Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Matt Hancock to speak at PPP Hubs at Conservative Party Virtual Conference

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Matt Hancock to speak at PPP Hubs at Conservative Party Virtual Conference

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Friday 2 October, 2020
Join key healthcare, infrastructure and international debates at Conservative Party Virtual Conference 2020

Public Policy
Projects (PPP) is launching the first ever Health and Social Care Hub,
Infrastructure Hub and International Hub at the Conservative Party
Conference 2020
Key speakers include; Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Jo Churchill MP,
Nadine Dorries MP, Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP,
The Lord Bethell, Huw Merriman MP The Baroness Cavendish of Little
Venice and more.
PPP Co-Chairs The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford, Stephen Hammond MP, and Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell available
for interview (contact details below).Programme OutlineThe
Public Policy Projects’ Virtual Hubs at the 2020 Conservative Party Conference brings
together influential
organisations and decision makers across multiple sectors. At the
largest meeting
of Conservative MPs, Government Ministers, local government and
international governmental delegates in the UK, three virtual “Hubs”
provide attendees with opportunities to ask questions and gather a
unique insight into some of the key ideas forming the new
Government’s policy.The "Health & Social Care Hub" Sessions
in this hub will be informing and empowering decision makers to
formulate the health agenda for the decade ahead and asses policy reform
that will reduce healthcare inequalities across the UK, support a
system of primary and community care whilst making it
sustainable for future generations.The “International Hub” Sessions
in this hub will be assessing the global lessons of Covid-19,
identifying changes to the global policy landscape and work on sharing
ideas from around the world to improve mental health and wellbeing.The “Infrastructure Hub’’
Sessions in this hub will assess how the Government will level up
Britain through delivering
new and improved infrastructure, looking particularly at how the state
of the economy and infrastructure will change in the post-Covid era.About PPP

Public Policy Projects (PPP) is a cross-party subscription-based global policy institute, bringing together public and
private sector leaders, investors, policymakers and commentators with a common interest in the future of public policy.

Agenda

Saturday 3.10.2020

8:30-9:30am – Is the NHS workforce ready for the winter?
Chair: Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell (PPP)
Speakers: Dr Mike Bewick (iQ4U Consultants), Richard
Sloggett (Policy Exchange), Dr Tania Mathias (NHS)
10:00-11:30am – The next generation of NHS innovation – embracing the digital revolution
Chair: The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (PPP)
Speakers:
Sarah Wilkinson (NHS Digital), Dr Harpreet Sood (Health Education
England), Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell (PPP), Max Peterson (AWS)
1:00-2:25pm – Can the 5G revolution transform communities?
Chair: Stephen Hammond MP
Speakers: Matt Warman MP, Paul Swaddle OBE (Community Services)
1:00-2:25pm – Why is northern Britain dying earlier than the south?
Chair: Adam Boulton (Sky News)
Speakers: Rich Holden MP, Professor Sir Michael Marmott (UCL), Dean Russell MP, Tim Elwell-Sutton (The Health
Foundation)
3:30-5:00pm – Building the hospital of the future
Chair: Ross Lydall (Evening Standard)
Speakers: Daniel Elkeles (NHS), Ed Jones (Woodbridge Partners), Paul Scully MP, Elliot Colburn MP, Dean Russell MP
3:30-5:00pm – Are volunteers the answer to support the future of care?
Chair: Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell (PPP)
Speakers:
Cllr Ian Hudspeth (LGA), Jeremy Hughes CBE (Alzheimer’s Society),
Catherine Johnson CBE (Royal Voluntary Service), Rob Wilson (University
of Reading), Baroness Diana Barran (DCMS)
Sunday 4.10.2020

9:00-10:30am – How can investment in infrastructure ‘level-up’ Britain?
Chair: Stephen Hammond MP (PPP)
Speakers: Luke Hall MP (MHCLG), Matt Vickers MP
10:30am-12:00pm – Public health and Covid-19: Preparing local and regional government for the long haul
Chair: Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell (PPP)
Speakers: Cllr Teresa O’Neill (LGA), Adrew Boff AM (GLA), Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt (NHS), Cllr Colin Noble (LGA)
12:00-1:25pm – How do we solve a problem like social care?
Chair: Dr Daisy Bennett (Sky News)
Speakers: Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice (DHSC), Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Jane Ashcroft (Anchor Hanover)
12:00-1:25pm – Beating Cancer – How can we improve cancer survival rates?
Chair: Richard Vize (Guardian)
Speakers: Michelle Mitchell (Cancer Research UK), Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP (HO), Jo Churchill MP (DHSC), Owen Smith (BMS)
4:45-5:30pm – The state of the nation: In conversation with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Chair: The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (PPP)
Speakers: Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (DHSC)
6:00-7:30pm – Public Health: Developing a vaccine for Covid-19
Chair: The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (PPP)
Speakers: The Lord Bethell (DHSC), Hugo Fry (ABPI), Lord Darzi (Institute of Global Health Innovation)
Monday 5.10.2020

