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OUR SPEAKER PROGRAMME FOR 2023

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TALKS
DATE & TIME
SPEAKER
SUBJECT
Tuesday 26th September - 7:30 pm
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Peter Cole, Ceres

Partner

Energy Schemes – what to consider and look out for


Tuesday 24th October - 7:30 pm
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Daksha Trivedi

Professor of Applied Health Research, University of Hertfordshire

Community engagement & health inequalities - Providing cancer support in the community at a challenging time


Tuesday 28th November
Tuesday 28th November - 7:30 pm
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Fiona Clarke

TBC


Tuesday 14th July - 7:30 pm
Rory Corstorphine

Brewin Dolphin

Market Investment Outlook


Tuesday 8th September - 7:30 pm
Nick von Westenholz

Director of EU Exit and International Trade for the National Farmers Union (NFU)

BREXIT


Tuesday 27th October - 7:30 pm
Emmanuel Ayire Adongo from Ghana & Jon Rosser, CEO

World Child Cancer - Ghana


Tuesday 10th November - 7:30 pm
Julie Marson MP

Britain's Economic Recovery from Covid-19 and the role of Civil Society


Tuesday 24th November - 7:30 pm
Ed Anthony

Director Mental Wellbeing in Schools

New & effective approaches to supporting mental health and wellbeing within families in Bishop's Stortford


Tuesday 26th January - 7:30 pm
Ian Priest

Marco Polo, The Silk Road & China's Belt & Road Initiative


Tuesday 23rd February - 7:30 pm
Nick von Westenholz

Director of EU Exit and International Trade for the National Farmers Union (NFU)

An Update on Brexit


Tuesday 23rd March - 7:30 pm
Captain Gavin Edward, Royal Navy

30 years in the Royal Navy, engineering at the front line, a personal reflection


Tuesday 13th April - 7:30 pm
Toby Dutt

Specials Policeman (pictured far left)

The Role of the Voluntary Police Officer & Specials Constables assist Regular Colleagues in dealing with targeted crime in East Herts


Tuesday 11th May - 7:30 pm
Robert Voss

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

The Role of The Lord-Lieutenant & The Lieutenancy & What Has Been Achieved Over The Last 2 Years


Tuesday 8th June - 7:30 pm
Penny Carey

Dean of The School of Law, University of Hertfordshire

Can University Law Schools bridge the access to justice gap - an exploration of practical learning and its community benefits from a contemporary university perspective


Tuesday 29th June - 7:30 pm
Ed Anthony

Director Mental Wellbeing in Schools

Transforming Adolescent Mental Health Support Through Developing Community-Based Interventions


Tuesday 27th July - 7:30 pm
Claire Matthews

Manager - Macduff Marine Aquarium

Sealife of the Moray Firth


Tuesday 28th September - 7:30 pm
Prof.dr. Gertjan Kaspers

Pediatric oncologist

Childhood Cancer - A Global View


Tuesday 26th October - 7:30 pm
Nick Tatchell

Visiting Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University and Founder of NetZero.Work consultancy

"We must stop meeting like this! Business Air Travel in a Climate Crisis"


Tuesday 23rd November - 7:30 pm
Julie Marson MP

Julie's work with the Ministry of Justice in her role as Parliamentary Private Secretary


Tuesday 25th January - 7:30 pm
Daniel Peter, Release Peace

Fewer arms make the world safer. And there's practical ways to do it


Tuesday 22nd February - 7:30 pm
Dr Philip Porter

Associate Dean Education, School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire

T-shirts on for an Arctic heatwave: field exploration at the top of a warming world


Sophie Broom, Lambrook School, Zoe Hart & Yvette Hupje, Hockerill Anglo-European College & Savannah Martin, Tain Royal Academy
Tuesday 22nd March - 7:30 pm
Sophie Broom, Lambrook School, Zoe Hart & Yvette Hupje, Hockerill Anglo-European College & Savannah Martin, Tain Royal Academy

Young People's views on The Environment


Tuesday 26th April - 7:30 pm
Will Gemmill

Partner, Ceres Rural

The Future of Farming and Land Use in the UK


Tuesday 24th May - 7:30 pm
Robert Cannon

COVID to Omicrom, Back to Success


Tuesday 28th June - 7:30 pm
Charlie Ireland

Managing Partner, Ceres

Working at Diddly Squat Farm


Tuesday 27th September - 7:30 pm
Richard Roberts

Leader of Hertfordshire County Council

What life is like as Leader of Hertfordshire County Council


Tuesday 25th October - 7:30 pm
Rowan McKellar

Becoming an Olympian


Tuesday 22nd November - 7:30 pm
Julie Marson MP

Life in the Whips’ Office


TBC
Tuesday 28th February -
TBC

TBC


Tuesday 28th March - 7:30 pm
Alex Rogers

Volunteer - UK Search & Rescue Charity, SARAID

SARAID: UK charity's search and rescue deployment to the Turkish earthquakes


Tuesday 25th April - 7:30 pm
Lord Salisbury

The History of Hatfield House


Tuesday 23rd May - 7:30 pm
Rebecca O'Connell

Professor of Food, Families & Society, University of Hertfordshire

Living hand to mouth: children and food in low-income families


Tuesday 27th June - 7:30 pm
Roberta Fregolent - Ghana Program Manager & Ayire Adongo - Africa Regional Co-ordinator

World Child Cancer

Improving Childhood Cancer Survival & Diagnosis rates in Ghana & West Africa


Tuesday 25th July - 7:30 pm
Ken Follett

Author

Ken Follett: The Armour of Light - Join master storyteller and international bestseller Ken Follet to explore his upcoming novel The Armour of Light


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