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8
Oct
Start 1:00 pm
End 4:00 pm
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A SEAT AT THE ROUND TABLE

VENUE: Jervois Room

Program Changes
Geoffrey West will no longer be attending this session.

The 2011 Adelaide Festival of Ideas presents two unique ‘Up Close and Personal’ opportunities for you to meet face to face and converse with our renowned speakers. A Seat at the Roundtable will have 6 tables in each session. Each table will be hosted by one of our Special Guests from the 2011 Festival program, and be facilitated by an expert in the field. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to enjoy afternoon tea and a great discussion which will allow in-depth questions and debate on various topics.

Be quick, tickets for each session are strictly limited!
Adult: $28
Friends of the Adelaide Festival: $25
Fringe Benefits/Concession: $20

To purchase tickets please select the speaker you would like to see below. Note that you cannot transfer tickets to another table once purchased*.

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Session One: 1.00pm
Faith Liddell
Jack Rejtman
Grahame Morris
Bart Lootsma
Paul Ormerod

Session Two: 3.00pm
Sidney Dekker
Phillip Adams – sold out
Michael Shellenberger
Julian Burnside – sold out
Paul Collins
Sarah Joseph

*Booking fees apply

A Seat at the Roundtable is generously supported by Bendigo Bank, KOJO, Nous Group, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, and Aesop.

Speakers at this Event

Phillip Adams (Australia)

Phillip Adams (Australia)

Broadcasting & Political Commentary

Filmmaker, Writer, Broadcaster – Phillip Adams has two Orders of Australia, was named Australian Humanist and Republican of the Year, received the Longford Award, was appointed Senior ANZAC Fellow, received the Henry Lawson Arts Award, is one of Australia’s 100…

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Julian Burnside (Australia)

Julian Burnside (Australia)

Human Rights

A Living National Treasure, Melbourne Barrister Julian Burnside specialises in commercial litigation. Former President of Liberty Victoria, he has acted pro bono in many human rights cases, in particular concerning the treatment of refugees. Passionately involved in the Arts, he…

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Sidney Dekker (Australia)

Sidney Dekker (Australia)

Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance

Professor and Director of the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance at Griffith University and former Director of the Leonardo da Vinci Laboratory for Complexity and Systems Thinking at Lund University, Sweden, Sidney Dekker PhD has also lived…

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Grahame Morris (Australia)

Grahame Morris (Australia)

Business & Politics

Providing businesses, interest groups and the community with a means to present their case to Government and vice versa, Barton Deakin Government Relations Federal Director Grahame Morris is former Partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers and Chairman of their Office of…

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Jack Rejtman (Australia)

Jack Rejtman (Australia)

Media & Technology

Co-Founder and General Manager of The Conversation, Jack Rejtman has 20 years in Media and Technology. He led Digital Strategy, Planning and Product Development for the Yahoo News Election’08 website and was Digital Strategy Consultant at Diamond Management & Technology…

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Paul Collins (Australia)

Paul Collins (Australia)

Theology

Author of thirteen books on belief, ecology and history, Paul Collins is a Writer, Broadcaster and Commentator. He served as a Catholic priest for 33 years and is a former Specialist Editor Religion for the ABC. Residing in Canberra, his…

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