2012 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 20 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Pit Theatre
Garden Room
Saturday 20 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Pit Theatre
Frobisher Auditorium 2
Saturday 20 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Sunday 21 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Fountain Room
Conservatory
Sunday 21 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
Conservatory
Sunday 21 October: 3.15pm-4.45pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Conservatory
Fracking and Fukushima: our energy security fears
"The Battle of Ideas was a great success; it enabled large numbers of people to hear and interact with well-known speakers who have thought about and contributed significantly to the discussions of many important issues."
Richard Swinburne, emeritus professor, philosophy of religion, University of Oxford; author, 'The Existence of God and The Evolution of the Soul'