The Conference
You’re invited.
Scottish Sovereignty Research Group Conference
EMPOWERING THE NATION
29,30,31 July 2022 at the Carnegie Conference Centre Dunfermline
Come and take part in SSRG’s first conference and play your part in helping to shape the future of Scotland
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The Conference
EMPOWERING THE NATION is a deliberately ambitious event where we will cover many of the important issues currently facing Scotland, discussed by well-known expert speakers from Scotland and beyond, including Prof Alf Baird, Prof Richard Murphy, Sara Salyers, Prof Paul McCartney, Billy Kay and many more to be announced.
We’ll be covering:
• Six Routes to Self-Determination
• Scotland’s economy post independence, currency, taxation and more
• Language, Culture and Identity
• Land Ownership and Natural Resources
• Scotland’s Defence requirements and policies
• Media Ownership and Regulation
• International Recognition and Relations, EU, EFTA and more
• Strategic National Infrastructure & Trade
• Scotland’s Constitution – the Historic Constitution, based on the Claim of Right, and the development of a modern written constitution
EMPOWERING THE NATION is not just a conference though. Delegates (that’s you) are invited to participate and contribute to work streams related to each of the topics, with the aim of generating practical follow-up actions in each of the topic areas.
Confirmed Speakers
- Dr Mark McNaught, SSRG
- Peter A Bell
- Sara Salyers
- Professor Alf Baird
- Dr Tim Rideout
- Professor Richard Murphy
- Billy Kay
- Graeme McCormick
- David Henry
- Gordon Ross
- Professor Paul McCartney
- David Younger
- Dr Elliot Bulmer
- Martin Keatings
- Iain Lawson
And more to be announced soon
Topics
- 6 Routes to Independence
- Scotland’s Economy, Currency, Taxation etc
- Televised “Scottish Questions”
- Language, Culture & Identity
- Land Ownership, Taxation, Natural Resources
- Media Ownership and regulation
- Defence requirements and Policy in Scotland
- International Law & Relations, Recognition:
EU, EFTA, RUK - Strategic Infrastructure and Trade
- Scotland’s Constitution
(The Historic Constitution
and the development of a Constitution
for an independent Scotland) - Findings, Conclusions and Actionable
Outcomes from Group Working Sessions - Close of Conference & next steps