A POSTPONED pro-independence conference which originally sold out within a week has confirmed the line-up for the event, the Sunday National can reveal.
The Aberdeen Independence Movement (AIM) event was originally set to be held today, but due to pressure from the Omicron Covid-19 variant, was moved to Sunday, May 29.
And now, the full-day conference will take place over four suites at Aberdeen Altens Hotel between 10am and 6pm, with extra tickets made available due to the venue move.
SNP MP Stephen Flynn is set to open the event with a speech at 10am, followed by a panel organised by The National, whose speakers are still to be confirmed, at 10.20am.
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Believe in Scotland will host a second panel between 11am and 11.50am, before a break for lunch.
In the afternoon, delegates can attend a third panel hosted by AIM’s Theo Forbes titled “How new voices can play a huge role in the campaign” at 12.40pm.
Iona Fyfe, Allister Heath, Charlotte Armitage, Marcus Carslaw, and The National’s Laura Webster will discuss how new voices can invigorate the campaign.
A panel on a Just Transition and how the north-east and Scotland can become an energy powerhouse will be held from 2.15pm, featuring SNP MPs Hannah Bardell and Kirsty Blackman and Robert Gordon University’s Professor Peter Strachan, the co-leader of the Energy, Sustainability and Society Research Group at the Aberdeen Business School.
A final discussion, led by SNP policy convenor Tony Giugliano, will look at “Building a progressive winning Yes Movement” and will start at 3.15pm.
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Panelists include leading human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar, SNP MSP Karen Adam, Green MSP Maggie Chapman, and Mike Small of Bella Caledonia.
Closing the main stage at 5pm is the SNP’s President Mike Russell, who will give a keynote speech.
The announcement comes as Yes activists prepare for a summer of campaigning, with hopes that a second referendum will be held in 2023, as promised in the SNP’s manifesto.
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