Speakers
- Aaronovitch, David
columnist, The Times; journalist, broadcaster, and author - Ahuja, Anjana
feature writer & science columnist for The Times - Allen, Myles
Principal Investigator, climateprediction.net, Review Editor, 4th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report - Allirajah, Duleep
columnist, spiked - Anderson, Rosemary
chartered health psychologist; director, Anderson peak Performance; fellow, Royal Society for the Protection of Health (RSPH) - Andrew, DeRoy Kwesi
author and co-producer, Damned by Debt Relief - Appignanesi, Josh
film writer and director - Appleton, Josie
convenor, Manifesto Club - Ayers, Richard
Portal director and editor - Baggini, Julian
editor, The Philosophers' Magazine; journalist; author - Barnes, Bobby
assistant chief executive, The Professional Footballers' Association - Baum, Michael
Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities, University College London - Ben-Ami, Daniel
finance and economics journalist, author, Cowardly Capitalism: The Myth of the Global Financial Casino - Bentley, Michael
professor of modern history, University of St Andrews - Berlins, Marcel
journalist, broadcaster; lecturer specialising in legal topics and human rights - Bickerton, Chris
co-convenor of the Sovereignty And Its Discontents (SAID) working group - Bickerton, Paul
Coach Development Officer, sports coach uk - Blond, Phillip
lecturer in theology and philosophy, St Martin's College, Lancaster; author, Post Secular Philosophy: Between Philosophy and Theology - Bowden, David
English Literature student; student journalist; playwright - Brian, Justine
administrator, Debating Matters - Briner, Rob
professor of organizational psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London - Brock, George
Saturday Editor, The Times; president, World Editors Forum - Brogan, Anne
controller, Granada Kids - Bunting, Madeleine
director, Demos (from 4 September 2006) - Butcher, Jim
senior lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, author; Ecotourism, NGOs and Development - Campbell, Philip
editor-in-chief, Nature - Caines, Michael
editor, Times Literary Supplement (TLS) - Chamberlain, Lesley
writer and critic - Chandler, David
professor of international relations, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster; author, Empire in Denial: The Politics of State-building - Clements, Dave
Social Policy Editor, Future Cities Project - Clifford, Theresa
Business Development Director, cScape - Cope, Wendy
poet - Couchman, Hannah
deputy West Midlands representative, English Secondary Students' Associate - Coulter, Paddy
director, Reuters Foundation Fellowship programme, Oxford University - Crafts, Nick
Professor of Economic History, University of Warwick - Crick, Bernard
Emeritus Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College London; author - Cummings, Dolan
Research and Editorial Director, Academy of Ideas - Cunliffe, Philip
co-convenor, Sovereignty and It's Discontents (SAID) working group - Curran, Peter
broadcaster, documentary maker, director of The Teaching Challenge - Davey, Jenny
business journalist, The Times - Dawson Scott, Robert
TV producer; arts critic, Independent - Dean, Suzy
Government Studies student, London School of Economics; Student Promotions Co-ordinator, Battle of Ideas - Deasy, Monica
director of standards, qualifications and research, Lifelong Learning UK - Deichmann, Thomas
editor, Novo magazine; freelance writer - Delaney, Matt
regional director, Sport England - London - Dent, Shirley
Communications Director, Academy of Ideas - Derbyshire, Stuart
senior lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK) - Dey, Rajeeb
Founder and Chairman, English Secondary Students' Association - Dingle, Ceri
director, WORLDwrite - Durodié, Bill
senior lecturer in Risk and Corporate Security, Cranfield University, UK Defence Academy - Earle, Wendy
commissioning editor (education), British Film Institute - Easton, Mark
Home Editor, BBC; presenter of The Happiness Formula, BBC2 - Ecclestone, Kathryn
reader in Assessment for Lifelong Learning, University of Nottingham - Entine, Jon
author; Adjunct Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Columnist, Ethical Corporation magazine - Finzi, Beadie
director, BRITDOC Festival; independent documentary producer/director - Fitzpatrick, John
senior lecturer in law, director, Kent Law Clinic; University of Kent - Fitzpatrick, Michael
GP; medical journalist; commentator - Fong, Kevin
NESTA Fellow and Honorary Lecturer in Physiology, University College London - Forster, Eliot
Vice President of Development, Pfizer - Fox, Claire
director, Academy of Ideas - Frayling, Christopher
rector, Royal College of Art; chairman, Arts Council - Frayn, Liz
Senior House Officer in Psychiatry, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust - Furedi, Frank
professor of sociology, University of Kent; author Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right - Fyfield, Frances
criminal lawyer; novelist - Gartrell, Tom
Assistant Treasurer, Pro-Test; biology student, New College, Oxford University - Gearty, Conor
Rausing Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics - Geary, Frank
education manager, The Poetry Society - Gilland, Tony
Science and Society Director, Academy of Ideas; Science Editor, Debating Matters - Glare, Francis
Director of Urbanism, BDP - Gledhill, James
Resources Editor, Debating Matters - Grasso, Maria
DPhil student in sociology, Nuffield College, University of Oxford - Grayling, A C
