Join us as a Member

By becoming a corporate member of Canning House you will gain exclusive access to a range of benefits depending on your level of membership. Examples include our private business briefings,  weekly and monthly analysis from the region, and exclusive access to network and engage with senior business and government leaders.

By joining as an individual member you will have the opportunity to access our wide range of public events at a free or discounted rate, as well as additional benefits.

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President of Mexico to deliver the 2015 Canning Lecture

Canning House is delighted to announce that His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States will deliver the Canning Lecture during his State Visit to the United Kingdom, 3rd-5th March 2015.

Since 1997, the Canning Lecture has been delivered annually by a visiting Latin American or Iberian President.

To see a webcast of the lecture on Wednesday 4th March from 12pm click here.

Air Europa announced as our Official Airline Partner

Canning House is proud to announce Air Europa as a new corporate member and Official Airline Partner.

Canning House will use Air Europa as its preferred airline partner for its major events and Conferences throughout the year as well as for travel to Latin America for Canning House events in the region.

For more information click here.

School of Thinktankers

How can we inspire and prepare the future generation of think tank leaders?

The inaugural School of Thinktankers, organised and hosted by On Think Tanks and Canning House, will seek to address this question. It will provide a space for individuals interested in pursuing careers in think tank leadership to learn from industry experts, as well as establishing links between Latin American and British think tanks.

Participants will be graduate students from Latin America planning to return to the region or young thinktankers based in Latin American think tanks. For more information click here.

Canning Conference Highlights – Latin America: Integrating or Diverging

This year’s Canning Conference explored current trends and transformations in Latin America by analysing the economic, political and social changes taking place. Speakers from business, government, academia and international organisations focused on issues of regional political and economic integration and the impact of old and new trade blocs, in the context of an evolving external environment, on the future development of Latin America. The conference video is now available:

Session 1: Dr Arturo Valenzuela, former Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the US State Department in conversation with Rt Hon Michael Portillo, Honorary Vice President of Canning House and ‘Market-oriented’ vs ’State-oriented’ blocs | Session 2: Looking forward: is there a Continental Divide?