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Tuesday 7 February 2023

12:30

Sir Robin Niblett

Distinguished Fellow and former CEO of Chatham House

Geopolitical Risks 2023

As a recognised leading expert on the relations between Europe, the US, and Asia and their implications for risk management by governments and private institutions, Robin highlights the most pressing risks of 2023.

Wednesday 1 February 2023

12:30

Christoph Keese

CEO Axel Springer hy

Digital transformation

Drawing on a wealth of experience, Christoph discusses how new technologies and business models change every market today. He illustrates what firms, individuals, and politics need to do today to stay relevant in the future.

Tuesday 29 November 2022

12:30

Martin Rees

Cosmologist, Astrophysicist and Current Astronomer Royal

Martin Rees

Science is not just for scientists: if it were, it could never save us from the multiple crises we face. Martin argues we need to think globally, we need to think rationally and we need to think long-term, empowered by twenty-first-century technology but guided by values that science alone cannot provide.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

12:30

Lord Hastings

Independent Peer in the House of Lords

Can the world still achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

We are 8 years away from the 2030 ambition for the world to achieve the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including zero hunger, no poverty and gender equality. How likely is it that they will be achieved? And what happens if we don’t achieve them?

Monday 3 October 2022

12:30

Yat Siu

Co-Founder and Chairman of Animoca Brands

The Metaverse

How the Open Metaverse, based on crypto & NFTs, has the potential to infuse property rights into the digital economy, changing the future of how we live, work & play.

Wednesday 5 October 2022

12:30

Scott Galloway

Professor, Serial Entrepreneur, Author

Adrift: America in 100 Charts

Scott’s urgent examination of the future of America. Scott Galloway looks from the past to the present – from 1945 to the 2020s – to reveal how America has reached its current state of political, social and economic crisis. It is on the brink of massive change, change that will disrupt the working of its economy and drastically impact its financial backbone, the middle class.

Thursday 8 December 2022

12:30

Bradley Hope

Co-founder, Project Brazen

The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

Bradley joins us to expand further on the remarkable story of Adrian Hong, the Korean American idealist who set out, improbably enough, to topple the North Korean regime.

Tuesday 15 November 2022

12:30

Herman Narula

Co-founder and CEO of Improbable

Virtual Society: the Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience

Everybody is talking about it. But what actually is the metaverse and what are going to be the opportunities for businesses and for society. Spoiler alert – it is not just going to be floating around in virtual environments.

Tuesday 8 November 2022

12:30

Carissa Véliz

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute of Ethics and AI, Oxford University

Privacy is Power

Carissa offers a blistering exposé of how our personal data is being exploited, why that matters and what we can do about it. Privacy Is Power is the first book to call for the end of the data economy, and to offer a practical roadmap for citizens, companies, and policymakers.

Thursday 6 October 2022

12:30

Jim O’Neill

Chair and Chief Executive of Northern Gritstone

Northern Gritstone

Learn more about this ground-breaking new investment company based in the north of England, founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. Northern Gritstone is dedicated to start-up financing of university spin-out companies in some of the UK’s fastest growing sectors such as advanced materials, energy, health technology and cognitive computation.

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Past Events

Friday 4 April 2025

12:30

Bobby Yerramilli-Rao

Chief Strategy Officer, Microsoft

How businesses can thrive in the era of AI and abundant expertise

Thursday 3 April 2025

07:45

Robert D. Kaplan

Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis

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