Institute of Development Studies

IDS at the Party Conference Fringes

Every year IDS organises fringe events at the major political party conferences in the UK. We invite MPs and experts to discuss the latest international development issues that effect policy.

Details of the future events and news items reporting on these fringe events are listed below.

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Related IDS News

Is business the new aid: IDS at Conservative Party Conference 2011

Published: 7 Oct 2011

IDS fringe meeting at Conservative Party Conference examines the central role business has to play in international development




Is business the new aid? IDS at Labour Party Conference 2011

Published: 3 Oct 2011

IDS fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference examines the role business has to play in international development.




Is business the new aid? IDS at the UK's political party conferences

Published: 23 Sep 2011

IDS is present at all three of the UK's major political party conferences, organising a fringe event examing the central role business has to play in international development. This is a report on the first event, which took place at the Liberal Democrats Party Conference.




IDS at the Party Conferences 2009

Published: 20 Oct 2009

This year for the first time IDS participated in the autumn political party conferences, asking how best to evaluate international development and maintain support for development in a downturn.

Past IDS Events

IDS at the Conservative Party Conference

Dates: 4 Oct 2010
Time: 17.45 - 19.00

4 October 2010 at Dolce room, Hyatt Regency, Birmingham. Speakers: IDS Director Lawrence Haddad; Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for International Development; Tony German, Director, Development Initiatives; and Oliver Buston, European Director, ONE. 




IDS at the Labour Party Conference

Dates: 28 Sep 2010
Time: 17.30 - 19.00

28 September 2010 at the Peel Room, Radisson Hotel, Manchester. Speakers: Professor Lawrence Haddad, IDS Director; Ann McKechin MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade; Tony German, Director, Development Initiatives; and Alexander Woollcombe, UK Government Relations Manager, ONE.




IDS at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference

Dates: 20 Sep 2010
Time: 13.00 - 14.00

Speakers: Professor Lawrence Haddad, IDS Director; Malcolm Bruce MP, chair of the International Development Select Committee; Tony German, Director, Development Initiatives; and Alexander Woollcombe, UK Government Relations Manager, ONE. Jury's Inn Liverpool, Suite 6




Conservative Party Conference fringe event 'Evaluating International Development'

Dates: 6 Oct 2009
Time: 19.30 - 21.00

Speakers: Mark Lancaster MP, Shadow Minister for International Development, and Professor Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute of Development Studies.
For further information please contact Charlie Matthews: c.matthews@ids.ac.uk




Labour Party Conference fringe event 'Evaluating International Development'

Dates: 30 Sep 2009
Time: 19.30 - 21.00

Speakers: David Borrow MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade; and Professor Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute of Development Studies. 
For further information please contact Charlie Matthews: c.matthews@ids.ac.uk