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- Chloë Abbott
cornetist - Gemma Adams
principal sustainability advisor, Forum for the Future - Robin Aitken
co-founder, Oxford Food Bank - Jonathan Ali
journalist, BBC Radio Manchester; author, Our Boys: the Great War in a Lancashire village - Duleep Allirajah
sports columnist, spiked; Crystal Palace fan - Danny Altmann
professor of immunology, Imperial College; editor-in-chief, Immunology; associate editor, Vaccine - Ian Anstice
editor, Public Libraries News - David Antunes
associate professor, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema; Ph.D, Literary Theory - Josie Appleton
director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State - Rachel Armstrong
professor of experimental architecture, Newcastle University - Eugenia Arsenis
director; dramaturg, Center for Contemporary Opera, New York - Henry Ashworth
chief executive, The Portman Group; former member, Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insights Team - Janice Atkinson
UKIP MEP
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- Patrick Baert
professor of social theory, University of Cambridge; forthcoming book, The Existentialist Moment - Tom Bailey
journalist; contributor, World Finance, European CEO, and The New Economy. - Reg Bailey
chief executive, Mothers’ Union; Independent Reviewer for Government on the commercialisation & sexualisation of Childhood - Mark Baker
director, Centre for Clinical Practice, NICE - Kevin Bampton
head, Department of Law and Criminology, University of Derby - Frank Barry
professor of international business and development, Trinity College Dublin; editor and lead author, Understanding Ireland's Economic Growth - Chris Barton
product marketing manager, Jaguar Land Rover - George Barton
percussionist - Christopher Beckett
client and operations manager, Elite IB; former pastoral support worker, Wymondham College - Daniel Ben-Ami
journalist and author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress and Cowardly Capitalism - Barnabás Bencsik
curator and lecturer; founder, Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange - Piers Benn
philosopher; author, Commitment and Ethics; visiting lecturer in ethics, Heythrop College, London and Fordham University, New York - Tom Bennett
teacher; founder, researchED; author, Teacher Proof; columnist and blogger; 'Behaviour Advisor to the Department for Education - Anna Bergqvist
lecturer in philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University - Jennifer Betts
researcher, Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT), Queens University Belfast - Sue Bigmore
accordionist - Mark Birbeck
internet software and big data consultant - Sheila Bird
programme leader, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute of Public Health - Sandy Black
professor of fashion & textile design & technology, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London; editor and co-author, The Sustainable Fashion Handbook; author, Eco Chic the Fashion Paradox - Tim Black
editor, Spiked Review - Stephanie Blankenburg
senior lecturer in economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Michael Blastland
writer and broadcaster; presenter, The Human Zoo, Radio 4; co-author, The Tiger That Isn't - Cara Bleiman
teacher, Arnhem Wharf Primary School - Margaret Boden
research professor of cognitive science, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Sussex - Yann Bonduelle
partner, UK Consulting leader, Data & Analytics team, PwC - Diederik Boomsma
duo-councillor, Christian Democrat Party, city council of Amsterdam - Phil Booth
coordinator, medConfidential - Rev Dr Joseph Borg
lecturer in media studies, University of Malta; former media policy adviser to the Government and Archdiocese of Malta; editor - Sebastian Borger
London correspondent, Berliner Zeitung, Der Standard and Cicero - Hafsa Bouazza
student in English Studies and Literature, Abdelmalik Essaadi University Martil - Tetouan; head of media committee, African Youth Organization - David Bowden
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer - Peter Bradley
director, Speakers’ Corner Trust - Kathleen van Brempt
MEP, Party of European Socialists; former Flemish government Minister for Mobility, Social Economy and Equal Opportunities - Francesca Bria
senior project lead and senior researcher, Nesta, UK Innovation Foundation; advisor, European Commission on Future Internet and Smart Cities policy - Justine Brian
director, Debating Matters Competition - Richard Bridge
outreach adviser, Citizens Advice
C
- Carlos Castanheira
architect, Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai Arquitectos Lda - Silvia Cavalieri
accordionist - JJ Charlesworth
senior editor, ArtReview - Nicola Clayton
Professor of comparative cognition at the University of Cambridge; fellow of the Royal Society - Jenny Clegg
senior lecturer, Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston - Dave Clements
adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum. - Martin Cloake
writer and editor; author, Taking Our Ball Back: English Football’s Culture Wars - Joel Cohen
communications manager, BeyondMe - Samantha Cohen
barrister, Chambers of Anthony Berry QC, 9 Bedford Row; experienced advocate in questioning vulnerable witnesses; prosecutes and defends in cases involving allegations of sexual assaults - Raphael Cohen-Almagor
chair in politics, University of Hull - Thomas Collier
social care worker, Hampshire County Council - Florentin Collomp
UK correspondent, Le Figaro - Frances Coppola
associate editor, Pieria; contributor to Nesta’s Our Work Here is Done, exploring the frontiers of robot technology - Jan Cosgrove
national secretary, Fair Play for Children - Rui Costa
assistant professor, Universidade de Aveiro - Richard Cotmore
accordionist - Ed Cottingham
media analyst and researcher - Valerie Coultas
senior lecturer, English in Education, School of Education, Kingston University - Tim Crane
Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; author The Meaning of Belief (Harvard UP 2017) - Ian Crawford
professor of planetary science and astrobiology, Birkbeck College, University of London - Chris Crean
regional campaigns coordinator, West Midlands, Friends of the Earth - Isabelle Cressy
performer; co-director, PINCH - Niall Crowley
freelance designer and writer - Barbara Crowther
director of policy and public affairs, Fairtrade Foundation - Dolan Cummings
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; author, That Existential Leap: a crime story (forthcoming from Zero Books) - Philip Cunliffe
senior lecturer in international conflict, University of Kent; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations. - Sue Currell
chair, British Association for American Studies; reader, American Literature, Sussex University - Adrian Curtis
Foodbank network director, the Trussell Trust
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- Nicola Dandridge
chief executive officer, Universities UK - Anne Danks
The Trussell Trust - Paolo Dardanelli
senior lecturer in comparative politics, University of Kent - Neil Davenport
sociology and politics teacher; writer on culture; former music journalist - Ezra Davies
accordionist - Philip Davies
Conservative MP for Shipley - Maurice Davies
partner, the Museum Consultancy; senior research fellow, Department of Management, King's College London - Stephen Deadman
Group Privacy Officer and Head of Legal – Privacy, Security & Content Standards, Vodafone Group - Amali de Alwis
thought leadership manager, PwC - Alex Deane
managing director, FTI Consulting; Sky News regular; BBC Dateline London panellist; author Big Brother Watch: The state of civil liberties in modern Britain - Mary Dejevsky
columnist and former chief editorial writer, Independent; leading commentator on Russia, EU and US - Shirley Dent
communications specialist (currently working with the British Veterinary Association media team); editor, tlfw.co.uk; author, Radical Blake - Emma Dent-Coad
planning spokesperson, Labour Group, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council; design and architecture journalist - Koen de Voegt
co-chairman, Pirate Parties International - David Didau
former teacher; blogger, The Learning Spy; author, The Secret of Literacy - David Dixon
deputy leader and cabinet member for neighbourhoods, Bath and North East Somerset Council - Alastair Donald
associate director, Future Cities Project; architecture programme manager, British Council - Nikos Dontas
head, Dramaturgy Department, Greek National Opera; music critic, Kathimerini - Léan Doody
associate director and smart cities lead, Arup - Ashley Dove-Jay
PhD researcher, University of Bristol; programme member on NASA/ESA-related projects - Tory Dunn
accordionist - Ian Dunt
editor, Politics.co.uk; political editor, Erotic Review - Bill Durodié
head of department and chair of international relations, University of Bath
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- Wendy Earle
impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum - David Eberhard
head of staff and senior consultant, Prima psychiatry; author, How Children Took Power - Kathryn Ecclestone
professor of education, University of Sheffield; author, Governing Vulnerable Subjects in a Therapeutic Age (forthcoming) - Paul Ekins
professor of resources and environmental policy, director, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London; deputy director, UK Energy Research Centre - Kajsa Ekis Ekman
Swedish journalist, writer and activist; author, Skulden - eurokrisen sedd från Aten and Being and Being Bought; writer, Dagens Nyheter - Omar Elfarouk
undergraduate student, American University, Cairo - Ben Ellison
accordionist - Alice Evans
fellow in human geography, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science
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- Craig Fairnington
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; university finance and accommodation officer - Mark-Anthony Falzon
