2010 Programme: Keynote Controversies

Big sessions discussing big ideas

Saturday 30 October 2010
9.30am to 11.00am Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Trust in an age of cynicism
12.30pm to 2.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The empty square: the public engaged or imagined?
2.30pm to 4.00pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Is the West still the best?
Sunday 31 October 2010
9.45am to 11.15am Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Whose social justice is it anyway?
12.45pm to 2.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Engineering the future: cautionary tale or utopia?
2.45pm to 4.15pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
What does it mean to be a liberal today?
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"The Battle of Ideas is an inspired and inspiring event that grapples with the important issues in ways that are refreshing and imaginative."
Peter Barron, Director of communications and public affairs, North and Central Europe, Google; former editor, Newsnight