Battle of Ideas 2013 19 & 20 October, London. Two days of high-level, thought-provoking, public debate organised by the Institute of Ideas at the Barbican.
80 sessions, 350 speakers, 2000+ attendees
Sessions include:
Does Lisbon still have soul?
Grow your own? The urban agriculture revolution
Drones and mercenaries: the outsourcing of war?
Pathologising Israel
The Battle of Ideas is produced by the
"The rules of the game at The Battle of Ideas makes beating about the bush impossible. When you are given 5 minutes to make your point, you either say something essential, or you reveal that you have nothing really to say. This eliminates 'the unbearable lightness' of speculation that haunts public debate."
Albena Azmanova, social philosopher, political commentator and activist
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