Battle of Ideas 2011

	Simon Belt IT consultant; co-organiser, Manchester Salon

	Helen Birtwistle resources and communications manager, Debating Matters Competition

	Tim Black writer on arts, entertainment and British politics; journalist, spiked

	David Bowden coordinator, UK Battle Satellites; poetry editor, Culture Wars; TV columnist, spiked

	Justine Brian national coordinator, Debating Matters Competition

	Dave Clements social policy writer; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum; co-editor, The Future of Community

	Joel Cohen politics student, SOAS

	Dolan Cummings associate fellow, Institute of Ideas; editor, Culture Wars; editor, Debating Humanism; co-founder, Manifesto Club

	Neil Davenport writer; head of sociology, JFS Sixth Form Centre

	Suzy Dean freelance journalist; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum

	Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite, WORLDbytes and Chew On It productions

	Martin Earnshaw co-editor Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated; chair, IoI Social Policy Forum

	Craig Fairnington web editor, Institute of Ideas

	Claire Fox director, Institute of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze

	Tony Gilland science and society director, Institute of Ideas; director, Debating Matters Competition

	Luke Gittos trainee barrister; convenor, London Legal Salon

	Timandra Harkness journalist and writer; co-writer and performer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe smash hit Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death

	Dennis Hayes professor of education, University of Derby; director, Academics for Academic Freedom; co-founder, East Midlands Salon

	Patrick Hayes head, press and promotions, Institute of Ideas; reporter, spiked; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum

	Bríd Hehir charity fundraiser; former NHS health visitor and senior manager

	Alex Hochuli PhD student in sociology, University of Kent, Canterbury; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum

	Tiffany Jenkins arts and society director, Institute of Ideas; author, Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: the crisis of cultural authority

	Angus Kennedy head of external relations, Institute of Ideas; chair, IoI Economy Forum; convenor, The Academy

	Geoff Kidder director, membership and events, Institute of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters

	Paul Kilbey music writer and reviewer

	Shirley Lawes subject leader, modern foreign Languages, Institute of Education; co-author, Modern Foreign Languages: teaching school subjects 11-19

	Kirk Leech freelance journalist; researcher, development and environment

	Toby Marshall lecturer and researcher in media, film and communication studies; IoI Education Forum

	Tara McCormack lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches

	Sally Millard founder member, IoI Parents Forum; opinionated mother of two

	Alan Miller co-director, NY Salon; co-founder, London's Truman Brewery

	Para Mullan operations director, cScape; fellow member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

	Martyn Perks director, Thinking Apart; co-author Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

	David Perks head of physics, Graveney School; co-founder The Physics Factory; lead author, What is Science Education For?

	Paul Reeves principal software developer, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks R&D; former senior researcher, International Automotive Research Centre, University of Warwick

	Vivien Regan assistant director/producer, WORLDwrite

	Kevin Rooney head of social science, Queens' School, Bushey; IoI Education Forum; Celtic season-ticket holder

	Abigail Ross-Jackson speakers' agent, Ed Victor Speakers Bureau LLP

	Jane Sandeman convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance, DACS; chair, Association of Photographers

	Peter Smith director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London

	Sandy Starr communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews

	Mark Taylor head of humanities and history teacher, Addey and Stanhope comprehensive school; London convenor, IoI Education Forum

	Dan Travis director, Brighton Salon; tennis coach; author How to teach Young Children Tennis and In Defence of Competitive Sport.

	Robin Walsh graduate medical student; freelance writer on pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science; co-founder, Sheffield Salon

	Austin Williams director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Critical Subjects: Architecture and Design Winter School

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Clare Gerada, GP; chair-elect, Royal College of General Practitioners

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