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Wed 28 December 2011

Transforming Australia: 10.00am - 11.30am
Professor Ian Lowe, Giselle Wilkinson, Andrew Gaines, Graeme Taylor, Ian Plowman, Professor Andrew Wilford

 

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The Transforming Australia National Summit was a gathering of leaders who are focused on the changes necessary to transform our dysfunction systems, institutions and cultures to ensure a sustainable and safe future. Our panel of speakers will expand on the Summit's outcomes and discuss ways that everyone can participate in a renewed Australia.

Fear Factor: Australia's Political Culture 11.30am - 1.00pm
Clive Hamilton, Kate Jones, Benjamin Law

 

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The carbon tax debate has turned angry, with shock jocks and right-wing politicians stirring up a nastiness rarely seen in Australia's social history. Is this just part of modern politics in the internet age or are there deeper cultural issues we should be worried about?

Earth System Science 101: Cosmology, Climate and Humanity 1.00pm - 2.00pm

 

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Professor Andrew Wilford Knowledge is power. This year we are going to run a series of back to basics seminars to dust up on our science and fight the skeptics.

Indigenous Knowledge is Power 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Michael Williams

 

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In this presentation Michael Williams will examine the realities of modern Australia – law v lore.

Stop being a Fossil Fool – Get Smart 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Don Henry, Toby Hutcheon, Linda Selvey

 

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Three leaders from the environment movement give their views on campaigning for a clean and renewable future. The world is shifting and its time that Australia and Queensland woke up to the fact.

The Millenium Project 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Dr Paul Wildman

 

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The Millennium Project was founded in 1996 out of the United Nations University and is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers. Hear from the former Australian Chair and learn about the State of the Future.

 
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