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: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Sunday 20 October: 9.30am-10.15am
Wrestling with the World Pit Theatre
Sunday 20 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Wrestling with the World Pit Theatre
Contemporary Controversies Frobisher 1-3
Sunday 20 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Wrestling with the World Pit Theatre
Sunday 20 October: 3.30pm-4.45pm
Wrestling with the World Pit Theatre
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 5.15pm-6.15pm
Wrestling with the World Pit Theatre
The IPCC: can we trust the evidence?
"The 2012 Battle of Ideas at the Barbican was the best ever. It was bustling with interesting people, punchy debates and new ideas. I can't wait for 2013's."
Philippe Legrain, adviser to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission