Social Justice Ireland's annual Social Policy Conference 'Planning and Delivering a Fairer Future - Values, Democracy and Social Provision' will take place on Tuesday 18th November in Croke Park Conference Centre. A range of speakers from Ireland and abroad will address questions regarding planning for and delivering a fairer future.
SPEAKERS
Seán O'Riain – Professor of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth and is also with the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis. Author of 'The Rise and Fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust' (2014).
Topic: Ireland's Boom and Bust – lessons for the years ahead
Thomas Fazi - writer, activist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of 'The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent - and How We Can Take It Back' (2014)
Topic: Reconnecting democracy and economics to build a fairer future
Eoin Reeves - Senior Lecturer, Director of Privatisation & Public Private Partnerships Research Group, University of Limerick. Author of 'The Not So Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Over 12 Years of PPPs in Ireland' (2013)
Topic: Providing Public Services and Infrastructure – PPPs and other options
Colin Scott – Principal, College of Human Sciences and Professor of EU Regulation & Governance at UCD.
Topic: Regulation, Accountability and Democracy – to look at the whole area of providers/funders, public/private and the role of regulation in these contexts
Seán Healy, Brigid Reynolds and Michelle Murphy – Social Justice Ireland. Co-authors of 'Steps Towards a Fairer Future'
Topic: A Question of Values: Responsibility for Providing Public Services and Infrastructure?
'My Five-Point Plan for Ireland's Development' These will be presented by:
Conor Killeen, CEO, Key Capital
David Begg, General Secretary, ICTU
Patricia O'Hara, Chairperson of the National Statistics Board.
Fred Powell, Professor of Social Policy, UCC
Register here secretary@socialjustice.ie.
