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Fringe picks: Tuesday

4th October 2011

Here are our top fringe picks for Tuesday at the Conservative party conference:

08.00 2020health & Lundbeck

Manchester Central : Exchange 10

Risky Drinkers? The risks of frequent excessive drinking

Speakers : Gail Beer, Consultant Director - 2020health.org (Chair); Lois Rogers, Correspondent - Sunday Times; Tracey Crouch MP, Vice-Chair - APPG on Alcohol Misuse; Dr Clare Gerada MBE, Chairman - RCGP

08.30 The Guardian & Starbucks

Starbucks (9-11 St Ann's Square, The Royal Exchange) :

Great Expectations: Have the Conservatives betrayed the next generation?

Speakers : Shiv Malik , Investigative journalist and the co-author of Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth - The Guardian (Chair); Tim Loughton MP , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families; Shaun Bailey , Managing Director - MyGeneration; Charlotte Hill , Chief Executive - UK Youth

12.00 ConservativeHome & The Freedom Association

The Bridgewater Hall : Barbirolli Room

How The Conservatives Can Win The Next Election

Speakers : Nick Boles MP, Grantham and Stamford; Tim Montgomerie, Editor - ConservativeHome.com; Stephan Shakespeare, CEO - YouGov PLC

12.00 Stonewall & LGBTory

Hilton Manchester Deansgate : Meeting Rooms 2, 3 & 4

Ensuring LGBT Representation In Public Life

Speakers : Matthew Sephton, Chair - LGBTory (Chair); Ben Summerskill, Chief Executive - Stonewall; Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, Minister of State for Police and Criminal Justice; And Others

12.30 Conservatives in the European Parliament/ECR Group

Manchester Central : Exchange 9

The Future Of The Euro

Speakers : Martin Callanan MEP, Leader - Conservative MEPs (Chair); Timo Soini, Leader - True Finns Party; Jan Zahradil MEP, Chairman - European Conservatives and Reformists Group

14.45 The TaxPayers' Alliance

Bridgewater Hall : Barbirolli Room

How To Cut Taxes

Speakers : Andrew Allum, Chairman - TaxPayers' Alliance (Chair); Allister Heath, Editor - City AM; Matthew Sinclair, Director - TaxPayers' Alliance;

15.00 Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC) & Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)

Midland Hotel : Colony Restaurant

Peter Oborne In Conversation With The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for Defence

Speakers : The Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE DL, Chairman - CMEC (Chair)

18.45 POLITEIA

The Palace Hotel (Oxford St) : Palace 7

Human Rights Or British Freedoms: Where should the law stop?

Speakers : Dr Sheila Lawlor, Director - Politeia (Chair); Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General; Janet Daley - The Sunday Telegraph

18.45 Policy Exchange

AMC Cinema, Great Northern 16, (253 Deansgate) :

Mayor Boris Johnson in conversation with Iain Dale, broadcast live on LBC

Speakers : Iain Dale - Total Politics (Chair); Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

9.30 Media Standards Trust

Manchester Central : Exchange 9

Hacked Off: Hacking, Privacy, libel and the future of the press

Speakers : Alice Thomson, Journalist (Chair); Hugh Grant, Actor; John Whittinghdale MP (Invited), Maldon; John Kampfner, Chief Executive - Index on Censorship; Martin Moore, Director - Media Standards Trust

21.30 The Enterprise Forum sponsored by The European Azerbaijan Society

Midland Hotel : Derby Suite

The Enterprise Forum Business Reception

Speakers : Speakers to be confirmed

23.30 Tory Reform Group

Midland Hotel : The French

TRG Late Night Reception

Speakers : Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, President of the Tory Reform Group

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