Speakers
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Festival of Economics
Chris Colvin
He strives to combine economics and history to better understand the performance of firms, industries, economies and societies. He is active in the field of applied history, which is an explicit attempt to illuminate current challenges and choices by analysing historical precedents and analogues. He leads a teaching and learning project which has the objective […]
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Festival of Economics
Ed Conway
He is the author of the critically acclaimed book on Bretton Woods, The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War – Fought Behind Closed Doors (Little, Brown, 2014) and the bestselling 50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know (Quercus, 2009). Conway has won numerous awards for his television and newspaper journalism, among […]
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Colin Ward
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Diane Coyle
Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. She has served in public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, of the […]
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Bev Craig
Bev Craig became leader of Manchester City Council in December 2021. First elected in 2011 as a Burnage Councillor, she held a range of responsibilities on Manchester City Council, including serving for four years as Executive Member for Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, then as Deputy Leader overseeing resources, capital programmes, social value and […]
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Bristol 650
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Colin Ward
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Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf is responsible for building and planning projects in Europe and the Middle East, including Al Daayan Health District in Doha, Norra Tornen in Stockholm (completed 2020), the nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam (completed 2020), Holland Green in London (completed 2016), Timmerhuis in Rotterdam (completed 2015), G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (completed 2014) and […]
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Festival of Economics
Angus Deaton
His books include The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality and The New York Times bestseller with Anne Case Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism – which created huge debate in the US, a meeting with President Obama, and films and television series. His latest book is Economics in America: […]
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Festival of the Future City
Carla Denyer
In 2018, she proposed the first Climate Emergency declaration in Europe, committing Bristol to go carbon neutral by 2030 and starting a wave of similar declarations from councils and other organisations across the UK. She is the Green Party’s candidate for Bristol Central in the next General Election. She is an engineer, previously working in […]
