Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October, Church House, London

Are we making a meal of GM foods?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Adam Hibbert, Zion Lights, Ed Rennie, Harry Wilkinson

Does the UK need a First Amendment?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Nico Perrino, Tom Slater, Thomas Walker-Werth, Toby Young

Don’t look back in nostalgia: is modern music rubbish?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Rushabh Haria, Lysia Leal, Harley Richardson, Leo Villa

Boomers vs Zoomers: bridging the generational divide

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Felice Basbøll, Jennie Bristow, Dr Eliza Filby, Natalie Turner

Are the arts being expelled from education?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Oliver Doyle, Manick Govinda, Dr Lola Salem, Gabriella Swallow

Declare your pronouns: EDI and compelled speech

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr John Armstrong, Eric Kaufmann, Connor Murnane, Dr Joanna Williams

Housing: does renting make us rootless?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Alex Cameron, Liam Halligan, Sheila Lewis, James Yucel

Defending the West in a dangerous world

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Tim Black, Sherelle Jacobs, Sir Simon Mayall, Tim Scott

Breaking through Britain’s innovation barrier

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Duncan Cunningham, Kevin McCullagh, Mercy Muroki, Dr Nikos Sotirakopoulos

Climate lawfare: saving the planet or subverting democracy?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Shahrar Ali, Jon Holbrook, Alastair Mellon, Tina Louise Rothery, Stuart Smith

Anti-Semitism on campus: ban it or tolerate it?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor David Abulafia, Daniel Ben-Ami, Baroness Ruth Deech, Greg Lukianoff, Edward Skidelsky

Iconoclasm: a new weapon in the Culture Wars?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Alexander Adams, Lara Brown, Dr JJ Charlesworth, Claudia Clare, Rosie Kay

Bookshop Barnie: Why the World Needs More Children by Paul Morland

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Paul Morland

From ‘powerhouse’ to populism: Germany today

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Alexander Horn, Lysia Leal, Dr Patrik Schumacher

Could citizens’ assemblies save democracy?

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Roslyn Fuller, Sophie Harborne, Rich Wilson

Equality law: freedom’s friend or foe?

Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Joanna Cherry KC, Dolan Cummings, Maya Forstater, Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert

Ballots betrayed? The crisis of political representation

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Steven Barrett, Dr Richard Johnson, Dr Mo Lovatt, Jo-Anne Nadler, Richard Tice MP

From riots to shoplifting: dealing with lawlessness

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Ian Acheson, Shaun Bailey, Richard Garside, Lisa McKenzie, Alan Miller

(Mis)information: the battle for free speech online

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Timandra Harkness, Fraser Myers, Nico Perrino, Eli Vieira, Dr Daniel Williams

A sense of place: how to create community in a fractured world

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dave Clements, William Clouston, Abbot Christopher Jamison, Michael Merrick, Kim Samuel

From WPATH to the Cass Review: the crisis in medical ethics

Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Stephanie Davies-Arai, Susan Evans, Jennifer Lahl, Dr Margaret McCartney, Stella O’Malley

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