Events

Our events bring together the brightest minds and most influential voices from across the political spectrum, civil society, business and the economy.

 

We currently host two networks which meet monthly hosting high level speakers: 

 

The Public Services 2030 Network is a movement of organisations and individuals committed to rebuilding and reforming our public services so they are fit for the next decade. 

 

The Good Web Network is a community spanning government, industry and civil society, collaborating to build a better internet. Together, our network will better understand how we can build an internet that strengthens, rather than threatens, our democracy and our digital rights.

 

The Collaborative Democracy Network is a new network created by Demos. It is for politicians, policymakers and civil society to come together to discuss innovations that put people at the heart of policy making.

Collaborative Democracy Network: How do we build a collaborative democracy?

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Join us for the launch of the Collaborative Democracy Network. We’re delighted to welcome Florence Eshalomi MP, Shadow Minister for Democracy, and Martin Wolf CBE, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times to share their thoughts on building a democracy that works...

Synthetic Elections: are we prepared for generative AI in 2024?

Generative AI has taken the world by storm. Policymakers, companies and the public are scrambling to work out how they should respond to the exponential development of these tools. We’ve seen AI-generated audio of politicians going viral, chatbots offering incorrect...

How do we decarbonise and reform public services?

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The UK is committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions. This will require significant societal and economic transformation across different sectors. That includes public services, which we know are responsible for around 8% of the UK’s carbon emissions. At the...

What should be the Conservative Party’s vision for public service reform?

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About the event The Conservatives have previously prided themselves as the party of public service reform, driving reforms based on privatisation, marketisation and choice. Yet such approaches have fallen out of favour, with privatised services – such as probation and...

Powering the Superpower – Building modern Industrial Infrastructure

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The UK Government has an ambition to be a technology superpower by 2030. To do this we need to support frontier economy sectors, as well as bring new technologies into existing sectors, such as logistics whilst create the industrial infrastructure...

How can the next government deliver a new vision for social care?

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For more than two decades, different governments have tried and failed to reform adult social care in the UK. Yet despite continued policy failure, there is growing momentum around a bold, positive vision for the future of social care, as...

Can collective imagination spark a public services revolution?

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It has been argued that we are facing a deficit of social imagination: the ability to imagine a better society a generation or more into the future. Collective imagination suggests the best way to respond to this challenge is for...

A more equal digital society – in conversation with Alex Davies Jones

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The development of new digital technologies continues to accelerate, opening up new frontiers in innovation, productivity and growth, as well as offering the potential to improve healthcare and public service delivery: the recent AI boom in particular opening up new...

Good Web Network: How should we regulate AI?

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A few months ago, policy makers had only a vague idea of the importance of AI. Now, Presidents and Prime Ministers across the world are scrambling to convene experts, host Summits and consider how we can make generative AI work...

Fixing the Foundations: How to finally deliver homelessness prevention

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As the political parties gear up for the next election, public service reform is back on the agenda. This includes a renewed focus on prevention; Labour has recently called for problems to be tackled “with a long-term, preventative approach”. In...