​Year Speaker and Lecture Title​
2012​ Sir James D Wolfensohn - 'A Turbulent World' followed by Dr Nicholas Phillipson - 'Smith, The Man'
2011​ ​Amartya Sen and Emma Rothschild – ‘Scotland’s Gift to the Global Society: Adam Smith – the Man and the Legacy'
2009 Kofi Annan – ‘Global Economic Crisis and Africa: A Question of Values’
2006 Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England – ‘Trusting in Money: From Kirkcaldy to the MPC'
2005 Dr Alan Greenspan, former Chairman US Federal Reserve
2001 Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP – ‘Is Business Responsible?’
2000 Morag Alexander, Director of the Equal Opportunities Commission in Scotland – ‘Women at Work: A New Century of Progress’
1998 Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer – ‘Equality of Opportunity’
1995 Professor Richard Demarco – ‘KUNST = KAPITAL  ART = WEALTH’
1994 Professor Jack Straw CBE CA, Deputy Governor of The Bank of Scotland – ‘Partnerships for Competitiveness’
1993 Professor Donald MacKay, Chairman Scottish Enterprise – ‘An Economist Looks at Europe’
1992 Baroness Blackstone – ‘How to Run Our Schools: Why the Government Should Think Again’
1990 Sir Donald Miller, Bicentennial Lecture
1989 Rt Hon The Lord Grimond – ‘Wealth and Morals’
1988 Professor John Oakland, University of Bradford Management Centre – ‘Total Quality Management’
1987 Professor Struther Arnott, Principal of St Andrews University – ‘Industry Matters’
1986 Adam Smith Inaugural Lecture – Dr Tom Johnston, Principal of Heriot-Watt University and Chairman of Industry Year Scotland
1972 Adam Smith Symposium