This event has been paused indefinitely due to Covid-19. We hope to be able to run the programme below at a future, currently unconfirmed, date.

09:30-10:00 Registration & coffee

10:00-10:15 Welcome and introductory remarks, Helen Martin, STUC

10:15-11:30 Opening plenary: Key challenges which public ownership seeks to address

Katherine Trebeck, Wellbeing Economy Alliance, on the failure of our current economic model
Sean Sweeney, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, on climate change and the need for public ownership solutions
Daniel Chavez, Transnational Institute, on lessons from Latin America

11:30-11:45 Coffee Break

11:45-13:15 Sessions (three sessions will run concurrently)

Making the case for public ownership: care, climate and municipal socialism

Vivek Kotecha, CHPI, on ownership and profit in private social care
Franziska Paul, University of Glasgow, on ‘trade union environmentalism’ and trends towards (re)municipalisation
Dave Watson on municipal socialism
Chair: Jennifer McCarey, Glasgow Trades Council

Ownership, the economy and industrial strategy

John Foster on ownership of Scottish companies
Vera Weghmann, PSIRU, on public companies and ownership models across Europe
Ewan Gibbs, UWS, and Jim Phillips, University of Glasgow, on lessons from coalboard nationalisation
Chair: Jackson Cullinane, Unite the Union

Ownership and communities: democratising places and spaces

Elaine Todd and Deborah Shipton, NHS Health Scotland, on the evidence base around plural ownership
Cate Atwater, Community Leisure UK, on charitable trust models of public provision
Joe Guinan, Democracy Collaborative, on community wealth building
Chair: Dave Moxham, STUC

13:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:15 Making public ownership a reality: future opportunities

Laurie Macfarlane, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, on the Scottish National Investment Bank
Jeanette Findlay and Dania Thomas, University of Glasgow, on competitive tendering and ferries in post-brexit Scotland
Mathew Lawrence, Commonwealth, on broadband infrastructure
Chair: Roz Foyer, Unite the Union and STUC General Secretary Designate

15:15-16:00 Making public ownership a reality: political strategy and organising

STUC Research Network Conference on Public Ownership