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This list of speakers is chronological, from most recent first:

Max Haiven - Nick Lowles - Kimberly Nicholas - Rachel Shabi - Robert Skidelsky - Julian Baggini - Tine Hens - David Farrier - Sarah Stein-Lubrano - AC Grayling - Julia Shaw - Ben Chu - Nigel Clarke - Benedetta Brevini - Farhan SamananiPaul MasonOmran ShroufiMark GrahamIsabella Weber - Jonathan WhiteTim MarshallIngrid RobeynsRoman KrznaricErica BennerLuc VertommenJesse AmstrongHugh Pope & Eva Rovers - Tommy Curry - Joanna Bryson - Katrine Kielos-Marcal - Michelle Meagher - Michele Lamont - Kirsty Sedgman - Richard Fisher - Peter Turchin - Jane Rogan & Joost Visser - Jessica Lutz - Nell Watson - Sophie Howe - William SieghartHelen Thompson - Cal Flyn - Paul Bloom - Francois Gemenne - David Labi - Hannah Critchlow - Arthur Keller - Christian Arnsperger - Eliza Filby - Clare Farrell - Anil Seth - Madeleine Bunting - Lea Ypi - Michela Wrong - Tim JacksonVandana Shiva - Roel Stercks - Francois Gemenne - Mikhail Shishkin - Leo Bormans - Mark Weinsteim - Axel Cleeremans - Catherine Fieschi - Hugh PopeTimothy Garton AshRoger KneeboneRoman Krznaric - Gabriella Coleman - Laura MuchaStephane DetournayTom HollandPeter Vermeersch - Inua Ellams - Guy Standing - Nigel Clarke - Julian Baggini & Zuzana Kasanova - Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Albena Azmanova & Stephen Coleman - Ivan Krastev - Gina Rippon - Linsey McGoey - Margaret Heffernan, Aaron Bastani, Josh Cohen & Alison Tate - Linda Yueh - Michel Bauwens - Herman Konings - Tarek Osman - Tristram Stuart & Sebastien Morvan - Gaston Dorren - Andrew Oswald - Susie Orbach - Helen Pankhurst & Zing Tsjeng - David SpiegelhalterLuuk van Middelaar - Alice Bell, Kooj Chuhan & François Gemenne - Jules Evans - Gloria Origgi - Leo Lucassen, Alison Killing & Sandra Ponzanesi - Glyn Ford - Hugh Dow - Kate RaworthNik Gowing & Chris LangdonKapka Kassabova, Bram Vermeulen & Bram Beelaert - Julian Baggini - Oli Mould - Steven Luckert - Patrick Gaspard - Ruth Wodak - A.C. Grayling - Bastian Obermayer - Juliet Schor - Peter Fleming - Julia Hobsbawm - Dave Randall - Julian Baggini - Scott Atran - Avner de-Shalit - Peter Mandaville - Shereen El Feki - Jamie Bartlett - Roman Krznaric - A.C. Grayling & Luuk Van Middelaar - Heather Grabbe - Taner Akcam - Mark Stevenson - Julie Nelson - Giles Gibbons - Thomas Hylland Eriksen - Shamil Idriss - Peter Vermeersch - Steve Keen - Jean-Marie Ghislain - Jonathan Steinberg - Ruth Rogers - Daria Van den Bercken - Fiona Morrison - Laurence Brahm - Oliver Burkeman - Mats Lewan - Robert Phillips - Mariella Frostrup - Jimmy Nelson - David Crystal - Elizabeth Pisani - Tristram Stuart - Antonio Nieto Rodriguez - Patrick McGuinness, Peter Vermeersch & Lieve Joris - Margaret Heffernan - Philippe Van Parijs - Linda Colley - Sean Gourley - Avner de-Shalit - Uri Gneezy - Nicholas Shaxson - Teddy Goff - A.C. Grayling - Jakob von Uexkull - Susan George - Martin Jacques - Giles Gibbons


