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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.
Location
Renfield St Stephens
260 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4JP United KingdomAbout 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