The Risk of Freedom conference
The Risk of Freedom conference ran from Monday 5 October to Tuesday 6 October 1998 with a reception and dinner held on the Monday, followed by conference on the Tuesday. The reception and dinner were held from 6pm at The Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn where a keynote address was given by Judge Robert H Bork from the American Enterprise Institute. Speakers, chairs and discussants at the Risk of Freedom Conference were given an honorarium of £1000, £300 and £300 respectively.[1]
Conference
The Conference was held on Tuesday 6 October 1998 at Beveridge Hall, University of London, Senate House. The first session was entitled "The Moral Foundations of Freedom". Janet Daley chaired the panel, which included Kenneth Minogue as the keynote speaker. They were joined by discussants David Selbourne and Noel Malcolm. The second session was entitled "Responsibility and Risk" and was chaired by Anthony Daniels. The rest of the panel consisted of keynote speaker John Adams and the discussants Frank Furedi and Perri 6[2]. The third session was entitled "Markets and Freedom" and was chaired by Gary McDowell. The keynote speaker was Robert Summers who was joined by discussants John Wood and Tim Congdon. The final panel session was entitled "Markets and Morality" and was chaired by Roger Scruton. The keynote speaker was Digby Anderson who was joined by discussants Anthony Barnett and Baroness Mary Warnock.
Speakers, Chairs and Discussants
The speakers were:Kenneth Minogue | John Adams | Robert Summers | and Digby Anderson
The panels were chaired by: Janet Daley | Anthony Daniels | Gary McDowell | and Roger Scruton
The discussants were: David Selbourne | Noel Malcolm | Frank Furedi | Perri 6 | John Wood | Tim Congdon | Anthony Barnett and Baroness Mary Warnock.
Speakers
Kenneth Minogue was professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics (1984-1995), a director of the free market think tank the Centre for Policy Studies (1983-2009), and was chairman of the euro-sceptic: Bruges Group (1991-1993). Other affiliations included: Civitas, the New Atlantic Initiative, the Social Affairs Unit and the Taxpayers' Alliance. He also contributed articles to 2 Risk of Freedom Briefings, the publication which reported the Lanesborough Luncheons, in issues 20 and 28. His death, at the age of 82, was reported in the Telegraph 2 July 2013.[3]
Funding
The Risk of Freedom Conference was funded by R J Reynolds International.[4] Information from an FOI request indicates that the conference received a total income of £31,327 and had an expenditure of £24,828 (1998-2000).[5] This information was supplied in answer to the request for the supply of a note of the total funding per year from JT international. It was noted that this information included only 'top line detail' and as such the 'income' could also have included funds accrued from conference fees.
Resources
Notes
- ↑ University Records Manager & FOI Officer University of London, 'Freedom of Information Request for information on: the programme of Lanesborough Luncheons, sponsored by JT international', received 24 March 2011, returned 13 April 2011.
- ↑ See Queen Mary, University of London Staff profile, accessed 02 February 2015
- ↑ accessed The Daily Telegraph website, accessed 30 January 2015.
- ↑ See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- ↑ University Records Manager & FOI Officer University of London, 'Freedom of Information Request for information on: the programme of Lanesborough Luncheons, sponsored by JT international', received 24 March 2011, returned 13 April 2011.
