Past Events

Can the UK ever be sustainable?

  • Speakers: Sir Stuart Rose, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP and Andy Hobsbawm
  • Chair: TBC
  • Date & time: Wednesday 7:30pm 1st December, 2010

Plastic pollution in the oceans

  • Speakers: David de Rothschild, Dr Simon Boxall and Peter Davis
  • Chair: David Shukman
  • Date & time: Wednesday 6:00pm 13th October, 2010

Natural disasters: how can we do better?

  • Speakers: Dame Barbara Stocking and Cameron Sinclair
  • Chair: Martin Bell OBE
  • Date & time: Tuesday 6:00pm 25th May, 2010

Not In My Back Yard

  • Speakers: Dame Fiona Reynolds, Jim Steer and Antony Oliver
  • Chair: Julian Glover
  • Date & time: Wednesday 7:00pm 3rd March, 2010

Digital divide in the UK?

  • Speakers: Martha Lane Fox , Professor Tanya Byron
  • Chair: Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC)
  • Date & time: Tuesday 7:00pm 1st December, 2009

Importing goods, exporting drought

  • Speakers: Robin Farrington, Andy Wales
  • Chair: George Alagiah
  • Date & time: Wednesday 6:30pm 14th October, 2009

Britain’s population time-bomb? The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society

  • Speakers: Angela Eagle MP, George Magnus
  • Chair: Samira Ahmed
  • Date & time: Tuesday 6:00pm 16th June, 2009

Geo-engineering our climate

  • Speakers: Professor David Keith, Dr Paul Johnston
  • Chair: Tom Clarke
  • Date & time: Thursday 6:00pm 14th May, 2009