associate professor, Department of Sociology, University of Malta; columnist, Sunday Times of Malta - Lianghuo Fan
professor in education; head, Mathematics & Science Education Research Centre, University of Southampton - Gregory Farmakis
entrepreneur; CEO, Agilis SA - Sara Feio
illustrator - Kate Figes
journalist; author, Our Cheating Hearts – love & loyalty, lust & lies - Jeanette Findlay
founder member, Fans Against Criminalisation - John Fitzpatrick
professor of law and director, Kent Law Clinic, University of Kent, Canterbury - Michael Fitzpatrick
writer on medicine and politics; author, The Tyranny of Health - Eliot Forster
CEO, Immunocore; chairman, MedCity - Janet Foulds
social worker, Derby City Council; former chair, British Association of Social Workers - Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive - Willard Foxton
television producer and journalist; author of the dating blog, 28 dates later - Naomi Foyle
award winning author; Astra, Seoul Survivors, The World Cup, The Night Pavilion; co-founder of British Writers in Support of Palestine - Becky Francis
professor of education and social justice, King's College London; - Ashley Frawley
Senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, Swansea University; author, The Semiotics of Happiness: rhetorical beginnings of a public problem - Joe Friggieri
professor of philosophy and former head of department, University of Malta; poet; playwright; theatre director; three-times winner, National Literary Prize - Ranier Fsadni
assistant lecturer, anthropological sciences, University of Malta; columnist, The Times of Malta - Sally Fudge
barrister, Furnival Chambers - Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva
head of research, Oxfam GB; co-author. Working for the Few: political capture and economic inequality - Steve Fuller
Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick - Frank Furedi
sociologist and social commentator; author, What's Happened to the University?, Power of Reading: from Socrates to Twitter, On Tolerance and Authority: a sociological history - Ann Furedi
chief executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service; author, The Moral Case for Abortion
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- Anna Gács
associate professor, Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, ELTE - Carl Gardner
barrister; law blogger, headoflegal.com - Elisabetta Gasparoni
teacher; convenor of the Future Cities Project Readers’ Group - Areti Georgili
founder, Free Thinking Zone - Clare Gerada
GP; past chair, Royal College of General Practitioners - Martha Gill
journalist, the Economist - Tony Gilland
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas - Christopher Gillett
opera singer; columnist, Sinfinimusic.com and Opernwelt - Tor Gisvold
director, digital, PwC; former consultant, Riot Games (League of Legends) - Luke Gittos
criminal lawyer; director of City of London Appeals Clinic; legal editor at spiked; author, Why Rape Culture is a Dangerous Myth: From Steubenville to Ched Evans - Jo Glanville
director, English PEN - Harvey Goldsmith
impresario; chairman, The British Music Experience - Marc Goodchild
co-Founder, Syncscreen.tv; partner, The Little Big Partnership; adviser on digital policies, Children’s Media Foundation - David Goodhart
director, Demos Integration Hub; author, The British Dream: successes and failures of post-war immigration - Manick Govinda
head, artists' advisory services; producer, Artsadmin; vice chair, a-n The Artists Information Company - Cathy Graham
director of music, British Council - Miranda Green
journalist; founding editor, The Day; regular contributor to BBC political shows; former Lib Dem spin doctor - Debora Green
head of student support and wellbeing; University of Sheffield - John Greening
writer; editor, Edmund Blunden's Undertones of War - Sean Gregory
director, Creative Learning, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Hella Grichi
writer and designer; co-founder Aspire to Inspire - Fisun Güner
freelance writer; visual arts editor, The Arts Desk - Helene Guldberg
director, spiked; author, Reclaiming Childhood: freedom and play in an age of fear and Just Another Ape? - Nevile M Gwynne
author; private teacher, and adviser on teaching-methods to various schools in England
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- Pauline Hadaway
writer and researcher - Rania Hafez
programme leader, MA Education, Greenwich University; fellow, The Muslim Institute - Joe Halloran
teaching & learning consultant, Computing, London Connected Learning Centre - Lisa Harker
director of strategy, policy and evidence, NSPCC - Sarah Harper
international adviser on ageing issues; director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing - Richard Harris
peripatetic official, NASUWT – The Teachers' Union - Adrian Hart
author, That's Racist! How the regulation of speech and thought divides us all and Leave those kids alone – How official hate speech regulation interferes in school life - John Hawksworth
