In 2018 the conference is being held at the ICC in Birmingham. As the capital of the West Midlands and a crucial part of the Midlands Engine, Birmingham is at the heart of the kind of high technology, high skills economy unions like Prospect are calling for in future.
Mike Clancy, Prospect’s general secretary said:
“Delegates and visitors to our conference are meeting at an important time for the trade union movement.
“As trade unions and the country as a whole works to address the challenges thrown up by Brexit this will be high on the agenda for the conference.
“And with more and more people recognising that we need a step change in voice at work this will be an important topic too.
“It is apt that we are meeting in Birmingham. As a union which represents thousands of scientists and specialists, Birmingham is a centre for innovation in areas like energy and advanced manufacturing.
“As we think about the future of work we will need to see many more jobs in areas like these.”
Prospect delegates from across the UK will be debating a range of motions on social policy, Brexit, energy, the environment and other topics.
This conference also marks the first Prospect national conference welcoming BECTU – the union for entertainment and media experts – which merged with Prospect in January 2017.
The timetable for the conference is below and the full agenda can be found here. Those interested in following the debates and decisions of conference should follow Prospect on Twitter.
First session – Sunday 3 June
16:30 Opening of conference
16:40 Adoption of Standing Orders Committee Report
16:50 Presentation of Prospect Annual Report by Mike Clancy, General Secretary
17:05 Result of Ballot for National Executive Committee
17:10 Section A: Equality and Diversity
18:00 Presentation of Prospect Branding
18:45 Section B: Prospect Branding
19:00 Close of Session
Second session – Monday 4 June
09:30 Section C: Subscriptions
09:50 Section D: Health and Safety
10:30 Section E: Energy and Environment
11:20 Break-out sessions
12:50 Close of Session
Third session
14:00 Presentation by Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC
14:45 Section F: Social and Public
16:30 Section G: Rules
18:00 Close of Session
Fourth session – Tuesday 5 June
09:30 Presentation on General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
10:00 Brexit Panel Discussion: What Brexit means for the UK
11:50 Section H: Brexit
12:20 Section I: International
12:30 Section J: Pensions
13:00 Close of Session
Fifth session
14:15 Section K: Pay and Employment
17:05 Section L: Recruitment and Organisation
17:35 R&O awards presentation – awards sponsored by College Hill Press
18:15 Close of Session
Sixth session – Wednesday 6 June
09:30 Section G: Rules (continued)
10:20 Section F: Social and Public (continued)
11:50 Section M: Prospect Organisation
13:10 Section N: Appointments and Appreciations
13:15 Emergency Motions
14:00 Adoption of Annual Report and Statement of Accounts