With Ian Birrell, Emma Boon, Max Lawson and Chris Mullin.

The government's consultation process on the reform of executive compensation is now well underway and submissions are starting to be made. Policy Exchange's own proposals for reform are due to be published in May. This event brings to the table the thoughts of opinion formers in Government and opposition, Policy Exchange and one of the world's leading legal firms on the subject.

Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide Dr Pomfret will examine the battles of different economic systems in the 20th Century, how market economics can protect the vulnerable whilst still promoting equal opportunity and how can we face the challenges of the 21st century, and successfully live in an interdependent world?

Diane Abbott MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health, will deliver a speech providing fresh, new thinking on  health and families - marking her intention to put families at the heart of policies on public health, calling for a ‘family-led health revolution’, and warning of the far-reaching consequences of Britain’s ‘forgotten families’.

This event will be Bernard Hogan-Howe’s first public speech following the London Mayoral election and will provide a key insight into his plans for improving policing in the capital, and how he intends to reform Scotland Yard itself in line with his philosophy of ‘Total Policing’.

Policy Exchange is delighted to host a roundtable seminar with Gary Pisano. Professor Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His research has examined technology strategy, the management of innovation, organizational learning, outsourcing, and the management of intellectual property. His research, teaching, and consulting on these issues span a range of science and technology based industries including aerospace, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, health care, computers, software, telecommunications, and semiconductors.

The aircrews of RAF Bomber Command will finally receive the recognition they deserve at the unveiling of the new Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park on 28 June 2012 by a member of the Royal Family. But what is the state of the historical debate on the effectiveness and morality of the air campaign over Europe during World War II? What are the legacies and lessons of that campaign for today’s air operations? And how do the debates of 1939-45 between air and ground commanders resonate today?

In his new book The New Few Ferdinand Mount argues that this was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically.

Secretary of State for Work & Pensions Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP delivered a keynote speech on the government's welfare reforms and helping people back in to work at the second Leonard Steinberg Memorial Lecture.