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29 April 2013 | Michael Fallon: Royal Mail - Ensuring long-term success

  • In this keynote speech, Michael Fallon will set out the Coalition's ambitious plans for 2013/14 to be the year to reform Royal Mail through the introduction of private capital and the largest employee share scheme for 25 years  to create a better capitalised, more flexible company.

  • 22 April 2013 | Cyber Secure: Who will own and protect online intelligence in the future?

  • This event looks at some of the sophisticated and fast-evolving techniques in online intelligence in the context of broader questions of cyber governance and security, including whether cyber space is really governable, the difference in monitoring techniques between government and big business, how vulnerable citizens are and an analysis of the impact of the recent Communications Bill.

  • 16 April 2013 | Margaret Thatcher: Mother of Modernisation?

  • Policy Exchange is delighted to be hosting education secretary Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Rt Hon Lord Mandelson and Charles Moore, authorised biographer of Margaret Thatcher and former Chairman of Policy Exchange, to discuss Margaret Thatcher's legacy and her impact on the modernisation of the Conservative party.

  • 26 March 2013 | How can we capture the possibilities but avoid the pitfalls of nanotechnology?

  • This event will examine what the realistic impact of nanotechnology might be. It will ask whether we can attain high-precise atomic manufacturing capabilities, whether the UK should channel its energy into areas of current strength like nanomedicine, what the possible risks of the technology are and what policy makers should be doing to help advance nanotechnology.

  • 26 March 2013 | The Future is Digital: Walking the walk on digital government

  • This will be the first in a series of Policy Exchange events exploring the future of the public sector in the digital age. Leading figures from the UK administration, including Rohan Silva, Tom Loosemore and Tim Kelsey, will join us to reflect on the journey to date and to discuss their perspectives on the path ahead.

  • 18 March 2013 | Is National Citizen Service the solution to Britain's growing NEETs crisis?

  • Policy Exchange is delighted to host a debate in partnership with City Year exploring the economic and social case for expanding British national civic service models and whether such schemes can be utilised to reduce youth unemployment.

  • 18 March 2013 | Policy Fight Club - It is right to cut Arts funding in times of austerity

  • Policy Exchange, in partnership with St. James Theatre is delighted to invite you to the seventh round of Policy Fight Club to debate the motion "It is right to cut Arts funding in times of austerity". Taking part in the debate are Frederic Raphael, Fraser Nelson, Dame Liz Forgan DBE and Sarah Sands.

  • 13 March 2013 | The Miracle Pill: What do brain boosting drugs mean for the future?

  • This event will examine the potential of brain-enhancing drugs, looking at what their scientific and ethical limits might be, how they might help the developing world and how best to oversee their development and regulation.

  • 12 March 2013 | Financing Small and Growing Firms with Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP

  • This event will focus on what the financial sector, policymakers and businesses themselves can do to ease the flow of finance to their businesses. It will examine how the government can improve access to finance for SMEs, the role banks can play in supporting non-bank solutions and the potential implications of Vickers and Basel III capital requirements on UK SMEs.

  • 04 March 2013 | Delivering the Rehabilitation Revolution

  • Policy Exchange is hosting a major conference to discuss the Government’s evolving plans for a ‘rehabilitation revolution’. As the Ministry of Justice finalises plans to spread payment-by-results to reduce reoffending across the criminal justice system, this is a unique opportunity to take part in the debate about the future of offender services in custody and the community.