2011 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 29 October: 9.30am-11.00am
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for the World Lecture Theatre 1
Battle for Morality Courtyard Gallery
Thought for the day Lecture Theatre 2
Food Fight Café
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Provocation Zone Students' Union
Saturday 29 October: 11.15am-12.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for the World Lecture Theatre 1
Battle for Morality Courtyard Gallery
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Lunchtime Debates Students' Union
Saturday 29 October: 12.30pm-2.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for the World Lecture Theatre 1
Battle for Morality Courtyard Gallery
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Food Fight Café
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Provocation Zone Students' Union
Saturday 29 October: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for the World Lecture Theatre 1
Battle for Morality Courtyard Gallery
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Food Fight Café
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Provocation Zone Students' Union
Saturday 29 October: 4.15pm-5.30pm
Thought for the day Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for the World Lecture Theatre 1
Battle for Morality Courtyard Gallery
Thought for the day Lecture Theatre 2
Food Fight Café
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Thought for the day Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 8.45am-9.30am
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
Breakfast Banter Lecture Theatre 2
Sporting Contests Café
Head to Head Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Breakfast Banter Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 9.45am-11.15am
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
Films Q&A Lecture Theatre 2
Sporting Contests Café
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Head to Head Debates Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 11.30am-12.30pm
Lunchtime Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Lunchtime Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Lunchtime Debates Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 12.45pm-2.15pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Sporting Contests Café
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Provocation Zone Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 2.45pm-4.15pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Sporting Contests Café
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
Provocation Zone Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 4.30pm-5.30pm
Thought for the day Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Reassessing... Politics Courtyard Gallery
Thought for the day Lecture Theatre 2
Sporting Contests Café
Thought for the day Henry Moore Gallery
Thought for the day Students' Union
Sunday 30 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
What next for...? Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
China: Brendan O'Neill - The West is afraid of China
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