International Youth For Fair Trade Conference 2009

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Department for International Development

Great Choice and Range of Activities

When	What	Details	Who
Friday
From 1700	Registration and Selection of Workshops and Creative Campagin Sessions	Alan Berry Building, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB	Fairtrade tea and coffee provided
From 1800	Entertainment	Fairtrade film night	We’ll choose from a selection of Fair Trade Films that show the need for a fairly trading world.
From 9:30pm	Accommodation	Sports Hall	For those who have booked this (£5.75 per night) – budget accommodation – bring your own sleeping bag etc.
Saturday
0900 – 1015	Registration and Selection of Workshops and Creative Campagin Sessions	Alan Berry Building, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB
1015 - 1045	Opening session	Introduction to the conference	David Williams, Coventry Cathedral and Fiona Ranford, People & Planet
1045 - 1115	Opening key note speaker	Come and hear John speaking in Coventry Cathedral - ‘an extraordinary place, a story you can’t ignore’	John Hilary, War on Want
1115 - 1130	Break		Opportunity to Network
1130 - 1300	Kuapa Kokoo	Kuapa Kokoo link: Ghanaian chocolate co-op live link up	Understand the difference Fairtrade makes to the lives of Cocoa Farmers with Trading Visions’ Tom Allen
1300 – 1400	Lunch		Find your own lunch in the many eateries near the conference venue
1400 – 1530	Workshops session 1	Your selection of one of four workshops (selected during Registration): 1. Taking Fair Trade to the next level – beyond FT university status. 2. "Eagle Meets Condor: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Sustainability in the Andes of Ecuador.” 3. Hungry for change: campaign planning to take on the supermarket giants 4. Cotton on to Fairtrade: From the issues to our actions	Fiona Ranford: People & Planet: Paulette Stenzel, Michigan State University, USA Dominic Eagleton: Action Aid Sarah Jewell and Adam Gardner: Fairtrade Foundation
1530 – 1600	Break		Fairtrade Tea and Coffee provided
1600 – 1730	Workshops session 2	4 Workshops	Choose another one from the morning’s workshops (selected during Registration)
1730 – 1800	Break		Opportunity to network
1800 - 1900	Evening session	Fair Trade Debate "Have multinationals 'hijacked' Fair Trade?"	Panelists include: Barbara Crowther: Fairtrade Foundation Director of Policy & Communications Alison Ward: Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at Cadbury Agnes Nairn: Academic and Author, Consumer Kids Paul Birch: Managing Director, Revolver World RevolverWorld.com Chair: Tom Wood, Former Coventry Students Union President
1900-2000	Get the Party Started!	Buffet Supper	“54” Student Union Building, Cox Street.
2000 - 2200	Entertainment	Samba Reggae drumming party	Sambassadors of Groove
Overnight from 2230	Sports Hall accommodation		For those who have booked this (£5.75 per night) – budget accommodation – bring your own sleeping bag etc.
Sunday
0915 - 1030	Registration and Selection of Workshops and Creative Campagin Sessions
1030 – 1130	Opening session:	Youth feedback	Hear from three groups that have had successful projects promoting Fair Trade in the Youth for Fair Trade Programme
1130 – 1300	Workshops session 3	Your selection of one of four workshops (selected during Registration): 1. Ethical fashion: comparing FT labelling and how FT mark fits with the rest of the supply chain. 2. Young Entrepreneurs: Setting up FT Social Enterprise. 3. Consuming Fashion, Discuss the increase in consumption of Fashion Products over the past decade, its impact (both ethical and sustainable) and how we might address these issues. 4. Fair Trade Dragon's Den: Soap Making in India ... & other sales pitches	Labour Behind the Label Linda Edwards Proprietor of A Fair World Designs Ella Sharp, Coventry University Fashion Department Karem Issa (Tony Blair Faith Acts Fellow) and Jonny Mason
1300 - 1400	Lunch		Find your own lunch in the many eateries near the conference venue
1400 - 1545	Creative campaign action	Your selection of two of three workshops (selected during Registration): 1. Fair Trade T shirt adornment and transformation using easy methods of decoration and cutting transform a basic T Shirt into a unique piece of clothing promoting Fair Trade. 2. Fairtrade product blind tasting (goodies from Divine and The Co-op) 3. It’s not just coffee…make your own Fairtrade skincare products	Ella Sharp, Coventry University Fashion Department Andy Littlewood, Sustainable Communities Officer, City Services and Development Directorate, Coventry City Council Bubble & Balm: Sue Acton
1545 - 1600	Break		Opportunity to Network
1600 – 1630	Closing Speaker	Be Inspired as you leave the conference!	Prof. Jane Conlon MBE, CEO Tabeisa

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