David Lammy is currently the Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, a role he also held in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills prior to the creation of BIS in June 2009.

He has served as a Minister in the Department of Health, the Department of Constitutional Affairs, Minister for Culture in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and most recently Minister for Skills with responsibility for the Commission for Employment and Skills.

He previously served on the Church of England’s Archbishop’s Council, has an honorary doctorate from the University of East London, and is an Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick, and has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London.

David sits on the International Advisory Board of the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) and is a member of the Royal Society of the Arts. He is a member of the Society of Labour Lawyers, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, the Christian Socialist Movement, the Fabian Society, Progress and of the Amicus Branch of Unite.

David is delivering the ministerial address in the World potential; making education meet the challenge session.