Day Programme

Welcome & housekeeping
In The Studio

Intro & framing for the day from Ethical Consumer
In the Studio

How can we build a world where profit-focused businesses have been replaced by less damaging business models everywhere?

In The Studio, with speakers:

• – Cat Hobbs – Director from We Own It
• – Emily Darko – Director of Research and Policy from Social Enterprise UK
• – Tom Ebbutt – Director of Impact from B Lab Movement
• – James Wright – Policy Lead from Co-operatives UK
• – Facilitated by Rob Harrison – Co-founder, Writer & Researcher from Ethical Consumer

Moving away from tech monopolies

In The Stage, with speakers:

• – Natasha Natarajan – Co-director of Outlandish
• – Kelli Fairbrother – CEO of XigXag
• – Terry Tyldesley – Expert on Music / Tech / Production
• – Shaun Fensom – Chair from Networks Coop
• – Facilitated by Tim Hunt – Communications Consultant from Agile Collective & Outlandish Co-operative

How could finance be redesigned to benefit society, instead of increasing corporate power?

An outline of the main problems of corporate power in finance, and an introduction to Positive Money’s work and proposals. 
In The Mix, with speakers:

• – Joe Herbert – Senior Researcher from Positive Money
• – Hannah Dewhirst – Head of Campaigns from Positive Money
• – Introduced by Ruth Strange  – Writer, Researcher and Editor from Ethical Consumer

Break for tea and coffee

Corporate power and Palestine: from complicity to solidarity

In the Studio, with speakers:

• – Michael Solomon – Director from Business Leaders for Peace
• – Monika Nielsen – Lead Researcher from Boycott Bloody Insurance
• – Sami Alami – from Rift Valley Farms
• – Lewis Backon – Campaigns Officer from Palestine Solidarity Campaign
• – Dale Vince – Founder of Ecotricity
• – Jasmine Owens – Writer and Researcher from Ethical Consumer
• – Facilitated by Grace Hull Boakye – Business Marketing Coordinator from Ethical Consumer

Lunch and networking
Lunch provided in The Stage, networking in The Mix

How ethical businesses operate differently – a view from the inside

In The Studio, with speakers:

• – Chris Butler – Chief Financial Officer from Ethex
• – Louise Pryor – Chair from Ecology Building Society
• – Ben Pearson – Sustainability Reporting Coordinator from Suma
• – Rowan Harding – Financial Planner from Path Financial
• – Ed Grattan – Head of Corporate Communications from Triodos Bank UK
• – Louisiana Salge – Head of Sustainability from EQ Investors
• – Rob Harrison – Co-founder, writer and researcher from Ethical Consumer

Challenging land grabs by new tech and AI

In The Stage, with speakers:

• – Sebastian Lehuede – Lecturer in Ethics, AI & Society at Kings College
• – Steven Renderos – Executive Director at MediaJustice
• – Sara Marcucci – Founder from AI + Planetary Justice Alliance
• – Facilitated by Ethical Consumer

Networking

In The Mix

Rounding up the day
In The Studio

End/ Networking