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Wednesday 29 March

Time	Session	Venue
6:00pm Wednesday 29 March	Ideas Debate 2006- Big ideas are better Are they? What about the sneaky little ideas that change your life? Do only big ideas make an impact? National and international Ideas guests Cory Doctorow, Helen Stacy, Allan Luke, Larissa Behrendt, Frank Furedi and Pat Hoffie take sides. Debate adjudicator Phillip Adams controls the watch and the bell, but can he control them? -book now- Speakers: Cory Doctorow, Helen Stacy, Allan Luke, Larissa Behrendt, Frank Furedi, Pat Hoffie, Phillip Adams	Concert Hall 1600 Seats $10 Doors open 5.30pm (Auslan) 80 minutes
7:30pm Wednesday 29 March	Welcome to Ideas The Ideas Bar and Ideas Tent open early this year. Come on in after the debate for ideas and live music until late.	Ideas Tent Free
8:00pm Wednesday 29 March	The long, long life of an idea From JS Bach, Percy Grainger, through Koehne to Arvo Part the influence of an idea lives on and on. Composers have long listened, copied, varied and progressed the ideas of their predecessors. This is a story of the long, long life of an idea as told by Queensland Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and their conductor Michael Morgan. -book now-	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats $25 80 minutes

Thursday 30 March

Time	Session	Venue
9:30am Thursday 30 March	It takes a risk Making a change, getting things done, it takes a risk. With injecting rooms, shared land rights and campaigns for the SEIV X families Ingrid Van Beek, Camilla Cowley and Steve Biddulph knew they were doing the right thing, but did they know how hard it would be? Speakers: Ingrid van Beek, Camilla Cowley, Steve Biddulph	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free 70 minutes
10:00am Thursday 30 March	Old food- new food We can design a new banana but will we want to eat it? Plant biotechnologist James Dale tells the story of taking an age old food and improving it to feed thousands. Speakers: James Dale	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
11:15am Thursday 30 March	I am, you are... What is Australian? Investigator of everyday life Joesph Pugliese delves into history, identity, diaspora and things unAustralian to find out what and who we are. Social commentator Elspeth Probyn questions the international branding of Australia as a place of aspirations and dreams. Speakers: Joseph Pugliese, Elspeth Probyn	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free (Auslan) 70 minutes
12:00pm Thursday 30 March	Being very convincing To build a water cube you need to convince people that it can be done. Leading structural engineer and designer Tristram Carfrae joins Michael Keniger to discuss imagination, sustainable design, and what it takes to do new things in new ways. Speakers: Tristram Carfrae, Michael Keniger	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
12:30pm Thursday 30 March	Ideas Soapbox Take to the box with your ideas. Big ideas, little sneaky ideas, what are you thinking? What do you reckon?	Ideas Tent Free 40 minutes
1:00pm Thursday 30 March	Medical Frontiers With ever more possible every day in medical technology, former professor of medical genetics Bob Williamson, sociologist Frank Furedi and health care reform advocate Ingrid Van Beek join Peter Andrews to discuss our expectations, the ethics and the next frontiers. Speakers: Bob Williamson , Frank Furedi, Ingrid van Beek, Peter Andrews	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free 70 minutes
2:00pm Thursday 30 March	Consumption as a lifestyle choice What will be the effect of our continued spending, building and consuming? Earth system scientist Will Steffen, economist John Quiggin and urban planning advisor Ed Blakely wonder what will happen if we keep going. What will be the short and long term effects of our lifestyle choices? Speakers: Will Steffen , John Quiggin, Ed Blakely	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
