Centre for Ideas | UNSW Sydney

Past Events 2018

25 Oct Past event

After the Crash: Australia in the world ten years on from the GFC

Kevin Rudd, Ken Henry, Richard Holden and Gordon de Brouwer with Jennifer Hewett (chair). ...

24 Sep Past event

Wallace Wurth Lecture: Daniel Dennett on Consciousness

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT What have we learned in the last fifty years? It’s one of the complex...

15 Aug Past event

Jack Beale Lecture: The Battle for the Environment

Hear from one of Australia’s leading environmentalists and former politician, Bob Brown. ...

14 Aug Past event

The Einstein Lecture: The Quantum Computing Revolution

Please note: This event is currently sold out. Please join the waitlist and we will be in contact if...

19 Jul Past event

iGen: Understanding the Connected Generation

iGen – those born after 1995 – are the first generation to spend their entire adolescence with smartphones....

27 Jun Past event

Google's Vint Cerf in conversation with Toby Walsh

Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, will be in conversation with UNSW Scientia Professor...

18 Jun Past event

Still divided by race

Award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNSW PVC Indigenous and Professor of Law...

24 Mar Past event

What's become of truth?

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24 Mar Past event

World Without Mind

CENTRE FOR IDEAS: PAST EVENT We love our tech toys, tools and networks but what are we sacrificing for...

15 Mar Past event

The Art of Homelessness

Homelessness in wealthy cities is such an extreme form of inequality that it is often easier to ignore...

1 Mar Past event

What should we do about democracy?

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