2011 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 29 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Courtyard Gallery
Saturday 29 October: 5.15pm-6.30pm
Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October: 9.45am-10.30am
Courtyard Gallery
Breakfast Banter Lecture Theatre 2
Sunday 30 October: 10.45am-12.15pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Sunday 30 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Students' Union
'The Battle for Affluence'
"The energy, verve and enthusiasm at The Battle of Ideas filled me with hope. Coming from India where so many people still lack the basic necessities that make human life worth living, it was heartening to see basic issues of equity and justice debated with such passion and fervour."
George Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon; editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics