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
Thought for the day Lecture Theatre 2
Saturday 29 October: 11.15am-12.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Lunchtime Debates Lecture Theatre 2
Saturday 29 October: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Saturday 29 October: 4.15pm-5.30pm
Food Fight Café
Sunday 30 October: 8.45am-9.30am
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Sunday 30 October: 9.45am-11.15am
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Sunday 30 October: 11.30am-12.30pm
Lunchtime Debates Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Sunday 30 October: 12.45pm-2.15pm
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Sporting Contests Café
Sunday 30 October: 2.45pm-4.15pm
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Sunday 30 October: 4.30pm-5.30pm
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Stealing Picasso? Copyright and art
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George Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon; editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
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