Upcoming Events

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. In conversation with Mark Evans, Brooks explains how we can do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us. If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What aspects of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Generative AI has ushered in a new era where machines can engage with human language like never before. This breakthrough promises to transform our lives and livelihoods. In this session, Alexander will demystify this cutting-edge technology, discuss its practical applications, and explain how corporate leaders can use it to reinvent business models and the industries in which they operate.

A rare opportunity to hear CEO, Jonathan Akeroyd, tells us about his plans for Burberry, to explore the newly refurbished flagship store and to get ahead with your Christmas shopping.

It’s hard to navigate every twist and turn of the $90 trillion global economy but Stephanie brings clarity of thought and deep insight into the challenges we face.

An essential start to the new year: Eurasia’s Chairman, Cliff Kupchan, outlines the key themes shaping the world today and the Top Risks that we face as we head into 2024.

Moderated by Simon Mundy, Moral Money Editor at the FT, we hear from three leaders in climate and impact investing. What role should private capital play in helping us to achieve our climate goals? How do policy, regulation and global climate commitments shape the investment environment? And how do we maximise the real world impact of private investment?

Join us for bowl food followed by a private screening of Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, with an introduction from producer, Josh Berger.

Almost 50 million people live as slaves today. In the UK alone there are estimated to be over 100,000 victims silently hidden – in places like car washes, brothels, nail bars and restaurants. Working alongside governments, agencies and officials around the world, James and his team are making an all-out assault on the criminal gangs and human trafficking responsible.

CEOs, executives, civil society leaders (and parents!) are wanting to better understand the next generation of consumers and the next generation of employees. Gen Z is putting pressure on us all to transform in fascinating ways. Kamal joins to discuss how to cater for younger workers and future proof our organisations.

Marco joins us post COP28 and Davos to discuss what it takes to achieve a nature-positive future, what it requires of our society and how it connects to the existential challenges our civilisation is facing from climate change to pandemics.

Please join us – with partners/spouses – for celebratory drinks and the launch of our 2024 Pi programme at the spectacular Saatchi Yates Gallery just off Jermyn Street. The evening also affords a Private View of the gallery’s new show by Neil Stokoe.

Is net zero by 2050 possible? What would it take to get there? On the one hand, the stock of renewable power generation and electric vehicles continues to grow rapidly; on the other hand, China continues to build new coal fired generation, citizens appear to be starting to push back against net zero policy, and the reality of reconfiguring our supply chains and the structure of the economy is starting to hit home.

The World Economic Forum (14-19 Jan 2024) brings together leaders from governments, business, civil society and science to discuss the most pressing issues of the day and the outlook going forward. Børge brings us the round-up, the untold stories and his hopes and fears for the future.

With her usual warmth and wisdom, Julia explores the family and how relationships fundamentally influence our health and happiness.

We join Thomas at his spectacular new studio to learn more about putting human emotion back at the heart of the design process as a counterbalance to the increasingly soulless and depressing buildings we see around us. By changing the world around us, Thomas believes we can improve our health, restore our happiness, and save our planet.

Nearly two thirds of adults in the UK are overweight or obese, costing the NHS and the wider economy billions of pounds annually. Obesity specialist, Dr Devalia, joins us to discuss the new horizons in the management of this epidemic, from lifestyle changes to bariatric surgery to anti-obesity drugs.

If you think you know the full extent of dangers of online harm to children and young people, think again. Come and learn from The Two Johns who are deeply knowledgeable about this rapidly evolving world. Increasingly young people are being contacted in their own homes by online platforms and apps and asked for sexual pictures and videos, while their parents and carers are totally unaware. John and John open our eyes to the extent of this online abuse, how it happens, why it is so hidden and hard to stop and what, as individuals, we can do about it. They will also discuss the shortcomings of the Online Safety Bill. Highly relevant for policy makers, those working in any field with children and young people and of course all parents.

Ahead of publication of his forthcoming book, Andrew joins us to discuss the changes we will all need to make to ensure that our health, careers and finances match the longer lifespans we can all expect.

AI will permeate our lives in unforeseeable ways, but it is clear that the shape of AI’s future—and of our own—cannot be left only to those building it. Verity argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in figuring out what, and who, this technology is really for, if we are to guide it away from our worst fears and toward a future that we can trust and believe in.