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Keynotes

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Main hall

Peter Tatchell

Two Heads of the Same Serpent

- Global Populism and Fundamentalism

- How to Navigate the Best Path for Human Rights Resistance

Human Rights Campaigner and Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation

Thursday 23rd October

4.00 pm

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Drew Dalton

Power. Populism. Politics

– A New World Order?

CEO and Chair of ReportOUT, author, consultant

Thursday 23rd October

9.10 am

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Lady Phyll

Intersectional and Grounded

- Our Lives, Our Liberation: Fighting for Human Rights at the Intersections

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah CEO and Co-Founder UK Black Pride (UKBP)

Friday 24th October

9.05 am

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Kate Osborne MP

Protecting LGBTQ+ rights in the face of a global pushback: what can we do here in the UK and globally?

Local Member of Parliament (Jarrow and Gateshead East) and campaigner for LGBTQ+ causes

Thursday 23rd October

9.45 am

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Assembly Rooms

Jeroen Cooreman

Address of Solidarity

His Excellency the Ambassador from the Kingdom of Belgium

Signing of the Newcastle-Gateshead Declaration

Ambassador from the Kingdom of Belgium to the United Kingdom

Friday 24th October

7.00 pm Assembly Rooms

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Karen Kilgour

Greetings from the City of Newcastle

Signing of the Newcastle-Gateshead Declaration, Assembly Rooms

Leader of Newcastle City Council

Friday 24th October

7.00 pm Assembly Rooms

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Gary Haley

Deputy Leader Gateshead Council

Greetings from Gateshead Council

Signing of the Newcastle-Gateshead Declaration

Friday 24th October

7.00 pm Assembly Rooms

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