Festival Reception and Drinks

Saturday 28 October, 18:45—2100, ConservatoryFestival Attractions

Partners:

A chance for festival attendees to relax, continue the debates informally and enjoy a drink on behalf of Diageo. Key festival partners will highlight the importance of public discussion and open debate with a number of short speeches introduced by the IoI’s director, Claire Fox.

Throughout the evening, attendees will be entertained by Concrete Winds featuring a trio of musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Marcus Dawe (flute), Liam Forster (clarinet) and Stacey Newlin (bassoon).

speakers

Dan Enachescu

head of public policy for Europe, Diageo plc

Dr Eliot Forster

CEO, Immunocore; chairman, MedCity

Claire Fox

director, Academy of Ideas; panelist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive

Sean Gregory

director, Creative Learning, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Professor Michael Mainelli

executive chairman, Z/Yen Group; alderman, City of London; author, The Price of Fish: a new approach to wicked economics and better decisions