Archived Charter 88 Conference Programme from July 2008

09.30 - 10.00

ARRIVAL, COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS

10.00 – 10.15

OPENING OF CONFERENCE:

• Denis Galligan, Director, CSLS
• David Erdos, Conference Convener

10.15 – 11.30

SESSION ONE:  REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF CHARTER 88:  THE EARLY YEARS

• Stuart Weir, co-founder & former Director, Charter 88

How and why Charter 88 began

• Stephen Howe, University of Bristol
• Paul Farthing, High-Value Relations Director Cancer Research UK & former Marketing Manager, Charter 88

How Charter 88 used marketing to drive change

11.30 – 12.15

SESSION TWO:  REFORMATION:  CHARTER 88 FROM 1997 TO THE PRESENT

• Alexandra Runswick, Deputy-Director, Unlock Democracy (incorporating Charter 88)

12.15 – 13.15

LUNCH (SERVED IN MANOR ROAD COMMON ROOM)

13.15 –  15.00

SESSION THREE:  CONSTITUTIONALISM & THE LAW

• Richard Kirkman, University of Sheffield & Brian Thompson, University of Liverpool

“The Ombudsman’s place in the constitution”*

• David Fagelson, American University, Washington DC

The Assault on Constitutionalism:  A Cautionary Tale

• Frank Vibert, Director, European Policy Forum
• Nicholas Bamforth, Fellow in Law, The Queen’s College

15.00 - 15.30

COFFEE BREAK

15.30 – 17.00

SESSION FOUR:  DEMOCRACY & LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

• John Osmond, Institute of Welsh Affairs

“Charter 88 – a Welsh View from the Periphery”*

• David Erdos, University of Oxford

“Charter 88 & Europeanization – an ambiguous relationship?”*

• Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London

17.00 – 18.00

SESSION FIVE:  CHARTER 88, CONSTITUTIONALISM & GLOBALIZATION

• Anthony Barnett, Co-founder Charter 88 & Founder, Open Democracy
• Will Hutton, Chief Executive, Work Foundation

18.00 - 17.00

RECEPTION

19.30 onwards

GALA DINNER AT MANSFIELD COLLEGE

09.30 - 10.00

COFFEE

10.00 – 11.15

SESSION SIX:  CHARTER 88, CONSTITUTIONALISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE 

• Michael Rustin, University of East London

“Revisiting the presuppositions of the Charter”*

• Hilary Wainwright, Editor, Red Pepper
• Martin McIvor, Renewal

11.15 – 11.45

COFFEE BREAK

11.45 – 13.15

SESSION SEVEN:  ASSESSING THE IMPACT AND LEGACY OF THE CHARTER

• Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics

“How the Charter coalition brought about the death of plurality voting and the rise of multi-party politics in the UK”*

• Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield

“Charter 88, New Labour and constitutional anomie”*

• Vicky Seddon, Chair, Unlock Democracy

13.15 – 14.00

LUNCH (SERVED IN MANOR ROAD COMMON ROOM)

14.00

CONFERENCE ENDS