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27.10.2007 - 28.10.2007: Battle of Ideas 2007
| Beginn: | 13:30h |
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| Ort: | Royal College of Art, London, SW7 2EU (next to Royal Albert Hall)
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| Veranstalter: | Royal College of Art, London |
| Webseite: | http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/
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The Battle of Ideas is a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art.
Battle of Ideas festival
27th-28th October
Royal College of Art, Kensington, London.
Saturday, October 27th
13:30 - 15:00 "Age of the Metropolis"
The future of the urban experiment:
<a href="http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/146/" target="_Blank">http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/146/</a>
with Jonathan Glancey (Guardian), Naresh Fernandes (Time Out India),
Tony McGuirk (BDP), Phillippe Legrain (author, "Immigrants: Your
Country Needs Them"), Austin Williams (Future Cities Project)
Saturday, October 27th
15:30 - 17:00 "Imagining the City" on cinema's examination of
modernity:
<a href="http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/159/" target="_Blank">http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/159/</a>
with Sarnath Banerjee (fellow Akademis Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart),
Michael Chanan (author, "The Politics of Documentary"), Wendy Earle
(commissioning editor, British Film Institute), Karl Sharro (essayist
and urbanist)
Sunday, October 28th
12:45 - 13:45 "Designing Behaviour" on whether a focus on ethics
undermines creativity:
<a href="http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/195/" target="_blank">http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/195/</a>
with Professor Anthony Dunne (head, design interactions, RCA), Martyn
Perks (design consultant, CScape and journalist, Blueprint magazine),
Molly Webb (business engagement manager, The Climate Group and author
of "The Disrupters: Lessons for Low Carbon Innovation")
Sunday, October 28th
14:00 - 15:30 "More then Bricks and Mortar" on why we don't build enough houses:
<a href="http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/186/" target="_blank">http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/186/</a>
with Tristram Hunt (broadcaster), Adam Sampson (chief exectuive,
Shelter), Michael Oxley (professor of housing, De Montfort
University), Dave Clements (co-editor "The Future of Community")
Sunday, October 28th
16:00 - 17:30 "Moving into the Future" on the next steps for mobility:
<a href="http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/185/" target="_blank">http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/session_detail/185/</a>
with Andrew English (motoring correspondent, Daily Telegraph),
Professor Dale Harrow (head of vehicle design, RCA), Tony Ridley
(emeritus professor of transport engineering, Imperial College), Peter
Smith, lecturer in tourism and tourism management, St Mary"s
University College, Dr Peter Martin (lecturer in chemical engineering,
University Manchester, principal researcher, "engaging cogs")
As well as these topics, there are debates on everything including the
politics of culture, education, science, technology, sport and
international relations. For more information about speakers, tickets
and programme, please visit www.battleofideas.org.uk
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