Cogitation, coffee and croissants: Bayes launches power breakfasts

Topics ranging from disruption on the high seas to quantitative investing will come under the microscope in the Bayes Business School Breakfast Seminar series launched last week.

The monthly events, held at the School’s Finsbury Square building, will bring together senior leaders from industry, academia and the civil service to explore pressing challenges in the business world, spark research ideas and identify practical solutions.

Each hour-long session features contributions from a Bayes academic and a sector leader or senior civil servant – before the conversation is thrown open to a range of invited guests working in the relevant industry or policy area.

Making a reality of research priorities

The topic for each event mirrors one of the School’s key research themes –  strengthening the links between Bayes academics and industry and policymakers.

Bayes Deputy Dean, Professor Barbara Casu, said: “These events provide a valuable forum for academics, practitioners and policymakers to engage in meaningful dialogue about some of the most pressing challenges facing businesses, governments and society. Our aim is to inspire innovative thinking, spark new research ideas and identify practical solutions that can make a real difference.”

The School's four research themes are:

• Societal challenges
• Future of finance and insurance (providing an intellectual hub for the city of London)
• Technology and innovation - with special focus on AI
• Making sense of the transforming world.

You can read about the first seminar,  around sustainability in insurance, here.

Over the next few months, the breakfast seminars will focus on climate risks and green finance, marketing, global trade, quantitative finance and the risks of disruption to supply chains.