Speakers
Find out more about this year's speakers and session producers. We're adding more to the list every day!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
AZulfikar Abbany
senior science and technology journalist, Deutsche Welle
Read more >Christopher Adams
assistant curator, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
Read more >Sally Adee
technology editor, New Scientist
Read more >Tufayel Ahmed
culture reporter, Newsweek Europe
Read more >Dolly Alderton
writer; columnist, The Sunday Times
Read more >Ruth Alexander
senior broadcast journalist, BBC; regular presenter, Money Box Live
Read more >Dr Roba Al-Ghabra
solicitor, Birnberg, Peirce and Partners
Read more >Dr Frankie Anderson
psychiatry trainee; co-founder, Sheffield Salon
Read more >Kate Andrews
spokesperson, Republicans Overseas UK; columnist for CityAM on the American Presidential race
Read more >Andreas Andrianopoulos
Former minister; currently director of the Institute of Diplomacy and Global Affairs at the School of Graduate & Professional Education of the American College of Greece
Read more >Richard Angell
director, Progress
Read more >Josie Appleton
director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State
Read more >Eduardas Armonas
jazz guitarist
Read more >Dr Omar Ashour
senior lecturer, Middle East politics and security studies, University of Exeter
Read more >Richard Aylard
external affairs and sustainability director, Thames Water
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BDr Julian Baggini
founding editor, the Philosophers' Magazine; author, Freedom Regained: the possibility of free will and The Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
Read more >Tom Bailey
journalist; contributor, World Finance, European CEO, and The New Economy.
Read more >Brhmie Balaram
senior researcher, RSA; author, Fair share - reclaiming power in the sharing economy
Read more >Chana Balazs
Middle East Expert; free speech proponent
Read more >Lynsey Barber
technology editor, City A.M.
Read more >Emily Barley
chairman, Conservatives for Liberty
Read more >Professor Catherine Barnard
senior tutor and professor of EU law and employment law, Trinity College, Cambridge; author, The Substantive Law of the EU: The four freedoms
Read more >Jerry Barnett
author, Porn Panic!; founder of the Sex & Censorship Campaign
Read more >Dr Graham Barnfield
senior lecturer in journalism, University of East London
Read more >Jamie Bartlett
director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos; author, The New Face of Digital Populism; co-author, #Intelligence
Read more >Christopher Beckett
client and operations manager, Elite IB; former pastoral support worker, Wymondham College
Read more >Torsten Bell
director, Resolution Foundation; author, Stagnation Generation: the case for renewing the intergenerational contract
Read more >Simon Belt
IT consultant; coordinator, Manchester Salon
Read more >Daniel Ben-Ami
journalist and author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress and Cowardly Capitalism
Read more >Dr Piers Benn
philosopher; author, Commitment and Ethics; visiting lecturer in ethics, Heythrop College, London and Fordham University, New York
Read more >Tom Bennett
teacher; founder, researchED; author, Teacher Proof; columnist and blogger; 'Behaviour Advisor to the Department for Education
Read more >Steve Bennett
editor, Chortle
Read more >Alex Benson
director, Bloc nightclub
Read more >Professor Tim Benton
champion, UK Global Food Security Programme
Read more >Sabine Beppler-Spahl
chair, Freiblickinstitut e.V; CEO, Sprachkunst36
Read more >Dr Mark Betz
reader in film studies, Kings College London; author, Beyond the Subtitle: Remapping European art cinema
Read more >Bally Bhogal
head of new business, Pera Training Ltd
Read more >Nicky Birch
founder, Rosina Sound
Read more >Gina Birch
Founding member of The Raincoats, artist and filmmaker
Read more >Helen Birtwistle
history and politics teacher, South London school
Read more >Dr Tim Black
editor, Spiked Review
Read more >James Bloodworth
author, The Myth of Meritocracy; columnist International Business Times
Read more >Dr Tendayi Bloom
political & legal theorist; lecturer in Politics & International Studies, Open University
Read more >Silio Boccanera
London-based freelance Brazilian journalist; contributor to current affairs programmes on Brazilian television channel GloboNews
Read more >Mark Boleat
policy chairman, City of London Corporation
Read more >Charlie Bostock
intern, Academy of Ideas
Read more >Dr Maarten Boudry
