Annual Dinner

The Society held its Annual Dinner Winter at Birmingham's Council House, hosted by the Lord Mayor.

The 2009 Annual Dinner took place on 12th November 2009, when the after dinner speech was given by Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who spoke on Climate Change and the forthcoming  Copenhagen Summit.  In his impromptu speech he spoke about the effects of Climate Change and  reflected on anticipations for the Copenhagen talks due to take place in December 2009.  Details of his speech given to Parliament on 9 November can be read here.

The 2008 Annual Dinner, hosted by the Lord Mayor was held on Tuesday, 18 November 2008. The speaker was Sir David Arculus who spoke on Lifting the burden of regulation - Who regulates the regulators? His speech can be read here, and the Birmingham Post review of it here. A press release issued before the event can be read here.

The 2007 Annual Dinner was held on 14 November 2007, when the speaker was Trevor Phillips OBE, Chairman of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. His speech Knowledge, Difference and Inequality: The Potential for Combuston can be read here.

The Right Hon David Miliband MP was our after dinner speaker in 2006. His speech One Planet Living: Towards a 3D Energy Revolution can be read here or downloaded as a pdf from here. Members will recall that, in a departure from his prepared speech, the Minister pledged his Department's support for the Lunar Society's challenging target for the region to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, was our speaker at the Society's Annual Dinner in 2005.