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duration: 121 mins 57 secs |
The Warning of the Warming World
Speakers:
Professor David Karoly, ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Meteorology in the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Professor Ross Garnaut, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne and author of The Garnaut Climate Change Review for the Commonwealth Government
Professor Jim Falk, Director, and Australian centre for science, innovation and society (ACSIS) and APRU World Institute Climate Change
Glenn Wightwick, Director of the IBM Australia Development Laboratory, Chief Technologist for IBM Australia and an IBM Distinguished Engineer
Chair:
Professor Peter Rathjen, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), University of Melbourne
** Special Festival of Ideas Lunchtime Activity: Curator's Tour of the Ian Potter Museum of Art
You are warmly invited to join Bala Star, Curator at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, for a special guided tour of the exciting exhibitions on display.
Exhibitions:
Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of paintings and drawings 1972–1997
13 May 2009 to 02 Aug 2009
Exhibition Website
Ancestral power and the aesthetic: Arnhem Land paintings and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection
30 May 2009 to 23 Aug 2009
Exhibition Website
Selected artefacts from the David and Marion Adams Collection
15 Apr 2009 to 11 Oct 2009
Exhibition Website
Highlights from the University of Melbourne Art Collection, part 1
25 Apr 2009 to 30 Aug 2009
Exhibition Website
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duration: 90 mins 28 secs |
Food Fights/Food Security
Speakers:
Professor Snow Barlow, Plant physiologist and agricultural scientist, Foundation Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture, University of Melbourne
Professor Janet McCalman, History & Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Arts and Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
Professor Tim Reeves, University of Melbourne
Chair:
Dr Graham Mitchell, Joint Chief Scientist DPI and DSE, Victorian Government
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duration: 80 mins 50 secs |
Home-Grown Remedies for Global Ills
Speakers:
Professor Rob Moodie, Chair, National Preventative Health Taskforce, Professor of Global Health Nossal Institute for Global Health
Professor Roger Short, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
Sana Nakata, University of Melbourne PhD Candidate
Chair:
Associate Professor Catherine Bennett, Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic (MEGA) Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health
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duration: 55 mins 57 secs |
From the Hungry Waiting Country / Easter Island: - Contemporary Music for a Time of Change
Introduction:
Professor Warren Bebbington, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Global Relations
Two contemporary compositions by Dr Elliott Gyger, Lecturer in Composition, Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne and Dr Stuart Greenbaum Head of Composition, Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne, that reflect on the effects of climate change on landscape and oceans.
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duration: 62 mins 36 secs |
Keynote: The Responsive City: Urban Change in a Time of Climate Change
Speaker:
Professor Tom Kvan, Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Chair:
John Denton, Architect, Denton Corker Marshall
