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More than 40 speakers and presenters put forward their views in lectures, panels, discussions and debates. Many of the ideas and issues raised by these speakers were investigated in Ideas Online discussions.

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Phillip Adams

The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17
Sunday Brunch - 11am, Sunday, August 19
What are we doing with our ideas? - 11am, Thursday, August 16

Kenn Allen

'The most important social movement of the century' - 1.30pm, Thursday, August 16
What to do with all that spare time - 3.30pm Thursday, August 16

Richard Allom

Is this the comfort zone? - 5pm, Friday, August 17

Richard Braun

Eureka! - but what do I do now? - 12pm, Saturday, August 18

Damien Broderick

'The world will get weirder, the end of the human era' - 11.30am, Thursday, August 16

Michael Carden

Late Night Ideas - 'under the spell of heterosexual christianity' - 9pm, Friday, August 17

Dawn Casey

Fascination vs. Recognition - 6pm, Friday, August 17

Sha Cordingly

'The most important social movement of the century' - 1.30pm, Thursday, August 16

What to do with all that spare time - 3.30pm, Thursday, August 16

Eva Cox

'A crisis of trust in political systems' - 5.30pm, Thursday, August 16

Mark Creyton

What to do with all that spare time - 3.30pm Thursday, August 16

Ian Dearden

Taking a very long time to learn very little - 11am, Friday, August 17
Ideas that really bug me - 6pm, Thursday, August 16

Peter Doherty

What are we doing with our ideas? - 11am, Thursday, August 16
'Once the genie is out of the bottle, there is no putting it back.' - 7.30pm, Thursday, August 16
ABN AMRO Business Ideas Forum - 10am, Friday, August 17

Winka Dubbeldam

'A new hybrid architecture - a new spatial order' - 1pm, Friday, August 17
The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17

Gilberto C. Gallopin

'Science is out of control - 3pm, Friday, August 17
'Hostility, turbulence and disorder - 3.30pm, Saturday, August 18
'Australia is not an island'- 5.45pm, Thursday, August 16

Lisanne Gibson

Is this the comfort zone? - 5pm, Friday, August 17

Germaine Greer

The next big Idea - 2pm, Sunday, August 19

David Heilpern

'Working in a system you don't believe in' - 4pm, Friday, August 17
Late Night Ideas - Ideas that work, ideas that don't. - 9pm, Saturday, August 18

Anita Heiss

'Humanity thinking out loud' - 2pm, Saturday, August 18

Sohail Inayatullah

The last 1000 years, the next 1000 years - 5pm, Saturday, August 18
ABN AMRO Business Ideas Forum - 10am, Friday, August 17
'The unsettling reality of the futures of health' - 11am, Saturday, August 18

Davina Jackson

'A new hybrid architecture - a new spatial order - 1pm, Friday, August 17
Is this the comfort zone? - 5pm, Friday, August 17

Jacqui Katona

Late Night Ideas - Ideas to fight for - 9pm, Thursday, August 16
'Australia is not an island'- 5.45pm, Thursday, August 16

Petrea King

The pros and cons of death - 1pm, Saturday, August 18

Tan Le

'Young people inherit the world like a straitjacket' - 1pm, Friday, August 17
What are we doing with our ideas? - 11am, Thursday, August 16

George Lewin

The Idea that changes your life - 10.30am, Saturday, August 18

Ian Lowe

'Hostility, turbulence and disorder' - 3.30pm, Saturday, August 18
The last 1000 years, the next 1000 years - 5pm, Saturday, August 18
'The world will get weirder, the end of the human era' - 11.30am, Thursday, August 16
'Australia is not an island'- 5.45pm, Thursday, August 16

Lex Marinos

Late Night Ideas - Ideas that work, ideas that don't. - 9pm, Saturday, August 18
ABN AMRO Business Ideas Forum - 10am, Friday, August 17
The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17

Philip Nitschke

The pros and cons of death - 1pm, Saturday, August 18
The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17

Jan Owen

'A crisis of trust in political systems' - 5.30pm, Thursday, August 16

Bruce Petty

'Satire and what's really going on' - 2.30pm, Sunday, August 19

Sandra Phillips

'Humanity thinking out loud' - 2pm, Saturday, August 18
Fascination vs. Recognition - 6pm, Friday, August 17
Late Night Ideas - Ideas to fight for - 9pm, Thursday, August 16

Barbara Piscitelli

'Humanity thinking out loud' - 2pm, Saturday, August 18

Michael Quall

What to do with all that spare time - 3.30pm Thursday, August 16

James Randi

How much of this should we believe? - Show 1 - 8pm, Thursday, August 16
How much of this should we believe? - Show 2 - 5.30pm, Saturday, August 18

Margaret Reynolds

Fascination vs. Recognition - 6pm, Friday, August 17

John Rimmer

'One of the most hyped phenomenon of all time - 12.30pm, Friday, August 17

Wendy Sarkissian

'Very simple miracles' - 8pm, Friday, August 17

Alan Saunders

Is this the comfort zone? - 5pm, Friday, August 17
'A new hybrid architecture - a new spatial order' - 1pm, Friday, August 17

John Seed

'Very simple miracles' - 8pm, Friday, August 17

Sulak Sivaraksa

'Very simple miracles' - 8pm, Friday, August 17

Dale Spender

'Young people inherit the world like a straitjacket' - 1pm, Friday, August 17
Content Creators - 2.30pm, Friday, August 17

Lynne Spender

Content Creators - 2.30pm, Friday, August 17
The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17

Fiona Stewart

ABN AMRO Business Ideas Forum - 10am, Friday, August 17
The Ideas Debate - 7.30pm, Friday, August 17

Kerrie Tim

'We are not happy Natives' - 3.30pm, Thursday, August 16

Tamara Tonite

Late Night Ideas - 'under the spell of heterosexual christianity' - 9pm, Friday, August 17

Zane Trow

Is this the comfort zone? - 5pm, Friday, August 17

Haunani-Kay Trask

'We are not happy Natives' - 3.30pm, Thursday, August 16

Elaine Wainwright

'Can we free ourselves for human and ecological transformation? - 7pm, Saturday, August 18

Denis Walker

'If good people choose to do nothing' - 12pm, Sunday, August 19

Robyn Williams

'Science is out of control' - 3pm, Friday, August 17
ABN AMRO Business Ideas Forum - 10am, Friday, August 17

Hon. Margaret Wilson

The next big Idea - 2pm, Sunday, August 19

Robert Winston

'A morass of ethical quandaries' - 8pm, Saturday, August 18
'Science is out of control' - 3pm, Friday, August 17

Gianni Zappalà

'One of the most hyped phenomenon of all time' - 12.30pm, Friday, August 17