2013 Programme: Festival Saturday overview

Saturday sessions are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme or see the whole Festival weekend of more than 70 debates.

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Saturday 19 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Is nothing private anymore?
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
What is addiction?
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Great leaders: born or made?
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
The crisis of innovation: Dude, where's my flying car?
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Arts in schools: luxury or necessity?
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Sacrifice and philanthropy: what's in it for me?
Literature Wars Hammerson Room
To read or not to read? The Canon and the 21st century
Pop Ups Free Stage
Pop-ups: overhyped and everywhere?
Saturday 19 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
East Asia: the new global hotspot?
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Institutions on life support
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
3D printing: a new industrial revolution?
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
History wars
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Time to get serious about irony?
Hot off the Press 2013 Free Stage
From 9/11 to Nairobi: understanding today’s terrorism
Saturday 19 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
State vs. market: is there a way forward?
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
Legal highs and club drugs culture
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Church and state: a marriage on the rocks?
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Infrastructure and investment: have we lost our nerve?
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
One to one tuition in the dock? The crisis in music schools
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
The law and our private lives: an abusive relationship?
Literature Wars Hammerson Room
Historical fiction: good literature, bad history?
Urban Life Cinema 3
Master-planning the future?
Pop Ups Library
'Only words': do lyrics matter?
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Do as I say not as I do: what's wrong with hypocrisy?
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
Babies, brains and bull***t?
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
From Shipman to Mid Staffs – does doctor still know best?
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Technology and sustainability: kill or cure?
School Fights Frobisher 1-3
Private education: public harm?
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Suicide: the ultimate selfish act?
Literature Wars Hammerson Room
The art of biography
Urban Life Cinema 3
Policing public space: banned in London
Saturday 19 October: 5.30pm-6.45pm
Thought for the day Cinema 1
Listening to music: a private or public activity?
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
The new sex education: colonising our children's emotions?
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Cops in crisis: what seems to be the matter, officer?
School Fights Frobisher Auditorium 1
Debating Matters Competition International Final 2013
Battle for technological progress Frobisher 1-3
Laptop University? The future of HE
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Baby on board: the battle over pregnancy
Literature Wars Hammerson Room
Graphic novels: literature for the 21st century?
Balloon Debate Camera Café
What's the best film ever? Balloon debate

Remaking citizens for the ‘Big Society’

"What I love about The Battle of Ideas is that it really is a battle. I've still got the scalps (and wounds) to prove it. The audience were battlers too. A brilliant, memorable weekend."
Andrew Keen, entrepreneur; founder, Audiocafe.com; author, Digital Vertigo

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