Speakers
Penny Sackett (Australia)
Physics & Astronomy / Speaking at 1 Event
Physicist, astronomer and former Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny Sackett’s research career on three continents has centred on applying physics to questions in astronomy, including the unseen dark matter in galaxies using Einstein’s theory of gravitation along with teaching,…
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Julian Savulescu (UK)
Science & Ethics / Speaking at 2 Events
Recognised world leader in the field of Practical Ethics and Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, Professor Julian Savulescu B.MED.SCI.(HONS.), M.B.(HONS.), B.S.(HONS.), M.A., PH.D. FIBIOL is Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics within…
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Salman Sayyid (Australia)
Culture and Politics / Speaking at 1 Event
Director of the International Centre for Muslim and Non-Muslim Understanding at the University of South Australia, Salman Sayyid has previously worked at the Universities of Manchester, Salford and Leeds. His numerous publications explore culture and politics and the effects of…
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Julianne Schultz (Australia)
Literature & Public Affairs / Speaking at 2 Events
Founding editor of the Griffith Review, the leading Australian Quarterly of ideas and fine writing published by Text and Griffith University where she is also a Professor, Dr. Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is a member of the Board of Directors…
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Jeffrey Shumaker (USA)
Urban Design / Speaking at 2 Events
Founder and President of Urbanscape – Urban Design, Planning and Illustration Practice, Jeffrey Shumaker AICP, Assoc. AIA, is currently Deputy Chief Urban Designer for NYC’s Department of City Planning under Mayor Bloomberg. Contributing extensively to the City’s first-ever Active Design…
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Katrina Sedgwick (Australia)
Arts & Culture / Speaking at 1 Event
Since 2002 Katrina has been the founding Director/ CEO of the biennial Adelaide Film Festival. She also curates the AFF Investment Fund which has supported 47 new Australian projects including features, documentaries, shorts, cross platform and video installation works. Many…
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David Sefton (Australia)
Arts & Culture
Appointed ArtisticDirector of the Adelaide Festival from 2013, David Sefton was born in Liverpool and spent the last decade running the annual nine month long Arts Festival – UCLA Live in Los Angeles. Before moving to the US, as head…
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Michael Shellenberger (USA)
Climate and Energy Policy / Speaking at 3 Events
President and co-Founder of Breakthrough Institute, Michael Shellenberger co-authored with Ted Nordhaus ‘Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility’, an argument for positive, post-environmental politics. He and Nordhaus published “The Death of Environmentalism’, which argued…
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Lisa Slade (AUSTRALIA)
Art History
Lisa Slade is Project Curator at the Art Gallery of South Australia. She is also a PhD candidate at Monash University. In 2010 she curated the exhibition Curious Colony: a twenty first century Wunderkammer for Newcastle Art Gallery. The exhibition…
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Tanya Smith (Australia)
Public Policy / Speaking at 1 Event
Principal and Adelaide Office Leader of the Nous Group – a National Strategy and Management Consultancy, Tanya Smith has extensive experience in Public Policy development and implementation at the Federal and State level. Former Diplomat reporting on US politics through…
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