postdoctoral fellow, Ghent University; author, Illusions for the Advanced. Why Truth is Always Better
Read more >Professor Mike Boulton
professor of psychology, University of Chester; researcher, bully-victim relationships and psychological well-being
Read more >Dr Leonidas Bouritsas
special adviser to the prime minister of Greece; author and academic
Read more >David Bowden
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer
Read more >Dr James D Boys
associate professor of international political studies, Richmond University, London
Read more >Dr Carlton Brick
lecturer in Sociology, School of Media, Culture & Society, University of West Scotland
Read more >Jennie Bristow
senior lecturer in sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University; author, The Sociology of Generations: New directions and challenges and Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict; co-author, Parenting Culture Studies
Read more >Dr Yaron Brook
executive director, Ayn Rand Institute; co-author, Equal is Unfair: America's misguided fight against income inequality
Read more >Sharmini Brookes
freelance writer and blogger based in Johannesburg; contributor Artslink and spiked
Read more >Richard Brooks
vice-president union development, National Union of Students
Read more >Sophie Brown
film programmer and journalist
Read more >Dr Kerry Brown
director, Lau China Institute, King's College, London; and Associate Fellow at Chatham House
Read more >Jon Brown
chair, NOTA Prevention Committee
Read more >Jeremy Browne
special representative for the City to Europe, The City of London Corporation
Read more >Will Burns
author; poet
Read more >Dr Nina Burrowes
psychologist specialising in psychology of sexual abuse
Read more >Nadia Butt
national coordinator, Debating Matters Competition, Academy of Ideas
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CDr Andrew Calcutt
principal lecturer in journalism, University of East London; editor, Proof; co-author, Journalism Studies: a critical introduction
Read more >Dr Barnabas Calder
senior lecturer, University of Liverpool School of Architecture; author, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism
Read more >Dr Silvia Camporesi
director of bioethics and society postgraduate programme, Kings College London
Read more >Douglas Carswell
member of Parliament; author, The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy
Read more >Ana Castro
graphic designer; CEO, Circus Network
Read more >Nick Cater
executive director, Menzies Research Centre, Australia; columnist, The Australian
Read more >Dia Chakravarty
political director, The Taxpayers Alliance
Read more >Dr Merijn Chamon
doctor in Law and academic assistant, Ghent European Law Institute
Read more >Kgotsi Chikane
South African student activist at Oxford; former president, InkuluFreeHeid
Read more >Professor Sarah Churchwell
chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities; Professor of American literature, School of Advanced study, University of London
Read more >Ed Clarke
writer; head of classics, Highfield School; editor SATIPS classics broadsheet
Read more >Dave Clements
adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum.
Read more >Nicole Clifford
fellow, Stockholm Free World Forum; former Republican Congressional staffer
Read more >Joel Cohen
communications manager, BeyondMe
Read more >Chloe Combi
writer and consultant; author, Generation Z: Their voices, their lives
Read more >Tristan Cork
reporter, Bristol Post
Read more >Izabela Correa
PhD candidate in politics, LSE; formerly co-ordinator for Transparency and Integrity at the Federal Government of Brazil
Read more >Professor Eduardo Côrte-Real
chief-editor, The Radical Designist
Read more >Rita Costa
writer, journalist; MA student in journalism at Nova University, Lisbon
Read more >Professor Tim Crane
Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; author The Meaning of Belief (Harvard UP 2017)
Read more >Patrick Craven
director, quality, policy and stakeholder recognitions, City & Guilds
Read more >Martin Crewe
director, Barnado's Scotland
Read more >John Crowley
editor-in-chief, International Business Times
Read more >Niall Crowley
freelance designer and writer
Read more >Rosamund Cuckston
organiser, Birmingham Salon; lead singer, Pram
Read more >Professor Selwyn Cudjoe
professor of Africana studies, Wellesley College
Read more >Dolan Cummings
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; author, That Existential Leap: a crime story (forthcoming from Zero Books)
Read more >Dr Jennifer Cunningham
recently retired paediatrician; author, The end of apartheid?