chief economist, PwC - Dennis Hayes
professor of education, University of Derby - Bríd Hehir
writer, researcher and traveller; retired nurse and fundraiser - Matthias Heitmann
freelance journalist; contributor, NovoArgumente; columnist, Schweizer Monat - Carl Hendrick
head of learning and research, Wellington College - Ivan Hewett
chief music critic, Daily Telegraph; professor, Royal College of Music; broadcaster; author, Music: healing the rift - Barbara Hewson
barrister, Middle Temple; writer and commentator - John Hilary
executive director, War on Want; author, The Poverty of Capitalism: Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next - Nicholas Hillman
director, Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) - Dan Hodges
blogger; columnist, Daily Telegraph - David Hoffman
accordionist - Jon Holbrook
barrister; writer on legal issues; regular contributor to spiked - Leo Hollis
historian; author, Cities Are Good For You: the genius of the metropolis - Amanda Holloway
commissioning editor, Sinfini Music - Martin Howe QC
barrister; member, Commission on A Bill of Rights; chairman of Lawyers for Britain - Philippa Huckle
CEO, The Philippa Huckle Group; co-author, The Psychology of Trading - Cheryl Hudson
lecturer in American history, University of Liverpool - Leyla Hussein
psychotherapist and anti-FGM campaigner; presenter, BAFTA nominated The Cruel Cut - Tom Hutchinson
clarinettist; teacher; arts project manager, Royal Philharmonic Society
I
- Malek Ikhmies
youth worker, Jordanian Youth commission
J
- Verity Jacklin
trumpet player - Amy Jackson
director, Oxtale Specialist Communications; author, Can we Learn to Love the Megadairy? - Isabelle Jenkins
partner, Capital Market Consulting and Technology, PwC - Tiffany Jenkins
writer and broadcaster; author, Keeping Their Marbles: how treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there - Denis Joe
poet and reviewer; founding member, Liverpool Salon - Lindsay Johns
writer and broadcaster; (non-residential) Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African-American Research at Harvard University
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- Izabella Kaminska
FT Alphaville blogger, Financial Times - Tia Kansara
founder & director, Kansara Hackney Ltd; executive committee member, London Business School’s Global Energy Summit; co-director, CleanTechChallenge - Lesley Katon
creative director, Pagefield - Sarah Kember
professor of new technologies of communication, Goldsmiths, University of London - Martin Kemp
emeritus professor, University of Oxford; broadcaster; author, Christ to Coke: how image becomes icon - Angus Kennedy
convenor, The Academy; author, Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination - Nicholas Kenyon
managing director, Barbican Centre; presenter, BBC Radio 4’s Cities From The Ashes; former director BBC Proms - Geoff Kidder
director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters - Rob Killick
CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession - Dimitrios Kiousopoulos
historian; columnist, Eleftherotypia - Lesley Klaff
senior lecturer in law, Sheffield Hallam University; associate editor, Journal for the Study of Antisemitism - Simon Knight
senior youth work practitioner; vice chair, Play Scotland - Emma Knights
chief executive, National Governors’ Association - Kim Knott
professor of Religious and Secular Studies; Lancaster University; author, The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis. - Maurits Kreijveld
futurist, wisdomofthecrowd.nl - Ashok Krish
head, social media & workplace reimagination practice, TCS Digital Enterprise
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- Hannah Lambie-Mumford
research in food poverty, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI), University of Sheffield - David Lammy MP
Labour MP for Tottenham; author, Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots - Stephen Law
head, Centre for Inquiry UK; senior lecturer in philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London; author, The War for Children’s Minds - Shirley Lawes
researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques - Ellie Lee
reader in social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies - Philippe Legrain
visiting senior fellow, LSE’s European Institute; author, Immigrants: your country needs them and European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess – and How to Put Them Right - Vera Lengsfeld
renowned civil rights activist; freelance author - Sarah Lewendon
accordionist - Norman Lewis
director (innovation), PwC; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation - Jen Lexmond
director, Character Counts - Brian Lightman
general secretary, ASCL - Mark Littlewood
director general, Institute of Economic Affairs - Sonia Livingstone
professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE; author, Media Regulation: Governance and the interests of citizens and consumers - Peter Lloyd
freelance journalist; author, Stand By Your Manhood - Gill Lloyd
