Thursday 30th June 2022 : 9am – 5pm

09:00 WELCOME: By Tony Blair, executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Introduction – by host Emily Maitlis

SECTION: THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN

09:05 OPENING SESSION: The Future of Britain – with Jason Arthur, Clover Hogan and Ruby Osman

Mission 44 Chief Executive Jason Arthur, Force of Nature Founder and Executive Director Clover Hogan and the Tony Blair Institute’s Senior Geopolitical Researcher Ruby Osman will outline the challenges that Britain faces and why it must evolve to respond to a changing world.

09:10 PRESENTATION: A Plan for Britain – with Monica Harding

Monica Harding, a 2019 Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate and director of The Britain Project, will draw on extensive polling to set the scene for the conference and show that while Britain faces profound challenges, it also lacks a plan to deal with them.

09:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: The Opportunity for a New Politics – with Monica Harding, Mete Coban and Rory Stewart

In this panel event chaired by Emily Maitlis, Monica Harding, Mete Coban (founder of My Life My Say and Hackney Labour Councillor) and Rory Stewart (senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and former Conservative cabinet minister) discuss the opportunity for a new type of politics in Britain – based on an exploration of extensive polling – which can help to deliver a new plan for the country’s future.

SECTION: ECONOMY AND COST OF LIVING

09:45 INTERVIEW: The Cost-of-Living Crisis – Martin Lewis in conversation with Emily Maitlis

Martin Lewis, the founder and chair of MoneySavingExpert.com, will discuss how policy can help households through the cost-of-living crisis, and how reforms can make energy and financial markets work better.

10:15 INTERVIEW: From Big State to Strategic State, with Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, will share his thoughts on the future shape of the state. Official projections paint a bleak picture of rising costs for health care and pensions, which will force government to make tough choices between raising taxes and cutting spending. But what is the scope for limiting these costs through reform of public services and technological innovations? And how can we reform taxation to make the system more growth-friendly?

10:30 INTERVIEW: The Global Economy – Larry Summers in conversation with Jon Sopel

In February 2021, Larry Summers – the Charles W Eliot University Professor and president emeritus at Harvard University and former secretary of the US Treasury – warned that fiscal policy and macroeconomic stimulus in response to the Covid-19 pandemic could set off high levels of inflation. Now, with that warning becoming a reality, where is the world economy heading in the short term and how do we tackle the deep-seated economic challenges that existed pre-pandemic?

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

SECTION: TECHNOLOGY

11:30 INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY – by host Emily Maitlis

PRESENTATION: From Treatment to Prevention: Technology and Health Care – with Professor the Lord Darzi

Technology presents an opportunity to radically alter our approach to health – and Britain can be at the forefront of this transformation. From accelerating digital infrastructure to leading the biotech revolution, the country can begin to shift from a model of treating disease to a model of preventative and personalised health care. In his talk, Professor Darzi – co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and a former Labour health minister – will talk about the innovations making this possible and how the government needs to move much faster and further to reform our current system.

11:40 PRESENTATION: Transforming Education for the Technological Era – with Peter Hyman

Peter Hyman – the co-director of Big Education and co-founder and first headteacher of School 21, a pioneering school in east London – will talk about how we can use technology to rethink what happens in the classroom and beyond. Used well, tech holds the promise of radically transforming assessments, teaching practices and the broader experience of learners and parents. How can we unlock this potential and what policies and tools do we need?

11:55 FILM: The Transformative Power of Technology

Filmed exclusively for the Future of Britain Conference, we hear from leaders and innovators across the global tech sector about the increasing importance of technology in governance and policy. We delve into the ways technology can be used to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, improve people’s lives and stimulate new growth.

12:00 INTERVIEW: #Communicating in the Social Media Era – Evan Spiegel in conversation with Joanna Coles

Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc, a social-media network used by 300 million people daily. In conversation with award-winning journalist and Snap board member Joanna Coles, he will explore how young people engage with politics and what governments can learn from companies like Snap.

12:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: Harnessing the Forces of Technological Change – with Matt Clifford, Dame Vivian Hunt and Herman Narula

Author, investor and founder of Exponential View Azeem Azhar leads a discussion on what the technological revolution means for business and politics with Matt Clifford (co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First), Dame Vivian Hunt (senior partner of McKinsey & Co) and Herman Narula (co-founder and CEO of Improbable). In particular, the panel will explore how we can encourage both the public and private sectors to better shape their development and what skills are required to do this.

12:50 LUNCH

13:40 AFTERNOON INTRODUCTION – by host Jon Sopel

FILM: How the Tech Revolution Will Change the World, Including Our Environment and Health Care – with Larry Ellison and Condoleezza Rice

Technology has already delivered profound changes to societies and economies all over the world. But politics is always playing catch-up and very often policymakers do not have a plan for dealing with the next wave of disruption. To help them prepare, they need to work with industry leaders to understand where technology will take us. In this film, Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, is interviewed exclusively for the Future of Britain by former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. His long experience in Silicon Valley puts him in a great position to explain how things might unfold.

13:55 PRESENTATION: AI 2041: Understanding the Coming Revolution in Artificial Intelligence – with Kai-Fu Lee

Kai-Fu Lee – tech investor and author of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order – will examine the challenges and opportunities presented by competition between the United States and China.

SECTION: CLIMATE

14:10 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE – by host Jon Sopel

PRESENTATION: The Climate Challenge – with Steve Howard

Advances in technology give us reasons to be optimistic about the climate crisis. However, we need to scale new solutions and innovations at speed, focusing on making future growth and investment clean. Businesses are critical to this mission, and in this presentation, Temasek’s Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard will talk about the company’s role in the clean revolution.

14:20 FILM: Big Ideas From Big Tech for a Big Problem: The Climate

Having spoken to some of the leading clean-tech companies in the world, this film highlights the urgency of the issues but also the ingenuity of humans and the innovations we our building to help solve the crisis. It showcases AI, new forms of travel and emerging technologies such as carbon capture as examples of the innovations we need to scale at speed today.

14:25 PRESENTATION: The Business of Climate Change – with Corinne Sawers and Eric Lonergan

The co-authors of Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster – More United co-founder Corinne Sawers and economist Eric Lonergan – explore how governments can work with key stakeholders like businesses to tackle climate change in the coming decades.

14:35 PANEL DISCUSSION: Climate Crisis – What Do We Do? – with Corinne Sawers, Eric Lonergan and Steve Howard

If we are to comply with the goals of the Paris Agreement, then we must halve global emissions by 2030 and move to net-zero emissions by mid-century. Chaired by Jon Sopel, this session with Corinne Sawers, Eric Lonergan and Steve Howard will focus on the progressive policies and politics that can be harnessed to accelerate this transition and deliver a sustainable future for all.

15:00 Coffee

SECTION: BRITAIN IN A CHANGING WORLD

15:25 INTRODUCTION TO BRITAIN IN A CHANGING WORLD – by host Jon Sopel

15:25 FILM: PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH CONSENSUS

David Gauke interviews the co-chairs of the US House of Representatives’ Problem Solvers Caucus, Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (Democrat of New Jersey) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Republican of Pennsylvania).

The Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of more than 55 members of the US House of Representatives equally split between Democrats and Republicans, aims to find common ground and champion ideas that appeal to a broad spectrum of the American people. In this interview, former Secretary of State for Justice David Gauke will hear how its members agreed to find bipartisan solutions on Covid-19, infrastructure, health care, immigration, criminal-justice reform, and gun and schools safety.

15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: A New Politics For a New Era – with Ruth Davidson and Peter Kyle

Former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson and Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Kyle discuss why – despite party differences – collaboration across party lines is necessary to deliver material and sustainable solutions. Chaired by Jon Sopel.

16:10 PRESENTATION: Britain in a Changing World – with Ryan Wain

The Tony Blair Institute’s Executive Director of Politics Ryan Wain discusses the defining geopolitical forces of our time.

16:15 IN CONVERSATION: Post-Brexit Britain and the World – with Tony Blair and Jon Sopel

Tony Blair and Jon Sopel will discuss the state of British and Western politics, why a new policy agenda needs the tech revolution at its centre and how the geopolitics of the world will develop in the 21st century.

16:40 EVENT CLOSING: Thanks and goodbyes from host Jon Sopel