Sydney Ideas

Sydney Ideas

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Sydney Ideas episodes

  • Taking the long view on out-of-home care
    This expert panel, featuring Emeritus Professor Harriet Ward, will explore the contribution of longitudinal research in understanding the impact on vulnerable children and families.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Wednesday 29 August at University of Sydney. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/taking-the-long-view.html
    1 hr 2 min
  • Sydney research goes full scale for Shakespeare: the Popup Globe
    An expert panel summarises the research into the Popup Globe enterprise so far, and offers first-hand insights into acting in this unique space.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Tuesday 28 August at University of Sydney. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/sydney-research-shakespeare-the-popup-globe.html
    51 min
  • Being Collected: insights into repatriation
    Behind the scenes of the good news stories of repatriation are a network of community elders and project workers who facilitate the logistics of returning cultural property on a case-by-case basis. This event brings together a panel of Aboriginal people working in community, museum and Government sectors to reflect on their experiences.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Monday 27 August at University of Sydney. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/being-collected-insights-into-repatriation.html
    1 hr
  • The end of time: the future history of the universe
    Professor Geraint Lewis takes us on a cosmic journey through space and time, through galactic collisions and hyperactive black holes, and onto the death of the last star.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Thursday 16 August, as part of 2018 Sydney Science Festival. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-end-of-time-the-future-history-of-the-universe.html
    57 min
  • The Future of Building
    Leading national and international experts discuss and propose the necessary shift in the way we think about building to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
    This event was held on Thursday 16 August at University of Sydney.
    https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-future-of-building.html
    1 hr 27 min
  • The promise (and threat) of algorithms
    Professor Frank Pasquale, an expert on the law of artificial intelligence, algorithms and machine learning, proposes solution to questions over some aspects of algorithmic ordering of information.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Wednesday 15 August 2018.
    https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-promise-and-threat-of-algorithms.html
    54 min
  • The future of cancer: can we find a cure?
    Hear from a panel of experts responding to the question: How will cellular therapy, immunotherapy, personalised medicine, and the use of big data impact cancer treatments?
    A Sydney Ideas event held at Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) on Monday 13 August, as part of Sydney Science Festival. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-future-of-cancer-can-we-find-a-cure.html
    TIME STAMPS
    Professor Roger Reddel (introduction): 1:00 - 5:05
    Professor Anna DeFazio: 5:25 - 16:20
    Dr Matteo Carlino: 17:00 - 28:30
    Dr Kenneth Micklethwaite: 42:50 - 52:20
    Professor Roger Reddel (on big data and closing remarks): 42:50 - 52:20
    53 min
  • The 'shameful' history of Armenian genocide
    Professor Taner Akcam reflects on the history of Armenian genocide and the refusal of other nations to accept responsibility for the atrocity, more than a century later.
    A Sydney Ideas event held at University of Sydney on Thursday 9 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-shameful-history-of-armenian-genocide.html
    58 min
  • Bla(c)kness in Australia
    Hear readings from the special issue of the magazine Transition on "Bla(c)kness in Australia". The collection brings together the voices and artwork of diverse Bla(c)k writers, artists, poets, and scholars in Australia.
    A Sydney Ideas event held on Tuesday 7 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/blackness-in-australia.html
    TIME STAMPS
    Sujatha Fernandes (introduction): 00:19 - 05:24
    Jeanine Leane: 05:25 - 10:50
    Kaiya Aboagye: 11:20 - 24:30
    Yadira Perez Hazel: 25:00 - 38:40
    Omid Tofighian: 39:30 - 49:26
    Q&A: 49:30 - 01:03:00
    1 hr 4 min
  • War and the modern world
    World-renowned Canadian historian Professor Margaret MacMillan examines some of the paradoxes of war, drawing on examples from history since the end of the Great War.
    A Sydney Ideas event held at University of Sydney on Monday 6 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/war-and-the-modern-world.html
    49 min

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Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world's leading thinkers and the latest research to the wider Sydney community.

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