director, Artsadmin - Daniel Lloyd
consumer lawyer; member of the employed bar; co-author, Blackstone's Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (forthcoming) - Timo Lochocki
fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States - Anna-Lena Lodenius
journalist and lecturer; author, Slaget om svenskheten - ta debatten med Sverigedemokraterna - Joy Lo Dico
editor, Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary; contributing editor, Prospect - Christine Louis-Dit-Sully
research biologist with a life-long interest in social and political issues - Rob Lyons
science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Economy Forum
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- Keith MacLean
independent energy advisor; industry chair, Energy Research Partnership - Ken MacLeod
award-winning science fiction writer; author, Descent, The Restoration Game and Intrusion; writer-in-residence, MA Creative Writing, Edinburgh Napier University 2013-2014 - Jan Macvarish
associate lecturer and researcher, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent; author, Neuroparenting: The Expert Invasion of Family Life - Anthony Maden
Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Imperial College London - Qaisar Mahmood
heritage manager, Swedish National Heritage Board - Kate Maltby
theatre critic, The Times; associate fellow, Bright Blue; researcher on intellectual life of Elizabeth I - Fred Manson
associate director, Heatherwick studio - Toby Marshall
A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education - Jack Marwood
primary school teacher; education writer, Icing on the Cake blog - Edward Mason
rector, Bath Abbey - Michael Mason
cornetist - Simon May
visiting professor, King's College London; author, Love: a history - Alex Maydew
jazz pianist - Natasha McCarthy
head of policy, British Academy; member, steering committee, Forum for Philosophy, Engineering and Technology - Tara McCormack
lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches - Kevin McCullagh
founder, Plan - Alister McGrath
Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford - Jacob Mchangama
executive director, Justitia and Freedom Rights Project - Ken McLaughlin
lecturer in social work; author, Surviving Identity: vulnerability and the psychology of recognition - Robin McNicholas
co-founder and creative director, Marshmallow Laser Feast; co-creator, Meet Your Creator - Mohamed Amir Medjahed
vice president, Impact Foundation for Dialogue; post graduate student - David Mellor PC, QC
former Secretary to the Treasury; founding Secretary of State for National Heritage (now DCMS); broadcaster and music critic - Christopher Meyer
chairman, PagefieldAdvisory Board; former British Ambassador to the United States - Sally Millard
co-founder, IoI Parents Forum - Alan Miller
chairman, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) - Christina Mills
director of Group Communications and Reputation, SABMiller - Simon Millward
director, Albion Media; former London art critic, Wall Street Journal - Munira Mirza
advisor on arts and philanthropy; former deputy mayor of London for education and culture; author, The Politics of Culture: the case for universalism - Tim Mitchell
Chairman of licensing, Westminster City Council - Rana Mitter
director, University China Centre, University of Oxford; author, China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival - Daniel Monk
reader in law, Birbeck, University of London; assistant editor of Child and Family Law Quarterly - Claire Mookerjee
project lead, urbanism, Future Cities Catapult - Joaquim Moreno
architect and editor; researcher, Univesity of Porto CEAU (Center of Architecture an Urban Studies) - Paul Morley
music journalist; author, The North (and almost everything in it) - Jonny Mott
accordionist - Chantal Mouffe
Professor of political theory, University of Westminster; author, Agonistics: thinking the world politically - Helen Mountfield QC
barrister, Matrix Chambers, London; trustee, Equal Rights Trust - Para Mullan
senior project manager, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; FCIPD - Phil Mullan
economist and business manager; author, Creative Destruction: How to start an economic renaissance - Toby Mundy
founding director, TMA literary agency; executive director, Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction - Rupert Myers
barrister and writer - Martin Myrone
lead curator, Pre-1800 British Art, Tate Britain
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- Arushi Nayar
student, PSBB KK Nagar - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
philosopher and novelist; author, Plato at the Googleplex: why philosophy won’t go away; visiting professor of philosophy, New College of the Humanities - Rebecca Newton
chief community & safety officer, Mind Candy Inc. - Ruth Nicholls
managing director, Young Rewired State - Simon Nixon
chief European commentator, Wall Street Journal; author, The Credit Crunch: how safe is your money?
