Names Not Numbers is held annually on three continents in partnership with brands including BBC, Edelman, Financial Times, Jaguar Land Rover and Vodafone.

Names Not Numbers brings together today’s top opinion formers, in a much-praised and unique forum to discuss individuality in a mass age.

"A really fantastic experience... a meeting of minds."

Simon Schama, Historian & Broadcaster

Names not Numbers is held in March in the UK, and globally in countries ranging from the USA to India.

The illustrious names who have particpated in Names Not Numbers since 2009 include:
Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Prime Minister David Cameron (recorded message); Bestselling author Neil Gaiman; Harvey Goldsmith, Chairman, Ignite; Lynda Gratton, London Business School; artist Maggi Hambling (recorded message); Singer & Campaigner Annie Lennox; actress Miriam Margolyes; The FT's Mrs Moneypenny; Nassim Nicholas Taleb, former trader and author ‘The Black Swan’; Martin Rees, Master, Trinity College Cambridge; historian Simon Schama; Nobel Laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen (recorded messages) and Sir Mark Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust
Particpants say:

“In a city like New York where nothing is new, Names Not Numbers actually was...”
Michael Vachon, Advisor to the Chairman, Soros Fund Management (SFM)

“It was an utterly brilliant and stimulating weekend.”
William Eccleshare, President and CEO, Clear Channel International

“Like Davos...with community singing.”
Niall Ferguson, Historian

“Never has thought provocation been quite so affirming.”
Baroness Oona King, Diversity Executive Channel 4

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