Adelaide Festival of Ideas , Thursday 9 July, Friday 10 July & Saturday 11 July
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Adelaide Festival Corporation and is held in the alternate year to the
Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts.
The Adelaide Festival of Ideas was first conducted in July 1999. Since
it began FOI has opened debate on leading issues of our times. FOI has
become hugely popular harnessing ideas, experience and intellect and
attracting attendance from all states of Australia and from overseas.
The fifth Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 2007 was a huge success, and
attracted an audience of over 30,000 attendances to the 58 sessions
presented.
Thursday 9 July, Friday 10 July & Saturday 11 July
http://www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au/schedule.htm
Click here for details.
Session Notes
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http://www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au/schedule.htm
Beyond Evolution
Beyond the Veil: Islam and Feminism
Big Science, Big Bucks, Big Deal?
Choose your poison!
Climate change beyond the city limits?
Dear leader …The limits and possibilities of leadership
Don’t blame the economy; blame the economists
Free Spin: Controlling the message and the limits of free speech
Greed
Indigenous health is the gap closing?
Limits of Cities
Markets: Good servants, bad masters
Migration-the partly open door
Origins of Life and Evolution of Intelligence
Philosophy in the Antipodes
Sex, Knowledge and Society
Talking in tongues: The hopes and fears of interfaith dialogue
The Mind: Mind over Matter?
The place of work in a meaningful life
Where do big ideas come from?
Who cares… the limits of health
Yes Minister: Laying bare the operation of government
You’re disgusting! Shaming mechanisms in different cultures
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Full Schedule
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http://www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au/schedule.htm
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> The AdelaideFestivalofIdeasis a biennial event managed by the
> AdelaideFestivalCorporation and is held in the alternate year to the
> Adelaide BankFestivalof Arts.
>
> The AdelaideFestivalofIdeaswas first conducted in July 1999. Since
> it began FOI has opened debate on leading issues of our times. FOI has
> attracting attendance from all states of Australia and from overseas.
>
The fifth Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 2007 was a huge success, and
attracted an audience of over 30,000 attendances to the 58 sessions
presented.
>
Thursday 9 July, Friday 10 July & Saturday 11 July
http://www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au/schedule.htm
> Click here for details.
>
> Session Notes
>
>
> Beyond Evolution
>
> Beyond the Veil: Islam and Feminism
>
> Big Science, Big Bucks, Big Deal?
>
> Choose your poison!
>
> Climate change beyond the city limits?
>
> Dear leader …The limits and possibilities of leadership
>
> Don’t blame the economy; blame the economists
>
> Free Spin: Controlling the message and the limits of free speech
>
> Greed
>
> Indigenous health is the gap closing?
>
> Limits of Cities
>
> Markets: Good servants, bad masters
>
> Migration-the partly open door
>
> Origins of Life and Evolution of Intelligence
>
> Philosophy in the Antipodes
>
> Sex, Knowledge and Society
>
> Talking in tongues: The hopes and fears of interfaith dialogue
>
> The Mind: Mind over Matter?
>
> The place of work in a meaningful life
>