STUC Research Network Conference on Public Ownership

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STUC Research Network Conference on Public Ownership

This event is postponed due to Covid-19. We hope to be able to run the programme below at a future, currently unconfirmed, date.

By Scottish Trade Union Congress

Location

Renfield St Stephens

260 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4JP United Kingdom

About this event

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

  • Cat Hobbes, We Own It
  • Jackson Cullinane, Unite the Union
  • Jennifer McCarey, Glasgow Trades Council
  • Roz Foyer, Unite the Union and STUC General Secretary Designate
  • Chair: Dave Moxham, STUC

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