2009 Programme: Festival weekend overview

The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.

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Saturday 31 October: 10.30am to 12.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Is there a global power shift from West to East?

Saturday 31 October: 12.15pm to 1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Debating Development

Saturday 31 October: 1.30pm to 3.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
When is it right to go to war? Kosovo, Iraq and beyond

Saturday 31 October: 3.30pm to 5.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Three’s a crowd? The battle over population and reproduction

Saturday 31 October: 5.15pm to 6.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Africa and Aid: the Effects of the Recession

Sunday 1 November: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Lunchtime Debates Courtyard Gallery
India's Future: Slumdogs or Millionaires?

Sunday 1 November: 1.45pm to 3.15pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Mr Obama goes to Washington

Sunday 1 November: 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Henry Moore Gallery
South Africa: 15 Years After Apartheid

Sunday 1 November: 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
America, Obama and the Recession

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