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Our Speakers

Leaders, Thinkers, Innovators and Experts

All of our speakers are great communicators who have been nominated to participate by the leaders in their field. They are people who are knowledgeable, authoritative, eminent in their field, and enthusiastic -- individuals who can engage and inspire an audience of young people.

They will address the big subjects: technological, scientific, political, economic, historical, cultural, artistic, ecological and ethical. They may explain the latest developments in areas such as business, cosmology, biology, medicine, linguistics, history, engineering, inter alia.

They have all agreed to give their time for free to help inspire young people and help broaden horizons, open new perspectives and illuminate learning.

  • Dame Jenny Abramsky
  • Lord (Victor) Adebowale
  • Lord (Andrew) Adonis
  • Marcus Agius
  • George Alagiah
  • Professor Geoffrey Alderman
  • Danny Alexander
  • Douglas Alexander
  • Dame Helen Alexander
  • Rushanara Ali
  • Alex Allan
  • Tim Allan
  • Steve Almond
  • Dr Martyn Amos
  • Derrick Anderson
  • Keith Anderson
  • Sir Roy Anderson
  • Dame Mary Archer
  • Elaine Arden
  • Richard Arscott
  • Lucy Ash
  • Professor Steve Atkin
  • Dr. Philip Augar
  • John Ayton
  • Julian Baggini
  • Andrew Bailey
  • Dr. Lesley Baillie
  • Sam Baker
  • Peter Bale
  • Ed Balls
  • Tony Banks
  • Brendan Barber
  • Ken Barclay
  • Kate Barker
  • Nick Barley
  • Peter Barron
  • Dominic Barton
  • Brian Basham
  • Stephen Bayley
  • Alex Beard
  • Sir John Beddington
  • Jason Bell
  • Marian Bell
  • Kate Bellingham
  • Natalie Bennett
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • Lord (Karan) Bilimoria
  • Sir Win Bischoff
  • Professor Christopher Bishop
  • Baroness Tessa Blackstone
  • Sir Christopher Bland
  • Hazel Blears
  • Christine Blower
  • Helen Boaden
  • Lord (Paul) Boateng
  • Nick Boles
  • Andy Bond
  • Sir Peter Bonfield
  • Edward Bonham-Carter
  • Nick Booth
  • Roger Bootle
  • Adam Boulton
  • Dr. Mary Bousted
  • Colette Bowe
  • Simon Bowles
  • William Boyd
  • James Brabazon
  • Carlo Brandelli
  • Ursula Brennan
  • Rod Bristow
  • Andy Brough
  • Lord (John) Browne
  • Donald Brydon
  • Sir Stephen Bubb
  • Robin Buchanan
  • Professor Chris Budd
  • Damon Buffini
  • Deborah Bull
  • Nick Bunker
  • Christian Burgess
  • Andy Burnham
  • Professor Paul Burns
  • Lord (Terry) Burns
  • Sir Peter Burt
  • Clemency Burton-Hill
  • Will Butler-Adams
  • Dr. Vince Cable
  • Frances Cairncross
  • Professor Muffy Calder
  • David Cameron
  • Alastair Campbell
  • Alison Carnwath
  • Lord Robert Carnwath
  • Sir Roger Carr
  • Anne Marie Carrie
  • Graham Cartledge
  • Professor Paul Cartledge
  • Professor Deborah Cartmell
  • Hilary Carty
  • Sir William Castell
  • Rory Cellan-Jones
  • Lord (Peter) Chadlington
  • Sir Suma Chakrabarti
  • Professor Fabio Ciravegna
  • Tim Clark
  • Kenneth Clarke
  • Nick Clegg
  • Dr Martin Coath
  • Danny Cohen
  • Professor David Cole-Hamilton
  • Anton Colella
  • Professor Michael Coleman
  • Damien Comolli
  • Professor Joanne Conaghan
  • Professor Mark Connelly
  • Yvette Cooper
  • Zaki Cooper
  • Brigadier James M Cowan
  • Diane Coyle
  • Professor James Crabbe
  • Michael Craig-Martin
  • Michael Crick
  • Adam Crozier
  • David Cruickshank
  • Sir Jon Cunliffe
  • Richard Curtis
  • Spencer Dale
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
  • Alistair Darling