Read more >René Cuperus
director for international relations and senior research fellow, Wiardi Beckman Foundation; former policy advisor; co-founder, Forum Scholars for European Social Democracy
Read more >Peter Curran
documentary maker; broadcaster; publisher; specialising in arts, culture and pop music; recorder, Revolution in the Head
Read more >Lesley Curwen
award-winning journalist, broadcaster and writer, BBC
Read more >Patrick Cusworth
head of public affairs, BVRLA
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DDr Theodore Dalrymple
psychiatrist; author, Spoilt Rotten: The toxic cult of sentimentality
Read more >Jeremy Dalton
innovation consultant, PwC
Read more >Max Daly
freelance journalist; columnist, VICE UK; author, Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked on Drugs
Read more >Martin Daubney
award-wining editor, journalist, and broadcaster; columnist for Telegraph Men
Read more >Neil Davenport
sociology and politics teacher; writer on culture; former music journalist
Read more >Professor Catherine Davies
director, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Read more >Clive Davis
journalist and reviewer, The Times, The Sunday Times
Read more >Dr Hannah Dawson
historian of ideas, King's College London
Read more >Chrissie Daz
schoolteacher; cabaret performer; author on transgender and gender variant identity
Read more >Liam Deacon
Journalist/reporter, Breitbart London
Read more >Amali de Alwis
CEO, Code First: Girls
Read more >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
Read more >Professor Lieven De Cauter
philosopher, art historian, writer and activist; lecturer in philosophy of culture, RITCS, School of Arts & Department of Architecture
Read more >Ken De Cooman
co-founder & partner, BC Architects & Studies
Read more >Bart Decroos
Editor and curator at the Flanders Architecture Institute
Read more >Dr Martijn Dekker
political anthropologist, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Read more >James Delingpole
columnist, Breitbart News; Spectator
Read more >Dr Nick Dennis
deputy head (academic), Nottingham High School; adviser on the use of digital technology to schools and NGOs
Read more >Dr Shirley Dent
communications specialist (currently working with the British Veterinary Association media team); editor, tlfw.co.uk; author, Radical Blake
Read more >Ceri Dingle
director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes
Read more >Alastair Donald
associate director, Future Cities Project; architecture programme manager, British Council
Read more >Pamela Dow
director of development, prison reform (HMP Wandsworth); founder, De Beauvoir debates
Read more >Andrew Doyle
stand-up comedian; playwright
Read more >Dr Jean-Marc Dreyfus
reader in history and Holocaust studies, University of Manchester
Read more >Daniel Dumoulin
senior policy and research officer, St Mungos
Read more >Lucy Dunn
Assistant Venue Manager, Barbican Centre; runs Barbican Architecture Tours
Read more >Ian Dunt
editor, Politics.co.uk; political editor, Erotic Review
Read more >Professor Bill Durodié
head of department and chair of international relations, University of Bath
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EDr Wendy Earle
impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum
Read more >Dr Monique Ebell
macroeconomist; Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Read more >Kathryn Ecclestone
professor of education, University of Sheffield; author, Governing Vulnerable Subjects in a Therapeutic Age (forthcoming)
Read more >Rick Edwards
writer and broadcaster
Read more >Nick Emmel
senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, University of Leeds; author, Sampling and choosing cases in qualitative research
Read more >Jonny Ensall
freelance writer and editor; contributor to NME; former music editor, Time Out
Read more >Steven Erlanger
London bureau chief, New York Times
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FCraig Fairnington
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; university finance and accommodation officer
Read more >Professor Katalin Farkas
professor, Central European University, Budapest; author, The Subject's Point of View
Read more >Dr Jessica Ferm
lecturer in planning and urban management, UCL
Read more >Dr Eliza Filby
visiting lecturer in Modern British History, King’s College London; author, God and Mrs Thatcher: The battle for Britain’s soul
Read more >Nick Fincham
director of strategy and regulation, Thames Water
Read more >Dr Carlene Firmin
