A post-election conference exploring new opportunities to work together for peace inside and outside the new Scottish Parliament.

Saturday 26 May 2007 10.30 am - 4 pm
Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Road, Glasgow

Outline map and diagram of venue
From Partick train and underground station cross Dumbarton Road. (Multimap link)

Conference Papers

Leaflet.

AGENDA

10.30 registration, coffee (lesser hall)

11.00 plenary (lesser hall)

Katy Clark MP (Labour)
Sandra White MSP (SNP)
Patrick Harvie MSP (Green)
Robert Brown MSP (Lib Dem)
Professor William Walker (International Relations, St Andrews)

12.15 workshops

Winning a majority against Trident in the new Scottish Parliament (lesser hall)

Trident and Faslane – an alternative employment strategy (room 9)
Stephen Boyd (STUC)

The Scottish parliament and the transport of nuclear weapons (room 1)
Chris Ballance (Former Green MSP)

13.15 lunch (lesser hall

14.00 workshops

Hosting an International Disarmament Conference in Scotland (lesser hall)
Chair Janet Fenton; update on NPT and disarmament by Rebecca Johnson, Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

Outlawing nuclear weapons in Scotland (room 7)
Michael Matheson MSP and John Mayer Advocate

Peace Education and Establishing a Scottish Centre for Peace & Justice (room 1)
David Mackenzie and Isobel Lindsay

15.00 closing plenary (lesser hall)

Chair - Matt Smith, Scottish Secretary, UNISON

15.30 close