Saturday 30 October, 10.00am until 10.20am, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The sixth annual Battle of Ideas festival will open with a Welcome Address hosted by Claire Fox, Director of the Academy of Ideas.
Read Academy of Ideas Director Claire Fox’s introductory essay to the Battle of Ideas 2010.
Listen to the welcome address:
![]() | Sue Clark corporate affairs director, SABMiller |
![]() | Oriana Pound director, market issues and thought leadership, PwC |
![]() | Dr Paul Thompson rector and vice-provost, Royal College of Art |
![]() | Professor Sir Mark Walport director, Wellcome Trust; Government Chief Scientific Adviser (from April 2013) |
Chair: | |
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Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive |