Battle of Ideas festival 2013: welcome address

ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION

The ninth annual Battle of Ideas festival opened with a Welcome Address hosted by Claire Fox, Director of the Academy of Ideas.

SPEAKERS
Evan Fuery
Vice President Exploration Business Development Origination, Statoil

Leonora Thomson
director of audiences and development, Barbican Centre

Mike Wright
executive director, Jaguar Land Rover

CHAIR
Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive