Event Name: Conversations for Good: Across political philosophies

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Summary: What can we say about the common good in a world marked by deep moral, philosophical, and religious disagreement?

Event Start Date: 2026-07-16T18:30:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2026-07-16T19:30:00.000+10:00

Event Name: A matter of life and tech

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Summary: Does the rise of AI mean the death of the humanities? With Sophie Gee, Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer.

Event Start Date: 2026-05-19T18:30:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2026-05-19T20:00:00.000+10:00

Event Name: Conversations for Good: Across platforms

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Summary: Drs Joanne Gray and Rebecca Huntley discuss the links between technology, democracy and public discourse with Fenella Kernebone.

Event Start Date: 2026-04-22T18:30:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2026-04-22T19:30:00.000+10:00

Event Name: Ocean imaginaries

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Summary: What public narratives and structures guide our understanding of animal behaviour and human interventions?

Event Start Date: 2026-03-11

Event End Date: 2026-03-11

Event Name: An optimised life, examined

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Summary: Talks on optimisation culture, from comedian Alex Lee, computer scientist Elliot Varoy, philosopher Emily Hulme and more.

Event Start Date: 2025-12-10T18:30:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2025-12-10T19:30:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Sydney Ideas x Parramatta Lanes: The social life of food

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Summary: Explore the science and stories shaping our food experiences and futures with host Sophie Gee and USYD experts.

Event Start Date: 2025-10-22T18:30:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2025-10-23T19:30:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Slow ageing

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Summary: How might we all live – and stay – well, for longer, at any stage of life?

Event Start Date: 2025-09-24T18:30:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2025-09-24T19:30:00.000+10:00

Event Name: The Ideas Roundtable: Is Australia alright?

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Summary: Climate change, gender equality and the rise of AI - join social researcher Rebecca Huntley for a spirited open conversation.

Event Start Date: 2025-07-29

Event End Date: 2025-07-29

Event Name: Katie Mack: The end of everything

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Summary: Acclaimed theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack presents a lively talk on the likely ways the universe can die.

Event Start Date: 2025-07-10T18:30:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2025-07-10T19:30:00.000+10:00

Event Name: Critical minerals

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Summary: Why are nations around the world racing to secure critical minerals? What’s at stake, and what does it mean for you?

Event Start Date: 2025-05-20

Event End Date: 2025-05-20

Event Name: The Solutionists live with Alan Rusbridger

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Summary: British journalist and editor Alan Rusbridger sits down with Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney.

Event Start Date: 2025-03-26

Event End Date: 2025-03-26

Event Name: Is language power?

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Summary: Unpack language, culture and power with linguist John McWhorter in a conversation with host Nick Enfield.

Event Start Date: 2025-03-12

Event End Date: 2025-03-12

Event Name: An evening with Sir Simon Schama

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Summary: Hear acclaimed historian and writer Sir Simon Schama in-conversation with Professor Avril Alba.

Event Start Date: 2025-03-05

Event End Date: 2025-03-05

Event Name: Is storytelling essential to innovation?

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Summary: Defining the elements of a breakthrough, can we engineer the next great discovery in business, science, policy and civic life?

Event Start Date: 2024-11-26

Event End Date: 2024-11-26

Event Name: Mental wealth forecast

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Summary: Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, and Richard Denniss explore mental wealth as a new measure of national wellbeing.

Event Start Date: 2024-10-24

Event End Date: 2024-10-24

Event Name: Battlers and Billionaires: The updated story of inequality in Australia

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Summary: Economist and parliamentarian Andrew Leigh discusses his book, Battlers and Billionaires with entrepreneur Cliff Obrecht.

Event Start Date: 2024-10-23

Event End Date: 2024-10-23

Event Name: Trust and error

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Summary: Fake research papers are on the rise. Explore what's fuelling this, why it's concerning, and how we can address this issue.

Event Start Date: 2024-10-22

Event End Date: 2024-10-22

Event Name: The Solutionists live: Liberalism may be the source of your soul

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Summary: Can liberalism be the basis of a meaningful and fun way of life? Philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre explores this with Mark Scott.

Event Start Date: 2024-09-19

Event End Date: 2024-09-19

Event Name: Medical moonshots

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Summary: Can we fast-track cures for diseases? Researchers Michael Bowen, Victoria Cogger, and Chenyu Tim Wang discuss.

Event Start Date: 2024-08-22

Event End Date: 2024-08-22

Event Name: Music on your mind

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Summary: Lee-Fay Low, Neal Peres Da Costa, and Helen Mitchell explore whether music participation can prevent dementia.

Event Start Date: 2024-06-20

Event End Date: 2024-06-20

Event Name: Oceanic narratives: Interweaving past, present and future

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Summary: Explore the natural world, deep sea, and life through time with Dr. James Bradley, Professor Maria Byrne, and Tishiko King.

Event Start Date: 2024-04-08

Event End Date: 2024-04-08

Event Name: Art of good health and wellbeing

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Summary: Explore how the arts are transforming health and education to improve care and wellbeing.

