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Future Speakers...
(& for more about each Speaker, click their photo...)
2010...
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13th
October 2010 |
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Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of
Lerwick,
PC
- is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames.
He is best-known for his period serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from
1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. |
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8th
December 2010 |
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Professor Tony Moffat BPharm, PhD, DSc, FRPharmS,
CChem, FRSC, FFSSoc, FFIP
Tony has been Chief Scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain and was head of the Centre for Pharmaceutical Analysis
at The School of Pharmacy, University of London. After retiring from full-time
employment with the University in 2007, he was appointed their Emeritus
Professor of Pharmaceutical Analysis.
By early 2008, Tony had been involved in at least 333
publications - including the co-authorship or editorship of 7 books, 181 full
papers, 104 conference abstracts and 41 other publications, as well in
television appearances as an Expert in his field and also for education
programs. His work continues...
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2nd March 2011 |
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James Robbins - BBC Diplomatic Correspondent
Born in 1954, James is the BBC's Diplomatic
Correspondent, a post he has held since January 1998. He had previously served
as its Southern Africa Correspondent (from 1987 to 1991) and its Europe
Correspondent (from 1992 to 1998). He led the BBC's coverage of 9/11, making the
first report on that evening's BBC Ten O'clock News, a report lasting over 7
minutes. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programmes.
Educated at the independent Westminster School, he read Philosophy, Politics,
and Economics (PPE) at Christ Church, Oxford before joining the BBC as a
graduate trainee in 1977. At Oxford, he edited Isis magazine. |
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11th
May 2011 |
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The Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP
Please note: Lunch will start at the earlier time of
12:30.
...was born in 1941 and educated at Llanelli Grammar School and Peterhouse,
Cambridge. In 1962 he was elected President of the Cambridge Union. He was
called to the Bar in 1964 and was appointed a QC in 1982. Following the 1992
election, Michael Howard was appointed Secretary of State for the Environment.
In this position he played a major role in securing the participation of the USA
at the Earth Summit in Rio which he attended on behalf of the Government.
In May 1993 he became Home Secretary, a position he held for four years. During
his term of office crime fell by an unprecedented 18%. When he left office,
nearly a million fewer crimes a year were being committed than when he became
Home Secretary four years previously. |
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12thOctober 2011 |
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14th
December 2011 |
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