Keynote Controversies
Big sessions discussing big ideas
10.30am to 12.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking education – the new crisis of adult authority in the classroom
1.30pm to 3.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Privacy in an age of Disclosure and Sharing
3.30pm to 5.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Freedom in an Illiberal Age: securing rights or celebrating liberty?
5.15pm to 6.30pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Therapy Culture: changing the subject?
10.45am to 12.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Nudge Nudge, Nag Nag: the new politics of behaviour
1.45pm to 3.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The Art of Criticism: judgement in crisis?
3.45pm to 5.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The Good Society: virtues for a post-recession world
5.30pm to 6.30pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
America, Obama and the Recession
"The Battle of Ideas goes from strength to strength. The intensity, variety and depth of debate, sustained for an entire weekend, makes for a unique experience charging the intellectual batteries for the rest of the year."
Raymond Tallis, emeritus professor of geriatric medicine, Manchester University