Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at The George Washington University, former President of the American Sociological Association, and founder of the Communitarian Network. He is the author of several books including The Active Society, Genetic Fix, The Moral Dimension and Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy.  Respondent: Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Chair: Steve Broome, director of research, RSA

Chris Anderson, the groundbreaking author of the ‘Long Tail’ outlines a dramatic new change in the way our economy functions. 

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

R Beau Lotto, Reader in neuroscience and head of Lottolab at University College London, talks about how colour, vision and “seeing ourselves see” can contribute to a richer, more empathetic view of nature and human nature.

Martin Jacques, visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre and author of: When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World. Chair: James Harding, editor, The Times