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Conservative Party Conference Power to the people: democratic reform in action Sun 30 Sept, 6.00pm, Windsor Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Havard Hughes, Campaigns Director, Electoral Reform Society

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Building trust in brands: why business needs to care about the social agenda Mon 1 Oct, 6.00pm, Nelson Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chairman of the Conservative Policy Review, Ben Clarke, Vice President UK & Ireland, Kraft Foods and MT Rainey, Horse’s Mouth

The state our children are in Mon 1 Oct, 8.00am, Windsor Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Tim Loughton MP, Shadow Children’s Minister, Mike Thompson, Child Base Ltd, Josie Appleton, Manifesto Club

Is prison overcrowding encouraging more crime?

A nation fit for heroes?

Tue 2 Oct, 8.00am, Windsor Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Nick Herbert MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Juliet Lyon, Director of the Prison Reform Trust

Mon 1 Oct, 8.00am, Mortimer Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Dr Liam Fox MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

High knowledge economy, low knowledge workforce?

Is the sky the limit? Mon 1 Oct, 12.30pm, Beaufort Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Steve Norris, Chair Transport Working Groups, Quality of Life Commission and Tim Jeans, Managing Director, Monarch Airlines

What future for Maggie’s children? Can we solve today’s generation clash? Mon 1 Oct, 12.45pm, Full Circle Restaurant, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Mervyn Kohler, Help the Aged

Green Cities or Green Belts? Mon 1 Oct, 12.45pm, Nelson Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: John Gummer MP, Chair, Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group, John Best, Chief Executive, Milton Keynes Council and Director, IPPR

Greener, Better, More: The race to build more green housing Mon 1 Oct, 12.45pm, Sandringham Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Grant Shapps MP, Shadow Housing Minister, Imtiaz Farhooki, Chief Executive NHBC, Denise Chevin, Editor, Building Magazine

Energy supplies: might Britain be held to ransom? Mon 1 Oct, 12.45pm, Neville Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Alan Duncan MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Denis Linford, Director of Regulation, EDF Energy

Refreshments provided at all events

Can we trust the professionals? Tue 2 Oct, 12.45pm, Windsor Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, CoChair, Conservative Public Services Improvement Policy Group

Place shaping – just the next fad or the future for our communities? Tue 2 Oct, 12.45pm, Mortimer Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Eric Pickles MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Carole Souter, Heritage Lottery Fund

Whatever happened to education, education, education? Tue 2 Oct, 12.45pm, Beaufort Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Executive, NESTA, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Mossbourne Academy and Jennifer Moses, Chief Executive, Centreforum

Foreign affairs question time Tue 2 Oct, 12.45pm, Sandringham Room, Hilton Blackpool with Rt Hon William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary

Combatting Islamist radicalism: the way forward Tue 2 Oct, 6.00pm, Beaufort Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Paul Goodman MP, Shadow Communities Minister, Shiraz Maher, exHizbu Tahrir activist, Haras Rafiq, Chief Executive, Sufi Muslim Council and Sean O’Callaghan, exhead of IRA Southern Command

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Mon 1 Oct, 8.30am, Neville Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport and Nick Brown, Chief Executive, Serco Integrated Transport

Tue 2 Oct, 9.00am, Mortimer Room, Hilton Blackpool Speakers include: David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Skills and Universities and spokesperson from UFI

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Are we on the road to nowhere?