9:30-11am – The Future of UK Life Sciences
Chair: The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (PPP)
Speakers: The Lord Bethell (DHSC), George Freeman MP, Lord O’Shaughnessy, Bruce Caldwell, Iain Foulkes, Dr Charmaine Griffiths
1:10-1:40pm – Rebooting the UK economy post-Covid-19: In conversation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chair: Stephen Hammond MP (PPP)
Speakers: Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer
3:00-4:30pm – Improving the nation’s mental health and wellbeing
Chair: Aubrey Allegretti (Sky News)
Speakers: Ben Spencer MP, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Nadine Dorries MP (DHSC), Zillah Moore (Tunstall)
4:30-6:00pm – The future of the UK’s railways post-Covid-19
Chair: Stephen Hammond MP (PPP)
Speakers: Huw Merriman MP, Chris Heaton-Harris MP (DfT), Adeline Ginn MBE (CPMS), Mat Baine (CPMS)
6:30-8:00pm – Lessons learnt: Preparing for future pandemics
Chair: The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (PPP)
Speakers:
Jason Helgerson (Helgerson Group), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, H.E. Mrs Linda
Scott (Namibian High Commission), Chris Hayman
Public Policy Projects Co-Chairs

Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell

Executive Chair, Public Policy Projects
Available for commentary on Health, Social Care, Government Affairs
Stephen is Executive Chairman of Public Policy Projects and Chair of
LaingBuisson, the healthcare market intelligence company. Stephen was
Chair of the NHS Confederation between November 2015-2019. Stephen was a
Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2015 and a
member of the government from 1987 to 1997. He was a member of the
Cabinet as Secretary of State for the National Heritage from 1994 to
1995 and Secretary of State for Health from 1995 to 1997. Between 2010
and 2014, Stephen was the first elected chair of the
House of Commons Health Committee, developing the role of the Committee
as an authoritative cross-party voice on health and care policy.
Baroness Nicola Blackwood

Co-Chair (Healthcare), Public Policy Projects
Available for commentary on Life Sciences, Health, Government Affairs
Nicola is Chair of Genomics England, a Member of the Lords Science &
Technology Select Committee and Honorary Professor of Science and
Public Policy at UCL. She has served as Minister for Innovation in the
Department for Health and Social Care (UK) under two
Prime Ministers. Her Ministerial portfolio covered Lifesciences, Mental
Health, Data and Digital Transformation of the NHS, Cybersecurity,
Brexit, Trade, Global Health Security and Public Health. Nicola oversaw
NHS Digital, Genomics England and the NIHR, and
was closely involved in the creation and development of NHSX.Stephen Hammond MP

Co-Chair (Infrastructure), Public Policy Projects
Available for commentary on Infrastructure, Government Affairs
Stephen Hammond MP is the Conservative MP for Wimbledon, and has been
since 2005. He was Minister of State in the Department of Health and
Social Care from November 2018 to July 2019. He was previously
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
from September 2012 to July 2014. He was a member of the Treasury
Select Committee from 2015-2018. Stephen also served as Shadow Secretary
of State for Transport from 2005 to 2010 and Parliamentary Private
Secretary to Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP from 2010 to 2012.
Before being elected to Parliament, Stephen worked for a leading fund
management company and a number of investment banks including Dresdner
Kleinwort Benson and Commerzbank Securities. He was a local councillor
from 2002-2006.Get in touch

To
interview one of the Public Policy Projects Co-Chairs or get more
information on the conference and coverage of the sessions please get in
touch with Editor-in-Chief Dan Male or Publications Director Sarah
Cartledge.

Dan Male, Editor-in-Chief,

Dan.male@publicpolicyprojects.com

07854 200492

Sarah Cartledge, Publications Director

Sarah.cartledge@publicpolicyprojects.com

07507 196393

For more information visit: https://publicpolicyprojects.com

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