ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
This series of events is designed to celebrate Scotland’s intellectual and cultural contributions to the world, aptly delivered from the final home of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics.
LIGHTS OF CALEDONIA LECTURES
Andrew Gilmour
Professor Richard Williams, Principal of Heriot-Watt University introduces our inaugural keynote speaker, Andrew Gilmour. The Former Assistant Secretary-General in Human Rights opens with a lecture on ‘A Scots View from the UN’, finishing with a stimulating Q&A session with the live audience in Panmure House.
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Dr Caroline Howitt
Panmure's own Programme Director, Dr Caroline Howitt, presents a keynote lecture on beloved Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Chaired by Professor Heather McGregor CBE, incoming Provost, Dubai campus, Heriot-Watt University.
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Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP
Renowned Smith biographer and Politician Jesse Norman author of the brilliant 2018 biography Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters, speaks on 'Three Hundred Years of Adam Smith'
Chaired by Professor Angus Laing, Executive Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University and with a Q+A and interviews with both Jesse Norman and Angus Laing, click below to watch the full session.