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- Lucy O’Brien
professor, University College London; author, Self-Knowing Agents; Honorary Director, Aristotelian Society, 2006-2014 - Anwar Oduro-Kwarteng
promotions manager, Academy of Ideas; writer on politics and ideology - Jane O'Grady
visiting lecturer, City University, London; obituarist, Guardian - Kate O’Halloran
social worker and CBT therapist, Tusla Child and Family Agency - Andrew Old
teacher; education blogger, Scenes from the Battleground - Richard Olsen
CEO, Olsen Ltd. - Kata Oltai
curator, art historian and creative producer - Brendan O'Neill
editor, spiked; columnist, Big Issue; contributor, Spectator; author, A Duty to Offend: Selected Essays - Onora O’Neill
chair, UK Equality and Human Rights Commission; crossbench member of the House of Lords - Andrew Opie
director for food and sustainability, British Retail Consortium - Andrew Orlowski
executive editor, Register; assistant producer, All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace - Feargus O’Sullivan
Europe correspondent, CityLab - Marion Oswald
head, Centre for Information Rights, University of Winchester - Merijn Oudenampsen
sociologist and political scientist, Tilburg University; editor, Power to the People
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- Robert Peal
history teacher, West London Free School, and education research fellow, Civitas - Geoff Pearson
senior lecturer in sports management and law, University of Liverpool - Luis T Pereira
founding partner, [A] ainda arquitectura architecture studio, Porto - Marisa Pereira
volunteer production coordinator, WORLDwrite - Shyama Perera
writer, broadcaster and novelist; acting director, One World Media - Martyn Perks
digital business consultant and writer; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation - David Perks
founder and principal, East London Science School; director, the Physics Factory - Sebastian Pfeffer
editor and parliamentary correspondent, The European - Angela Phillips
Goldsmiths; author, The Trouble With Boys: parenting the men of the future - Jo Phillips
award-winning journalist; former press secretary to Paddy Ashdown; co-author, Why Vote? - Gavin Phillipson
Professor of Law and Deputy Head of School, Durham Law School - Ben Pile
independent researcher, writer, and film-maker - Gabriela V. Pinheiro
lecturer, Fine Arts Faculty, University of Porto - Elizabeth Pisani
director, Ternyata Ltd; author, The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS - Thais Portilho
journalist; campaigns and public affairs consultant - Jane Potter
senior lecturer in publishing, Oxford Brookes University; author, Boys in Khaki, Girls in Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War 1914-1918 - Alex Proud
CEO, Proud Group - Vicky Pryce
board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research; economic advisor, British Chamber of Commerce - Vanessa Pupavac
associate professor; co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, University of Nottingham
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- John Raftery
vice-chancellor, London Metropolitan University - Laura Raphael
online and social media manager, Simian Publishing - James Raven
professor of modern history, University of Essex; author, Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (forthcoming) - Steve Rayner
James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization; director, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford - Helen Reece
reader in law, LSE - Paul Reeves
engineering software designer, SolidWorks R&D (part of Dassault Systèmes); convener, manufacturing work group for Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation - Luke Regan
research officer, The Sports Think Tank - Jacob Reynolds
consultant, SHM Productions - Vicky Richardson
writer and curator - Hugo Rifkind
columnist, The Times, Spectator and GQ; author, Overexposure - Jack Rivlin
editor-in-chief, The Tab - Marion Roberts
professor of urban design, University of Westminster; co-author, Planning the Night-time City - Jonathan Romain
rabbi; chair, Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education - Kevin Rooney
politics teacher and head of social science, Queen's School, Bushey; co-author, Who's Afraid Of The Easter Rising? - Orna Ross
author-publisher; founder, The Alliance of Independent Authors - Nathalie Rothschild
freelance journalist; producer and reporter for Sweden's public service radio - Maisie Rowe
landscape architect, writer and illustrator - David Runciman
