Thought Leader Profile
Ed Butler
Presenter, BBC
Ed Butler is an award-winning BBC presenter, producer, and reporter of some 25 years' experience, who's covered business, arts, and news from around the world for both TV and radio. He has interviewed heads of state and business leaders from five continents, and has reported on conflicts from Bosnia to Iraq and the Caucasus. Most recently, he has hosted the BBC's World Service flagship business show, "Business Daily," and has produced and presented documentaries covering the Financial Crisis and the Arab Spring. Ed teaches and trains journalists, as well as reporting from the world's hotspots.
Speaker at FiRe 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
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Posted on Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:01 pm
'By the grace of God': Miners dig on as lab-grown diamonds change market - BB... -
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Africa Live this week: 19-25 September 2022 - BBC -
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Thailand and Malaysia: Growth under pressure - BBC -
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Burkina Faso jihadist insurgency: Some Ghanaians join the fight against the m... -
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Should we trust big tech with our health data? - BBC -
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Why video calls might be behind a rise in male cosmetic surgery - BBC -
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The Syrian mercenaries used as 'cannon fodder' in Nagorno-Karabakh - BBC -
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Should prostitution be a normal profession? - BBC -
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Would a 'digital you' make buying clothes online easier? - BBC -
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Villagers still waiting for share of $6.5m diamond - BBC -
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The Love Hospital that separates spouses from their lovers - BBC -
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Malawian 'hyena man' arrested for having sex with children - BBC -
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The man hired to have sex with children - BBC -
Posted on Thu Jun 2, 2011, 7:00 am
Californian porn industry's 'perfect storm' of troubles - BBC -
Posted on Thu Jul 23, 2009, 7:00 am
Programmes | Hardtalk | Ed Butler - BBC
FiRe 2022 Media
'Water Level Critical: Anticipating Changes to Our Most Important Resource'
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'Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Defense'
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FiRe 2017 Media
FiReStarters II: Five Companies Improving the World
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Computational Propaganda
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FiReStarters I: Five Companies Improving the World
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What I Learned at Yahoo
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What Is AI Telling Us? The Future of Work for Humans and Machines
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Investors Redefine Value: Impact on Public Policy and Education Content
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Hotspots: Five Views of the Future
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FiRe 2016 Media
FiReStarters II: Five Companies Improving the World
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FiReStarters I: Six Companies Improving the World
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Flow Economics: Driving Tech Companies Today
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Circadian Rhythms and the Flow of Biological Time
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Redefining Country GDP: National Business Models and IP Flows
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Bleeding-Edge Medicine: Today's Discoveries, Tomorrow's Practice
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A New Congo
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FiRe 2015 Media
FiReStarters II: Companies Improving the World
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FiReStarters I: Companies Improving the World
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Machines Learning About People: What's Next?
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Does Information Want to Be Free?
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FiRe 2014 Media
Artificial Intelligence Helping Humans: Future Research
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FiRe 2013 Media
FiReStarters II: Companies Improving the World
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Institutional Effects of Massive Increases in Data
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FiReStarters I: Companies Improving the World
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In the Wake of the Mandiant Report: China IP Theft and the World Economy
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