IEA Past Events

The IEA and TaxPayers’ Alliance – Conservative Party Conference event – Tuesday 30 September The Great HS2 debate Speakers Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive, The TaxPayers’ Alliance (Chair) For Stuart Andrew MP, All‐Party Parliamentary Group for High Speed Rail Cllr Timothy Huxtable, Birmingham Council Steve Norris, Non-Executive Director, London Communications Agency Against Andrew Bridgen MP Cheryl (more…)

The IEA and The City of London Corporation – Conservative Party Conference event – Monday 29 September Keeping London competitive: what needs to be done?  Speakers Mark Boleat, Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation Lord Flight, Chairman, Aurora Investment Trust PLC David Gauke, MP, Finacial Secretary to the Treasury Dr Gerard Lyons, (more…)

The IEA – Conservative Party Conference event – Monday 29 September Give Commercials a Break – Is Advertising Over-regulated?  Speakers Ian Barber, Director of Communications, Advertising Association Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer, British Heart Foundation Rt Hon John Redwood MP Christopher Snowdon, Director of Lifestyle Economics, IEA Gideon Spanier, Evening Standard John Whittingdale MP, Culture, (more…)

The IEA – Conservative Party Conference event – Monday 29 September The Government Debt Timebomb – How to Deal with an Ageing Population  Speakers Janet Daley, Columnist, The Telegraph (Chair) Dr Philip Lee MP Mark Littlewood, Director General, The Institute of Economic Affairs Fraser Nelson, Editor, The Spectator James Sproule, Chief Economist and Director of (more…)

The IEA – Conservative Party Conference event – Monday 29 September Britain outside the EU – Economic risks and Opportunities Speakers Mark Littlewood, Director General, The Institute of Economic Affairs (Chair) Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP Mats Persson, Director, Open Europe Dominic Raab MP Rt Hon John Redwood MP Please note this event is inside (more…)

IEA – Conservative Party Conference event – Sunday 28 September The Institute of Economic Affairs Drinks Reception Speakers Mark Littlewood, Director General, The Institute of Economic Affairs (Chair) Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Please note that admission to this event is by invitation only. (more…)

Welcome to ThinkTent. We hope over the course of this year’s Conservative Party Conference, you will find the wide range of events and activities hosted here stimulating and inspiring. The next government will face a wide range of economic challenges. We are a long way away from eliminating our year-on-year budget deficit, let alone tackling (more…)

UKIP Party Conference event – Friday 26 September 2014 – 12.30pm – 2.00pm The Royal Suite, Doncaster Racecourse Tackling the cost of living – is UKIP getting it right? Speakers: Tim Aker MEP, Head of UKIP’s Policy Unit Mark Littlewood, Director General, IEA (Chair) Tim Montgomerie, Columnist, The Times Patrick O’Flynn MEP, UKIP Economic Spokesman (more…)

Labour Party Conference event – Tuesday 23rd September 2014 – 6.15pm – 7.45pm Exchange Room 6-7, Manchester Central Conference Centre The cost of living crisis – are free markets and lower taxes the answer? Co-hosted with the TaxPayers’Alliance Speakers: Dan Hodges, Columnist, Daily Telegraph (Chair) Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda Simon Danczuk, MP for Rochdale (more…)

Capitalism and wealth accumulation: Does inequality matter? Hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs and Bloomberg Wednesday 23 July 2014, 12.30-2.00pm. The Institute of Economic Affairs and Bloomberg invite you to a panel discussion on Capitalism and wealth accumulation: Does inequality matter? The event is to be held on Wednesday 23 July 2014, between 12.30pm and (more…)