professor of philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London; writer and commentator - Green, Kate
chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group - Harkness, Timandra
freelance science writer; event producer - Harrison, Matthew
senior research associate, Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal College of Art - Hayes, Dennis
research and development, Urban Learning Foundation; Joint-President, University and College Union - Hayes, Patrick
Promotions Co-ordinator, Battle of Ideas; head of Research and Development, TSL Education - Hehir, Bríd
lead for patient and public involvement, Camden Primary Care Trust - Henderson, Graham
chief executive, Poet in the City - Herbert, Guy
general secretary, NO2ID; senior contributor, Samizdata.net - Herd, David
senior lecturer in English and American literature, University of Kent - Hewlett, Steve
columnist, Media Guardian; broadcaster - Hill, Emily
freelance writer; spiked, Dazed and Confused - Holbrook, Jon
barrister, 2-3 Gray's Inn Square - Honderich, Ted
Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London - Horn, Maxine
chief executive officer, British Design Innovation - Howard, Philip K
author, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America; chair, Common Good - Huhne, Chris
Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh - Hume, Mick
Editor, spiked - Iddon, Brian
MP for Bolton South East since 1997; parliamentary interests in education, health and technology - Jenkins, Tiffany
Arts and Society Director, Academy of Ideas - Johnson, Fiona
director of communications, General Teaching Council for England - Johnson, Malcolm
professor of health and social policy, University of Bristol - Jones, Lee
committee member, Pro-Test; DPhil student, Oxford University - Kaminer, Wendy
lawyer; social critic - Kaplinsky, Joe
patent and technology analyst - Khan, Sajjad
editor, New Civilisation magazine - Kidder, Geoff
Membership Secretary, The Academy of Ideas - Kielinger, Thomas
UK correspondent, Die Welt; author, Crossroads and Roundabouts (1997) - Killick, Robert
CEO and founder, cScape - Klaff, Jack
writer, performer and academic - Knight, India
columnist, The Sunday Times; novelist - Koch, Richard
co-author, Suicide of the West - Kuper, Adam
Professor of Social Anthropology, Brunel University - Lawes, Shirley
Modern Foreign Languages Subject Leader, University of London - Lawson, Colin
director, Royal College of Music - Lee, Mike
chief executive officer, Vero Communications; author, The Race For The 2012 Olympics - Leech, Kirk
Project officer, Research Defence Society; postgraduate student, development and environment, King's College - Lewis, Norman
Director of Technology Research, Orange Home UK Plc; author, Digital Children - Lloyd, Daniel
Barrister - Locke, Matt
head of innovation, BBC Future Media & Technology - Lyons, Rob
writer, spiked - Mackenzie, Ruth
General Director, Manchester International Festival; arts producer; arts consultant - Magistretti, Pierre
vice-chairman, European Dana Alliance for the Brain; professor of neuroscience and co-director, Brain Mind Institute (BMI) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL) - Malik, Kenan
author, Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature; presenter, Analysis, BBC Radio 4 - Mansfield, Michael
human rights and criminal barrister, Tooks Chambers - Manzoor, Sarfraz
writer, broadcaster and documentary film maker - Marrin, Minette
freelance journalist; broadcaster and fiction writer - Marshall, Andrew G
marital therapist, Relate; author, I love you but I'm not in love with you; journalist, The Times - Marshall, Toby
head of English and Communications, Havering College of Further and Higher Education - Martin, Peter
lecturer, department of engineering science, University of Oxford - Maynard, Robin
director of communications, Soil Associations - McCombe, Daryn
president, King's College Students' Union, King's College London - McCracken, Henry Joy
Astronome Adjoint, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Observatoire de Paris - McLaughlin, Ken
senior lecturer in social work, Manchester Metropolitan University; author, 'Stressing Vulnerability: Stress Discourse in the Public Sector', Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotheraphy - Meade, Chris
director, Book Trust - Mirza, Munira
freelance writer and researcher; editor, Culture Vultures: Is UK arts policy damaging the arts? - Morris, Joel
head of media relations, Pfizer Global Research and Development - Morton, Oliver
chief news and features editor, Nature - Mullan, Phil
economist; business advisor; author - Murray, Douglas
editor, Policy Forum; author; journalist; broadcaster - Myerson, Jeremy
co-director, Helen Hamlyn Research Centre and director, InnovationRCA, Royal College of Art; author, Space to Work: New Office Design - Nash, Ian
Further Education Editor, The Times Educational Supplement - Neale, Greg
resident historian, BBC's Newsnight; founding editor/editor-at-large, BBC History Magazine - Offer, Avner
Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford; author, The Challenge of Affluence: Self-control and Well-being in the USA and Britain since the 1950s - O'Neill, Brendan
deputy editor, spiked - Osborne, Roger
author - Panton, James
tutor in politics, St Johns College, University of Oxford; co-convenor, Battle of Ideas - Parker, David
director of Space Science, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council - Parkin, Sara
Founder Director, Forum for the Future - Patmore, Angela
author, The Truth About Stress - Paul, Sebastian
Marketing and Communications Director, A&B - Perks, David
