Keynote speakers

Professor David Ormerod QC, Law Commission. Key author of the report: ‘Hate Crime: should the current offences be extended?’ (Law Commission, 2014).

Professor Paul Iganski, Lancaster University. Co-author of Hate Crime: A Global Perspective (Routledge, 2015).

Plenary speakers (addressing the latest developments in research)

Dr Chris Allen (Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Birmingham); Dr Marian Duggan (Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent); Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard (Head of Research, The Runnymede Trust), Professor Alan Roulstone (Professor of Disability Studies, University of Leeds); Professor Stephen Whittle (Professor of Equalities Law, Manchester Metropolitan University)

Plenary speakers (addressing the latest developments in policy and practice)

John Au (Operations Manager, Anthony Walker Foundation), Stuart Fitzgerald (Chief Executive, Michael Causer Foundation), Anthony Griffin (Committee Member, In Trust), Heidi Kenworthy (Chief Officer, MOWLL), Rose Simkins (Chief Executive, Stop Hate UK) and Dr Gee Walker (Founder and Trustee, Anthony Walker Foundation)

Other speakers and contributors

Professor Fiona Beveridge (Executive Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Liverpool), Dr Matt Gibson (Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool), Professor Barry Goldson (Charles Booth Chair of Social Science, University of Liverpool), Rowley Moore (Chief Superintendent, Merseyside Police), Natalie Perischine (Detective Chief Inspector, Merseyside Police), Leona Vaughn (Doctoral Research Student, University of Liverpool), Dominique Walker (Constable, Merseyside Police)