senior research fellow, University of Bedfordshire, specialising in peer-on-peer abuse
Read more >Naomi Firsht
journalist; staff writer, spiked; co-editor, The Parisians’ Guide to Cafés, Bars and Restaurants
Read more >Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
writer on medicine and politics; author, The Tyranny of Health
Read more >Dr Eliot Forster
CEO, Immunocore; chairman, MedCity
Read more >Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive
Read more >Gemma Fox
managing director, North Wales Women's Centre
Read more >Gemma Fox
managing director, North Wales Women’s Centre
Read more >Willard Foxton
television producer and journalist; author of the dating blog, 28 dates later
Read more >Will Franken
satirist, comedian, writer
Read more >Dr Ashley Frawley
Senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, Swansea University; author, The Semiotics of Happiness: rhetorical beginnings of a public problem
Read more >Ann Furedi
chief executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service; author, The Moral Case for Abortion
Read more >Professor 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
Read more >Jacob Furedi
history student, UCL; news desk journalist, Independent
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GIgnacio Galán
chief curator, Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016, with the After Belonging Agency; assistant professor, Barnard+Columbia Architecture; principal [igg – office for architecture]
Read more >Elisabetta Gasparoni
teacher; convenor of the Future Cities Project Readers’ Group
Read more >Professor Conor Gearty
professor of Human Rights Law, LSE; barrister, Matrix Chambers; author, On Fantasy Island: Britain, Strasbourg and Human Rights
Read more >Malcolm George
chief executive officer, Association of British Bookmakers
Read more >Areti Georgili
founder, Free Thinking Zone
Read more >Mirren Gidda
reporter, Europe edition of Newsweek Magazine; producer and co-host, Newsweek’s Foreign Service podcast
Read more >Tarjinder Gill
teacher, advisor and consultant
Read more >Charlotte Gill
freelance journalist
Read more >Jodie Ginsberg
chief executive, Index on Censorship
Read more >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
Read more >Jonathan Glancey
architecture journalist and author
Read more >Dr Daniel Glaser
director, Science Gallery London, King's College London
Read more >Dr Eliane Glaser
writer, lecturer and radio producer
Read more >Mary Glasgow
director of children, family services and external affairs, Children 1st
Read more >Dr Dominic Glynn
Lecturer in French Studies, Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), School of Advanced Study, University of London
Read more >Michael Goldfarb
journalist and historian, FRDH Podcast
Read more >Susanna Goldschmidt
head of publishing, Discovery Education
Read more >Maria José Goulão
professor of art history, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
Read more >Manick Govinda
head, artists' advisory services; producer, Artsadmin; vice chair, a-n The Artists Information Company
Read more >Professor Christoph Grafe
Director of the Flanders Architecture Institute
Read more >Freddy Gray
deputy editor, the Spectator
Read more >Miranda Green
journalist and former Liberal Democrat advisor, specialising in politics and education
Read more >Sean Gregory
director, Creative Learning, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Read more >Catrin Griffiths
editor, The Lawyer
Read more >Malcolm Grimston
honorary senior research fellow, Imperial College Centre for Environmental Policy; author, The Paralysis in Energy Decision Making: European Energy Policy in Crisis
Read more >Dr Helene Guldberg
director, spiked; author, Reclaiming Childhood: freedom and play in an age of fear and Just Another Ape?
Read more >Vinay Gupta
technologist and policy analyst; inventor, the hexayurt; founder, Hexayurt Guy Capital Partners
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HPauline Hadaway
writer and researcher
Read more >Professor Pekka Hämäläinen
Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford
Read more >Rania Hafez
programme leader, MA Education, Greenwich University; fellow, The Muslim Institute
Read more >Nathan Hamelberg
Swedish debater and activist; works at Centre for Cultural Diversity, Stockholm; columnist, ETC.
Read more >Courtney Hamilton
photographer, Knowledge (music) magazine
Read more >Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer & broadcaster; presenter, Futureproofing and other BBC Radio 4 programmes; author, Big Data: does size matter?
