Government & Politics speakers

Philippe Van Parijs
Philosopher and Political Economist

Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Legendary civil rights journalist and activist

Susan Dentzer
Healthcare Policy Analyst &Thought Leader, Journalist, Keynote Speaker

Jamie Susskind
Former Fellow of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center

Bill Emmott
Informed insights on geopolitics and geoeconomics.

Matteo Renzi
Italian Prime Minister (2014-2016), Senator of the electoral college of Florence.


Jo Johnson
Former Minister serving three different Prime Ministers

Alec Ross
American technology policy expert

William Overholt
Senior Research Fellow in Harvard's Asia Center and author of "China's Crisis of success"

Chuck Rosenberg
Former Administrator (Director), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (2015-2017)

Sophie Pedder
Journalist & Author

Goh Chok Tong
Politician & Former PM of Singapore

Philip Augar
Government Adviser and Former Investment Banker

Amber Rudd
Leading politician & issues advocate

Lara Setrakian
Journalist and Trust Expert


Jamie Metzl
Technology futurist & geopolitical expert, novelist, entrepreneur, media commentator, and Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council.

Helena Morrissey
Financier & Diversity Advocate

Bridget Kendall
BBC Correspondent and Russia Expert

Peter Nolan
Cambridge Academic & China Expert

Richard Layard
Labour Economist and Happiness Researcher