professor of politics, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Cambridge University; author, The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War 1 to the Present
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- Bryony Sadler
campaigner, Flooding on the Levels Action Group - Angela Saini
science journalist; author, Geek Nation: how Indian science is taking over the world - Hilary Salt
actuary; founder, First Actuarial - Anders Sandberg
research associate, Future of Humanity Institute; Oxford Martin senior fellow; Oxford Martin School, Oxford University - Jane Sandeman
convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance and central services, Cardinal Hume Centre - Michael Savage
blogger, Grumpy Art Historian - Jo Saxton
chief executive, Future Academies - Clemens Schneider
co-founder, Prometheus - Das Freiheitsinstitut - Patrik Schumacher
principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture - Matt Scott
accordionist - Matt Scott
composer and accordionist - Paul Seaman
co-founder, Zurich Salon; editor, 21st Century PR Issues - Rosalind Searle
co-founder, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations and Head of Trust Research, Coventry University - Michael Segalov
communications officer, University of Sussex Students’ Union; freelance journalist. - Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
educator, writer, doctoral researcher - Asha Shah
paralegal, Financial Ombudsman Service - Karl Sharro
architect; writer; Middle East commentator; co-author, Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture - Nadim Shehadi
associate fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House - Marc Sidwell
executive editor, City A.M. - Stevie Simkin
reader in film and drama, University of Winchester; co-editor (with Professor Julian Petley), Controversies book series; author, Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale: from Pandora’s Box to Amanda Knox - Roddy Skeaping
accordionist - Peter Smith
director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development - Jean Smith
specialist development consultant; co-founder and director, NY Salon - Helmut Smith
Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History, Vanderbilt University - Josh Smith
former student, Franklin College; politics student, University of Hull - Jason Smith
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas - Christopher Snowdon
director, lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; author, The Art of Suppression - Nikos Sotirakopoulos
lecturer in sociology, University of Loughborough; author, The Rise of Lifestyle Activism: From New Left to Occupy - Pedro Quintino de Sousa
researcher on Portuguese and European literature, CLEPUL (Center For European and Lusophone Literatures and Cultures) - Anthony Speaight QC
QC; executive committee member, Society of Conservative Lawyers - Christopher Stacey
director (services), Unlock - Tim Stanley
leader writer and columnist, Daily Telegraph - Kam Star
chief play officer, PlayGen; founder, Digital Shoreditch - Sandy Starr
communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews - Stefan Stern
director, High Pay Centre - James Stevens
strategic planner, Home Builders Federation - Peter Stevens
designer, McLaren F1 road car, 1999 Le Mans-winning BMW, Lotus Elan, Jaguar’s XJR-15 - Graham Stringer
Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton; member, House of Commons Transport Committee - Jill Stuart
visiting fellow, London School of Economics; editor-in-chief, Space Policy - Richard Stubbs
educational consultant; former teacher; advocate, Greenwich Advocacy - Stewart Sutherland
cross-bencher, House of Lords; fellow, British Academy and Royal Society of Edinburgh - Richard Swan
writer and academic
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- Maria Tabak
chief UK correspondent, RIA Novosti (Russian News and Information Agency) - Peter Tatchell
human rights campaigner; director, Peter Tatchell Foundation - Mark Taylor
vice principal, East London Science School; London convenor, IoI Education Forum - Michelle Tepper
associate, Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics - Dee Thomas
mother of four; campaigner, No2NP - Cheryl Thomas
professor of judicial studies, University College London; director, UCL Jury Project - Christine Thompson
manager, UK government relations, SABMiller - Richy Thompson
campaigns officer (Faith Schools and Education), British Humanist Association - Emily Thornberry
