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Founded in 1990 by Marc Lee, former Managing Director of FT Business Enterprises who established and ran the Financial Times global conference business, Cityforum has for many years been acknowledged as a major contributor to public policy debate. Cityforum comprises a small, trusted, fully independent group of experienced individuals, respected for their intellectual honesty, knowledge and extensive contacts across every level of the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, at home and abroad. We focus particularly but not exclusively on policing, security, defence, the economy, health, resilience and regulation. The Cityforum podcast compliments our programme of round table discussions and report publishing, bringing additional discussions to our community and to a wider audience.
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In this inaugural episode of 2024, Cityforum and Defence Eye delve into the implications of the recent General Election on UK defence policy. Our expert panel, featuring Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, Francis Tusa, and Tim Ripley, examines the urgent need for defence reform, the challenges of military modernisation, and the potential shifts in strategic priorities under the new government. From funding issues to force structure debates, we analyse what lies ahead for Britain's armed forces...
rofessor Paul Cornish, Chief Strategist, Cityforum and Air Marshal Richard Knighton, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Financial & Military Capability discuss 'Covid-19 - People, Technology & Organisation': - What are the challenges for the MoD? - How have priorities changed? - How can the MoD gain most from the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Followed by a comment from Ben Hudson, Chief Technology Officer, BAE Systems. This podcast forms part of Cityforum's Intell...
Fake news, disinformation and distortion seem to be everywhere. Is this the end of civilisation? How much does it all matter and what can we do about it? Listen to this podcast discussion involving: Carl Miller, Research Director at DEMOS and Author of ‘The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab’ Bret Schafer, Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund An...
Cityforum is delighted to host this podcast, following the recent publication of the long-awaited 'Oxford Handbook of Cybersecurity' to which a number of the panellists involved in our cyber programmes have contributed. Cityforum Chief Strategist Professor Paul Cornish edited the handbook and he guides the podcast discussion. Paul is joined by: Sir David Omand, former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator and former Director, GCHQ; visiting Professor Kings College LondonDr Chris C....
Its Political Party Time! Well, Conference season anyway. Tim Ripley and Frances Tusa discuss how the different parties are talking about defence, and what we might expect or not, from them.
Tim Ripley, Francis Tusa and Jake Shaw discuss their impressions from the recent Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London. They touch on the busy atmosphere, prominent themes like air defence and unmanned systems, Ukrainian participation, and key takeaways for the UK defence industry and procurement. The podcast explores what major programs or announcements were missing and how DSEI compares to other global defence shows. Subscribe to Defence Eye News Stand her...
This Cityforum Cyber Security podcast is introduced by Mike Steinmetz former State Cyber Security Officer and Homeland Security Adviser Rhode Island; Senior Adviser Cityforum. The podcast follows on from the recent Cityforum Cyber Security Summit, which took place on 19 September. Cityforum is very grateful to our three expert guest speakers: Mr George Barnes former Deputy Director NSAMs Elisabeth Braw Author Goodbye Globalization’; Member M&C Saatchi's Advisory Council;...
Professor Sir David Omand interviews Rt Hon Mark Drakeford, former First Minister of Wales, exploring crisis management, devolution challenges, and long-term governance strategies, with a focus on the practical and in particular the human dimensions of resilience. The discussion covers the COVID-19 response, UK resilience, volunteer mobilisation, leadership in a crisis, and Wales' innovative Future Generations Act. This podcast forms part of the Cityforum Resilience series, and it fol...
This conversation on national strategy and understanding the role and value of armed force coincides with the publication of maximising smart power and public value, the latest report by city forum in its intelligent defence series, The report covers many, many themes in the current international security and defence debate. And there's in that respect ought to be of interest to everybody really, who's involved in those issues in the media and politics and academia and so on. But it should be...
This podcast forms part of the 2022 - 2023 Cityforum Cyber Security series. 'Security in a digitised world - major achievements and pressing priorities' - a discussion with: - Representative James Langevin, Commissioner Global Cyber Solarium Commission, as he concludes his time in Congress - Professor Paul Cornish, Chief Strategist Cityforum - Mr Michael Steinmetz Senior, US Adviser Cityforum, former Security Advisor to the Governor Rhode Island Please subscribe to this...
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