Programme: Festival weekend overview

 Saturday 1 November 2008

10.30am to 12.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Keynote Controversies
The Battle for Truth
3.30pm to 5.00pm Henry Moore Gallery
CSI mania
3.30pm to 5.00pm Lecture Theatre 2
Can GM crops feed the world?
5.15pm to 6.15pm Café
Debating Matters Competition showcase debate on space travel
 Sunday 2 November 2008

11.00am to 12.30pm Lecture Theatre 1
Whose data is it anyway?
11.00am to 12.30pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Keynote Controversies
The Battle for Progress
12.45pm to 1.45pm Lecture Theatre 1
Flush it!
12.45pm to 1.45pm Seminar Space Lunchtime Debates
Is our behaviour determined by our evolution?
2.00pm to 3.30pm Henry Moore Gallery
Eco-imperialism?
4.00pm to 5.30pm Lecture Theatre 1
Hypochondriac Nation
5.45pm to 6.45pm Lecture Theatre 1
Nuclear fusion and the future of energy

 Festival Buzz

"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia