2009 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 31 October: 10.30am to 12.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking education – the new crisis of adult authority in the classroom
Battle for Reproductive Choice Lecture Theatre 1
Frankenstein's Daughters: from science fiction to science fact?
Battle for the Global Economy Courtyard Gallery
The State and Recession: solution or part of the problem?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
It's not fair! The Battle for Equality
Café Controversies Café
Chav-bashing: demonising the ‘white working class’?
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Is there a global power shift from West to East?
Activism Zone Student Union
Parliament: reform or revolution?

Saturday 31 October: 12.15pm to 1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Post-recession Ideologies: it's the politics, stupid!
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 1
Genetics and genomics: medicine made to measure?
Lunchtime Debates Courtyard Gallery
Data Sharing or Database State?
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Debating Development
Lunchtime Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Germany, 20 years united: growing together or falling apart?
Activism Zone Student Union
The Fight over Flight: what's the problem with air travel?

Saturday 31 October: 1.30pm to 3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Privacy in an age of Disclosure and Sharing
Battle for Reproductive Choice Lecture Theatre 1
Whose Right to Choose? Choice, ethics and regulation in 21st-century reproduction
Battle for the Global Economy Courtyard Gallery
You Produce, I Consume: Global Imbalances, Causes and Consequences
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Bookshop Barnie at the Battle: 'Why We Disagree about Climate Change'
Café Controversies Café
Welfare Dependency: who benefits?
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
When is it right to go to war? Kosovo, Iraq and beyond
Activism Zone Student Union
Activist revival or aimless hyper-activism?

Saturday 31 October: 3.30pm to 5.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Freedom in an Illiberal Age: securing rights or celebrating liberty?
Battle for Reproductive Choice Lecture Theatre 1
Three’s a crowd? The battle over population and reproduction
Battle for the Global Economy Courtyard Gallery
Unlimited Ltd: Economic growth and its discontents
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Who ate all the pies? Football, greed and the recession
Café Controversies Café
The Rise of the Philanthrocapitalists: can the rich save the world?
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
A cultured ear: why does listening to music matter?
Activism Zone Student Union
The Rise of Populism in Europe: we the people or them the mob?

Saturday 31 October: 5.15pm to 6.30pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Rethinking Therapy Culture: changing the subject?
Thought for the day Lecture Theatre 1
Africa and Aid: the Effects of the Recession
Thought for the day Courtyard Gallery
School Science Education: an experiment gone wrong?
Thought for the day Café
Debating Matters Competition showcase debate: "Copyright Benefits the Arts"
Thought for the day Henry Moore Gallery
Rhyme, Rhythm and Blues: poets and lyricists in perfect harmony?
Balloon Debate Student Union
Revolutions Balloon Debate

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