Speakers included Professor Charlie Beckett from the London School of Economics’ Department of Media and Communications and Director of Polis (LSE’s think tank to provide a forum for public debate and policy intervention on news journalism); Tracey Brown, Director at Sense About Science, a campaigning charity that challenges the misrepresentation of science and evidence in public life; Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet; Pim Stouten, VP Global Strategy, BIS at LexisNexis Legal & Professional; and Barbara Ortner, Head of Market Reporting at ICIS, part of Risk & Business Analytics.