PAST GUEST SPEAKERS HAVE COME FROM:

 

 

Adam Smith Institute

Arup

Bank of England

Better Governance Initiative

Centre for European Reform

Centre for Global Energy Studies

Chatham House

Civil Aviation Authority

Climate Change Capital

Colin Buchanan and Partners

Commonwealth Development Corporation

Competition Authority

Cranfield Trust

Crown Agents

Department for International Development

Deloitte and Touche

Department for Transport

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

Enterplan

Environmental Resources Management

Europe Economics

European Bank for Reconstruction & Develop

European Investment Bank

European Union

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

GHK Consulting

Glasgow Caledonian University

Global Water Partnership

Green Cross

Institute for State effectiveness

International Finance Corporation

King's Fund

Liberal Democrat Party

London School of Economics

London Transport

Office of Climate Change

Office of Communications

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Overseas Development Institute

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Royal African Society

Rowe and Maw

School of Oriental and African Studies

Steer Davis Gleave

Queen Mary’s College

The Economist

The Financial Times

UBS Investment Bank

UK Debt Management Office

University College, London

University of Oxford

University of Trento

University of Warwick

University of Westminster

World Bank 

 

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RECENT SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS HAVE INCLUDED:

 

                    Speaker                    

                    Subject                    

          John Kay

          The Industry of Finance

          David Stubbs

          The Privatisation of Royal Mail

          Carol Wills

          The Economics of Fair Trade

          Christopher Gilbert

          Excessive Speculation in Commodity Markets

          Peter Fowler

          Developments and Prospects in Bangladesh

          Andrew Farlow

          The Global Financial Crisis

          David Quarmby

          Transport in London

          Professor Andrew Oswald

          Happiness and Economic Policy

          George Magnus

          The Impact of Demographic Change

          Claire Lockhart

          Fixing Failed States

          Sir Christopher Foster

          Improving the Governing of Britain

          Martin Wolf

          Why Globalisation Works

          Professor John Appleby

          Will Patient Choice Improve the NHS?

          Sheila Page

          Agriculture in the World Trade Organisation

          Richard Dowden

          What Can Turn Africa Round?

          Lord Megnad Desai

          Development Economics and Globalisation

          Andrew Rogerson

          Where is the Foreign Aid System Heading?

          Daniel Large

          Is China Taking over Africa?

          Dr Christopher Stevens

          Biofuels and Development

          Malcolm Green

          Reform and Governance in Palestine

          Jeremy Berkoff

          The Economics of Opium

          Dr Celia Szusterman

          Relations between Latin America and China

          Judith Plummer

          Can India solve its Power Crisis?

          Bojan Markovic

          China’s Macroeconomic Policy and Europe

          Garth Armstrong

          Economic Issues in the Western Balkans

          Professor Paul Reynolds

          Development Challenges in Pakistan

          Elaine Trimble

          Planning an Environmental City in China

          Chris Smith

          Appraisal of Transport Projects

          Susan Kramer

          Micro-Finance Access in the Developing World

          Stuart Reynolds

          A New Era of Global Steel

          Fadi Hakura

          Turkish Economic Prospects

          Professor Nigel Harris

          Is there a Future for Immigration?

          Creon Butler

          The future of the Bretton Woods institutions: key issues

          Jim Winpenny

          Who will pay for the World’s Water?

          Chris Castles

          The Channel Tunnel: success or failure?

          Simon Smith

          The economics of low-cost airlines

          Charles Yates

          National Air Traffic Services (NATS): a model PPP?

          Sonia Brown

          Regulation of electricity markets: the trading arrangements

          Graham Todd

          Tourism - where is the largest industry in the world heading?

          Anthony White

          Carbon trading: the EU Scheme - how important is it?

          K. Magner/R. Pratt

          Public Private Partnerships: does location matter?

          Mike Williams

          Addressing Financial Crises: Debt Management