On these pages you can find all the upcoming public events hosted by the think tanks. Think tank events are an opportunity to explore policy areas and topics in greater detail, listen to the leading experts convened as speakers and network with other like-minded people. The topics covered range from domestic policy areas such as reforming the health service to international topics including foreign policy, international relations and international development. Find the full range of think tank events available (both online and in person) and register for your place below.
Featured Event
Long-term, national strategy – how do we make it a core capability of the state?
9 October 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Think tank: PolicyWISE
This event hosted by UK think tank PolicyWISE discusses lessons from this year’s Heywood Fellowship on national strategy. This is a pivotal moment for the UK where a shifting global order, climate change, demographics, the technological transformation of the economy and society, intergenerational fairness, public trust in institutions and democracy are all influencing our future...
13 October 2025
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Location: Adam Smith Institute, 23 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3DJ
The Next Generation with Claire Coutinho MP
This event hosted by UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute will discuss electricity and how we can reduce the UK's costs to help our spluttering economy. The great thing about modernity is that you can electrify things. Move over acoustic, we've got the electric guitar now; and electric violins. Electrify a corpse and you...
22 October 2025
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Location: Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Ave, London EC2N 2DQ
Swimming against the tide
This event hosted by UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute features their annual Ayn Rand Lecture 2025 with Lance Forman. Join us for our annual Ayn Rand Lecture 2025 with Lance Forman on Wednesday, 22nd October. From fighting the European Union as an MEP to running an iconic salmon business, Lance Forman embodies the...