3:00pm Thursday 30 March	Citizenship and other spectator sports Too busy, too tired, too cynical, too spoiled. Citizens Nandor Tanczos, Camilla Cowley and Frank Brennan sit down to discuss their citizenship and to ponder the wealth of excuses we have devised for not engaging. Speakers: Nandor Tanczos, Camilla Cowley, Frank Brennan	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free (Auslan) 70 minutes
4:00pm Thursday 30 March	Ideas 10 Questions Got more questions, something you forgot to ask? Come to the Ideas Tent for just 10 more questions each afternoon.	Ideas Tent Free 40 minutes
4:45pm Thursday 30 March	One New Law If you could introduce one new law what would it be? What new law would be most beneficial? And what law would you repeal? Helen Stacy, Ngaire Naffine, Afshin A-Khavari and Andrew Leigh go live for this Radio National Australia Talks Back broadcast. Bring your ideas and join the talkback. Speakers: Helen Stacy, Afshin A-Khavari , Andrew Leigh, Ngaire Naffine	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 90 minutes
5:00pm Thursday 30 March	Ode to Mrs Pugsley That dream thing, that one good guide, that person who pushes, challenges and changes your life. What makes a good teacher? Tim Goodwin, Wayne Hudson, Allan Luke and Larissa Behrendt wonder who the future guides are and what we will learn. Speakers: Wayne Hudson, Allan Luke, Tim Goodwin, Larissa Behrendt	Recital Hall 200 Seats Free 70 minutes
5:30pm Thursday 30 March	Ideas Soapbox Take to the box with your ideas. If you don’t tell people what you think, they won’t know.	Ideas Tent Free 40 minutes
6:00pm Thursday 30 March	Some things change Psychologist Steve Biddulph has changed the way we think about children, about happiness, love and parenting. In this special lecture presented by Griffith University he asks: What are the next challenges for families? Will the next generation be better off? Introduced by Griffith University Vice Chancellor Ian O’Connor. -book now- Speakers: Steve Biddulph	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats $15 (Auslan) 70 minutes
6:30pm Thursday 30 March	Getting on with it Got your idea, need to know what to do next? Patent attorney Ian de Jong and guests tell you how to turn your idea into business, how to protect your idea, how to find out if anyone thinks it’s a good idea, and how to stay on track. Speakers: Ian De Jonge	Ideas Tent 2 80 Seats Free 120 minutes
7:00pm Thursday 30 March	Good design is... Design effects your every move, every day. Tony Fry talks about the big push for better design, increased innovation and improved sustainability. Gisele Gass worked with the Massive Change consortium and hails the arrival of a new breed of designers, ‘a synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, economist and more’. -book now- Speakers: Tony Fry, Gisele Gass	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats $15 70 minutes
8:00pm Thursday 30 March	Risk is not a... We are trading in fear and obsessed with safety, so it’s little wonder risk is out of fashion. UK sociologist Frank Furedi has stirred debate on politics, parenting, security, terrorism and intellectualism. In this Brisbane Airport Corporation lecture he wonders about the politics of left and right, what we will risk and our capacity to handle change. -book now- Speakers: Frank Furedi	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats $25 80 minutes
9:00pm Thursday 30 March	Late Night Ideas- Ideas Fear Factor What are the ideas that scare you most? Comedian Pauline Bell asks around and tells some tales. Join her, Aileen Plant, Frank Brennan, Larissa Behrendt and your mates in the bar and wait for the scratching sound on the ceiling. With Late Night Ideas music live until late. Speakers: Aileen Plant, Frank Brennan, Larissa Behrendt, Pauline Bell	Ideas Tent Free

