| Sheila Anderson NERC | |
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| Sarah Barnett MTV | |
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| Piers Bearne Rock Media | |
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| Louisa Bolch Channel 4 | |
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 | George Brock head of journalism, City University London; author, Out of Print: newspapers, journalism and the business of news in the Digital Age |
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 | Mike Carr chief science officer, BT |
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| William de Braekeleer Honda | |
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| Ian Duffy BP | |
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 | Evan Harris campaigner for secularism in the public sphere; former science spokesman, Liberal Democrats; writer, Guardian Political Science blog |
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| Jody Haskayne Tiscali | |
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| Morgan Holt Huge Entertainment | |
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| Neil Hoyle ISM | |
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 | Fiona Johnson director of communications, GTCE |
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 | Barb Jungr singer, writer and performer; CDs include, The Man in the Long Black Coat and From Stockport to Memphis |
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 | Rob Killick CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession |
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| Simon Kimble Clarion Events | |
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 | Colin Lawson director, Royal College of Music; period clarinettist; author, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto and Brahms: Clarinet Quintet |
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 | Norman Lewis director (innovation), PwC; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation |
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| Ranald Macdonald Boisdale | |
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 | Jeremy Myerson Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design, Royal College of Art |
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 | David Perks founder and principal, East London Science School; director, the Physics Factory |
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| Abigail Pogson spnm | |
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| Charlotte Ray PRS Foundation | |
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| David Schlesinger Reuters | |
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 | Raymond Tallis fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences; author, philosopher, critic and poet; recent books include NHS SOS and Aping Mankind; chair, Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying |
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| Rachel Thomson UBM | |
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 | Philip Walters chair, Rising Stars (educational publisher), and the GL Education Group; Spurs season ticket holder; member of Middlesex County Cricket Club |
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| Robin Wight WCRS | |
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Each to his iPod or Great Music For All [Opens in new window]
"The Battle of Ideas sounds like it ought to be feisty - and it is."
Alyson Rudd, The Times