This panel explores the psychology, economics and politics of behaviour and health.  Speakers: Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley CBE MP; Paul Dolan, professor of economics, Imperial College; Theresa Marteau, professor of health psychology, King's College; Dr Ben Seymour, honorary lecturer in neuroscience, UCL.  Chair: Matthew Taylor, chief executive, RSA

Dave McCoy, RSA trustee and managing editor of the Global Health Watch, an alternative world health report; senior clinical associate in global health and development at the University College London and author of a Lancet paper that looks at the grants given out by the Foundation over the past few years.  Matthew Bishop, business editor at The Economist and author of Philanthrocapitalism: how the rich can save the world (Bloomsbury, 2008).  Chair: Richard Horton, editor, The Lancet

Stefan Dercon is a quantitative economist, University of Oxford. Janet Seeley is an anthropologist at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia.

This conference focuses on the comparative analysis of public health strategies in different states.

Day One:
Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School of Governance: Why should we tackle health inequalities?
Espen Dahl, Hogskolen i Oslo: Health inequalities related to types of welfare states
Richard Brown, University of California LA: Health inequalities and public health in the USA
Seppo Koskinen, National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland): Health inequalities and public health in Finland
Keynote:  Clare Bambra, Durham University, UK: Welfare state and health equity policies
Day Two:
Nicky Hart, University of California LA: Policy lessons from comparative research
Bertram Haussler, IGES Institut: Reducing inequalities in supply with health care services
Dorothee Heinen, Bundeszentrale fur gesundheitliche, Aufklarung Koln: Policy Initiatives of the EU
Keynote: Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: What do we really know about successful strategies?

Britain`s Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP talks about inequalities in the UK`s public health system.