Below is an archive of past SBE events.
For event reviews, please take a look in the Speakers Corner.
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
Meeting : 17 March 2025 5.30pm - 7.45pm
Climate Change: Economics and Policy Developments
Chair: Vanja Munerati, Arup
Speaker: Mark Jeavons, CRU Group
Speaker: Donna Leong, DESNZ
Course : 11 March 2025 - 13 March 2025
SPE Courses: Overview of cost‑benefit analysis with applied example
Meeting : 04 March 2025 6.00pm - 7.00pm
SPE Careers event for students
Chair: Catherine Connolly, Founder, economicsense
Speaker: Ryan Harding, Senior Economist Consultant, ICF
Speaker: Amanda Kay, Head of Global Cross Cutting Risks, HM Treasury
Speaker: Amy Muraszko, Assistant Economist, HM Treasury
Speaker: George Moran, European Economist, Royal Bank of Canada
Meeting : 05 February 2025 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Why Britain has stagnated and what can we do about it
Chair: Vicky Pryce, CEBR
Speaker: Sam Bowman, Works in Progress
Speaker: Emily Fry, Resolution Foundation
Speaker: James Meadway, Macrodose podcast
Course : 28 January 2025 9.30am
SPE Courses: Introduction to Wellbeing in Appraisal
Speaker: Sara MacLennan, Visiting Research Fellow, London School of Economics
Meeting : 14 January 2025 5.30pm - 7.30pm
European Economic Outlook 2025
Speaker: Silvia Ardagna, Barclays
Speaker: Paul Hollingsworth, BNP Paribas
Speaker: Veronika Roharova, BlackRock
Chair: George Buckley, Nomura
Course : 07 January 2025 - 09 January 2025
SPE Courses: Overview of Cost‑Benefit Analysis with Applied Example
Meeting : 03 December 2024 5.00pm
Economic Growth and the Challenge of Demographics
Course : 29 November 2024 9.30am - 5.00pm
SPE Courses: Introduction to Evaluation
Meeting : 27 November 2024 5.00pm
SPE Annual General Meeting
Annual Dinner : 25 November 2024 6.30pm
SPE Annual Dinner 2024
Speaker: Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
Meeting : 19 November 2024 8.00am - 9.15am
What are the top economic priorities for the new US President?
Joint panel debate with Chatham House
Chair: Creon Butler, Chatham House
Speaker: Freya Beamish, TS Lombard
Speaker: Isabelle Mateos y Lago, BNP Paribas
Speaker: Dr Nathan Sheets, Citigroup
Speaker: Dr Ian Shepherdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics
Annual Conference : 14 November 2024 12.00pm - 6.00pm
SPE Annual Conference: Revitalising the Global Economy
Meeting : 01 November 2024 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Live meeting: Post‑Budget Briefing
Speaker: John Van Reenen, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Chair: Sarah Hewin, SPE Council Member
