Speakers

Sam Harris (via Zoom)

Neuroscientist and philosopher

Philippa Gregory

Bestselling Author

Slavoj Žižek

Maverick Philosopher

Carla Denyer

Co-leader of the Green Party

Roger Penrose

Nobel prize-winning physicist

Yoshua Bengio

Deep Learning Pioneer

Katharine Birbalsingh

Britain's Strictest Headmistress

Will Hutton

Labour thought-leader

Myriam François

Activist and Documentary maker

Bessel van der Kolk

Boundary-pushing psychologist

Nadhim Zahawi

Former chair of the Conservative Party

John Bercow

Former speaker of the house of commons

Rupert Sheldrake

Radical scientist

Konstantin Kisin

Cultural Commentator

John Ioannidis

Stanford medic

Sabine Hossenfelder

Youtube Science Star

Shini Somara

Award-winning broadcaster

Bill Browder

Putin adversary

Anders Sandberg

Radical Futurist

Sam McAlister

BBC producer and 'Scoop' author

Daniel Susskind

Leading big-picture economist

Mary Ann Sieghart

Stalwart public intellectual

Aaron Bastani

Journalist and founder of Novara Media

Marcus Du Sautoy

Mathematician and best-selling author

David Aaronovitch

Award-winning journalist

Tariq Ali

Leading political activist

Faiza Shaheen

Economist and activist

Hilary Lawson

Post-postmodern philosopher

Malcolm Rifkind

Former Foreign Secretary

Lisa Cameron

Former MP

Trevor Phillips

Outspoken political commentator

Simon Jenkins

Former editor of the Times

Sunetra Gupta

Oxford epidemiologist

Sandra Laugier

Anayltic philosophy critic

Susie Orbach

Eminent psychotherapist

Guy Standing

Pioneering economist

Markus Gabriel

Founder of 'New Realism'

Megha Rajagopalan

Pulizer Prize Winning Reporter

Lindsey Hilsum

Channel 4 Foreign Editor

Peter Godfrey-Smith

Philosopher and author of 'Other Minds'

Frank Tallis

Psychotherapist and award-winning author

Uriel Abulof

Scholar of the politics of emotion

Clare Chambers

Best-selling feminist philosopher

Socrates Mokkas

Leading economist

Freya India

Up and coming journalist

Curt Jaimungal

Founder and host of Theories of Everything YouTube channel

Jack Symes

BBC New Generation Thinker

Avi Loeb

Prominent astrophysicist

Jessica Frazier

Intellectual historian

Nick Lane

Outstanding Biochemist

Jessica Wade

Physicist and diversity campaigner

Richard Kibble

Deloitte Partner

Matt Kennard

Celebrated investigative journalist

Dinesh Bughra

Former president of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Rose Cartwright

Mental health advocate

Matt O'Dowd

Youtuber and astrophysicist

Marie-Elsa Roche Bragg

Writer and therapist

Sarah Hill

Renowned psychologist

Roger Hearing

BBC Bussiness Presenter

Julia Hobsbawm

Award-winning writer

Chine McDonald

Director at Theos

Graham Priest

Leading logician

Marika Taylor

Leading string theorist

David Shariatmadari

Guardian Non-fiction editor

Güneş Taylor

Award-winning geneticist

Ankhi Mukherjee

Postcolonial theorist

Jo Kavenna

Acclaimed novelist

Barry C. Smith

Director of the Institute of Philosophy

Bjørn Ekeberg

Philosopher of science

Sophie Scott-Brown

Anarchist philsopher

Camila Vegara

Political scientist

Duncan Potts

Babette Babich

Nietzsche expert

Timothy Morton

Prophet of the Anthropocene

Nick Spencer

Scholar of religion and science

Finn Mackay

Feminist campaigner

Abby Innes

Boundary-pushing economist

Paul Ernest

Mathematician and social constructivist

Joanna Wolfarth

Author of 'Milk'

Samir Okasha

Pioneering philosopher of science

Sarah Wilson

Presenter and social philosopher

Martín López Corredoira

Radical philosopher of physics

Isabel Hilton

China expert

Marijam Didzgalvyte

Video game critic

Nolen Gertz

Philosopher of Nihilism and Technology

Niki Seth-Smith

Editor of the New Humanist

Daniela Gabor

Economic critic

Sarah Howe

Poet and author of 'Loop of Jade'

Johanna Thomas-Corr

Influential literary critic

Guy Shrubsole

Sunday Times best-selling author

Carol Cleland

Philosopher of science and life

Helena Kelly

Jane Austen expert

James Tartaglia

Existential nihilist

Claudia Canavan

Wellness Director UK Women's Health

Mary Harrington

Wrtier at Unherd

Craig Gent

Director at Novara Media

Alison Flood

New Scientist's culture editor

Janne Teller

Former conflict advisor for EU

Jonathan Webber

President of UK Sartre Society

Jacob Stegenga

Cambridge historian

Juliet Mabey

Director of Oneworld Publications