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
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Saturday 19 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Saturday 19 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Sunday 20 October: 9.30am-10.15am
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 3.30pm-4.45pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 5.15pm-6.15pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory

Read all about it: truth in demand

"Who would choose to go to a session on free will at 10:30 on a Sunday morning? A few hundred of the most engaged, passionate and discursive participants I have encountered. As a neuroscientist on the panel I felt my science was aired and challenged in exemplary fashion. As a passionate believer in engagement I couldn’t have been more delighted."
Daniel Glaser, head, special projects, public engagement, Wellcome Trust

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