Date:
Tuesday 2nd June
Timings:
Registration – 9.00am
Conference starts – 9.30am
Lunch – 12.30-1.30pm
Conference ends –
Reception – 6.30-8.00pm
Location:
Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston St, London SE1 3RA
NOT ON THE STRAND CAMPUS!
Tickets:
Full day – £30
Friends of Britain Palestine Project – £20
Students/Jobseekers – £15
Online access – FREE
Keynote: William Dalrymple – historian
Speakers include:
Prof Adam Sutcliffe – Professor of European History at King’s College London
Dr Husam Zomlot – Palestinian Ambassador to the UK
Sarah Helm – journalist
Professor Avi Shlaim – Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford
Dr Anne Irfan – Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at UCL
Nour Odeh – political analyst
Dahlia Scheindlin – political consultant and pollster
Professor Nick Maynard – surgeon and MAP Chair
Suzanna Tkalec – Humanitarian Director Caritas Internationalis
Shawan Jabarin – director of Al Haq
Dr Julie Norman – associate professor in politics, UCL
Zizette Darkazally – lawyer and political consultant
Nomi Bar‑Yaacov – lawyer and mediator
Daniel Levy – political analyst
Dame Emily Thornberry MP – Foreign Affairs Committee
Debbie Abrahams MP – Co-chair for APPG on Palestine
Paul Gerrard – Campaigns Public Affairs and Policy Director at Co-op Group
Chris Doyle – Director of Caabu
Friends will receive an email with the discount code to buy an in-person full day pass, and all Friends will automatically receive a link to watch the conference online on the morning of the event.
Friends of BPP have access to full day tickets for £20 (instead of £30).
If you sign up to be a Friend of the BPP, meaning a monthly donor of any amount, before the date of the conference, you will be eligible for the Friends rates.
The Britain Palestine Project’s 2026 conference brings together leading historians, analysts, and legal experts to examine what recognition of Palestine must mean in practice, and what the UK’s responsibilities are in shaping what comes next.
Across a full day of focused discussion, the conference will explore the historical roots of Palestinian political representation, the power of public opinion and narrative, the role of international law, and the urgent need for credible pathways toward justice, accountability, and reconstruction.
Moving beyond symbolism, the aim is to identify concrete policy directions the UK can pursue to support Palestinian self-determination, rights, and long-term stability.