The Radix Big Tent Ideas Festival: REGENERATE

Held in York, on June 17th 2023, in the grounds of York Minster.

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18.30 - Yorkie Village Green

Launch Event

16th June 202318:30 - 20:30

Introduction and Keynote

A keynote by Baroness Warsi ‘Constructive political debate and civil disagreement’.

Keynote Speaker: Baroness Warsi

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10.00 - Yorkie Village Green

Festival Opening

09:30 - 10:00

Festival Opening with the Lord Mayor of York

The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of York, Reverend Councillor Chris Cullwick, will open the Festival at 10 am.

The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of York: Reverend Councillor Chris Cullwick

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10 Kat

Sustainable Regeneration

10:00 - 11:00 at The Kit Kat Club

Power to the people. But which people?

Devolution but to whom and which powers and to what effect?

Chair: Adam Laver, Local Democracy Reporter, Yorkshire Post

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10 Pants

Better Culture & Conversations

10:00 - 11:00 at Smartie Pants

Is culture worth the money?

Can major projects like the Olympics and City of Culture really regenerate places - delivering measurable change, growth and civic pride?

Chair: Chenine Bhathena, London 2012 and Coventry City of Culture

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10 Polo

Collective Imagination

10:00 - 11:00 at Polo Place

Land and why it matters

Britain faces a housing crisis. Solving it will mean thinking differently about how we use land, yet who owns and controls it is a largely forgotten debate.

Chair: Miriam Brett, Co-Director, Future Economy Scotland

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10 Street

Economic & Physical Regeneration

10:00 - 11:00 at Quality Street

HOW COMMUNITIES CAN SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURES - LESSONS FOR YORK CENTRAL

Exploring the ambition of community groups and learning from successful projects how communities can shape neighbourhoods and economies through participation.

Chair: Phil Bixby, YoCo

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10 Aero-2

Economic & Physical Regeneration

10:00 - 11:00 at Aero Auditorium

Big Business: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

Does the private sector have a role to play in regeneration and, if so, what? How can we create a win-win from private sector investment?

Chair: Jonathan Cowap, Formerly BBC Radio York

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What Couldn't You Leave Behind

All day at the Village Green

10:00 - 18:00

What couldn't you leave behind?

Drop in interactive art project in Community Fayre area putting ourselves in the place of refugees.

Local Artist: Greg McGee

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Art Wall

All day at the Village Green

10:00 - 18:00

Art Wall

Leave your mark (literally) on the debate by contributing to our Festival art wall.

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Speakers’ Corner

All day at the Village Green

10:00 - 18:00

Speakers' Corner

Have your say about whatever is important to you, at our very own Speakers’ Corner.

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Community Fayre

All day at the Village Green

10:00 - 18:00

Community Fayre

Find out what local businesses, charities and voluntary organisations are doing to confront the issues we are discussing today and how to get involved.

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11 Pants

Better Culture & Conversations

11:10 - 12:10 at Smartie Pants

Creating Real Policy Change Through Drama

Arts & Homelessness International uses drama to address the challenges raised by homelessness. Using processes first developed in Rio three decades ago, Legislative Theatre is now practised around the world.

Led by: John Organ

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11 Aero

Better Culture & Conversations

11:10 - 12:10 at Aero Auditorium

Better Conversations

How do we have better political conversations/ build common ground and promote participation in democracy?

Chair: Adela Suliman, Breaking News Reporter, Washington Post

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11 Polo

Collective Imagination

11:10 - 12:10 at Polo Place

Reimagining York’s Future 2040

We will re-imagine York in 2040, looking forwards to a just and equitable future when our people and our natural environment are flourishing. We will describe what we can see, hear, and smell as we walk around the City, reflecting on the journey that brought us to this moment.

Chair: Victoria Hughes, Programme Lead - Emerging Futures, JRF

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11 Street

Economic & Physical Regeneration

11:10 - 12:10 at Quality Street

Where did all the workers go?

What has been the impact of Covid, Brexit and the Ukraine war on migration and what should we do about it?

Chair: Jo Phillips, Broadcaster and Writer, Radix Fellow

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11 Kat

Religion Education & Civil Society

11:10 - 12:10 at The Kit Kat Club

A Students' Manifesto

Pupils from York’s secondary schools and the Quaker schools network present their prewritten manifesto to a panel of education experts.

