The Bigger Picture has a new partner this week, as War on Want joins the growing list of organisations which are supporting the events. War on Want are adamant that poverty is a political issue, and will be bringing their wealth of expertise and campaign experience to the Festival of Interdependence. Stay tuned for more details about workshops and talks.

Dr Stephen Spratt, chief economist at nef (the new economics foundation), and Professor Tim Lang, from the centre for food policy at City University, London, are the newest addition to The Bigger Picture’s line-up of speakers.

With over thirty speakers now confirmed, you won’t want to miss The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence, 24 October 2009. So register today to receive updates and get priority admittance at the events.

You can now invite your friends to The Bigger Picture via this Facebook event page.

(We’d also encourage you to spread the word in the old-fashioned way, which is undoubtedly better for you and probably has a lower carbon footprint)

The author, scholar and president of the Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, Susan George, is the latest high-profile addition to our growing list of speakers for The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence happening on 24 October.

We’ve also added a range of researchers and experts from nef (the new economics foundation), including Lucie Stephens, who heads up nef’s research on co-production and the core economy, and Sargon Nissan, who works on community finance, banking reform and ethical investment.

The latest partner organisation to sign up with The Bigger Picture is The Centre for Sustainable Fashion, at the London College of Fashion. And with them, we have another speaker: Dr Frances Corner, Professor of Art and Design Education at the college.

We’re also looking for volunteers to help us to keep things running smoothly on 24 October.

Joe Smith of the Open University, Claire Melamed of ActionAid and David Boyle of nef (the new economics foundation) are the latest confirmed speakers at the Bigger Picture: a Festival of Interdependence, happening on 24 October 2009.

Since we publically announced the event last Thursday, we’ve had an incredible surge of interest. Over a hundred people have registered in the space of a few days. If you’d like to join them, receive updates about the events and get priority entrance on the day, then please head over to the registration page.

Registration is now open for The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence, our main event in The Bigger Picture event series, happening on 24th October 2009.

Sign up now and be the first to hear about new speakers, partners and workshops.