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2003

Presidential Address 2 October 2003 - sponsored by Cairn Energy

Professor Sir Alan Peacock

"The Political Economy of Sustainable Development"

Spring Seminar Series - sponsored by ESRC

"Disseminating the results of recent ESRC research"

21 May

Seminar Prof Peter Nolan, University of Leeds

"The Future of Work"

23 April

Prof Jim Rollo, University of Sussex

"One Europe or Several?"

26 February

Prof Michael Parkinson, Liverpool John Moores University
and Prof Ivan Turok, University of Glasgow

"Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion"

25 March

PFI - sponsored by Noble & Co

25 March

Seminar Sir Steve Robson

"The Private Finance Initiative. The view from the horses mouth"

2002

Autumn Seminar Series - sponsored by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

"Has Devolution Delivered?"

10 December

Seminar Prof Charlie Jeffery, University of Birmingham
and Prof Peter McGregor, University of Strathclyde

"Testing the Limits of Devolution"

4 December

Seminar Mr Richard Kerley

"The strange death of local government"

20 November

Seminar Prof David Heald, University of Aberdeen

"Financing devolution. What should follow Barnett?"

16 October

Seminar Prof Kevin Woods, University of Glasgow

"The NHS in Scotland: no more repeat prescriptions"

Spring Seminar Series - sponsored by The Stewart Ivory Foundation

'Fund Management - Twenty-First Century Challenges'

14 May

Seminar Mr Alastair Ross Goobey, Hermes Focus Asset Management

"Governance and fund managers"

17 April

Seminar Mr Sandy Nairn, Chief Investment Officer, Scottish Widows and

Mr Keith Skeoch, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Life

"Fund management and global equities. How should the money be managed?"

26 March

Seminar Mr Donald Brydon, Chief Executive, AXA Investment Managers,

"The competitive pressure confronting the UK fund management industry"

13 February

Seminar Mr Philip Augar, author of The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism,

"Regulation and transparency. The case of investment banking"

7 March

Hume Lecture - sponsored by Lloyds TSB Scotland

Professor John Gray, The London School of Economics & Political Science

"Hume, Liberty and the Market - a Twenty First Century Perspective"

2001

Autumn Seminar Series - sponsored by Professor Sir Alan Peacock

'Establishing Competitive Economic Advantage In the Scottish Economy'

21 November

Seminar Ms Marianne Neville-Rolfe, South East of England Development Agency

"Lessons to be learned from the experiences of an English Development Agency"

30 October

Seminar Mr Larry Fish, Chairman, President and CEO, Citizens Financial Group Inc.

"An American Perspective with emphasis on the experiences of New England"

26 September

Seminar Sir Geoffrey Owen, Senior Fellow, Institute of Management, The London School of Economics & Political Science "British Industrial Performance - An Historical Perspective" 

8 October

Conference organisers for The Stewart Ivory Foundation

"Tulip Mania to Dot Com Hysteria: What can we learn from past financial cycles?"

2 July

Conference in association with The Scottish Planning Local Government and Environmental Bar Group

"Public Controls on the Private use of Land in Scotland"

Spring Seminar Series - sponsored by Shepherd & Wedderburn

'Regulation'

2 May

Seminar Sir Ian Byatt, former Director General, Office of Water Services

Mr Alan Sutherland, Water Industry Commissioner

"How best to regulate water: The English and Scottish positions"

26 April

Seminar Mr John Vickers, Director General, Office of Fair Trading

"When is Trading Unfair?"

21 March

Seminar Mr Callum McCarthy, Director General of Gas and Electricity Markets

"The regulatory agenda for gas and electricity"

21 February

Seminar Mr Don Cruickshank, Scottish Media Group

"A View of Regulation"

8 March

Presidential Address - sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

"Are lawyers parasites?"