IEA Past Events

Speaker: Tom Le Quesne, Senior Policy Advisor, World Wildlife Fund Chair and Respondent: Sir Ian Byatt, Former Chairman, Water Industry Commission for Scotland How can the problem of water scarcity be solved? Taking a market-based approach to encourage water conservation unveils many opportunities, and this lecture will assess possible designs for the effective allocation and (more…)

Scroll down for an interview with Prof Tooley… The profit motive in education will form the basis for a new and prestigious event being held by the IEA this autumn. Professor James Tooley, of Newcastle University, will deliver the E.G. West Memorial Lecture at Church House, Westminster, on Wednesday October 19th. Lecture 6.15pm for 6.30pm to (more…)

Speaker: Jonathan Djangoly, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice Respondent: Nicholas Green QC, Brick Court Chambers Chair: David Edwards, Chair, Legal Services Board How will changes to the ownership and management of law firms in the Legal Services Act 2007 affect the industry? This lecture will examine the implications of Alternative Business Structures (more…)

Speaker: Sir John Vickers, Chair, Independent Commission on Banking Chair and Respondent: Steve Smith, Director, Competition and Consumer Policy, Lloyds Banking Group The recommendations of the final ICB report this September will summarise what reform should be undertaken to make banks safer. Sir John will discuss banks’ capacity to absorb losses, measures to improve competition (more…)

The IEA is delighted to be hosting a panel discussion at the Conservative Party Conference around a new book – After the coalition: the future Conservative agenda for Britain (This event is kindly sponsored by Bell Pottinger) Tuesday 4 October 7.30pm – 9pm Conservative Party Conference Manchester Central, Exchange 10 Kevin Bell, IEA (Chair) Mark (more…)

The IEA is delighted to be hosting this important debate at this year’s Conservative Party Conference. Given the context of ballooning national debt, strikes over public sector pay and demonstrations about cuts it is vital that we discuss the important issues of debt, spending, pensions and the burden on the next generation. Sunday 2 October (more…)

Speaker: Peter Freeman CBE QC, Former Chairman, Competition Commission Chair and Respondent: Catherine Waddams, Founding Director, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia Different options for a reformed competition policy framework in the UK are currently being consulted on, as the existing system is called into question. This lecture will examine the drawbacks (more…)

Speaker: Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Oxford Chair and Respondent: Simon Less, Research Director, Environment and Energy Unit, Policy Exchange As the electricity market is preparing for changes to enable the transition to a low carbon energy, this lecture will discuss feed-in tariffs, capacity mechanisms, and emissions performance standards in detail, and (more…)

Chris Preble will talk about the current debate in the United States surrounding government spending, writ large, and military spending in particular. If, as some have suggested, the fiscal crisis will ultimately result in a smaller U.S. military, what would that mean for global security, given that the United States has played the role of global policeman (more…)

The IEA is delighted to be hosting this topical debate at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference – Coalition and the changing Liberal Democrats Monday 19 September 8pm – 9.15pm, The ICC, Hall 10b The discussion will examine how entering government has changed the Liberal Democrats. Has deficit reduction meant the party has embraced a new economic (more…)