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Steve Waters is a playwright and scriptwriter whose many works include The Contingency Plan and the acclaimed four-part drama Song of the Reed for Radio 4. He is also Professor of Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia

Emily Kenway is a writer, activist and former policy adviser. Her books include 'Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it' about her own experience of caring for her mother. She will be speaking on the panel How can we fix the NHS.

Are there more female psychopaths than we thought? How can a new approach to mental health lead us out of the growing crisis? Could new combinations of repurposed drugs promote ‘brain repair’ in MS? What’s the latest in dementia research and treatment?

There were almost 70 million deaths around the world in 2021. But what happens to those whose identity is not known when they die? Or the deceased's next-of-kin could not afford the spiralling funeral costs?