Breaking through Britain’s innovation barrier

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Duncan Cunningham, Kevin McCullagh, Mercy Muroki, Dr Nikos Sotirakopoulos

Running back to EU? Labour, Europe and the economy

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Catherine McBride, Ali Miraj, Dr Thomas Sampson, Gawain Towler

Could AI break the productivity impasse?

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Tom Bewick, Donald Clark, Dr Norman Lewis, Andrew Orlowski

Britain isn’t working: the rise of joblessness

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Julia Hobsbawm OBE, Dr Linda Murdoch, Professor Vicky Pryce, Andy Twelves

Demographic change: will we run out of workers?

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dominic Frisby, Phil Mullan, Hilary Salt, Charlie Winstanley

From debanking to Bud Light: the rights and wrongs of ESG

Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Joan Mulvenna, Professor David Paton, Hilary Salt, Barry Wall

Net zero: can the economy and democracy survive?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Lord David Frost, Rob Lyons, Scarlett Maguire, John McTernan

Capitalism and the working class: a love-hate relationship

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKER: Don Milligan

Reviving economies: Is the state a help or a hindrance?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Paul Embery, Matthew Lesh, Ali Miraj, Hilary Salt

From diversity to debanking: is ESG bad for business?

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Luke Johnson, Catherine McBride, Lesley Smith, Martin Summers, Joanna Williams

Bouncing back or basket case? The state of the UK economy

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Sam Bowman, William Clouston, Phil Mullan, Vicky Pryce

Rising tensions, falling growth: prospects for the global economy?

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Liam Halligan, Ivan Krastev, Helen Searls.

Is Net Zero economic suicide?

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Rabina Khan, Professor Vicky Pryce, Andy Shaw, James Woudhuysen, Martin Wright

Can we fix Britain?

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Laila Cunningham, Rob Lyons, Claire Pearsall, Martin Wright, Gareth Wyn Jones

Work shy and retiring: have we fallen out of love with work?

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Brian Denny, Simon Hoppe, Linda Murdoch, Angelica Walker-Werth, Dr Glynne Williams

Why Bitcoin matters for freedom in a digital age

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKER: Allen Farrington

Is levelling up really levelling down? The great inequality debate

Sunday 10 October 2021
SPEAKERS: Hilary Salt, Don Watkins

From HGV drivers to bricklayers: how do we solve the skills crisis?

Sunday 10 October 2021
SPEAKERS: Tom Bewick, Victoria Hewson, Kelvin Hopkins, Rick Moore, Linda Murdoch

From profits to prophets: why has big business gone woke?

Saturday 9 October 2021
SPEAKERS: Laura Bierer-Nielsen, Konstantin Kisin, Professor Vicky Pryce, Dr Diane Wei Liang, James Woudhuysen

Battle 2017 Lecture: how do we create an economic renaissance?

Sunday 29 October 2017
SPEAKER: Phil Mullan

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