Battle of Ideas 2007 welcome address
Saturday 27 October, 10.00am until 10.20am, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Festival Attractions

The third annual Battle of Ideas festival will be opened by Venu Dhupa, director of arts and creativity, British Council; Dr. Astrid Wissenburg, director of communications and information, Economic and Social Research Council; and Fiona Johnson, director of communications, General Teaching Council for England. Battle of Ideas committee member James Panton, lecturer in politics at St John’s College, University of Oxford will host the festival opening.

 Speakers

Venu Dhupa
director of arts and creativity, British Council
Fiona Johnson
director of communications, GTCE
Drs Astrid Wissenburg
director, communications and information, ESRC
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"A really valuable and stimulating event."
Prof Michael Reiss, Director of Education, Royal Society