  • Professor John Darlington
  • Jeremy Darroch
  • Peter Dart
  • Lord (Ara) Darzi
  • Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn
  • Marcus Davey
  • Martin Davidson
  • Professor Matthew Davidson
  • Caitlin Davies
  • Sir Howard Davies
  • Liz Davies
  • Lord (Mervyn) Davies
  • Peter Davies
  • Professor Daniel Davis
  • Evan Davis
  • Dr. Justin Davis-Smith
  • Professor Alan Dearle
  • Paul Deighton
  • David Dein
  • Professor Anne Dell
  • Hugh Dennis
  • Gloria De Piero
  • Robert Devereux
  • Professor Sir Ian Diamond
  • Hugo Dixon
  • Neil Doncaster
  • Martin Donnelly
  • Professor Michele Dougherty
  • Bob Dudley
  • Iain Duncan Smith
  • Ronan Dunne
  • Sir Charles Dunstone
  • Jan du Plessis
  • Sandeep Dwesar
  • Lydia Ebdon
  • Geoff Edwards
  • Huw Edwards
  • Jonathan Eley
  • Professor Tim Elliott
  • Sir Vernon Ellis
  • Jo Elvin
  • Mike Emmerich
  • Claire Enders
  • Dr Janine Erler
  • Sir Stuart Etherington
  • Dr. Sally Everett
  • James Fair
  • Mike Farrar
  • Dame Amelia Fawcett
  • Professor Kel Fidler
  • John Fingleton
  • Professor John Fitzpatrick
  • Stephanie Flanders
  • Douglas Flint
  • John-Paul Flintoff
  • Dame Liz Forgan
  • Simon Fox
  • Daniel Franklin
  • Stephen Frears
  • Jonathan Freedland
  • Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
  • Matthew Freud
  • Dame Clara Furse
  • Jayne-Anne Gadhia
  • Kevin Gaskell
  • Adam Gee
  • Johnny Geller
  • Dr. Sotos Generalis
  • Sir Peter Gershon
  • David Giampaolo
  • Nick Gibb
  • Gary Gibbon
  • Giles Gibbons
  • Sir John Gieve
  • Martin Gilbert
  • Cheryl Gillan
  • Prof. Pamela Gillies
  • Will Gompertz
  • Joanna Gosling
  • Michael Gove
  • Lord (Michael) Grade
  • Dr. Andrew Graham
  • Andrew Grant
  • Dr. Tim Grant
  • Andrew Green
  • Andy Green
  • Prof. Michael Green
  • Professor Simon Green
  • Professor John Greenman
  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
  • Dominic Grieve
  • John Griffith-Jones
  • Chris Grigg
  • Robert Guest
  • Dr. Doug Gurr
  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy
  • Sam Gyimah
  • Andy Haldane
  • Jan Hall
  • Liam Halligan
  • Professor Stephen Halliwell
  • Professor Simon Hallsworth
  • Philip Hammond
  • Sir Philip Hampton
  • James Hanbury
  • Prof. Mark Hanson
  • Willie Harcourt-Cooze
  • David Harding
  • Dido Harding
  • James Harding
  • Tim Harford
  • Deborah Hargreaves
  • Professor Stuart Harrop
  • Professor Jonathan Haskel
  • Natalie Haynes
  • Rick Haythornthwaite
  • Patrick Head
  • David Hellier
  • Gwenne Henricks
  • Professor Paul Heritage
  • Professor Noreena Hertz
  • Stephen Hester
  • Jeremy Heywood
  • Charlotte Higgins
  • Lord (Jonathan) Hill
  • Lindsey Hilsum
  • Tim Hincks
  • Brent Hoberman
  • Julia Hobsbawm
  • Christine Hodgson
  • Sharon Hodgson
  • Steven Holliday
  • Laurence Hollingworth
  • Lin Homer
  • Peter Horrocks
  • Catherine Howarth
  • Sir Christopher Hum
  • John Humphrys
  • Jeremy Hunt
  • Tristram Hunt
  • Professor Laurence Hurst
  • Mishal Husain
  • Professor John Hyatt
  • Sir Nicholas Hytner
  • Richard Hytner
  • Armando Iannucci
  • Professor Barry Ife
  • Professor Dina Iordanova
  • Razia Iqbal
  • Dominic Irvine
  • Professor John Irving
  • Steven Isserlis
  • Stanley Jackson
  • Paul Jenkins
  • Professor Jeffrey Johnson
  • Leo Johnson
  • Dr. Ian Johnston
  • Professor Sir Richard Jolly
  • Cambridge Jones
  • Clive Jones
  • Ian Jones
  • Paterson Joseph
  • Tessa Jowell
  • Lady (Barbara) Judge
  • DeAnne Julius
  • John Kampfner
