Tickets Available here
Agenda for conference
9.30am registration welcome and coffee
10am Rev David Hilborn – the importance of a Christian Worldview in the public square today – challenges that we face and opportunities they give us.
The Rev Dr David Hilborn BA, MA, PhD SFHEA is Academic Dean of the London School of Theology. He was previously Principal of Moorlands College and St John’s College, Nottingham. Before that, he helped to establish St Mellitus College, London. He was Head of Theology at the Evangelical Alliance UK from 1997 and 2006 and chaired its Theological Advisory Group from 2016 to 2024.
11am coffee
11.20 – seminars
Jonathan Fraser – a Christian look at loneliness and belonging in Scotland and its impact on public policy. Logos Scotland has conducted extensive research over the last year into the issue of loneliness and belonging in Scotland. This seminar will dive deeper into that report, survey results and what that means for public policy in Scotland today.
Lois Miller McLatchie – Christians in the media – how we are presented and how can we do better. Lois brings a wealth of experience to the topic as one of the main faces of Christianity in the media in the UK today, a popular commentator she can bring the challenges and opportunities the UK media presents to Christians and discusses how we can better get our message across.
Calum McKellar – Christian Centre on Bioethics – “Brain-Chips and Elon Musk: The Ethics of Cyborg Minds. With the development of new direct interfaces between the human brain and computer systems, such as with the Elon Musk’s company Neuralink, the time has come for an in-depth ethical examination of the way these neuronal interfaces may support an interaction between the mind and cyberspace.
Rev David Nixon – How should Christians engage with contemporary society. Exploring the challenge of following Christ, not our temperaments while striving to live in the post-Christian world. Learning from those who have gone before.
45 minutes delegates attend 2.
1pm lunch
2pm Tim Farron – politics a mucky business – keynote and questions
Tim Farron is a British Liberal Democrat politician, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005 and as the party’s Spokesperson for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs. He led the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017, succeeding Nick Clegg, and is known for his strong Christian faith, commitment to social justice, and dedicated constituency work, often focusing on local issues in Cumbria. Tim is appearing today not as Liberal Democrat but as Christian eager and willing to share his faith and experiences with others.
3pm short comfort break
3.15 Panel discussion on faith in the public life – how does it work in practice, why is it important
Catriona Paton – Assistant Chief Constable Police Scotland
Graham Ellis – Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
David Strang – Former Scottish Government Drug Tsar, and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
4.15 close