2010 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.

Or view and print out the Timetable as a two-page PDF.

Saturday 30 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Economists behaving badly?
Saturday 30 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
From banks to BP: can we trust big business?
Saturday 30 October: 5.15pm-6.30pm
Head to Head Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The great population debate: too many carbon footprints?
Thought for the day Café
Africa and oil
Sunday 31 October: 10.45am-12.15pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Whose social justice is it anyway?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Are we all cooperative now? The battle over employee ownership
Sunday 31 October: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Head to Head Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Prosperity without growth: a contradiction in terms?
Lunchtime Debates Student Union
Generation Wars: Baby Boomers versus Generation Y
Sunday 31 October: 3.45pm-5.15pm
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Innovative engineering: within limits?
Sunday 31 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Thought for the day Henry Moore Gallery
Austerity blues or going for growth?

Festival Buzz

Scared of the Kids - Stuart Waiton - Lowered bar for security

"In an ever shrinking middle ground, the Battle of Ideas is more important than ever, if we're to reinvigorate politics and challenge the status quo."
Graham Smith, campaign manager, Republic