The IFS National Convention on Scotland’s Future, scheduled for 30 November, will now have its first meeting on SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025.
The Memorial Service will be an opportunity for people throughout Scotland, whether or not they are present at St Giles’s Cathedral, to reflect on Alex Salmond’s life and achievements, and to say a proper farewell to him. We have no wish to be in any way a distraction from that, and postponing our own event is clearly the right thing to do.
During the next few days IFS will be in touch with all of those who registered to participate in the Convention, or who expressed an interest in it, to confirm the new arrangements.
The purpose of the gathering remains unchanged.
• To bring people together from all over Scotland, free from party politics, to discuss matters of critical importance to the nation.
• To identify the huge opportunities awaiting Scotland as we proceed towards self-determination.
• To reach consensus on how we may deal with them to our advantage in an independent Scotland.
• To identify perceived obstacles to independence and how they can be circumvented.
Because of space considerations at the venue, numbers will be restricted to 120, and IFS is encouraging those interested to apply as soon as possible.
You can download the application form Application-Form-Individual-Participants-with-eligibility-criteria 2025
