2012 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 20 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Fountain Room
Saturday 20 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
Fountain Room
Saturday 20 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Fountain Room
Saturday 20 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Fountain Room
Saturday 20 October: 5.15pm-6.30pm
Fountain Room
Garden Room
Sunday 21 October: 9.30am-10.15am
Frobisher 4-6
Garden Room
Sunday 21 October: 6.30pm-7.30pm
Fountain Room
Garden Room
The empty square: the public engaged or imagined?
"The Battle of Ideas is a weekend like no other. I found the 2011 festival immensely stimulating. It gave me a great deal to think about, and a whole new list of books to read - from Virgil to Vygotsky. On to greater battles in 2012!"
Ken Macleod, award-winning science fiction writer; author, The Restoration Game and Intrusion