MP for Islington South and Finsbury and shadow attorney general - András Török
cultural-philanthropy specialist, author and non-profit businessman; former deputy minister for culture - Evelien Tonkens
professor of Citizenship and Humanisation of Institutions and Organisations, University of Humanistic Studies - Paola Totaro
freelance journalist; former Europe Correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age - Lars Trägårdh
professor of history, Ersta Sköndal Högskola - Ioannis Tselikas
assistant professor, Hellenic American University; music editor and performer
U
- Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh
lecturer in ethics and law, Keele University - Jake Unsworth
trainee solicitor, Bond Dickinson; convenor, Debating Matters Ambassadors - Kitty Ussher
managing director, Tooley Street Research
V
- Gregory Vallianatos
president of the Liberal Alliance; human rights’ advocate - Jutte van der Werff ten Bosch
Head of Peadiatric Hemato-Oncology, UZ Brussel - Raphael Vassallo
journalist, Malta Today - Miguel Veiga-Pestana
vice president, Global Sustainability Strategy and External Advocacy, Unilever - Akshay Venkataraghavan
former student, PSBB Senior Secondary School; law student, Symbiosis Law School (Pune) - Will Vernon
producer, BBC News (speaking in a personal capacity) - Lillian Vessey
student, Franklin College
W
- Adam Wagner
barrister, 1 Crown Office Row - Stuart Waiton
lecturer in sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Snobs' Law: criminalising football fans in an age of intolerance - Jonny Walker
founding director, The Keep Streets Live Campaign; professional musician and street performer - Alan Walker
Head of policy, Royal Academy of Engineering - Gareth Wallace
public affairs adviser, The Salvation Army; adviser, Gambling Commission’s Community Liaison Group - Roger Walshe
head of public engagement and learning, British Library - Philip Walters
chair, Rising Stars (educational publisher), and the GL Education Group; Spurs season ticket holder; member of Middlesex County Cricket Club - Bruno Waterfield
Brussels correspondent, The Times; co-author, No Means No - Geoffrey Wawro
professor of history and director, Military History Center, University of North Texas - Stuart Webster
head of employee communications, Jaguar Land Rover - Jenny Wedgbury
acting programme manager for families, V&A - Simon Wessely
president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London - Andrew Wheelhouse
senior paralegal, Bates Wells Braithwaite LLP - Ella Whelan
assistant editor, spiked - Bernie Whelan
reviewer, Extra! Extra!; member, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum - Will Whitehorn
chairman, Transport Systems Catapult and Speed Communications; former president, Virgin Galactic - Peter Whittle
culture spokesman, UKIP; director, New Culture Forum - Suzi Williams
group marketing and brand director, BT - Austin Williams
associate professor in architecture, XJTLU University, Suzhou, China; director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Bookshop Barnies; founding member of New Narratives - Jane Williams
special projects manager, research, Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Peter D Williams
executive officer, Right To Life - Joanna Williams
academic; author, Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity; education editor, spiked - Harriet Williamson
columnist and blogger - Sarah Wilson
professor, History of Modern and Contemporary Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London - Alan Winfield
professor of electronic engineering; director, Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England - Kataryna Wolczuk
reader in politics and international studies, University of Birmingham - Christian Wolmar
writer and broadcaster, former Labour candidate for the London mayoral election - Andy Woodfield
Lead Partner for the International Aid Development Consulting practice, PwC - Steven Woolfe
UKIP Frontbench Spokesman on Migration and Financial Affairs Co-ordinator EFDD Group, EU ECON Committee - Tim Worstall
journalist; senior fellow, Adam Smith Institute; author, 23 Things We Are Telling You About Capitalism - Christopher Wyld
director, Foreign Press Association in London
Y
- Kevin Yuill
senior lecturer, history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization
Z
- Paul Zanelli
chief technical officer, Transport Systems Catapult - Tom Ziessen
senior national programmes adviser, Wellcome Trust
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