head of physics, Graveney School; writer, Times Educational Supplement, The Times and spiked - Perks, Martyn
design consultant; writer and speaker on design, IT & business - Persaud, Raj
consultant psychiatrist, The Maudsley Hospital London; Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry - Petch, David
commissioner, Independent Police Complaints Commission - Peysner, John
professor of law, Lincoln Law School - Piper, Heather
Senior Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University; contributor to, 'Parents, Professionals and Paranoia - the thouching of children in a culture of fear', Journal of Social Work - Pollard, Jim
writer and editor, malehealth.co.uk; author, All Right, Mate? An easy intro to men's health - Pond, Chris
Chief Executive, One Parent Families; writer, publications on poverty and inequality - Porter, Henry
London editor, Vanity Fair - Ramsden, Sara
creative director, Cheetah Television, An Endemol Company - Rees, Richard
architect; Urban Design Director, Building Design Partnership; author, Urban Design Futures - Reiss, Michael
professor of science education, Institute of Education; director of education, Royal Society - Roberts, Marcus
Head of Policy and Parliamentary Unit, Mind - Robinson, David
senior advisor, Community Links - Roche, Paul
director, Faulkes Telescope Project, University of Cardiff - Rooney, Kevin
head of social science, Queens' School, Bushey - Rosenfeld, Dana
lecturer, Department of Health and Social Care, Royal Holloway, University of London; co-editor, Medicalized Masculinities - Rothschild, Nathalie
editorial assistant, spiked - Rudd, Alyson
sports writer and book group host, The Times - Sands, Philippe
professor of law, University College London and Matrix Chambers; author, Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules (2006) - Sammonds, Peter
Professor of Geophysics, University College London - Satterthwaite, David
senior fellow, Human Settlements, International Institute for Environment and Development; editor, Environment and Urbanization journal (Ecological Urbanization, April and October 2006); co-author, Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World: Local Solutions for Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Saul, John Ralston
essayist and novelist; author, The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World - Saunders, Lesley
policy adviser for research, General Teaching Council for England - Schlesinger, David
global managing editor, head of editorial operations, Reuters - Schoch, Richard
professor of the History of Culture, director, Graduate School in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of London - Search, Jess
chief executive, Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation and the BRITDOC Festival - Siegle, Lucy
columnist, The Observer; author, Green Living in the Urban Jungle - Sharro, Karl
architect and urbanist, Future Cities Project - Slocombe, Mike
creative director, designer, writer and editor, Urban75; specialist in multimedia and the internet - Smith, Peter
lecturer in tourism, St Mary’s College, University of Surrey - Snoddy, Raymond
freelance journalist; presenter, NewsWatch - Soskin, David
CEO, cheapflights.co.uk - Stanley, Chris
head of policy and research, Nacro - Starr, Sandy
science and technology editor - Stevenson, Jocelyn
freelance writer/producer - Summers, Martin
public affairs advisor - Sutherland, John
Lord Northcliffe professor emeritus, University College London - Swift, Adam
director, Centre for the Study of Social Justice, University of Oxford - Syed, Matthew
journalist, The Times; commentator, BBC and Eurosport - Tallis, Raymond
professor of geriatric medicine, University of Manchester; author, The Hand: A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being - Taylor, Jeffery
founder and co-chairman, National Dance Awards - Taylor, Mark
history teacher, Addey and Stanhope Secondary School, London - Thackara, John
director, Doors of Perception; programme director, Designs of the time (Dott07); author, In The Bubble: Designing in a Complex World - Toolis, Kevin
film-maker; founder, Many Rivers Films, manyriversfilms.co.uk - Torrance, Jason
campaigns director, Transport 2000 - Travis, Dan
director, OverTheNet - Tweedy, Colin
Chief Executive, Arts & Business - Valentine, John
originator, Flight Pledge Union - Wadge, Geoffrey
Professorial Research Fellow, Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading - Waiton, Stuart
director, Generation Youth Issues - Walter, Tony
Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath; author, The Revival of Death - Whannel, Garry
professor of media cultures, University of Bedfordshire - Williams, Austin
director, Future Cities Project - Williams, Glynn
professor of sculpture and head of the School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art - Williams, Joanna
lecturer and researcher, Canterbury Christ Church University - Willliams, Richard
senior lecturer, history of art, University of Edinburgh - Williams, Zoe
columnist, Guardian - Wilson, Nick
Director of Children’s Programmes, Channel 5 Broadcasting - Woodcraft, Elizabeth
barrister, Tooks Chambers; crime novelist - Woudhuysen, James
professor of forecasting and innovation, De Montfort University; author, About trends, Why is construction so backward? and Cooking 2026 (forthcoming) - Zarnecki, John
professor of space science, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University - Macdonald, Nico
Principal, Spy
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