| Wednesday, 5th October | 6:00 pm - | ACTIVATING OUR BUILT HERITAGE |
| Thursday, 6th October | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | MINING THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF URANIUM |
| Friday, 7th October | 11:00 am - | THE WORK OF BARBARA HARDY |
| 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm | FRESH FROM SA! | |
| 1:00 pm - | SESSION CANCELLED: WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? | |
| 2:30 pm - | BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWLY REOPENED AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CULTURES GALLERY | |
| 4:00 pm - | BRITISH ART NOW! | |
| 6:30 pm - | OPENING EVENT: UNCERTAINTY AND SCIENCE | |
| Saturday, 8th October | 10:00 am - | ARE WE EATING OURSELVES AND THE PLANET TO DEATH? |
| 10:00 am - | ART FOR ART’S SAKE? | |
| 10:00 am - | BATS, BIRDS, BUGS AND US | |
| 10:15 am - | CITIES FOR PEOPLE | |
| 10:30 am - | AGEING BACKWARDS: A NEW APPROACH TO SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING | |
| 10:30 am - | HIGH LINE NYC | |
| 10:30 am - | EVERY MARRIAGE IS A MINEFIELD | |
| 11:30 am - | WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT GETTING PLASTERED: THE SOCIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND YOUTH | |
| 11:30 am - | THE CASE FOR PERFECTION | |
| 11:30 am - | FUTURE PROOFING OUR CHILDREN | |
| 11:45 am - | TRADITION VERSUS MODERNITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA | |
| 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm | THE CONVERSATION ROOM | |
| 12:00 pm - | THREE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE | |
| 12:00 pm - | CAN A CARBON PRICE SAVE US FROM CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING? | |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | A SEAT AT THE ROUND TABLE | |
| 1:00 pm - | HYPOCRISY RHYMES WITH DEMOCRACY | |
| 1:00 pm - | DRIFT INTO FAILURE | |
| 1:00 pm - | INACTION WILL COST US OUR FUTURE | |
| 1:15 pm - | JIM BETTISON ORATION: KICKING THE INFRASTRUCTURE HABIT | |
| 1:30 pm - | IMMORTALITY… REALITY? | |
| 2:30 pm - | THE EVOLUTION OF STORIES | |
| 2:30 pm - | IDEAS ABOUT CHANGE: DESIGN, SOCIO-TECHNICAL STUFF AND ENGINEERING THINKING | |
| 2:30 pm - | LIGHT, WATER, ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS: THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH | |
| 2:30 pm - | GLOBALISATION, INDIVIDUALISATION AND POPULISM IN ARCHITECTURE | |
| 2:45 pm - | THE ADDICTIVE BRAIN | |
| 3:00 pm - | HOW DO YOU GET GOOD DECISIONS? | |
| 4:00 pm - | THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS (film screening) | |
| 4:00 pm - | MITCHELL ORATION: HUMAN RIGHTS – SWORD, SHIELD OR JUST SYMBOLISM | |
| 4:00 pm - | DO-TANK: HELPING GOOD IDEAS HAPPEN | |
| 4:15 pm - | THE RISE OF CONFUCIANISM | |
| 4:30 pm - | HOW TO COPE? WHAT TO THINK? IT’S A COMPLEX WORLD! | |
| 7:00 pm - | SPECIAL EVENT: RESOURCE RICH OR DIRT CHEAP? | |
| Sunday, 9th October | 10:00 am - | SESSION CANCELLED: GROWTH, INNOVATION AND THE PACE OF LIFE FROM CELLS TO CITIES AND COMPANIES: ARE THEY SUSTAINABLE? |
| 10:00 am - | WHAT IF DRUGS WERE DEVELOPED THAT HAD NO NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS? | |
| 10:00 am - | TELLING IT LIKE IT IS | |
| 10:00 am - | WHY THE COSMOS WILL GET YOU IN THE END | |
| 10:00 am - | HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION | |
| 10:15 am - | CAN A SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA BE A HEALTHIER COUNTRY? | |
| 11:00 am - | THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE BOOK | |
| 11:30 am - | NETWORKS AND POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY | |
| 11:30 am - | HUMAN RIGHTS AND 21ST CENTURY MEDIA | |
| 11:30 am - | SICK, SCREWED UP OR JUST LAZY? | |
| 11:30 am - | TYRANNY OF THE ONLINE MAJORITY | |
| 11:30 am - | 5000+ MORE THAN A POSTCODE | |
| 11:45 am - | WOMEN IN POLITICS – WHERE TO FROM HERE? | |
| 12:00 pm - | The Conversation Room | |
| 12:30 pm - | DESIGNING CITIES FOR THE FUTURE | |
| 1:00 pm - | JOY MACLENNAN ORATION: DO WE CARE? | |
| 1:00 pm - | CREATIVE NATION: REVISITED | |
| 1:00 pm - | NO BOUNDARIES, NO BORDERS, NO BARRIERS | |
| 1:00 pm - | EQUINOX SUMMIT: ENERGY 2030 | |
| 1:00 pm - | A TALE OF TWO CITIES | |
| 1:15 pm - | A NEW POLITICS FOR A NEW CENTURY | |
| 2:00 pm - | THE FUTURE OF MEDIA – IS IT ALL ONLINE? | |
| 2:30 pm - | QUENCHING OUR THIRST | |
| 2:30 pm - | HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT YOUR FOOD? | |
| 2:30 pm - | IS CAPITALISM GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH? | |
| 2:30 pm - | INTERACTIVATION: DESIGNING TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERACTION | |
| 2:30 pm - | THE GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY | |
| 2:45 pm - | THE BIG LIE | |
| 3:30 pm - | AUSTRALIA AND THE POST-SECULAR SOCIETY | |
| 4:00 pm - | COERCED TREATMENT | |
| 4:00 pm - | UNFIT FOR TASK | |
| 4:00 pm - | FAMILY BY FAMILY – THRIVING FAMILIES, CHANGING SYSTEMS | |
| 5:00 pm - | CLOSING EVENT: INVESTIGATOR LECTURE |
SPEAKER: Check schedule below VENUE: The Circulating Library in the Institute Building Join our speakers as they talk about life, love, careers, passions and everything in between. These intimate sessions give the audience a chance to meet the people behind…
DetailsVENUE: 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…
DetailsDEDICATION: Barbara Hardy KEYNOTE: Physicist, Astronomer and former Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny Sackett PANEL DISCUSSION: Barbara Hardy, Penny Sackett, Peter C Doherty and Phillip Adams (Chair) VENUE: Adelaide Town Hall Auditorium Listen/Download Now Proper scientists are not…
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