Program
Program
Solo event,
4pm - 4.50pm | Saturday 14 July
How do we leverage the amazing benefits of both man and machine? Positive human connection creates physical synchronisation that affects everything from health to trust and problem-solving. Increasing technologisation impacts this, delivering transformative benefits and capacities coupled with drawbacks around interaction, thought and emotion.
Solo event,
2pm - 2.50pm | Sunday 15 July
What is Safe Schools, exactly? How does it work? And should parents be concerned? In the quarterly essay Moral panic 101, Benjamin Law explores how and why concerns have arisen. He discusses why parents should be furious about Safe Schools – but not for the reasons they’ve been given.
Solo event,
11.30am - 12.20pm | Saturday 14 July
Trust in institutions has been falling for decades (think Brexit, US election). But one institution retains our trust: the jury. It offers us what may be our last best hope for democracy by allowing a new form of activism, capable of detoxing the worst about our current state.
Solo event,
9.30am - 10.20am | Sunday 15 July
Predictions of the coming collapse of China are today commonplace, but John puts the case for a radically different view: China as a new global empire guided by a one-party political system that faces serious challenges and yet enjoys surprising levels of public support and resilience.
Solo event,
9.30am - 10.20am | Saturday 14 July
Rarely in our human history have young people had to contemplate a more anxious and angry global nervous system. Do young people need stories more than ever? Can stories help equip young readers to embrace an often dark and uncertain world with optimism, resolve and creativity?
Solo event,
1pm - 1.50pm | Saturday 14 July
Led by South Australia, Denmark, Germany, Scotland and California, we are heading for an energy future based entirely on renewable energy and efficient energy use. This system will be reliable, affordable and environmentally sound. The potholes on the way result from the political power of vested interests.
Solo event,
1pm - 1.50pm | Sunday 15 July
One in five Google searches is now done via voice. But what do we humans get back from the machine? If you type, you receive pages; if you speak, you get, er, singularity. What does this mean for journalism, for media plurality, diversity and, ultimately, for democracy? Let’s talk.
