Annual Delegate Conference 2008

This years Annual Delegate Conference will take place in Portsmouth Guild Hall from Tuesday 6th to 9th May. These pages provide members with access to copies of the motions that will be heard, as well as copies of related Conference Papers and information.

As soon as posible the outcome of each motion along with the committee responsible for taking forword carried motions will be published in this section of the POA Website.

Guest speakers at this years conference will include:

Mike Ewart	Chief Executive Scottish Prison Service
Nick Herbert MP	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Mary Turner	President of the GMB
Phil Wheatley	Director General of the National Offender Management Service
Jack Straw	Secretary of State for Justice
Rodney Bickerstaffe	President of the UK National Pensioners Convention

As members can see there is again a wide range of influential visitors to our conference this year. Copies of their conference addresses will be available on this site following conference.

Members will be able to view the full Verbatim Report from this years Conference via their local branch committee.

Additional information and papers will be added to the site as they become available.

Any member wishing to attend conference as a visitor should contact Cronin House on 0208 803 0255 at lease 24 hours in advance. Please note that there is a strict policy on conduct during Conference that will be enforced by the Conference Security Team.

Media enquiries should contact the POA Press and Media Office on 0208 803 0255 (option 7)