Congress timetable and order of business

Wednesday 30 May, Congress

09:30-10:15 - Opening business, including:

• Address by joint president
• Adoption of congress standing orders
• Adoption of the report of the provisional congress business committee
• Adoption/noting of minutes of previous meetings

10:15-12:15 - Congress business section 1: Equality

12:15-12:30 - Speaker: Sally Hunt, UCU joint general secretary [29kb]

12.30-14.00 - Lunch and official fringes

14:00-14:15 - Speaker: Frances O'Grady, TUC deputy general secretary

14:15-14:45 - Congress business section 2: Health and Safety

14:45-15:15 - Congress business section 3: External relations

15:15-15:45 - Congress business section 4: Pensions and employment rights

15:45-17:45 - Congress business section 5: International and European work

17:45-18:00 - Speaker: Eberto Diaz, Colombian trade union leader

18:00-19:30 - Official fringes

Thursday 31 May, Sector Conferences 

09:00-12.30 - First sessions of the FE sector conference and HE sector conference

12:30-14:00 - Lunch and official fringes

14:00-14:45 - Joint session - Speaker: Professor Sir David King, government chief scientific officer

14:45-15:00 - Speaker: Paul Mackney, UCU joint general secretary [28kb]

15:00-18:00 - Second sessions of the FE sector conference and HE sector conference

18:00-19:30 - Official fringes 

Friday 1 June, Congress

9:00-10:00 - Private session: Congress business section 6: Financial matters and legal services

10:00-11:00 - Congress business section 7: Membership organisation and campaigning

11:00-11:10 - Speaker: Mark Serwotka, general secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)     

11:10-12:00 - Congress business section 7: Membership organisation and campaigning (continued)

12:00-12:30 - Speaker (to include Q&A): Bill Rammell, minister of state, Department of Education and Skills

12:30-14:00 - Lunch and official fringes

14:00-16:45 - Private session: Congress business section 8: Rule changes

16:45-17:00 - Closing business including:            

• Address by joint president Steve Wharton [7kb]
• Election results           
• Introduction of new president

17:00 - Close of business