Read more >Dr Clodagh Harrington
senior lecturer in American Politics, De Montfort University; author, Obama’s Washington: Political Leadership in a Partisan Era
Read more >Julian Harris
deputy editor, City A.M.
Read more >David Hartshorne
digital consultant; co-founder of Dijitul
Read more >Fiona Harvey
environment correspondent, Guardian
Read more >Professor Dennis Hayes
professor of education, University of Derby
Read more >Patrick Hayes
director, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
Read more >Joanna Hecker
freelance writer, researcher, editor & translator; associate creative director, Studio Astolfi; responsible for international fundraising at Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa
Read more >Bríd Hehir
writer, researcher and traveller; retired nurse and fundraiser
Read more >Nina Hervé
Rough Trade 40th anniversary project manager
Read more >Ivan Hewett
chief music critic, Daily Telegraph; professor, Royal College of Music; broadcaster; author, Music: healing the rift
Read more >Dr Caspar Hewett
Lecturer in civil engineering at Newcastle University, and director of The Great Debate
Read more >Barbara Hewson
barrister, Middle Temple; writer and commentator
Read more >Emily Hill
acting commissioning editor, The Spectator; author, Bad Romance
Read more >Professor Julia Hobsbawm
honorary visiting professor, Cass Business School; founder, Editorial Intelligence
Read more >Alex Hochuli
communications consultant, researcher and blogger based in São Paulo
Read more >Joan Hoey
regional manager, Europe, Economist Intelligence Unit; editor, The Democracy Index
Read more >Jon Holbrook
barrister; writer on legal issues; regular contributor to spiked
Read more >Dr Carol Holland
director, Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing, Aston University
Read more >Derek Holloway
school character and SIAMS development manager, education office of the Church of England
Read more >Hilton Holloway
freelance automotive industry writer & specialist; future tech specialist
Read more >Dr Clare Hornsby
art and cultural historian, educator; founding director of Benedictus Liberal Arts Trust
Read more >Martin Howe QC
barrister; member, Commission on A Bill of Rights; chairman of Lawyers for Britain
Read more >Andrea Huber
founder, human rights organisation, Schutzfaktor M; former co-director of Amnesty International Switzerland
Read more >Dr Cheryl Hudson
lecturer in American history, University of Liverpool
Read more >Colin Hughes
managing director, Collins Learning
Read more >George Hull
co-founder, Bloc; contributor, the Spectator
Read more >Mick Hume
editor-at-large, online magazine spiked; author, Trigger Warning: Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech?
Read more >Professor Ian Hunter
professor of film studies, De Montfort University, Leicester
Read more >Thomas Hylland Eriksen
professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist; author, Ethnicity and Nationalism and Globalization: the key concepts
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IBawar Ismail
columnist, Göteborgs-Posten; former board member; Swedish Liberals' youth party
Read more >Katie Ivens
education director, Real Action; vice chairman, Campaign for Real Education
Read more >Lucy Ivison
school librarian; teacher specialising in building confidence and creativity; author
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JTrevor Jackson
design & art director, producer, DJ
Read more >Terry James
former headteacher; educational leadership consultant, TKJ Education
Read more >Christopher Jamison
director, National office for vocation, Catholic Church of England and Wales; author, Finding Sanctuary and Finding Happiness; featured in BBC TV's The Monastery
Read more >Dr Tiffany Jenkins
writer and broadcaster; author, Keeping Their Marbles: how treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there
Read more >Lindsay Johns
writer and broadcaster; (non-residential) Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African-American Research at Harvard University
Read more >Barb Jungr
singer, writer and performer; CDs include, The Man in the Long Black Coat and From Stockport to Memphis
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KEmilia Kaczmarek
writer, Kultura Liberalna / Liberal Culture; researcher and teacher, Center for Bioethics and Biolaw, University of Warsaw
Read more >Dr Joe Kaplinsky
assistant professor, DTU Nanotech; co-author, Energise! A Future for Energy Innovation
