Below is an archive of past SBE events.
For event reviews, please take a look in the Speakers Corner.
Event : 12 February 2026 6.00pm - 8.30pm
Mismanaged Decline: Next Steps
Speaker: Professor Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, CEBR
Speaker: Professor Andy Ross, Visiting Professor, Birkbeck, University of London
Chair: Phil Aldrick, Senior Reporter, Bloomberg
Course : 10 February 2026 - 12 February 2026
Overview of Cost‑Benefit Analysis with Applied Example
Speaker: Catherine Connolly, Founder, economicsense
Course : 21 January 2026 - 22 January 2026
Introduction to Wellbeing in Appraisal
Speaker: Sara MacLennan, Visiting Research Professor, London School of Economics
Meeting : 19 January 2026 5.30pm - 8.00pm
UK & Euro Area Economic Outlook 2026
Speaker: Victoria Clarke, UK Chief Economist, Santander Corporate
Speaker: Dr Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist, Berenberg
Chair: Sonali Punhani, UK Economist, Bank of America
Event : 15 December 2025 6.00pm - 8.30pm
SPE Christmas Drinks Reception & Fireside Chat with Martin Wolf
Speaker: Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Speaker: Bronwyn Curtis, Financial Markets Economist
Meeting : 27 November 2025 10.00am - 10.45am
Live Webinar: HM Treasury Post‑Budget Briefing
Speaker: Sam Beckett, HM Treasury
Meeting : 24 November 2025 5.00pm - 5.30pm
SPE Annual General Meeting
Annual Dinner : 17 November 2025 6.30pm
SPE Annual Dinner 2025
Course : 14 October 2025 - 16 October 2025
Cost‑Benefit Analysis with Applied Example
Annual Conference : 13 October 2025 11.30am - 6.00pm
SPE Annual Conference
Economic Crossroads: Policy Choices and Global Challenges
Meeting : 01 October 2025 6.00pm - 8.15pm
Money: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Speaker: Mario Pisani, Trustee, Royal Mint Museum
Speaker: Dr Rhys Bidder, King's Business School
Course : 30 September 2025 9.30am - 4.30pm
SPE Courses: Introduction to Evaluation
Speaker: Dr Ulrike Hotopp, Founder, Live Economics
Meeting : 23 September 2025 11.00am - 12.00pm
Live Webinar: Is Population Ageing a Demographic Timebomb?
Speaker: Dr Kevin Daly, Co-Head of CEEMEA Economics, Goldman Sachs
Speaker: Marc Canal Noguer, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
Chair: Sarah Hewin, Independent Economist
Course : 22 September 2025 - 23 September 2025
SPE Courses: Introduction to Wellbeing in Appraisal
Speaker: Sara MacLennan, Visiting Research Fellow, London School of Economics
Event : 04 September 2025 6.30pm - 9.00pm
SPE Summer Drinks Reception
Course : 15 July 2025 - 17 July 2025
SPE Courses: Overview of cost‑benefit analysis with applied example
Event : 09 July 2025 6.00pm - 7.30pm
A new world order
The economic implications of global trade, tariffs and uncertainty
Course : 09 July 2025 - 10 July 2025
SPE Courses: Introduction to Python
Speaker: Dr Paul Wohlfarth, Assistant Professor, Solbridge International School of Business
Time : 09.30-16.30 BST
Meeting : 03 June 2025 8.30am - 9.30am
Defence Economics in the new age of Geopolitical Reality
Chair: Fenella McGerty, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Speaker: Dr Andrew Curtis OBE, Independent Defence & Security Researcher
Speaker: Lucia Retter, RAND Europe
Speaker: John Curnow, Ministry of Defence
Meeting : 27 March 2025 11.00am - 12.00pm
OBR Post‑Spring Statement Briefing
Speaker: Tom Josephs, Office for Budget Responsibility
Speaker: Tom Wickstead, Office for Budget Responsibility
Chair: Catherine Connolly, economicsense
