Speakers

HowTheLightGetsIn London 2024 welcomes philosophical revolutionaries, scientific trailblazers, political rebels and creative icons to navigate our era of uncertainty this September. From party leaders and Putin adversaries to Nobel Laureates and Turing Award winners explore the leading minds set to join us so far!

Check out the full lineup of speakers or keep exploring the Big Ideas coming to Hampstead Heath with our full programme...

Speakers

Sam Harris (via Zoom)

Neuroscientist and philosopher

Philippa Gregory

"Queen of British historical fiction"

Slavoj Žižek

Maverick Philosopher

Carla Denyer

Co-leader of the Green Party

Roger Penrose

Nobel prize-winning physicist

Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London

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

John Ioannidis

Stanford medic

Nadhim Zahawi

Former chair of the Conservative Party

John Bercow

Former speaker of the house of commons

Ruby Wax

TV personality and campaigner

Rupert Sheldrake

Radical scientist

Konstantin Kisin

Cultural Commentator

Bill Browder

Putin adversary

Sabine Hossenfelder

Youtube Science Star

Megha Rajagopalan

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist

Lindsey Hilsum

International Editor, Channel 4 News

Guy Standing

Pioneering economist

Shini Somara

Award-winning broadcaster

Gary Stevenson

Top trader turned activist

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

Sam McAlister

BBC producer and 'Scoop' author

Matthew Goodwin

Author of Values, Voice and Virtue

Susie Orbach

Eminent psychotherapist

Aaron Bastani

Journalist and founder of Novara Media

Marcus Du Sautoy

Mathematician and best-selling author

Dinesh Bughra