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Independent Seminar on the Open Society

OUR NEXT SIXTH-FORM CONFERENCE WILL BE ON

WEDNESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2010

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ISOS – the Independent Seminar on the Open Society – is a one-day seminar for sixth-formers, held in London in the Winter and Spring each year. Named after the seminal book The Open Society and its Enemies by the philosopher Sir Karl Popper, ISOS explores the principles and practicalities of an open, free and tolerant society.

ISOS achieves this through a crammed programme of household-name speakers – including politicians from all sides of politics, national media personalities, think-tankers, economists, and business leaders – who not only talk, but are quizzed by the students.

ISOS has been an important and well-known Westminster event for 25 years, and some of the students who have attended have subsequently gone on to careers in public life, as politicians, media presenters, or think-tank leaders.

But as well as giving students a direct experience of the current political scene, ISOS is designed to mesh in with A-level and AS-level syllabuses in politics and economics. Speakers deliberately pitch their talks at a standard of difficulty and technicality that will be comprehensible, but challenging, to students at these levels.

The number of students accepted at ISOS is strictly limited to 200. Teachers are welcome to attend the seminar, and to propose students to participate. Students may also apply directly.

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ISOS October 2010

The next ISOS will be taking place on Wednesday, 20th October. To find out more, please email isos@adamsmith.org

How to find ISOS

The Next ISOS will be held at the Emmanuel Centre, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3DW. This is within walking distance of St James’ Park, Westminster, Pimlico and Victoria stations. Click here for a location map. More information about the Centre, click here.

Past Speakers

Past speakers include:

  • George Osborne MP
  • Andrew Marr
  • Boris Johnson
  • Andrew Neil
  • Paul Ormerod
  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
  • Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones
  • And many, many more...

About the ASI

The Adam Smith Institute is the UK’s leading libertarian think tank. It engineers policies to increase Britain’s economic competitiveness, inject choice into public services, and create a freer, more prosperous society. For more information, click here.

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