Wilton Park conferences
Wilton Park is one of the world's leading centres for the discussion of international issues. It holds over 45 conferences each year at its conference centre in Sussex in the south of England. Events are also held internationally.
Conferences cover the key political, security and economic issues confronting the world. Global concerns such as the environment and terrorism are also addressed, as well as issues such as social reforms and the impact of the information revolution.
Conferences are held over several days to allow plenty of time for informed discussion and for networking. They are held in a modernised sixteenth century English country house in beautiful surroundings in the middle of the English countryside.
Conferences are generally small, with 50-70 people present for round-the-table discussions, which everyone is encouraged to join in. Participants come from a wide range of nationalities and professions. Most are in a position to have a direct impact on policy; on average over 60% are from government. The others are mostly from NGOs, business, universities, Parliaments and the media. Nearly 80% come from outside the UK. The Netherlands has the second-highest number of participants in Europe after the UK.
Please visit the Wilton Park website for further details on conferences and the conference facilities.
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A History of Wilton Park
In Victory, Magnanimity, In Peace, Goodwill
In Victory, Magnanimity, In Peace, Goodwill
Wilton Park has never been a secret. But you will not find it on a map. Its birthplace was Wilton Park in Buckinghamshire. Its site since 1950 has been Wiston House in Sussex, a centuries-old manor house with its own absorbing history. That history, the secrets of Wilton Park, and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler are the central subjects of In Victory, Magnanimity, in Peace, Goodwill. Its author, Dr Richard Mayne, is a Cambridge-educated historian whose many other works include The Recovery of Europe and Postwar.
"This book will be useful to historians of administration and to students of diplomacy. Mayne understands government machinery," writes the British historian MRD Foot in a review of Richard Mayne's book in the Spectator Weekly published on June 12th 2003.