Event Start Date: 2024-03-21

Event End Date: 2024-03-21

Event Name: Alastair Campbell: Setting the mental health agenda

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Summary: Alastair Campbell and leading experts discuss what we can do to move the needle on mental health outcomes.

Event Start Date: 2024-03-04

Event End Date: 2024-03-04

Event Name: Zara Seidler in-conversation with Phoebe Saintilan

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Summary: Hear from Sydney alumni Zara Seidler and Phoebe Saintilan, two media pioneers reshaping news and storytelling.

Event Start Date: 2023-09-21

Event End Date: 2023-09-21

Event Name: The loneliness epidemic

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Summary: Epidemiologist Melody Ding explores loneliness—its trends, causes, and why it’s a major public health issue.

Event Start Date: 2023-07-27

Event End Date: 2023-07-27

Event Name: Rise of the machines: how worried should we be about AI?

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Summary: Experts weigh in on AI’s rapid rise and the risks of a superintelligent future—could it lead to an existential threat? 13/07/2023

Event Start Date: 2023-07-13

Event End Date: 2023-07-13

Event Name: Unlocking the housing crisis

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Summary: Could a cap on excessive wealth and asset ownership hold the key to addressing the housing crisis in Australia?

Event Start Date: 2023-04-08T23:00:00.000+10:00

Event End Date: 2023-04-08T23:00:00.000+10:00

Event Name: Pacific influence

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Summary: How can we meaningfully engage with Pacific peoples and regional issues? A conversation hosted by Professor Jioji Ravulo.

Event Start Date: 2023-03-15

Event End Date: 2023-03-15

Event Name: Voices on the Voice: Marcia Langton

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Summary: Hear from Professor Marcia Langton on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament at the Voices on the Voice event.

Event Start Date: 2023-03-08

Event End Date: 2023-03-08

Event Name: Extreme heat and human health

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Summary: Experts explore how extreme heat impacts our health and share the latest research on staying cool in a world that's heating up.

Event Start Date: 2022-12-13

Event End Date: 2022-12-13

Event Name: Hostage Diplomacy: who's in control?

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Summary: Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert explores state hostage-taking and how Australia can better respond to this complex global issue.

Event Start Date: 2022-09-29

Event End Date: 2022-09-29

Event Name: How do our minds work?

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Summary: A team of experts share cutting-edge research and explore practical ways to reach peak mind and brain health.

Event Start Date: 2022-09-27

Event End Date: 2022-09-27

Event Name: Invisible Infrared: Connecting the James Webb Space Telescope & Climate Change

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Summary: Join Dr Karl and Prof Peter Tuthill for a guided tour of stunning new images from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope.

Event Start Date: 2022-09-20

Event End Date: 2022-09-20

Event Name: How AI is changing medical practice

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Summary: Professor Frank Pasquale joins local experts to explore how AI is reshaping medicine—and the legal and ethical issues it raises.

Event Start Date: 2022-07-25

Event End Date: 2022-07-25

Event Name: Wild weather, lost land and persistent pollutants

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Summary: Professor Emma Johnston AO and co-authors discuss key findings from the 2021 report and what’s ahead for our environment.

Event Start Date: 2022-07-21

Event End Date: 2022-07-21

Event Name: Reconcile what? Why white Australia needs to rectify its wrongs

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Summary: Teela Reid, Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman and Sydney Uni’s First Nations Practitioner-in-Residence, on democracy’s big questions.

Event Start Date: 2022-07-20

Event End Date: 2022-07-20

Event Name: Can there be a different kind of politics?

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Summary: Nick Bryant hosts a panel on the new government’s promises with MPs, legal experts, and political theorist Tim Soutphommasane.

Event Start Date: 2022-07-20

Event End Date: 2022-07-20

Event Name: Dr Kakenya Ntaiya: Empowering girls and women in education

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Summary: Hear from global leader Dr Kakenya Ntaiya, activist and founder of a nonprofit empowering girls and ending harmful traditions.

Event Start Date: 2022-05-19

Event End Date: 2022-05-19

Event Name: 2022 federal election series: Part 1

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Summary: Fran Kelly leads a panel with ABC’s Antony Green and political experts on key policy issues shaping the upcoming election.

Event Start Date: 2022-04-28

Event End Date: 2022-04-28

Event Name: A flood of emotions: Climate anxiety and trauma in Australia

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Summary: After climate disasters like the east-coast floods, how do communities support each other through emotional climate distress?

Event Start Date: 2022-04-21

Event End Date: 2022-04-21

Event Name: Maths, AI and intuition

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Summary: Explore how AI can enhance human intuition with Professor Geordie Williamson and MC Adam Spencer.

Event Start Date: 2022-03-18

Event End Date: 2022-03-18

Event Name: Lights on: bringing the nightlife back to our city

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Summary: How can we foster the conditions for creativity to thrive? Hear from Michael Rodrigues, Jess Scully, Sara Saleh and more.

Event Start Date: 2022-03-02

Event End Date: 2022-03-02

Event Name: The shape of things to come

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Summary: Sydney Ideas kicks off 2022 with bold ideas on what’s ahead, what’s trending, and how we should set the agenda.

Event Start Date: 2022-02-17

Event End Date: 2022-02-17