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The day will be made up of four sessions. In each session three keynote speakers (speaking for 10 minutes) will set the context – allowing 40 minutes for questions, contributions and debate from the floor of the conference.

The programme is follows:

Time

Event/Session Title

9.15-9.45

Registration

 9.45-10.00 Conference opening and welcome Professor Pillay VC Liverpool Hope
University.

10.00-10.15

Roy Bailey

10.20-11.40

Session 1: The Radical Social Work Legacy

Speakers:

Jeremy Weinstein, Professor Chris Jones, Mary Langan 

11.45-12

Coffee/tea

12 - 1.15

Session 2: Radical Social Work and Oppression

Speakers:

Professor Charlotte Williams, Professor Peter Beresford, Laura Penketh

1.15-2.00

Lunch

 2.00 - 2.15
Professor Walter Lorenz "Where is social work going - European
perspectives"
2.15 - 3.15.

 

Session 3:  Open Stream

Stream A (Room 102)
“Constructing the Social – Social Work, Social Capital & Social
Enterprise : The Return of the Emperor’s New Clothes?” Samantha Baron
“Radical Thinking in Consensual Contexts in Social Work Policy and
Practice” Adam Dinham and Tom Henri
Stream B (Room 109)
“Is the recent invisibility of ‘race’ and racism in social work the
new radicalism?” Cathy Aymer
“The politics of sexuality: Learning from the past to inform radical
social work practice of the future” Christine Cocker and Helen Cosis
Brown
Stream C (Great Hall)
“Radical social work theory and practice in mental health – learning
from the past to preserve our future”. Vicki Coppock
“Grass roots welfare in Greece: Reflections on a ‘road not taken’
(Vassilis Ioakimidis and Dora Teloni
Stream  D (Room 113)
 “Social Work, Welfare and War: Meeting human need in Beirut during
Israel’s 33 day war, 2006” Barrie Levin and Michael Lavalette
“Community Social Work with India’s dispossessed: Chennai’s fishing
community and the Asian Tsunami” Sandra Jospeh and Laura Prasana,
India

3.15-3.30

Coffee/tea

3.30 – 4.30

Radical Social Work: Future Prospects

Speakers:

Dr. Mark Baldwin, Dr. Sarah Banks, Dr Iain Ferguson

 4.30-4.45 Conference closing remarks "Radical Social Work and the
Social Work Action Network" Dr Michael Lavalette Associate Professor
of Social Work, Liverpool Hope University
Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 January 2010 )