Speakers
Phillip Adams (Australia)
Broadcasting & Political Commentary / Speaking at 4 Events
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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Pal Ahluwalia (Australia)
Social Sciences / Speaking at 1 Event
Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President of the Division of Education Arts and Social Sciences at the University of South Australia, Professor Pal Ahluwalia is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and UNESCO Chair in Transnational…
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Larissa Behrendt (Australia)
Law Professor / Speaking at 1 Event
Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at SUT , Professor Larissa Behrendt is a Barrister with a Bachelor of Laws and Jurisprudence from the University of New South Wales; first Aboriginal Australian…
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Daniel A Bell (China)
Ethics & Political Philosophy / Speaking at 1 Event
Born in Montreal, Daniel A. Bell obtained his B.A. at McGill University and graduate degrees at Oxford University, taught in Singapore and Hong Kong and held research Fellowships at Princeton and Stanford. Chair Professor of the Arts and Humanities at…
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Bert Bongers (Australia)
Technology and Design / Speaking at 1 Event
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS , Dr. Bert Bongers leads the Interactivation Studio – a laboratory with flexible infrastructure to support many activities in design and research in interactivating objects and spaces. With…
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Brian Boyd (New Zealand)
Literature and Evolution / Speaking at 1 Event
Professor of English at the University of Auckland, Brian Boyd’s work on American, Brazilian, English, Greek, Irish, New Zealand and Russian fiction, drama, verse and prose along with translations from epics to comics, have appeared in sixteen languages and won…
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Laura Brooks (Australia)
Engineering and Research / Speaking at 1 Event
Lecturer in the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Dr. Laura Brooks has a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours and PhD from the University of Adelaide. She was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to research underwater sound transmission at…
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Julian Burnside (Australia)
Human Rights / Speaking at 3 Events
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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Lyn Carson (Australia)
Deliberative Democracy / Speaking at 1 Event
Professorial Fellow with the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy at the University of Western Sydney, Lyn Carson has taught and researched in the field of Deliberative Democracy, asking how the wider public can help to resolve intractable policy challenges.…
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Olivia Carter (Australia)
Neurobiology & Neuroethics / Speaking at 2 Events
Conducting a series of experiments in Switzerland looking at the effects of hallucinogenic drugs on healthy volunteers during her PhD, Olivia Carter then worked for 3 years at Harvard University as Research Fellow in the Vision Sciences Laboratory. She received…
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