The second in our series of online seminars will take place on Saturday 11 April, and will focus on Leadership in Difficult Times. Our alumni are relishing the opportunity to stay connected an engaged, and we are busy planning several more seminars to help them do so in the coming months.
While we normally convene in person, we’re finding that these online seminars evoke some of the magic that happens when we bring a diverse range of people together.
Derek Wyatt will be leading this leadership discussion, prompting us to examine our values and decisions as leaders during this moment of societal and individual uncertainty. The seminar will be based on a short text, which acts as a common starting point for participants to reflect on the things that matter to our society today.
Moderator: Derek Wyatt
Derek Wyatt has a recent MA in International Relations from Kings College London, with a thesis on how ISIS uses social networks and how we combat them. He is a former MP, the Founder of the Oxford Internet Institute, and was Chair of Royal Trinity Hospice for seven years. He received a commendation for his work on Apartheid, won four national awards for his work in the digital space, and was runner up for UK Charity Chair of the Year in 2015. Derek is an author, TV producer and publisher, the creator of dot.tv for Sky, and writes a monthly Politico column. He has played rugby for Oxford University, the Barbarians and England, and is still running around the EU and Westminster agitating on digital issues. He recently completes a trip to New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville.
These online seminars are not the only Aspen UK activities taking place while we’re all at home. More information will follow shortly about the various Aspen UK online Conversations and Webinars. These will be more public than these alumni online seminars, and we’d be delighted if you invite others to join us. More information will follow soon.
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