Read more >Sunder Katwala
director, British Future; former general secretary, Fabian Society
Read more >Matt Kelly
editor, New European; chief content officer, Archant; board member, Global Editors Network
Read more >Lyn Kendall
director of inclusion, The Westwood Academy; Gifted Child consultant, British Mensa Ltd; series consultant, Child Genius UK for Channel 4
Read more >Angus Kennedy
convenor, The Academy; author, Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination
Read more >Mary Kenny
journalist and author
Read more >Sir Nicholas Kenyon
managing director, Barbican Centre; presenter, BBC Radio 4’s Cities From The Ashes; former director BBC Proms
Read more >Mehreen Khan
economics and finance writer, Financial Times; formerly, business reporter, the Telegraph
Read more >Dr Lina Khatib
head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
Read more >Geoff Kidder
director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters
Read more >Professor Matthew Kieran
professor of philosophy and the arts, University of Leeds
Read more >Rob Killick
CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession
Read more >Benjamin King
director of government relations, 21st Century Fox
Read more >James Kirchick
correspondent, Daily Beast; author, The End of Europe
Read more >Dr Simon Knight
senior youth work practitioner; vice chair, Play Scotland
Read more >Dr Pooky Knightsmith
director: Children Young People & Schools Programme, Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
Read more >Yiannis Koutsomitis
independent Eurozone analyst; television producer
Read more >Alex Krasodomski-Jones
researcher, CASM at Demos
Read more >Ivan Krastev
chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia; permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna
Read more >Matthew Kruger
PhD law student; formerly, legal researcher, Helen Suzman Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa
Read more >Dr Kwasi Kwarteng
Conservative member of parliament for Spelthorne; historian; author, Ghosts of Empire and War & Gold
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LCate Lamb
global director of programs, CDP;
strategic advisor, UN CEO Water Mandate;
board member, Alliance for Water Stewardship
Read more >David Lammy MP
Labour MP for Tottenham; author, Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots
Read more >Dr Sean Lang
senior lecturer in history, Anglia Ruskin University
Read more >Dr Shirley Lawes
researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques
Read more >Luke Laws
general manager, fabric
Read more >James Lee
programme manager, financial services & payments, techUK
Read more >Dr Ellie Lee
reader in social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies
Read more >Don Levett
executive director, Non Paribas; author, It Took Another Riot
Read more >Paul Lewis
financial journalist and broadcaster; presenter BBC Radio 4's Money Box
Read more >Andy Lewis
assistant headteacher / director of religious education, St Bonaventure's School
Read more >Penny Lewis
lecturer, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordon University; co-founder, AE Foundation
Read more >Dr Norman Lewis
director (innovation), PwC; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
Read more >Professor Conrad Lichtenstein
chief scientific officer, Nemesis Bioscience
Read more >Zubeda Limbada
director, ConnectFutures; author, Formers and Families of violent extremists (2015)
Read more >Mark Littlewood
director general, Institute of Economic Affairs
Read more >Peter Lloyd
freelance journalist; author, Stand By Your Manhood
Read more >Tim Loughton
Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham
Read more >Professor Robin Lovell-Badge
group leader, stem cell biology and developmental genetics, Francis Crick Institute
Read more >Alyson Lowe
engagement editor, Conde Nast Brides Magazine
Read more >Josh Lowe
European politics reporter, Newsweek
Read more >Bogumił Loziński
deputy editor-in-chief, Gość Niedzielny, a Catholic weekly
Read more >Joris Luyendijk
freelance writer; author of Swimming with Sharks
Read more >Christopher Lynch
trainee English teacher; associate editor, Convocamus
Read more >Rob Lyons
science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Economy Forum
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MCaroline MacFarland
founder and director, Common Vision (CoVi): co-author, A Generation Apart: Were young people left behind by the EU referendum?
