Gayathri performs three songs from her debut album 'The Unknown' and speak about the inspiration, the creative process of songwriting, using live voice looping, DIY percussion and some ol' fashioned guitar-weilding.
An undeniably potent issue in Australia at the moment is that of the treatment of Asylum Seekers. Julian Burnside gives a fascinating 'non-political' talk about his views on the fair treatment of refugees and reflects on how our use of language shapes the society we live in and how we view the ...
This talk looks into the brief history of embodied intelligence in our planet, natural vs. artificial and individual vs. collective intelligence, before showcasing number of examples of human-machine interaction, and further examine systems that aim to increase participation and harness the collective ...
Justine is co-founder and Director of Brand and People at Thankyou Group, a social enterprise that exists to fund life-changing projects in developing nations. Thank you Group's products are now ranged in over 4000 outlets and to date, the organisation has funded safe water access for 107,903 people, ...
Brian Lainoff traces the story of the world's crop diversity from the beginning of agriculture nearly 13,000 years ago through the pioneer of crop diversity, Nicolai Vavilov, to the icy tundra in Svalbard where lies the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Luis Eduardo Luna has a Ph.D. from the Department of Comparative Religion Stockholm University (1989) and an honorary doctoral degree from St. Lawrence, Canton, New York (2002).
Many working women in the Gulf region today are faced with numerous challenges in their corporate environment. In her talk, Jill will share insights from Accenture’s International Women's Day 2015 global survey of 3,600 business professionals– entry-level to management – from small, medium and large ...
Dr. Nisar Ahmad Wani heads Reproductive Biology Laboratory at Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai and is credited with the creation of ‘Injaz’, World’s First Cloned Camel. This presentation gives you an insight on the science of cloning and the technology behind creation of ‘Injaz’.
Post the play, we're having a chat with the writer of the "Rest Upon the Wind" about his ten years research on Khalil Gibran, about Gibran and his work, and Arab poetry. This is an interactive panel, so the audience will also have a chance to join our conversation with Nadim too.
Australian big wave legends Ross Clarke-Jones and two-time word champion Tom Carroll have been chasing some of the world’s biggest and most dangerous waves for over 30 years.