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Uni's bright sparks to inspire at Adelaide Festival of Ideas

Friday, 6 July 2018

Bright minds, including staff from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, will share their expertise on a range of on trend topics at this year’s Adelaide Festival of Ideas from 12–15 July in the city’s West End.

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has been a supporter of the festival since it began in 1999 and this year is a major sponsor.

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide staff and alumni will play a starring role in the line-up of guest speakers and a number of events will be hosted on ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ grounds.

Experts in their field from across the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥’s faculties will lead and contribute to thought-provoking discussion on topics including: autonomous vehicles, immigration’s impact on housing affordability, parent guilt – whether it makes us better parents, big data’s influence on health, and the impact of traumatic stress in modern society.

This year’s Graeme Hugo Memorial Lecture: Does migration drive up house prices?, will be presented by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥’s Chris Leishman, Director of the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, on Saturday 14 July at Adelaide Health and Medical and Sciences building (AHMS).

Other speakers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ include:

• Dr Zygmunt L Szpak (Senior research fellow, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Institute for Machine Learning) who is part of a panel discussing on Saturday 14 July at SAHMRI.

• Dr Fiona Kerr (Industry professor, neural and systems complexity) presenting on Saturday 14 July at AHMS, Joe Verco lecture theatre.

• Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann (Chair of linguistics and endangered languages) presenting on Sunday 15 July at the Allan Scott Auditorium, UniSA.

• Professor Stephen Muecke (Jury chair of English language and literature) presenting on Saturday 14 July at the Allan Scott Auditorium, UniSA.

• Professor Jon Jureidini (Child psychiatrist, Robinson Research Institute) who is part of a panel discussing on Sunday 15 July at AHMS.

• Associate Professor Nick Falkner (Foundation Director, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Smart City Consortium) who is part of a panel discussing on Sunday 15 July at the Bradley Forum, UniSA.

• Professor Alexander McFarlane AO (Director, Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies) presenting on Sunday 15 July at AHMS.

• Dr Amy Milka (Researcher, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) who is part of a panel discussing on Sunday 15 July 2018 at AHMS.

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ will also host the Edward Said Memorial Lecture: presented by Assistant Professor Noura Erakat, George Mason ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Virginia, USA on Saturday 14 July at the Adelaide Town Hall.

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