Read more >Ken MacLeod
award-winning science fiction writer; author, 16 novels, from The Star Fraction (1995) to The Corporation Wars: Dissidence (2016)
Read more >Dr Jan Macvarish
associate lecturer and researcher, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent; author, Neuroparenting: The Expert Invasion of Family Life
Read more >Professor Matthias Mahlmann
chair of philosophy and theory of law, legal sociology and international public law, University of Zurich
Read more >Kenan Malik
writer and broadcaster; author, The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics and From Fatwa to Jihad
Read more >David Mansell
learning and communities assistant, National Football Museum
Read more >Riham Mansour
community and welfare officer, LSE Students' Union
Read more >Toby Marshall
A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education
Read more >Dr Adam Marshall
acting director general, British Chambers of Commerce
Read more >Beverley Marshall
volunteer, The Samaritans
Read more >Iain Martin
author and commentator on politics and finance; editor of Reaction
Read more >Richard Mason
screenwriter, philanthropist; author of five novels including, Who Killed Piet Barol?
Read more >Dr Daniel Matlin
senior lecturer in U.S. history at King's College London; On the Corner: African American Intellectuals and the Urban Crisis
Read more >Dr Carolina Matos
lecturer in sociology, City University London
Read more >Christian May
editor, City A.M.
Read more >Matt McAllester
editor, Newsweek Europe
Read more >Jane McCallum
Health Visitor and Practice Development Nurse, Greater Glasgow Health Board
Read more >Nancy McDermott
writer; advisor to Park Slope Parents, NYC's most notorious parents' organization
Read more >David McKendrick
lecturer in social work, Glasgow Caledonian University
Read more >Dr Sarah McMath
programme director for Competition 2017, head of strategy, Thames Water
Read more >John McRae
director, Orms
Read more >Professor Fiona Measham
professor of criminology, Durham University; director, drug and alcohol NGO, The Loop
Read more >Joakim Medin
writer and journalist specialising on the Middle East; author, Ayn al-Arab
Read more >Dr Justyna Melonowska
philosopher and psychologist; columnist, Więź
Read more >Sebastian Messer
chartered architect; senior lecturer, Northumbria University
Read more >Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler
programme leader, education studies, College of Education, University of Derby
Read more >Sally Millard
co-founder, IoI Parents Forum
Read more >Alan Miller
chairman, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA)
Read more >Carl Miller
research director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos
Read more >Dr Dana Mills
political & dance theorist; visiting fellow at NYU and the Hannah Arendt Archive, Bard College, USA
Read more >Rossa Minogue
online media producer, Academy of Ideas
Read more >Ali Miraj
founder, the Contrarian Prize
Read more >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
Read more >Professor Neena Modi
professor of neonatal medicine, Imperial College London; consultant in neonatal medicine, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust; president, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Read more >Manon Mollard
features editor, The Architectural Review
Read more >Professor Michele Moody-Adams
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group director of assessment research and development, Cambridge Assessment
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Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Maynooth University
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head of transport and manufacturing, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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chief executive; Early Intervention Foundation
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emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology, University of Birmingham; founder, Gambling Watch UK; author, Power, Powerlessness and Addiction
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assistant principal, Surbiton High School
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professor of international economics and finance
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freelance journalist; organising committee member of Brazil Forum UK
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member, Birmingham Salon
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former opinion editor, Die Welt; author and columnist
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artist; teacher, history of art
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director, Sheffield Robotics; professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield; director of Research, Consequential Robotics
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professor of Citizenship and Diversity, the Hague University of Applied Sciences
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author; journalist
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head of ceremonies, British Humanist Association
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director and editor, Culture on the Offensive
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professor of Islamic and inter-religious studies, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
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Brazilian journalist and analyst
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associate professor in Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo and Akershus University College for Applied Sciences (HiOA)
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chairman of Människa+ (Human Plus); founder of Bionyfiken, the Swedish association of Biohackers; Singularty University advisor
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deputy editor, spiked; coordinator, Down With Campus Censorship!
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CEO, Production Guild of Great Britain
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specialist development consultant; co-founder and director, NY Salon
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independent social worker; former national development officer for Abused Men in Scotland
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librarian; co-founder, Dublin Salon
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director, Culture on the Offensive
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lecturer in Italian; deputy head of the School of Arts, University of Leicester
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vice-principal, East London Science School
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