All events

May
31
Chalk + Talk: Professor Anna Vignoles - Learning to earn? Appraising the UK's human capital policy
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Professor Anna Vignoles of the Institute for Education will join us for our fifth Chalk + Talk event this year

May
03
Chalk+ Talk: Ha-Joon Chang - Towards a selective industrial policy
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Ha-Joon Chang will speak at our fourth Chalk + Talk event this year.

May
01
Professor Robert Shiller: Finance and the Good Society
Committee Room 2, House of Lords
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Robert Shiller examines why finance is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems.

Apr
26
Chalk + Talk: The Economy of Obligation, with Professor Avner Offer
Social Market Foundation
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
We are delighted to welcome Professor Avner Offer of the University of Oxford for April's Chalk + Talk event.

Apr
26
Paying your dues: closing the excise gap
Social Market Foundation
8:30 am - 9:30 am
This is the second of our expert breakfast roundtable events on how best to shore up the UK tax base.

Mar
27
Paying Your Dues: closing the business tax gap
Social Market Foundation
8:30 am - 9:30 am
This is the first of our expert breakfast roundtable events on how best to shore up the UK tax base.

Mar
08
Chalk + Talk: Professor Kathy Sylva - Building a high-quality early years education system
Social Market Foundation
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Professor Sylva will discuss the importance of early years and childcare

Mar
06
Reviewing the Rehabilitation Revolution, with Crispin Blunt MP
Social Market Foundation
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
We are delighted to welcome Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt to our annual justice half-day conference.

Feb
23
Chalk + Talk: Getting Britain Growing, with Prof Tim Besley
SMF, 11 Tufton St, Westminster, SW1P 3QB
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The SMF is delighted to welcome the London School of Economics' Tim Besley for our first Chalk+Talk of 2012.

Feb
08
A better beginning: easing the cost of childcare - with Liam Byrne MP
Social Market Foundation
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
The launch of an innovative new policy to solve the childcare funding crisis.

Jan
26
‘The politics of the market after the crash’ with John Kay, Dieter Helm and Robert Skidelsky
British Academy
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
This British Academy Forum will offer a wide-ranging discussion of the politics of the market economy.

Jan
24
Reforming executive pay: a speech by Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
British Academy
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Business Secretary Vince Cable will set out how the Government intends to respond to the problem of excessive executive pay.

Dec
15
Risk and reward: can social impact bonds breathe new life into public services?
The British Academy
9:00 am - 1:30 pm
SMF half day conference looking at social impact bonds.

Dec
15
Chalk+Talk: Should governments promote wellbeing?
SMF
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lord Layard from the LSE joins us for our second December Chalk + Talk event.

Dec
01
Chalk+Talk: The regional growth dilemma
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
We are delighted to welcome Professor Henry Overman from the LSE.

Nov
28
SMF Publication Launch: The Parent Trap: Illustrating the growing cost of childcare
St Stephen’s Club
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
SMF childcare affordability publication launch

Nov
24
Encouraging Responsible Universities
The British Academy
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Half day conference with David Willetts MP and Shabana Mahmood MP.

Nov
17
Markets in a State? Building a new economy that works for all
Arup
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
SMF publication launch with the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

Nov
03
Chalk+Talk: The Challenge of fiscal sustainability
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Paul Johnson from the Institute for Fiscal Studies talks at our November Chalk + Talk event.

Oct
20
Chalk+Talk: What's going on in the labour market?
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Professor Paul Gregg from the University of Bath is our October Chalk+Talk academic.

Oct
05
Making the grade: What is a successful university?
Fairclough Suite, Midland Hotel
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Oct
04
Whose crime is it anyway?
Chester Suite, Midland Hotel
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Oct
04
Enough homes in all the right places?
Exchange 8, Manchester Central
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Oct
04
A nudge in the right direction – delivering better financial outcomes for consumers
Exchange 8, Manchester Central
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Oct
04
National well-being: a strong fit for the Conservatives?
Committee Room 1, Manchester Town Hall
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Oct
04
The Green Growth challenge: opportunities for public-private partnerships on development finance
Exchange 8, Manchester Central
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Oct
04
Future childcare funding: how will the poorest families benefit?
Committee Room 2, Manchester Town Hall
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

Oct
04
Growing Pains? Where next for jobs and the economy?
Central 8, Manchester Central
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Keynote speech

