Programme: Festival weekend overview

 Saturday 1 November 2008

9.30am to 11.00am Lecture Theatre 1 Battle for Prosperity
China and India: catching up with the West?
11.15am to 12.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Lunchtime Debates
The credit crunch demystified
11.15am to 12.15pm Henry Moore Gallery Lunchtime Debates
Bring in the consultants?
12.30pm to 2.00pm Lecture Theatre 1 Battle for Prosperity
Growing pains: the pros and cons of economic dynamism
2.30pm to 4.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Keynote Controversies
Capitalism – what is it good for?
2.30pm to 4.00pm Lecture Theatre 1 Battle for Prosperity
Emerging Economies – Question Time
 Sunday 2 November 2008

11.00am to 12.30pm Lecture Theatre 2 In Conversation Salons
A Brave New World
11.00am to 12.30pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Keynote Controversies
The Battle for Progress
2.00pm to 3.30pm Henry Moore Gallery Frame Debates
Eco-imperialism?
4.00pm to 5.30pm Henry Moore Gallery Frame Debates
What is China thinking?

 Festival Buzz

"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia