Conservative leader David Cameron opens his first party conference in Bournemouth on 1 October. Here are the main debates and speeches during the four-day event.SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER
1430 Formal opening by the mayor of Bournemouth
1440 Introduction by party chairman Francis Maude
1500 - 1545
Party change
William Hague, shadow foreign secretary
David Davis, shadow home secretary
1545 - 1630
John McCain, US Senator
1645 - 1715
Conservative Party - past and future
David Cameron, Conservative leader
MONDAY 2 OCTOBER
0910 - 0940
Hot Topic Debate: considering a ban on marketing to children
0940 - 1100
Public services
David Willetts, shadow education and skills secretary
Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary
1100 - 1245
Tackling the causes of crime
Camilla Batmanghelidjh, Kids Company
Crime debate
David Davis, shadow home secretary
Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
Norman Brennan, Victims of Crime Trust
John Timoney, Miami Chief of Police
1415 - 1445
Hot Topic Debate: cheap flights are a false economy
1445 - 1600
Environment debate
Peter Ainsworth, shadow environment secretary
Chris Grayling, shadow transport secretary
Zac Goldsmith, ecologist
Jeanette Winterson, author and environmentalist
Peter Kendall, National Farmers' Union
1610 - 1640
Social action
1640 - 1730
Meet the candidates
Theresa May, shadow Commons leader
Oliver Letwin, chairman, Conservative Research Department
Ann Widdecombe MP
Rachel Elnaugh, Dragon's Den, BBC
TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER
0910 - 0940
Hot Topic Debate: alcohol does more harm than drugs
0940 - 1100
Social justice debate
Caroline Spelman, shadow communities secretary
Philip Hammond, shadow work and pensions secretary
1100 - 1130
Economic competitiveness
The role of business in society
1130 - 1245
Economy debate
Alan Duncan, shadow trade and industry secretary
George Osborne, shadow chancellor
1415 - 1530
Foreign affairs and international security
Liam Fox, shadow defence secretary
William Hague, shadow foreign secretary
1545 - 1645
Devolution debate
Cheryl Gillan, shadow Wales secretary
David Mundell, shadow Scotland secretary
Oliver Heald, shadow constitutional affairs secretary
David Lidington, shadow Northern Ireland secretary
1645 - 1730
Meet the candidates
WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER
0920 - 0950
Culture and the creative industries
Hugo Swire, shadow culture secretary
0950 - 1020
Hot Topic Debate: global companies are a force for good
1020 - 1130
Global poverty debate
Andrew Mitchell, shadow international development secretary
William Hague, shadow foreign secretary
Mark Malloch Brown, UN deputy secretary-general
1140 - 1210
Meet the candidates
1210 - 1250
Conference choice debate
Theresa Villiers, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury
Boris Johnson, shadow higher education minister
1400 - 1430
Social action
1430 - 1530
Leader's speech
David Cameron, Conservative leader
1530
Conference closes
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