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 – 10:00 | Registration at LSBU The Hub |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Opening 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 from | Session 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 from | Session 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. |