance
Jesse Norman MP
Katja Hall, Chief Corporate Affairs and Marketing Officer, Capita
Douglas Lamont, CEO, Innocent Drinks & Co-Chair, The Better Business Act Campaign
James Kirkup, Director, SMF (Chair)

Kindly supported by Capita


Taking centre stage: new evidence about the electoral centre ground
Monday 4 October | 15:30 – 16:30 | Private Room 19&20, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

Speakers:
Claire Coutinho MP
Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor, The Telegraph
Adam Drummond, Associate Director, Opinium
James Kirkup, Director, SMF (Chair)

In partnership with Opinium


Can pensions save the planet?
Tuesday 5 October | 08:30 – 09:30 (refreshments from 8:15) | Exchange 4 & 5, Manchester Central (secure zone)

Speakers: 
Guy Opperman MP, Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion
Gareth Davies MP, Treasury Select Committee
Caroline Escott, Senior Investment Manager, RPMI Railpen
Nigel Peaple, Director of Policy and Research, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
James Kirkup, Director, SMF (Chair)

Kindly supported by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

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