Are we making a meal of GM foods?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Adam Hibbert, Zion Lights, Ed Rennie, Harry Wilkinson

Breaking through Britain’s innovation barrier

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

Climate lawfare: saving the planet or subverting democracy?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Shahrar Ali, Jon Holbrook, Alastair Mellon, Tina Louise Rothery, Stuart Smith

Is nuclear the future of energy… again?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Emma Bateman, Robert Reid, Dr Dominic Standish

Debating Matters: ‘Smartphones should be banned in the classroom’

Saturday 19 October 2024
DEBATING SCHOOLS: The Burgate School, Oakwood Park Grammar School

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

Book launch: The Power of Nuclear: The rise, fall and return of our mightiest energy source

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Marco Visscher

From social media to AI: a tech moral panic?

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Lord James Bethell, Andrew Doyle, Timandra Harkness, Sandy Starr

Net Zero and the great energy debate

Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Joanna Collins, Dr Caspar Hewett, Mark Hill, Rick Moore

What are the limits of AI?

Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Rob Bashforth, Eleanor Kavanagh-Brown, Dr Wajahat Ali Khan

Net zero: can the economy and democracy survive?

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

From BBC to GB News: can the media be impartial?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Michael Booker, Iain Macwhirter, Helen Searls, Baroness Stowell

Extreme weather: Can we adapt to a changing climate?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Timandra Harkness, Laurie Laybourn, Harry Wilkinson, Martin Wright

ChatGPT: cheating or a new tool for learning?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Catherine Breslin, Donald Clark, Omar Mohamed, Gareth Sturdy, Poppy Wood

Can renewables power the world?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Michaela Kendall, Simon Nash, Ralph Schoellhammer, James Woudhuysen

Who gives a folk?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Brian Denny, Maeve Halligan, Denis Russell

Debating Matters: ‘Social egg-freezing empowers women’

Saturday 28 October 2023
COMPETING SCHOOLS: New City College vs Richmond upon Thames College

Is AI the end of art?

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr JJ Charlesworth, Vivek Haria, Rosie Kay, Dr Hamish Todd

What are the limits of AI?

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Stuart Derbyshire, Professor Anders C Hansen, Timandra Harkness, Andrew Orlowski, Dr Kathleen Stock

Making babies in the lab: the morality of reproductive technologies

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Mehmet Çiftçi, Nicky Drury, Ann Furedi, Dr Günes Taylor

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