 EMMANUEL ACHIRI, Activist-scholar 

Raceless in Name Only: Whiteness and Borders in Today's Europe


 LEA YPI, Political philosopher 

Indignity: identity, history & posthumous justice


 LEOR ZMIGROD, Political neuroscientist  

The Ideological Brain: A Radical Science of Susceptible Minds


 MAX HAIVEN, Prof. Radical Imagination, author

The gamification of politics: its dangers & possibilities


 KIMBERLY NICHOLAS, Climate scientist 

Action: Shifting the needle on the climate crisis


 ROBERT SKIDELSKY, Economic historian 

Europe should not re-arm


 JULIAN BAGGINI, Philosopher

How the world eats: understanding & improving our food systems


 DAVID FARRIER, Prof. Literature & Environment

Learning from Nature: Adapting in the climate crisis


 ERICA BENNER, Political Philosopher

Western Democracies: Its faults, & what we can do


 MARK GRAHAM, Internet geographer

Feeding the Machine: the human labour behind AI


 MISHA GLENNY, Journalist & author

The Tech Race: China, the US, & the EU 


 GAIA VINCE, Environmental journalist & author

The crisis of our times: climate migration

 RICHARD FISHER, Journalist & author

The Long View: Changing how we see time 

 PETER TURCHIN, Historian & cliodynamicist

End Times: Lessons from History

 JESSE ARMSTRONG, Screenwriter & producer

Writing for the screen & the future of media

 KIMBERLEY NICHOLAS, Climate scientist

Climate Action: facts, feelings & action


 MEHREEN KHAN, Economic journalist

Situating religion in European identity

 HANS KUNDNANI, Foreign policy analyst & theorist

Eurowhiteness: Ethnic cultural ideas of Europe


 VANDANA SHIVA, Environmental & food security activist

Decolonising the economy

 GLORIA ORIGGI, Philosopher

Knowledge practices: Reputation and trust


 LUUK VAN MIDDELAAR, Historian & political scientist 

The EU's coming of age


 JULES EVANS, Philosopher & historian

Philosophy for life: Ancient Greek lessons for a flourishing life


 SUSIE ORBACH, Psychotherapist & psychoanalyst

Troubled Bodies: the psychology of body image

 ZING TSJENG, Journalist

Forgotten Women: Womens rights in history & the present


 HELEN PANKHURST, Activist

Women's Rights: from the suffragettes to the 21st century

 GASTON DORREN, Journalist & author

Linguistics in the EU after Brexit

 ANDREW OSWALD, Prof. Economics & behavioural sciences 

The Economics of Happiness: valuing happiness as a societal metric

 SÉBASTIEN MORVAN, Founder & CEO, Brussels Beer Project

In the problem lies the solution: circular economy

 DAVID SPIEGELHALTER, Statistician

Statistics: understanding & communicating data


 KATE RAWORTH, Economist

Doughnut Economics: meeting human needs within environmental boundaries 


 NIK GOWING, Journalist & broadcaster

Unfit leadership: responding to modern political & social issues


 CHRIS LANGDON, Conflict Resolution Specialist

Why leadership is failing, & what needs to be done about it?

 JULIAN BAGGINI, Philosopher

How people think: cultural philosophies & individual thought

 OLI MOULD, Prof. Human Geography

Creativity: what is it, what does it create?

 PHILIPPE VAN PARIJS, Philosopher & political economist

Belgium: a utopia for our times?


 RUTH WODAK, Linguist

Right-wing messaging: truth, lies & persuasion


 A.C. GRAYLING, Philosopher & author

Populism & Demagoguery


 BASTIAN OBERMAYER, Journalist

Panama Papers: a parallel offshore world


 JUDITH WALLENSTEIN, CEO Advisory Lead, BCG

The Sharing Economy: a business-oriented understanding  


 STEVE KEEN, Economist & author

The Sharing Economy: passing on risk not reward


 JULIET SCHOR, Economist & sociologist

The Sharing Economy: potential, regulation & agency



 MICHEL BAUWENS, Political theorist & author 

The Sharing Economy: extraction & regeneration


 JAMIE BARTLETT, Journalist & author

The Contentious Sharing Economy


 PETER VERMEERSCH, Prof. Eastern European Politics

Democracy: it's complexities & our ambitions 


 PETER FLEMING, Economist & author

Homo economicus: its mythology & dangers


 SHEREEN EL FEKI, Journalist & author

Sexuality in the Arab world: preconceptions, misconceptions & masculinity


 JAMIE BARTLETT, Journalist & author

The Value of Radical Ideas


 ROMAN KRZNARIC, Philosopher & author

Carpe diem: the existential crime of the century 


 A. C. GRAYLING, Philosopher & author

Hijacking the democratic order: Trump and Brexit


 MARK STEVENSON, Author & businessman

The future is up for grabs: environment, economics, politics & technology


 THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN, Anthropologist

Overheating: accelerated change


 JULIA HOBSBAWM, Businesswoman & broadcaster

Social health: the health gap


 DAVE RANDALL, Musician

Cultural Power: a tool in the stuggle for a better world


 JULIAN BAGGINI, Philosopher & author]

The complicated truth: re-asserting truth in a post-truth world


 SCOTT ATRAN, Anthropologist

Acting for an idea: understanding terrorism


 MATS LEWAN, Journalist & consultant

Cold Fusion: the answer to our problems?


 LIEVE JORIS, Author

Having a centre: home, travel & reinvention


 ANTONIO NIETO-RODRIGUEZ, Management consultant

Focus: distraction, success & happiness

Any thoughts / comments / suggestions? 


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