  • Ajay Kavan
  • Professor Sergei Kazarian
  • Martha Kearney
  • Chris Keates
  • Roly Keating
  • John Kelly
  • Jude Kelly
  • Gary Kemp
  • Professor Tony Kendrick
  • Robin Kermode
  • Kevin Kerrigan
  • David Kershaw
  • Sir Bob Kerslake
  • Jeremy King
  • Justin King
  • Sir Mervyn King
  • Professor Ros King
  • Will King
  • John Kingman
  • Dr Simon Kirchin
  • Angela Knight
  • Lord (Jim) Knight
  • Professor Ravi Kohli
  • Professor Michael Kolling
  • Roman Krznaric
  • Laura Kuenssberg
  • Sir Richard Lambert
  • David Lammy
  • David Lan
  • Nick Lander
  • Jonathan Lane
  • Martha Lane Fox
  • Robin Lane Fox
  • Kirsty Lang
  • Andrew Lansley
  • Stepehen Law
  • Will Lawes
  • Vanessa Lawrence
  • Sir Stephen Laws
  • Sir Terry Leahy
  • Dame Suzi Leather
  • Evgeny Lebedev
  • Prof. Henry Leese
  • Professor Matthew Leigh
  • Allan Leighton
  • Prue Leith
  • Oliver Letwin
  • Martin Lewis
  • Richard Lewis
  • Simon Lewis
  • William Lewis
  • Allan Little
  • Ian Livingston
  • Sian Lloyd
  • Ken Loach
  • Sir Moir Lockhead
  • Professor Tim Luckhurst
  • Alastair Lukies
  • Robin Lustig
  • Dr. Mike Lynch
  • Dr. Gerard Lyons
  • Neil MacGregor
  • Keith Mackrell
  • Catherine MacLeod
  • George Magnus
  • Dr. Alex Mahon
  • Eddie Mair
  • Alan Mak
  • John Makinson
  • Jean-Dominique Mallet
  • Professor Carsten Maple
  • Ian Marchant
  • Miriam Margolyes
  • Jonathan Marsden
  • Philip Marsden
  • Jane Martinson
  • Professor Tim Mason
  • Baroness (Doreen) Massey
  • Sir Bert Massie
  • Karen Mattison
  • Roger Mavity
  • Theresa May
  • Charlie Mayfield
  • Marg Mayne
  • Carolyn McCall
  • Professor John McGavin
  • Wayne McGregor
  • Ruby McGregor-Smith
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Patrick McKenna
  • Andrew McLaughlin
  • Professor April McMahon
  • Richard Meddings
  • Sir Christopher Meyer
  • Julie Meyer
  • Luke Meynell
  • John Micklethwait
  • Julia Middleton
  • Alan Milburn
  • David Miliband
  • Ed Miliband
  • Fiona Millar
  • Professor Jane Millar
  • Andrew Miller
  • Sir Keith Mills
  • Dr. Tim Minshall
  • Michael Moore
  • Lara Morgan
  • Steve Morgan
  • Vivien Morgan
  • Professor Bernie Morley
  • Baroness (Estelle) Morris
  • David Morrissey
  • Jan Muehlfeit
  • Geoff Mulgan
  • Ruby Mulraine
  • Dave Murphy
  • Dr. Iain Murray
  • Sandy Nairne
  • John Nelson
  • Professor Hilary Nesi
  • Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe
  • Jeremy Newsum
  • Dr. Robin Niblett
  • Una O'Brien
  • Lord (Gus) O'Donnell
  • Professor Peter Ogrodnik
  • Michael O'Higgins
  • Professor Lars Olsen
  • Dr. Bill O'Neill
  • Jim O'Neill
  • Professor Richard Oreffo
  • Phil Orford
  • Dr Nicholas Outram
  • Rob Owen
  • Lynne Owens
  • Angela Palmer
  • Alan Parker
  • Sir John Parker
  • Adele Parks
  • Dr. James Partridge
  • George Pascoe-Watson
  • Owen Paterson
  • Oliver Pawle
  • Jeremy Paxman
  • Sir John Peace
  • Sir Keith Pearson
  • Sir Michael Peat
  • Robert Peston
  • Sir Keith Peters
  • Ed Petrie
  • Sir Hayden Phillips
  • Trevor Phillips
  • Professor Andy Phippen
  • David Pickard
  • David Pitt-Watson
  • Alan Ponsford
  • Alex Poots
  • Stuart Popham
  • Dr. Philip Porter
  • Jonathan Portes
  • Ian Powell
  • Professor Michael Preston-Shoot
  • Mark Price
  • Paul Priestman
  • Joanna Prior
  • Libby Purves
  • Hugh Pym
  • Charlotte Ransom
  • Kate Raworth
  • Sophie Raworth
  • Dame Gail Rebuck
  • Vanessa Reed
  • Jonathan Reekie
  • Lord (Martin) Rees
  • Rachel Reeves
  • Benita Refson
