2013 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 19 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Saturday 19 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Saturday 19 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Saturday 19 October: 5.30pm-6.45pm
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
Battle for technological progress Frobisher 1-3
Euro and the economy: the final countdown?
"The rules of the game at The Battle of Ideas makes beating about the bush impossible. When you are given 5 minutes to make your point, you either say something essential, or you reveal that you have nothing really to say. This eliminates 'the unbearable lightness' of speculation that haunts public debate."
Albena Azmanova, social philosopher, political commentator and activist