Special Events

Editorial Intelligence aims to promote thought leadership through a special range of high end events which provoke ideas and media coverage.

Comment Conference

www.commentconference.com

Can Britain renew or be called 'brand new' again, after the General Election? Where is Britain's Brand going?

Comment Conference: Brand New Britain? from Editorial Intelligence & partners took place in London on 29th June. The day of comment and conversation brought together a range of opinion formers and decision makers across the worlds of business, policy, culture and media to discuss this question and take guests on both an intellectual and physical journey.

Starting at Somerset House, continuing in Canary Wharf and ending with a reception at the Design Museum, five sessions looked at:

* London Central: Does the Capital still command the business heights?
* Britain Abroad: Can Britain be trusted in the World?
* British Communications: Still leading the World?
* Brain Drain: Is British innovation here to stay?
* British Business: A live recording of BBC Radio 4's The Bottom Line with Evan Davis for radio and TV.

Download the thought leader report that was also published on the day – ‘Brand New Britain?’ - featuring contributions from a number of opinion formers in order to look at the key issues as we enter a critical new political phase in Britain.

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Names Not Numbers

www.namesnotnumbers.com

Names Not Numbers is an international thought leader symposium which brings together opinion formers in media, academia, politics, business, culture and technology.  Described by a senior Unilever executive as ‘a very British Davos’, it aims to set opinion as much as to reflect it.

The second annual symposium took place at the iconic location of Portmeirion in February 2010 with the likes of Niall Ferguson, Alain de Botton, Annie Lennox, CEO of Starbucks, Darcy Willson-Rymer and David Aaronovitch to name but a few. Watch this space for Names Not Numbers 2011. 

Brand partners include BBC Global News, the Financial Times, Cass Business School, Edelman, Jaguar Land Rover and Vodafone.

See www.namesnotnumbers.com for full details, to register interest for Names Not Numbers 2011 and to download the post-2009 symposium report.

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Comment Awards

www.commentawards.com

The Comment Awards 2010 will again celebrate the achievements of the finest print and online commentators and their editors over the last year. Categories include: Commentariat of the Year, Best Blogger, Political Commentator, Best Comment Pages and Financial Commentator.

The Comment Awards will be held in association with Jaguar Land Rover and Barclays as well as in partnership with a number of category sponsors that range from Nationwide to BT and the British Council to Atlantic Books. The judging panel will be chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and category judges include a hand-picked group of opinion formers from politics and media, business and public life including Diane Abbott MP; Ian Birrell of 10 Downing Street; Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty; Professor Noreena Hertz; Brent Hoberman, Co-founder, lastminute.com and Chairman, Mydeco.com, and Newscaster Jon Snow.

The shortlists will be announced on Thursday 16th September and the winners will be announced over a champagne breakfast in London on 21st October 2010.

See www.commentawards.com for full details and to submit nominations.