Oct
04
Skills that work: a better market in Further Education
Committee Room 2, Manchester Town Hall
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Oct
03
Smart on crime, tough on the causes of crime
Committee Room 3, Manchester Town Hall
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Oct
03
A market in higher education: is it achievable?
Committee Room 2, Manchester Town Hall
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

Oct
03
Keeping the home fires burning: who’s to blame for spiralling energy bills – companies, consumers or government?
Committee Room 2, Manchester Town Hall
7:15 pm - 8:15 pm

Oct
03
Early intervention: can markets end child poverty?
Central 4, Manchester Central
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Oct
03
Breaking the crime cycle
Royce Suite, Midland Hotel
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Oct
03
Routes to success: improving skills to encourage social mobility
Mezzanine, Manchester Central
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Oct
02
The Future of Public Service Reform: lessons from Welfare to Work
Bridgewater Suite, Jurys Inn Manchester
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sep
27
Whose crime is it anyway?
Suite 7, Jurys Inn Liverpool
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Sep
27
Consumers and the financial services industry: who needs to be tamed, shamed or blamed?
Suite 6, Jurys Inn Liverpool
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
27
Smart on crime, tough on the causes of crime
Suite 7, Jurys Inn Liverpool
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
26
Creating better financial outcomes: how do we empower consumers?
Suite 7, Jurys Inn Liverpool
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
26
The Work Programme underway
Suite 9, Jurys Inn Liverpool
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
26
The Green Growth challenge: opportunities for public-private partnerships on development finance
Suite 6, Jurys Inn Liverpool
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Sep
26
Widening participation in Higher Education
Suite 7, Jurys Inn Liverpool
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Sep
26
Investment, growth and PFI
Suite 6, Jurys Inn Liverpool
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sep
25
Early intervention: can markets end child poverty?
Suite 7, Jurys inn Liverpool
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Sep
20
Smart on crime, tough on the causes of crime
Chamberlain Suite, Council House
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
20
The Green Growth challenge: opportunities for public-private partnerships on development finance
Dolce, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Sep
20
Growing Pains? Where next for jobs and the economy?
Executive Room 8, The ICC
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
SMF keynote address

Sep
20
Whose crime is it anyway?
Room 104, Jurys Inn Birmingham
7:45 am - 9:00 am

Sep
19
Success by degrees? Social mobility and higher education
Chamberlain Suite, Council House
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Sep
19
Routes to success: improving skills to encourage social mobility
Executive Room 8, The ICC
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Sep
19
No NEET solution?
Room 105, Jurys Inn Birmingham
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm

Sep
18
Keeping the home fires burning: who’s to blame for spiralling energy bills – companies, consumers or government?
Soprano
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Sep
18
Pensions auto-enrolment: nudging to higher or lower savings?
Fortissimo, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm

Sep
12
Safe, trustworthy and competitive banking? Independent Commission on Banking final report
The British Academy
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This panel discussion assesses the impact of the ICB's final proposals.

Sep
01
Chalk+Talk: How do we solve the Higher Education Funding puzzle?
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Professor Nick Barr from the LSE discusses Higher Education funding

Aug
11
Chalk + Talk: Can the Big Society deliver public services?
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Professor Sarah Smith from Bristol University on the Big Society

Jul
26
The business case: good companies, future success
SMF
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Keynote speech by the Rt Hon John Denham MP

Jul
18
Saving when scrimping: getting Britons into the black
SMF
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
This event launches two new research reports exploring the financial behaviours of those on lower incomes.

Jul
14
Can payment by results improve sexual health outcomes?
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
This event will explore the implications of the recent public health white paper on sexual health outcomes in the UK.

Jul
13
A confidence crisis? Restoring trust in financial services
SMF
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SMF publication launch

Jul
07
Chalk+Talk: Can Competition in the NHS Save Lives?
SMF
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Dr Zack Cooper from the LSE on competition in healthcare

May
23
How the Coalition Government is tackling intergenerational inequity
SMF
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A keynote speech by Rt Hon David Willetts MP

Mar
03
High pay and low trust in finance – does it matter?
SMF
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
SMF Expert Roundtable

Feb
10
Welfare that works?
The British Academy
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Welfare Reform half day conference

Jan
25
Prison Break: putting the rehabilitation revolution into practice
The British Academy
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Half day conference on payment-by-results in the justice system

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