Author: PS21

Thursday 18th February, 15:00 BST

Come to the Wavell Room’s and the Project for Study of the 21st Century keynote and panel on the future of British defence in the face of the most important issue of our time: climate change and sustainability.

Learn how the UK Defence world is thinking about and planning on tackling climate change, climate security, resilience, and more.

Ask questions of a panel with representatives from the Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and Kings College London about how we will build a more sustainable force for the future.

Featuring

Lead Keynote Speaker

Lt Gen Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy Lead

and

A Panel With

RAdm Andrew Burns OBE, Director Develop (Royal Navy)

Maj Gen David Southall CBE, Director Army Basing and Infrastructure (British Army)

Gp Capt Maurice Dixon, DACOS ASTRA Sustainability (Royal Air Force)

Leslie-Ann Duvic-Paoli, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law at King’s College London

Chaired by

Thammy Evans (Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council)

with moderation by Charlotte Bratby (Engagement Lead for the Wavell Room)

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Tuesday 9th February, 6:30PM BST

2011 saw the citizens of the Arab world mobilise to the streets to demand change from their regimes ruled by autocrats and riddled with corruption. It was a movement that ricochet from country to country throughout the region and gave hope to many that things were about to change.

10 years on, and what happened to the revolutionary movement? What were the implications and what of the sentiment remains?

Join our panel of experts as they reflect back and discuss the impacts of this revolutionary moment and what to expect from the region in future.

Panelists to include:

Ari Ratner (Moderator) – Founder and CEO of Inside Revolution. Former US State Department official

Hayat Alvi – Ph.D. Associate Professor in National Security Affairs, US Naval War College

Ruaridh Arrow – former BBC journalist, Harvard fellow, film-maker and author of ‘Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution’

Sulome Anderson – Freelance journalist and author of ‘The Hostage’s Daughter: A Story of Family, Madness, and the Middle East’. Based out of Beirut, Lebanon and New York City.

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Tuesday 2nd February, 7:00pm BST

With the Covid-19 pandemic just over a year old, PS21 explores the effect it has had on individuals, society and the world. We’ll be discussing the massive immediate impact on everyday lives, the successes and failures of policy and messaging in the long-term lessons, implications and potential trauma.

Tariq Jenner – NHS Accident and Emergency doctor based in London

Helen Bang – Relationship counsellor and life coach

Lucy Cogdell-Brooke – NHS psychologist working in the Scottish care sector. British Army reservist.

Joe Stockman – Former Strategic Communications Manager, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand

Asha Castleberry – Former U.S. Army officer and 2019 Democratic primary contender in upstate New York.

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Thursday 21st January, 7:00pm BST

PS21 is delighted to be partnering with the Wavell Room, the UK’s premier peer-to-peer led defence and professional military education community to bring you ‘Creating Innovation in Defence’.

How are we in the UK going to build a culture of innovation in defence? Join PS21 and the Wavell Room to examine and discuss techniques and habits to create innovation at all levels of defence.

Learn:

* How to successfully inculcate innovation into your work

* What are common blockers to innovation in defence

* How to use those blockers as paths forward

This event will include both a panel discussion and breakout groups, bringing together a range of practitioners and experts from the defence sector and beyond.

Bring ideas, bring thoughts and bring your own refreshments (it is, after all, on Zoom).

Participants will include:

James Athow-Frost – Founder, Wavell Room (Moderator)

Helen Davies – Communications Specialist; former RAF officer

Shana Carp – Digital Startup Marketing Consultant; Growth & Ops, Wavell Room

Manish Tayal – Associate Editor, Wavell Room

Asha Castleberry – Former U.S. Army officer and 2019 Democratic primary contender in upstate New York.

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Tuesday 12th January, 6:30pm BST

After a tumultuous, controversial, devastating four years, Trump is out and Joe Biden returns to the White House, this time as President. But what can the world expect from a Biden administration? Will Biden be able to return the USA and global politics to the way things were pre-Trump? Join us as we discuss the next steps for the USA in 2021.

Speakers to include:

Christine Mikolajuk (Moderator) – Management consultant, freelance writer and media contributor

Stafford Palmieri – Strategy and growth consultant, previously a member of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s senior team

John Raines – Principal Global Risks Adviser and Head of North America, Economics & Country Risk, IHS Markit

John Basset – former head of GCHQ’s London Office, Served at the US Embassy between 2007 and 2010, and involvement in observing the 2008 Presidential election and working with the transition team.

Ari Ratner – Founder and CEO of Inside Revolution. Former US State Department official

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Wednesday 6th January, 6:30pm BST

2020 was a year like no other, consumed by a global pandemic, societies, cultures, workplaces, global relations were changed and the status quo shifted. As the new year approaches and the world starts to look beyond the coronavirus what will have changed, what will be new and what will 2021 look like? Our panel of experts discuss their predictions and hopes for the year ahead.

Speakers to include:

Christine Mikolajuk (Moderator) – Management consultant, freelance writer and media contributor

Frances Hudson – Former global thematic strategist at Standard Life

Ana Bozovic – Geopolitics and financial specialist & Founder of Analytics Miami

Nigel Inkster – Former deputy head of MI6, current Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies

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Tuesday 15th December, 6:30pm BST

2020 has been a strange year and as it draws to a close PS21 would like to do what it can to lift spirits and gather together some new faces in all global places!

Join us for an hour to toast the end of 2020 with zoom networking and ice breakers

Bring your own christmas jumpers, good cheer and drinks! Participants will be split into smaller groups, with icebreaking questions on what all have learnt from a very strange year, as well as your expectations, predictions, hopes and fears for 2021.

This event will be held online. Signup details will be sent to those who sign up on the link below.

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Thursday, October 29th, 6:30pm BST

As Covid-19 reshapes the world and Britain begins its Integrated Defence and Security Review, what does the word “security” really mean in 2020 – and what structures, skills and mindsets are necessary to achieve it. This PS21 virtual panel will examine those questions, as well as how the UK can balance geopolitics, human rights and fast changing technology to survive and thrive in an increasingly messy, complex century.

Speakers to include:

Aditi Gupta (Moderator) – All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, on the board for Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security UK

Abigail Watson – Conflict and Security Policy Coordinator at Saferworld

Josh Arnold-Forster – Defence consultant and former Special Adviser to UK Defence Secretary John Reid

Emma Salisbury – PhD candidate at Birbeck College specialising in emerging technology and the military-industrial complex.

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Tuesday, October 6th, 6:30pm BST

Six months after Covid-19 shutdown the world and put PS21 on enforced hiatus, the Project for the Study of the 21st Century is back…

2020 has been a very strange year – but how much will it truly change the world? With multilateralism in doubt, rising tensions between multiple nations and strained domestic politics around the globe, PS21 examines the politics, geopolitics and dynamics of the post-Covid world – when that finally does come.

This discussion brings together a panel of experts to give us an update on what’s been happening these last few months and discuss what lies ahead for geopolitics. As the world teeters on the edge of a new lockdown, it marks the beginning of a new PS21 series of virtual events bringing together voices from around the globe to examine how our world is changing.

As always with PS21, discussion will be fast moving, sometimes irreverent, incisive, wide-ranging and thought-provoking…

Speakers to include:

Christine Mikolajuk (Moderator) – Management consultant, freelance writer and media contributor

Ari Ratner – Founder and CEO of Inside Revolution. Former US State Department official.

Ana Bozovic – Founder Analytics Miami

Ali Wyne – Nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute.

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