List of 2017 past briefings
Tony Meggs, Chief Executive Infrastructure and Projects Authority:
“Planning for uncertainty - how to deal with political and market uncertainty while delivering long term infrastructure”
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair Environment Agency:
“Embedding climate change into the long-term strategic plan for the UK”
Rt Hon Lord Willetts, Chairman Resolution Foundation:
“Policy solutions to address the challenges of inequality”
Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
“Industrial Strategy—progress on business consultations, the framework and policies”
Tom Scholar, Permanent Secretary HM Treasury:
“Treasury update”
Iain Wright MP, Chair House of Commons’ Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee:
“Industrial Strategy, so what’s different this time?”
Sharon White, Chief Executive Ofcom:
“Digital Infrastructure, a key enabler of growth for the UK economy”
Gerard Grech, CEO of TechCity:
“Digital innovation – business enabler and wealth creator”.
HE The Hon Sir Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India:
“India Update”
HE Mr Nicholas Hopton, UK Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran:
“Iran update”
Jesse Norman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
“The next phase of energy policy”
Karen Pierce, Director General Political, Foreign & Commonwealth Office:
“Geopolitical shifts – opportunities and challenges for diplomacy”
Jeremy Browne, Special Representative for the City to the European Union:
“Priorities for financial and professional services as the UK leaves the EU”
Agnès Poirier, Journalist for Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Monde and BBC:
“France update after the Presidential and General Assembly elections”
Andrus Ansip, Commissioner for Digital Single Market & VP of the European Commission:
“Is Europe falling behind in the digital race?”
Liv Garfield, Chief Executive Severn Trent:
“The challenge of balancing stakeholder expectations in regulated markets”
Sir John Peace, Chairman of Midlands Engine:
“The Midlands Engine – devolved powers, regional cooperation and their contribution to the UK’s industrial strategy”
Christopher Rodrigues CBE, Non-executive Chairman, The British Council:
“Soft power”
Jochen Buchsteiner, London Political Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
“Political review of the German Federal Election”
Jeremy Silver, CEO Digital Catapult:
“Digital Innovation – key driver for the growth of the UK Economy”
Sir Julian King, Security Commissioner European Commission:
“European collaboration on security”
Nigel Whitehead, Group Managing Director – Programmes & Support BAE Systems plc & Member of the Productivity Leadership Group:
“Responding to the challenge of improving UK productivity”
John Alty, DG Trade Policy, Department for International Trade:
“Seeing the broader picture – opportunities for the UK in international trade”
David Gray, Chairman OFGEM:
“Energy markets reform and progress on infrastructure transformation”
Timothy Hitchens CMG LVO, Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth Summit:
“A 21 st century Commonwealth”
Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary Department for Education:
“The role of vocational training and apprenticeships in bridging the skills gap”
The Hon Bernard Jenkin MP:
“The UK’s new relationship with its European Partners”
Sarah Richards, Chief Executive Planning Inspectorate:
“The role of the Planning Inspectorate in infrastructure project assessment”
Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union:
“What next for Britain?”