As Christine Lagarde pointed out, one of the greatest threats to global stability is the ever widening income gap between rich and poor. Oxfam highlighted the issue in dramatic terms at Davos with the bus load of billionaires having the same wealth as 50% of the world's population. Is voluntary philanthropy the silver bullet to the growing income inequality crisis or is philanthropy letting the state off the hook? Hear from a panel who each, in their way, are on the frontline of philanthropy . Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers.   Chair: Giles Gibbons, CEO and Founder, Good Business Panel: Joe Cerrell, Managing Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Ben Elliot, Founder, Quintessentially Foundation Catherine Mayer, Editor at Large, TIME Lady Catherine Meyer CBE, CEO, Parents & Abducted Children Together (PACT)

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Chair: Dr Anthony Seldon, Master, Wellington Collage Panel:Sir Martin Davidson KCMG, Chief Executive, British Council London Harvey Goldsmith, Managing Director, Artist Promotion Management   Isabel Hilton, Editor, China Dialogue Matthew Kirk, Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone

DIPLOMACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS II: SOFT POWER

Military adventurism has given way to a more cautious approach to international relations, with a much greater reliance on diplomacy and politics. In the era of retrenchment, has diplomacy become a mere charade? And how has the digital 24 hour news age and rise of social media affected the practice of diplomacy?  Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Chair: Toby Mundy, Chief Executive and Publisher, Atlantic Books Panel: Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent and Anchor, CNN Susan Gibson, Board Member, International Rescue Committee UK Rear Admiral Chris Parry CBE, Security Expert and Strategic Forecaster  James Rubin, Visiting Scholar, Rothermere American Institute, Oxford    

DIPLOMACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS I: HARD POWER

Is there a difference between faith and belief? And where does ‘mind’ come into it? Do we need faith in order to compose a moral code or do religions simply codify the “do-as-you-would-be-done-by” rule which underpins human and social relationships. Does organised religion do more good than harm and should it stay out of politics? Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Chair: Mary Ann Sieghart, Writer and Broadcaster Panel: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Columnist and Broadcaster Stephen Grosz, Psychoanalyst and Author Tim Montgomerie, Comment Editor, The Times Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE, Senior Rabbi, West London Synagogue    

WHAT MATTERS MOST: FAITH, BELIEF, OR MIND?

Highlights from the 2014 Names Not Numbers; this year examining 'What Matters most to Individuals in a Mass Age'. Hear from one of the world's greatest writers Margaret Atwood, CNN's Chief Anchor Christiane Amanpour, Celebrity Journalists Paul Mason, AA Gill & Rachel Johnson. Listen to eclectic sessions and diverse subject matters, from capitalism, genomics and front line reporting, to food, boyfriends and why rock music is the ultimate Soft Power weapon. 

NAMES NOT NUMBERS 2014: WHAT MATTERS - THE HIGHLIGHTS

Damien Barr, salonnière and author of ‘Maggie and Me’ hosts a retrospective look at the 80s. Hear personal confessions, memories and insights from Dylan Jones on the significance of Live Aid from his book, ‘The Eighties: One Day, One Decade’, Rachel Johnson on boyfriends and editing the infamous ‘The Oxford Myth’; and hear from Peter York – the social and cultural commentator of the 80s. Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Chair: Damian Barr, Writer & Salonniѐre Panel: Rachel Johnson, Author and Columnist, Mail on Sunday Dylan Jones OBE, Editor, British GQ  Peter York, Cultural Commentator and Associate, Editorial Intelligence

DAMIAN BARR’S SALON DOES THE ‘80’s

To mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the start of the "Great War" we look at how reportage of war has changed, how it is impacted by the images of war, both moving and still, and the politics of war. Is the role of the journalist and photographer always simply to record events without judging or intervening? Did the death of the late Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times mark a tipping point in the journalist-as-campaigner, and did her impassioned reports about Homs in Syria eventually led, this year, to some reprieve for its people? Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Co-curated and held in association with GQ.   Chair: Jonathan Heaf, Features Director, British GQ Panel: Anthony Borden, Executive Director, Institute for War & Peace Reporting Ed Caesar, Writer Giles Duley, Photographer Sean Langan, Journalist and Documentary Film-maker

FRONT LINE REPORTING

The golden age of advertising is over: no longer is the message transmitted one-to-many, with large captive audiences sitting in front of scheduled TV, but many-to-many and one-to-one, in a fully immersive, mobile, multi-platform world. How do messages get crafted and communicated in these circumstances, and where does creativity happen as a result? And is there a new dark side to this new age of communications? Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Chair:  Stevie Spring, Chairman, Children in Need Tamara Ingram, President and CEO of Team P&G/WPP MT Rainey, Chairman, TH_NK 

EVERYONE TOGETHER, THE DIGITAL CONVERSATION THAT MATTERS

Founder of Pestival, an eclectic mobile arts festival examining insect-human interactivity, Bridget Nicholls champions the cause of the insects of the world, challenging our preconceptions and prejudices against this diverse, astonishing and misunderstood species. Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers.

WHAT MATTERS IN NATURE

Hear prolific author and poet Margaret Atwood discuss her work with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Barrister and Broadcaster. From science fiction to speculative fiction, Margaret Atwood maps out the history of the utopian / dystopian genres, the inspiration for her work and gives some sober warnings on where the current world is headed.  Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers.

WHAT MATTERS TO MARGARET ATWOOD

Recent years have seen huge developments in the field of medical genomics and indeed their adoption into mainstream healthcare. How has our understanding of the topic evolved and what further progress is envisioned?  What are the ethical, social and legal implications that such developments entail? For patients, policy makers, law enforcement,  the insurance industry and society as a whole. Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Co-curated and held in association with the Wellcome Trust.   Chair: Mark Henderson, Head of Communications, The Wellcome Trust Panel: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Barrister and Broadcaster, former Chair of the British Council and Chair of the Human Genetics Commission. Anna Middleton, Ethics Researcher, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Professor Sir Mike Stratton, Director, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

MEDICAL GENETICS: THE PROMISE AND THE LIMITS

Hear the British Paraorchestra perform their inaugural single, ‘True Colors’ with singer Annie Cowan. Introduced by Charles Hazlewood, Conductor and Founder of The British Paraorchestra.  Recorded live at the closing session of Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers.  

THE BRITISH PARAORCHESTRA

Listen to two of the great contemporary cultural voices of the day discuss: "Le noyau de toute culture est constitué par sa gastronomie." ("The kernel of every culture is based on its gastronomy") A.A. Gill, Writer and Critic in conversation with Jonathan Meades, Journalist and film-maker. Recorded live at editorial intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers, in association with the Groucho Club.

WHAT MATTERS IN FOOD WITH AA GILL AND JONATHAN MEADES

CAPITALISM

Hear Michael Wolff, Contributing Editor,Vanity Fair and Columnist, GQ, discuss Murdoch, Milly Dowler, press ethics and media matters  with Peter Bale, Vice President and General Manager, Digital, CNN International. 

MEDIA MATTERS WITH MICHAEL WOLFF AND PETER BALE

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