  • Stewart Regan
  • Professor Michael Reiss
  • Allan Rennie
  • Willie Rennie
  • General Sir David Richards
  • Ed Richards
  • Professor Gina Rippon
  • Justine Roberts
  • Lord (George) Robertson
  • Jancis Robinson
  • Nick Robinson
  • Louise Rogers
  • Manny Roman
  • Sir Stuart Rose
  • Bridget Rosewell
  • Tim Roupell
  • David Rowan
  • Robert Rowland Smith
  • Dean Royles
  • Dr Ulinka Rublack
  • Amber Rudd
  • Roland Rudd
  • Alan Rusbridger
  • Anthony Rush
  • Michael Russell
  • Jill Rutter
  • Professor Sean Ryan
  • Lord (Maurice) Saatchi
  • Alex Salmond
  • Anthony Salz
  • Peter Sands
  • Philippe Sands
  • Hector Sants
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Lord (James) Sassoon
  • Bob Satchwell
  • Christopher Saul
  • Dr. Charles Saumarez Smith
  • Dr. Brian Saunders
  • Roz Savage
  • Dame Marjorie Scardino
  • Sir John Scarlett
  • Professor Kimberley Scharf
  • Martin Scicluna
  • Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
  • Joanne Segars
  • Dr. Anthony Seldon
  • Anil Seth
  • Lord (Colin) Sharman
  • Dr. David Sharp
  • Steven Sharp
  • Chris Shaw
  • Piers Shepperd
  • Dr. Elizabeth Sidwell
  • Moira Sinclair
  • Daljit Singh
  • Sanjay Singhal
  • Sir Tim Smit
  • Professor  Adrian Smith
  • Bill Smith
  • James Smith
  • Penny Smith
  • Professor Sir Steve Smith
  • Terry Smith
  • Peter Smithers
  • Kevin Sneader
  • Dan Snow
  • Jon Snow
  • Jon Sopel
  • Sir Martin Sorrell
  • Alistair Spalding
  • Caroline Spelman
  • David Sproul
  • Professor Nick Stafford
  • Dr. Danae Stanton Fraser
  • Dr. Scott Steedman
  • Lord (Dennis) Stevenson
  • Louise Stewart
  • Dr. Andrew St George
  • Ben Stocks
  • Baroness (Tina) Stowell
  • Graham Stuart
  • Ben Sumner
  • Ian Sunley
  • Robert Swannell
  • Malcolm Sweeting
  • Rebecca Swift
  • Brenda Taggart
  • Professor Raymond Tallis
  • Peter Tatchell
  • Matthew Taylor
  • Professor Mick Temple
  • Miles Templeman
  • Tidjane Thiam
  • Simon Thirsk
  • Professor Callum Thomas
  • Mark Thompson
  • Anthony Thomson
  • Professor Nigel Thrift
  • Professor Adam Timmis
  • Dr. Ben Timmis
  • Professor Mike Tipton
  • Betsy Tobin
  • Joanna Trollope
  • Mark Tucker
  • Lord (Andrew) Turnbull
  • Lord (Adair) Turner
  • Jane Turner
  • Stephen Twigg MP
  • David Tyler
  • Chuka Umunna
  • Fran Unsworth
  • Kitty Ussher
  • Baroness (Shriti) Vadera
  • Ed Vaizey
  • John Varley
  • Sir David Varney
  • Jonathan Vaughan
  • David Verey
  • Marc Vlessing
  • Dr. Sushil Wadhwani
  • Veronica Wadley
  • Jenny Waldman
  • Simon Walker
  • General Sir Peter Wall
  • Sir Stephen Wall
  • Sir Mark Walport
  • Peter Wanless
  • Nigel Warburton
  • Dr. Richard Ward
  • Simon Warshaw
  • Baroness (Sayeeda) Warsi
  • Mark Watkin Jones
  • Arabella Weir
  • Sarah Weir
  • Professor Melanie Welham
  • Stephen Welton
  • Baroness (Patience) Wheatcroft
  • Jasmine Whitbread
  • Sharon White
  • Nick Wilkie
  • David Willetts
  • Dr. Abigail Williams
  • Major General Peter Williams
  • Sian Williams
  • Alex Wilmot-Sitwell
  • Andrew Wilson
  • Professor David Wilson
  • John Wilson
  • Mike Wilson
  • Nick Winser
  • John Witherow
  • Professor James Wolffsohn
  • Christian Wolmar
  • Dave Woods
  • Sir Clive Woodward
  • Tony Wray
  • Graham Wrigley
  • Richard Wyatt
  • Will Wyatt
  • Philip Yea
  • David Yelland
  • Peter York
  • Lord (David) Young
  • Sir George Young
  • Baroness (Lola) Young
  • Sir Nick Young
  • Patrick Younge
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