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EUROPE’S LARGEST STUDENT-RUN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE.

What do we do?

Every year, the Summit hosts world-renowned academics, policy-makers, activists and business leaders to speak on global issues, connecting current world-movers with those of tomorrow.

We aim to spur debate, and so inspire and empower the leaders of the future.

Who are we?

Now in its 24th year, the Warwick Economics Summit is the largest student-run academic conference in Europe, bringing together 500+ students from all over the world.

The next edition will run from 24th - 26th January 2025.

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36 Universities & 75+ Nationalities

PAST SPEAKERS

Beatrice Fihn

Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Professor Avinash Dixit

John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University

Zanny Minton Beddos

Editor-in-Chief of the Economist

Carlo Cottarelli

Former Executive Director of the IMF

Peter Diamond

Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology University

Yves Daccord

Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Marta Santamaria

Assistant Professor of Economics at Warwick University

Sharon Donnery

Deputy Governor of the Irish Central Bank

Gina Miller

Founding Partner of SCM Direct

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah

Queen of Jordan

His Majesty King Letsie III

King of Kingdom of Lesotho

Ursula Von der Leyen

President of the European Commission

Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Edmund Phelps

Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize Economic Sciences

José Manuel Barroso

Former President of the European Comission

Pablo Hernández de Cos

Governer of the Bank of Spain

Dr Mohamed Eibaradei

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Atifete Jahjaga

Former President of Kosovo (2006-2011)

Giampaolo Di Paola

Former Defence Minister of Italy and the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

Sir Malcom Rifkind

Former Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the UK

20 Nobel Laureates

4 Nobel Peace
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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

"Three words: Inspiring, Exhilarating, Everlearning. I have learnt more about the world from different perspectives much more than I anticipated. The WES team are role models for such thoroughness and organisation. This summit and calibre of speakers maintained an air of gravitas which will surely curate a generation of leaders."
- Sara M.

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