Friday 31 March

Time	Session	Venue
9:30am Friday 31 March	Doing it differently Innovation is not all lab coats and rocket surgery. Sometimes it’s as simple as doing things differently. Meet innovators who have looked sideways, changed the way things are done and seen their business boom. Change to program note: This session will not go ahead	no longer in program Free
9:30am Friday 31 March	Science is no fun Some say skills in science, engineering and technology are needed in every field. Industry is keen to avoid a skills shortage but students are not rushing to study science. Is it because science is no fun? Two teams of future workers debate the case.	Recital Hall 200 Seats Free 70 minutes
10:00am Friday 31 March	The dirt on system earth Former leader of the International Geosphere-Biosphere program Will Steffen joins environmental scientist Ian Lowe to cover a decade of research in one conversational crash course. What effects are humans having on earth and how is the earth reacting? Speakers: Will Steffen , Ian Lowe	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free (Auslan) 70 minutes
11:15am Friday 31 March	Weird Work Some jobs start straight and get weird, others are strange right from the start. Soldier turned designer Gisele Gass, health worker Ingrid Van Beek and ambassador Tim Goodwin join digital media advisor Joanne Jacobs to talk about their passions, strange colleagues and unusual jobs. Speakers: Gisele Gass, Ingrid van Beek, Tim Goodwin, Joanne Jacobs	Recital Hall 200 Seats Free 70 minutes
11:30am Friday 31 March	Are they coming to get us? Diseases in tropical crops, avian flu, SARS, malaria and HIV. Life scientist James Dale, and infectious disease control expert Alieen Plant join Chief Scientist Peter Andrews in wondering whether this is the century of the pandemic? Or is it just the century of panic? Speakers: James Dale, Aileen Plant, Peter Andrews	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
12:00pm Friday 31 March	Hypothetically just What happens when you throw a new scenario of law, crime or justice at a group of opinionated lawyers and experts? Helen Stacy, Ross Homel, Larissa Behrendt and Geoff Airo-Farulla give the local, national and international view of what can and what could hypothetically happen. With Damien Carrick. Speakers: Helen Stacy, Ross Homel , Larissa Behrendt, Geoff Airo-Farulla	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free 80 minutes
12:30pm Friday 31 March	Ideas Soapbox Take your ideas to the box – come on, everyone has ideas.	Ideas Tent Free 40 minutes
1:00pm Friday 31 March	0ur town Our suburbs, our cities, our homes. Urban planner Ed Blakely and architects Michael Rayner and Claire Bennett consider what changes we must make to fit the pressures of our future population, work and lives in our town. Speakers: Ed Blakely, Michael Rayner, Claire Bennett	Recital Hall 200 Seats Free 70 minutes
1:15pm Friday 31 March	Body Parts With new skin, new kidneys and the regeneration of the spinal cord all underway, Peter Andrews asks Zee Upton, Alan Mackay-Sim and Julie Campbell what spare parts are available, who can have them and do we really want them? Speakers: Zee Upton, Alan Mackay-Sim, Julie Campbell, Peter Andrews	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
2:00pm Friday 31 March	Who's running this world anyway The role of the diplomat is changing, heads of state pre-empt policy, multinationals and non-government organisations influence negotiations. One of Australia's most experienced diplomats Richard Woolcott discusses changing world affairs, and head of Amnesty International Australia Mara Moustfine argues the watchdogs’ role, in these times of globalisation, power shifts and security threats. Speakers: Richard Woolcott, Mara Moustafine	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free (Auslan) 70 minutes
3:00pm Friday 31 March	Turning it up They say the media has the capacity to turn the level of civilisation up or down. Julianne Schultz is impatient for change and wades in for a new look at media ownership, responsibility and what it has to do with civilisation. Speakers: Julianne Schultz	Recital Hall 200 Seats Free 70 minutes
3:30pm Friday 31 March	Big Nanny Can’t eat this, can’t stand there, can’t say that. Is the state meant to decide it all for us? Elspeth Probyn, Ross Homel and Andrew Leigh debate the effects of regulation. Are we handing over too much, too willingly or are we happy having a big nanny? Speakers: Elspeth Probyn, Ross Homel , Andrew Leigh	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free 70 minutes
4:00pm Friday 31 March	How shall we die? We live longer. We know we will die. Colleen Cartwright, Bob Williamson and Wayne Hudson know what we think about dying and what we can be saved from. They wonder what we are prepared to die of and whether we were better off a century ago when we had less choice? With Sallyanne Atkinson. Speakers: Colleen Cartwright , Bob Williamson , Wayne Hudson, Sallyanne Atkinson	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats Free 70 minutes
4:30pm Friday 31 March	Ideas 10 Questions Got more questions, something you forgot to ask? Come to the Ideas Tent for just 10 more questions each afternoon.	Ideas Tent Free 40 minutes
5:30pm Friday 31 March	We'll all be rooned Not long ago no one cared now every one is nagging you to turn off the tap. Is it enough? Director of Land and Water Australia Peter Cullen joins journalist Ticky Fullerton to talk water. What is the long term plan? Speakers: Peter Cullen, Ticky Fullerton	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats Free (Auslan) 60 minutes
6:00pm Friday 31 March	Fighting the future Technology columnist Cory Doctorow has long questioned whether we should fight the future. Online, at school, and at the UN, he has argued that proposed entertainment industry law reforms are bad for society, bad for industry and bad for freedom. -book now- Speakers: Cory Doctorow	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats $25 70 minutes
7:00pm Friday 31 March	Grief as Inspiration It is not love or joy that has produced most great music but grief, sadness and pain. Join composer Sarah Hopkins, folksinger Tenzin Choegyal, composer/pianist Betty Beath and others while they play, talk and debate the great inspiration that misery, death and depression can provide. -book now-	Recital Hall 200 Seats $15 80 minutes
7:30pm Friday 31 March	The power of play The new nature of work requires the skills of play - ask questions, imagine, innovate, try new things. Pat Kane critiques the institution of work and argues the power of play to transform business and to transform your life. -book now- Speakers: Pat Kane	Cremorne Theatre 300 Seats $15 80 minutes
8:00pm Friday 31 March	Conflict and civilisation Professor of peace and father of future studies Johan Galtung has worked to resolve conflict between North and South Korea, Israel and Palestine, in the Gulf region and in former Yugoslavia. He talks about the future, peace and how sometimes conflict can be a good thing.-book now- Speakers: Johan Galtung	Conservatorium Theatre 600 Seats $25 (Auslan) 80 minutes
9:00pm Friday 31 March	Late Night Ideas- Take it back Paperless office, more leisure time …new ideas, new promises come up every day. Phillip Adams asks Zee Upton, Ticky Fullerton and Ed Blakely for their least favourite predictions. Is it time for some retractions? With music, comment and colour from 101fm Logan Radio. Tonight’s Late Night Ideas is a live broadcast with the Random Outburst crew until late. Speakers: Zee Upton, Ticky Fullerton, Ed Blakely, Phillip Adams	Ideas Tent Free

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