Chair: Joe Zammit-Lucia, Chair of the Radix Open Manifesto project

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HEALTH AND WEALTH

Walking Tour

11:10 - 12:10

Health and Wealth Walking Tour

Miles is a father of two who combines his own life as a former banker with his personal experience of homelessness and his recovery journey from addiction to uncover layers of local history that highlight how York’s health and wealth has been continually shaped.

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12 Kat

Religion Education & Civil Society

12:20 - 13:20 at The Kit Kat Club

DO WE UNDERSTAND RELIGION, AND DOES IT MATTER?

Interactive game using a smartphone pop quiz followed by panel discussion.

Chair: Rosie Dawson, Former BBC producer from Religion Media Centre

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12 Aero

Sustainable Regeneration

12:20 - 13:20 at Aero Auditorium

Transport for Net Zero

What is the future for transport in the UK to meet net zero targets? What strategy for York and the region? Which innovations can help significantly reduce emissions?

Chair: Nick Love, Presenter, Jorvik Radio

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12 Pants

Collective Imagination

12:20 - 13:20 at Smartie Pants

Time for Action on Care

More people need care but fewer people want to do it. Expanding child- and social care will need rapid reform of the care workforce and changing attitudes. What needs to change to forge a care revolution?

Chair: Sophie McBain, Associate Editor, New Statesman

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12 Street

Economic & Physical Regeneration

12:20 - 13:20 at Quality Street

Using Science and Tech to turn York and North Yorkshire Carbon Negative

York is home to some of the world’s leading bioeconomy science and research facilities. Scientists from BioYorkshire talk practically about how their expertise can deliver clean water, vertical farming, and help industry transition to clean processes.

Chair: Joan Cocannon, University of York

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12 Polo

Collective Imagination

12:20 - 14:30 at Polo Place

Children Imagining the Future

Children are the future, and their imagination is limitless. JRF and Game Creators have asked pupils of Tang Hall School to show us what they want York to look like in 10 years’ time. Double session.

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THE STORY OF GUY FAWKES

Walking Tour

12:20 - 13:20

The Story of Guy Fawkes

Beyond a tale of gunpowder, treason and plot, this walking tour of York tells the comprehensive story of Guy Fawkes. Tour guide Vicki first became interested in Guy Fawkes in 2009 and her passion is one of the reasons that she moved to the city. She interweaves her own personal journey of being diagnosed with Stage 4B cancer, treatment and remission with the story of his life.

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13 Kat

Sustainable Regeneration

13:30 - 14:30 at The Kit Kat Club

Decarbonisation and the Green Industrial Revolution

Can decarbonisation deliver economic success for Yorkshire and the UK?

Chair: Deborah Cohen, Former Science Editor, BBC

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13 Aero

Health & Cost of Living

13:30 - 14:30 at Aero Auditorium

A new social contract for Britain's health

How do we stay healthier for longer and reduce the burden on the NHS?

Chair: Prof Stephen Smith, former Dean of Medicine, Imperial College

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13 Street

Economic & Physical Regeneration

13:30 - 14:30 at Quality Street

Design made it possible: Creativity and Economic Success

The UK’s design sector is a growing powerhouse which contributes £97.4bn to the economy and almost 2 million jobs. Join the Design Council to explore how to grow regional design hubs and tackle global challenges such as AI and decarbonisation.

Chair: Minnie Moll, CEO, Design Council

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13 Pants

Sustainable Regeneration

13:30 - 14:30 at Smartie Pants

Tourism, Culture, and Promoting Regeneration

Sir Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project in conversation with Fiona Laird, Founder of the National Arts Trust.

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YORK MINSTER PRECINCT

Walking Tour

13:30 - 14:30

YORK MINSTER PRECINCT - A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Discover the plans that will shape the green future of York Minster, covering a wide range of projects around the Precinct, finishing with a talk on the statue of the Queen in the North Transept.

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14 Kat

Economic & Physical Regeneration

14:40 - 15:30 at The Kit Kat Club

How can we revive our flagging high streets?

Even before Covid our high streets were changing. How can we ensure they have a new life?

