Timetable Ecosocialism Conference 2024

Timetable

Timetable for Ecosocialism Conference 2024 – 7 December at The Hub, London South Bank University, 100 London Rd, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6NJ

09:30 – 10:00Registration at LSBU The Hub
10:00 – 11:00Opening Plenary
Ecosocialism after COP29
Westminster Lecture Theatre 
Asad Rehman (War on Want), Jess Spear (Co-editor of Rupture), Simon Hannah (Ecosocialism Conference organising committee), Gyekye Tanoh (Global Ecosocialist Nework)
11:05 – 12:40 Three sessions to choose fromSession A
How might ecosocialist planning work? Westminster Lecture Theatre
Simon Hannah (Author of Reclaiming The Future: A Beginner’s Guide to Planning the Economy), Eric Meier (International network of Democratic Economic Planners)
Session B
Dismantling Green Colonialism
Lecture Theatre 2
Hamza Hamouchene (author of Dismantling Green Colonialism), Natalie Trevino (anti-colonial space theorist) and Gyekye Tamoh (Global Ecosocialist Network)
Session C
Workers Solidarity and GKN documentary Lecture Theatre 3
Shaun Dey from Reel News will show a documentary on the GKN factory occupation in Florence; Em Wright (Worker Climate Project and organiser with GND Rising)
12:40 – 13:30 Lunch – Available in the exhibition space
13:30 – 15:00 Two sessions to choose fromSession D
Fighting the far right and conspiracy theories Westminster Lecture Theatre
Alex Heffron (Farmer and a PhD student researching contemporary agrarian politics), Sam Moore (co-author of The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right)
Session E
Building ecosocialist movements
Lecture Theatre 2
Minhaj ul Arifeen (Working Class Climate Alliance), Clara Paillard (Unite Grassroot Climate Justice Caucus), Bob Williams-Findley (author of Disability Praxis)
15:00-15:20   Break – Tea & coffee will be available in the Exhibition Space
15:20 – 16:55 Revolution or reform strategy discussion – Westminster Lecture Theatre Christian Zeller (Author of Revolution for the climate: Why we need an eco-socialist alternative), Michael J Albert (lecturer in global environmental politics at the University of Edinburgh), Stefania Barca (author of Workers of the Earth Labour, Ecology and Reproduction in the Age of Climate Change)
17:00- 17:30 Closing Plenary
Building an ecosocialist network
Westminster Lecture Theatre
Will McMahon and Paris Wilder will introduce proposals for next steps and organising going into 2025.
Closing speech from John McDonnell MP.