Policy Exchange is delighted to host an event in partnership with the British Library exploring how the UK’s broadband and digital infrastructure can open up access to our cultural resources to help drive innovation and economic value.

We are pleased to welcome Lord Freud and Mark Hoban MP to discuss the way ahead following DWP’s “Call for Ideas”, which looked at how people in work and in receipt of Universal Credit can be supported to increase their earnings, gain skills and take steps to achieving financial independence.

Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, will deliver the third Leonard Steinberg Memorial Lecture. A Vote of Thanks will be given by the Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

Stephen King, Chief Economist at HSBC, will deliver a keynote speech at Policy Exchange on what economic stagnation will mean for living standards. Continued economic expansion has brought expectations of pensions, health care and social security which may prove to be greater than our resources. If we reach that point, which promises will be broken and who will lose out? King will give an assessment of where the West stands today and the necessary steps needed for a stable and just future.

Policy Exchange is delighted to welcome Lord David Sainsbury to present the key themes from his book, Progressive Capitalism, which sets out a new approach for policymakers across the political spectrum based on the importance of institutions, the role of the state, and the measurement of economic success defined by social justice as well as economic growth.

This event will launch The Shakepeare Review of Public Sector Information, an independent review into how the public sector can open up and make better use of data. Stephan Shakespeare will outline the findings of his review, and present a national data strategy to make the most of the amazing opportunities for economic growth we have through the use of open data.

This event will look at how we need to rethink urban design and mobility in a more creative way. It will consider whether we can build on car-sharing initiatives, the impact of driverless cars on communities and the effectiveness of current policy mechanisms around electric vehicles.

Though it is often noted that some 75% of customers claiming Jobseekers Allowance who come the doors of Jobcentre Plus are off benefit again within six months, it is less well known that only around half of these are still in work eight months later; a third are claiming benefits again. With this in mind, we ask whether it is time for fundamental reform of Jobcentre Plus and what models for reform might help more people get into and stay in work?

In this keynote speech, Michael Fallon will set out the Coalition's ambitious plans for 2013/14 to be the year to reform Royal Mail through the introduction of private capital and the largest employee share scheme for 25 years  to create a better capitalised, more flexible company.