Chair: Simon Marshall, Aviva Capital Lead

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14 Polo

Health & Cost of Living

14:40 - 15:40 at Polo Place

The Times Newspaper's Health Commission

Come ready to give evidence directly to this influential investigation into health reform. How has the NHS helped or failed you? How do you stay healthy and what are your ideas to improve the system?

Chair: Rachel Sylvester, Times Columnist

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14 Aero

Economic & Physical Regeneration

14:40 - 16:50 at Aero Auditorium

The Pitch Pit

Big Tent’s highly popular version of Dragon’s Den. Entrepreneurs ready for investment identified by York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub get their chance to pitch for real money to real angel investors. Double session.

Chair: Tilly McAuliffe, Founder of Think Publishing

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14 Street

Better Culture & Conversations

14:40 - 15:40 at Quality Street

Big Data: Big Opportunity or Big Threat?

The media conversation around big data is about its risks and threats but could it transform our society, reduce costs and improve outcomes across crime, education, housing, health, finance?

Chair: Dr Paul Goldsmith, Founder of digital health companies, MHRA NED, NHS Clinical Senate

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14 Pants

Sustainable Regeneration

14:40 - 15:40 at Smartie Pants

Climate Resilience

How do we adapt to the climate changes we are facing to protect our homes, our heritage and our environment?

Chair: Deborah Cohen, Former Science Editor BBC

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HEALTH AND WEALTH

Walking Tour

14:40 - 15:40

Health and Wealth Walking tour

Miles is a father of two who combines his own life as a former banker with his personal experience of homelessness and his recovery journey from addiction to uncover layers of local history that highlight how York’s health and wealth has been continually shaped.

Read more

15 Pants

Better Culture & Conversations

15:50 - 16:50 at Smartie Pants

Creating real policy change through drama

Arts & Homelessness International uses drama to address the challenges raised by homelessness. Using processes first developed in Rio three decades ago, Legislative Theatre is now practised around the world.

Led by: John Organ

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15 Kat

Religion Education & Civil Society

15:50 - 16:50 at The Kit Kat Club

Does religion do more harm than good?

Cause of global conflict and excuse for discrimination or driver of social change and social good?

Chair: Roger Bolton, Former Presenter of ‘Sunday’ on Radio 4 and BBC1’s Heart of the Matter

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15 Polo

Religion Education & Civil Society

15:50 - 16:50 at Polo Place

The University and Place based regeneration

What’s a university got to do with delivering regeneration?

Chair: Matthew Reason, University of York St John’s

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15 Street

Sustainable Regeneration

15:50 - 16:50 at Quality Street

Food, Glorious Food

How do we feed ourselves sustainably, affordably and securely?

Chair: Anna Taylor, Executive Director, The Food Foundation

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14.30 Aero

Economic & Physical Regeneration

16:30 - 16:50 at Aero Auditorium

Entrepreneurs' Pit Stop

Following the continuation of the Pitch Pit, at 16:30 counselling and networking for entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs.

Welcome by: Emma Rollason-Taylor, York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

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17 Pants

Better Culture & Conversations

17:00 - 17:50 at Smartie Pants

Can business and politics learn to love each other?

Why don’t politicians and business people understand each other? How can they work better together to deliver a better society and economy?

Chair: Nick Love, Presenter, Jorvik Radio

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17 Kat

Economic & Physical Regeneration

17:00 - 17:50 at The Kit Kat Club

A Woman's Work

Over a decade after the Equality Act, women still face numerous challenges in the workplace, to the cost of us all. How do we challenge the legal, cultural and social behaviours which keep women out of their place?

Chair: Ros Bragg, Director, Maternity Action

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17 Aero

Health & Cost of Living

17:00 - 17:50 at Aero Auditorium

Poverty and the Cost of Living

What does the cost-of-living crisis mean to us and what can we do about it?

Chair: Richard Edwards, BBC Radio York/Politics North

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17 Polo

Religion Education & Civil Society

17:00 - 17:50 at Polo Place

Skills: The key roadblock to levelling up

How can we reform education to embrace new technology and equip our kids with the skills that they and the country will need to succeed?

Chair: Piers Birmingham, Chair of Politika, the Radix Youth Wing

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